Nicobar (nicobars.andaman.nic.in): Desks and Contacts

The integration of Fire No Objection Certificate (Fire NOC) services into the District Portal is an important initiative under the District Business Reform Action Plan (D-BRAP) aimed at improving ease of doing business and enhancing transparency in public service delivery.

PMMSY aims to enhance fish production to 22 million metric tons by 2024-25, double export earnings to ₹1,00,000 crore, and generate about 55 lakh employment opportunities in the fisheries sector. It focuses on reducing infrastructural gaps and promoting sustainable development in marine and inland fisheries.

In spite of all constraints, demographic indicators of this UT’s health situation present a very good picture. Our birth rate during 2001 was 17.81 per thousand population and death rate was 3.41 per thousand. Infant mortality rate during 2001 was 17.33 per thousand live births. Couple Protection Rate was 58.16% and total Fertility Rate was 1.9/1000. The percentage of institutional delivery by skilled person is 88%. But due to constant migration of people from mainland, the couple protection rate could not be achieved as it was expected. Health infrastructure has been saturated in the islands and now what we need in fact is the improvement of qualitative service in the form of medicine, modernization, equipments and budget i.e. instead. Of further expansion of the department, emphasis on consolidation of the existing infrastructure is to be laid.

The objective of the scheme is to enable the hon’ble MP to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets based on the locally felt needs. Right from inception of the Scheme, durable assets like- drinking water, primary education, public health, sanitation and roads, etc. are being created. The agencies which are using these funds for the developmental activities submits the reports of the developmental measures taken and the expenditures of the fund at regular basis. The district Administration then submits these expenditure details along with the developmental details to the central government in order to provide proper feedback to the ministry.