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NITI AAYOG PERSPECTIVE

15 Aug, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Deep Dive into Daman & Diu
 TOURISM
Tourism is a major focus sector in these UT's. Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli are
endowed with both natural and man-made tourist attractions.
The major tourism drivers in Daman and Diu are of two types: heritage attractions and natural
beach front attractions. In attractions to these
there are religious attractions, caves and man-made attractions too like water park, green
environments, etc.

The current tourism trend in Daman is mainly centered around the domestic tourists
from the nearby towns and cities like Surat, Nasik, Mumbai, etc. of the states Gujarat and Maharashtra. They are
either leisure tourists or business / conference tourists. In Diu, tourists are mainly from the neighbouring state of
Gujarat including few foreign tourists. Diu, inspite of having the right environment to grow as a tourist
destination, has restricted tourist arrivals mainly due to the difficulty in accessibility to Diu, and constraints in
tourism infrastructure.

The Major Tourism drivers and attractions in Dadra & Nagar Haveli are the
rich flora and fauna in the forest areas as well as the beautiful lake nestled
at the border of Maharashtra and Gujarat around the Madhuban dam of
Gujarat.
 Advantages over other States
• There is no entry tax, octroi tax or turnover tax levy on the production of goods.
• These UT's offer close proximity to key business centers of Mumbai, Surat, Pune, Vadodara and Ahmedabad
through a widespread network of rail and road as well as an excellent internal network of all-weather roads.
• Power tariffs in Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli are the lowest amongst all state and UT's, standing at an
average (domestic and non-domestic) of INR 3 per units in Daman & Diu and INR 2.75 per unit in Dadra & Nagar
Haveli.
• The labour climate is also peaceful and harmonious, with the general population having literacy rates higher than
the national average.
•The UT's are also well equipped with communication network through STD, ISD to all important places, national or
international, as well as broadband internet connectivity.
•Omnibus Industrial Development Corporation (OIDC) is a multipurpose organization performing diverse activities like
housing, industrial estates, promoting tourism quality liquor, branded computers and providing raw material to the
industrial units in the twin Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Unlike other states, where
there is separate Govt. corporations to look after these specific activities, these union territories have a single
Corporation performing all these activities, thus avoiding multiplicity of government bodies and expediting the
process. Recently OIDC has been declared as Infrastructure Development Corporation and the administration has
entrusted all the big infrastructure projects to OIDC.
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10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0

42.5

Agriculture, forestry and

fishing
19.1

4.1
12.1
59.3

Manufacturing
62.6

10.8

Wholesale and retail trade;

2.8

repair of motor vehicles and

17.5

motorcycles
12.1
5.3

Construction
3.44
4.94
6.22

Transportation and storage

1.61
3.89
1.08

Education
0.24

India
0.99

Information and
0 0

communication
D&N

the population is engaged in it.

1.86

Accommodation and Food

EMPLOYMENT

service activities
1.34

D&D
0.92 2.090.02

Other service activities

0
1.17

Financial and insurance

0.65
0

activities

Public administration and

1.66
0.73

defence; compulsory social

5.76

security
1.29

Human health and social

% Distribution of usually working person by industry of work

1.64

work activities
1.5 1.1

Administrative and support

0.18

service activities
1.86

• Majority of the population is engaged in Manufacturing

4.6

sector. 59% of the population of D & N Haveli and 62% of

Other(Professional, scientific
EMPLOYMENT (2019-20)

2.0

and technical
(2019-20)

0.1

activities,Activities of…
 EDUCATION

DD
GROSS ENROLMENT RATE DNH ALL INDIA

6.1%
All Categories 9.4% 27.1%

23.3%
SC 20.2% 23.4%

15.5%
ST 5% 18%
Gross enrollment ratio at secondary schools
is lower than the national average.

The sector of school education needs a lot of development as it lacks sufficient

number of well-educated teachers. The government has been taking up a
number of educational projects to improve the educational infrastructure of the
union territory. The government of this part of India aims at imparting education
to the people at all levels of the society. 

Dropout rate at secondary schools is

lower than the national average.
 MGNREGA
STATUS OF D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu
YEAR NO. OF JOB CARD HOLDERS EMP. EMP. PROVIDED FAMILIES RECEIVED 100 DAYS OF WORK
POLICIES AND ACTS PUT OUT BY D&D TO
DEMANDED IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT TILL DATE
2015-
16 3549 0.0 0 0
1.The payment of wages act was passed to
2016- avoid unnecessary delay in the payment of
17 3549 0.0 0 0
2017-
wages.
18 3549 0.0 0 0 2.According to the D&D and D & N Haveli
2018- model standing orders, 2020. A fixed term of
19 3549 0.0 0 0
2019- employment will be provide to the residents of
20 3549 0.0 0 0 the UT.
2020-
21 3549 0.0 0 0
3.Minumum wage security act was passed to
2021- ensure that no worker is paid money under the
22 3549 0.0 0 0
minimum wage set by the UT.
 Health & Nutrition

D & N Haveli Daman & Diu

Domain/S Health Health Increment Domain/S Health Health Increment
Domain/S Domain/S
ub- Index Index al ub- Index Index al
ub- ub-
Domain Base Year Reference Progress Domain Base Year Reference Progress
Domain Domain
Ranks (Y1) Year (Y2) (Y2-Y1) Ranks (Y1) Year (Y2) (Y2-Y1)
1 Overall 45.41 60.73 15.32 3 Overall 48.32 51.04 2.72

Health Health
3 42.02 43.04 1.02 1 37.95 48.98 11.03
Outcomes Outcomes

Key Key
5 0 0 0 1 17.08 43.93 26.85
Outcomes Outcomes

Intermediate Intermediate
2 63.03 64.57 1.54 1 48.38 51.51 3.13
outcomes outcomes

Governanc Governanc
e and e and
NA 65.04 87.24 22.20 NA 85.50 68.95 -16.55
informatio informatio
n n

Health Health
monitoring monitoring
NA 76.31 76.31 0 NA 82.30 82.30 0
data data
integrity integrity

NA Governance 51.89 100 48.11 NA Governance 89.23 53.37 -35.86

Key Key
NA Inputs / 37.73 70.01 32.28 NA Inputs / 39.71 42.48 2.77
Processes Processes

Health Health
Systems / Systems /
NA 37.73 70.01 32.28 NA 39.71 42.48 2.77
 STATE RANKING-2020

Export preparedness Index 5th Rank for D & N Haveli School Education Quality Index D & N Ease of Doing Business- 18th rank for Daman &
and 7th for Daman & Diu (NITI Aayog and Institute for Haveli got 2nd and Daman & Diu got 5th out Diu and 23rd for D & N Haveli out of 36 States &
Competitiveness) of 7 UT’s(NITI Aayog) UTs (DPIIT)

India Innovation Index 3rd rank for Health Index- 1st rank for D & N Haveli and
Daman & Diu and 6th for D & N Haveli 3rd for Daman & Diu (NITI Aayog and the
(NITI Aayog and Institute for World Bank)
Competitiveness)