India-Regional Consultation Meeting with States regarding

Task Force on Elimination of Poverty

Presented by Chief Secretary

Government of Gujarat

FORMATION OF TASK FORCE

• Task Force on Elimination of Poverty in Gujarat has been constituted in March, 2015

• NITI Aayog desired the views of State Government on the following

• What do you think will constitute elimination of poverty in your state?

• Successful programmes in this area that you would like to share with the other states

• What initiatives would you take for elimination of poverty as defined (a) above

• In what way can NITI assist you in your endeavors ?

• Report of Task Force , prepared by Planning Department , was submitted to NITI Aayog in July -2015

MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

• Multi dimensional definition of poverty

• Life Cycle Approach:

• Convergence of schemes

• Family as unit of interventions

• Regional / cluster approach:

• Tribal areas

• Coastal areas

• Developing talukas

• Urban slums

• Empowerment of poor with Life choices

MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH

• Poverty of income

• Poverty of habitat

• Lack of access to services

• Lack of opportunities

• Lack of social acceptance

• Livelihood and economic activity

• Income generating assets

• Housing

• Habitat

• Quality, affordable and appropriate services

• Nutrition and food

• Skill development

• Welfare measures

• Pension and insurance schemes

• Social protection

LIFE CYCLE APPROACH

• Maternal and child health

• Nutrition and early child care

• Schooling

• Skilling

• Housing

• Employment opportunity

• Social security

• Pension and old age care

REGIONAL / CLUSTER APPROACH

• Certain areas suffer higher degree of poverty due to intrinsic nature .

These include:

• Tribal areas

• Coastal areas

• Desert areas

• Hilly areas

• Urban slums

• Developing talukas

• Convergence approach

• Measurable indicators and time bound action plan

• Mix of infrastructure and individual oriented schemes

CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS RURAL POVERTY

• Skilled manpower is a vital ingredient for promotion of micro-enterprises;

• Promoting the viability of self-help groups;

• Providing skilled manpower for the organized industry

• The MGNREGS program is expected to be executed largely on watershed

basis to realize long term outcomes of investments.

• Promotion of well-regulated markets for land, labour and goods & services

will be critical

• Measures for revival of Primary Agricultural Co-Operatives Societies

(PACS) should be taken up to help BPL households

• In rural housing, considerable divergence in design may have to be

permitted, especially in view of paucity of land in villages adjoining urban

areas.

• Criteria devised in Socio-economic and caste census, 2011 by MoRD is suggested to be revisited as below:

Present criteria suggested by MoRD Suggestion for revising the criteria

A house hold will be excluded

automatically if it owns Motorized

Two / Three / Four Wheeler /

Fishing Boat

A household will be excluded automatically if

it owns Three/Four Wheeler / Fishing Boat.

(Two wheeler may not be considered for

exclusion as, now a days the casual

labour/plumber-carpenter – construction

workers are required to maintain two

wheeler for going to place of work)

The households with only one room

with Kutcha walls and kutcha roof is

considered under deprivation

indicator

The households with one /two rooms with

Kutcha walls and kutcha roof may be

considered under deprivation indicator

The SC/ST household are considered

under deprivation indicator

Over and above the SC/ST households, the

nomadic tribes households may also be

considered under deprivation criteria

ADDRESSING URBAN POVERTY

• Slum improvement programmes should be encouraged which focus

basic services i.e. drainage, safe drinking water, health service, street

roads and a participative, in-situ slum rehabilitation approach

• Inner-city slum redevelopment programmes for creating a better

environment should also be encouraged with cross-subsidization

• Land pooling and sharing arrangements need to be encouraged

• Slums on private land could be developed by giving additional

FSI/TDR to the owner for providing in-situ housing to existing slum

dwellers.

• Expenditure to be shared between GoI, State Government and ULB

BEST PRACTICES

Cluster Based

Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana

Sagarkhedu Sarvangi Vikas Yojana

LIVELIHOOD

Krishi Mahotsava

Kausalya Vardhan Kendra

Per-Drop More Crop

DELIVERY OF SERVICES

Garib Kalyan Mela

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana

Kanya Kelvani / Gunotsav

E-Governance

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• Gujarat has 15% tribal population and has the 5th

largest population of tribals among all states.

• This programme was announced in the Assembly by

the Chief Minister on February 27, 2007.

• Harnessing of private initiative, technology,

infrastructure, training and modern facilities to lead

tribal communities into the new age of global linkages,

information technology and value addition.

• This programme had budget of Rs. 15,000 crore for

Eleventh Five Year Plan out of which we have spent Rs.

17000 crore.

• Looking at the great success of this yojna, we have

announced in the last assembly's session a package of

Rs. 40,000 crore for next five years i.e. 2012-17

VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA

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• Sagarkhedu Sarvangi Vikas Yojana is a holistic convergence approach of various schemes for the overall development of 39 coastal talukas of 15 districts covering coastal population.

• SSVY underlines the significance of 1,600 km long coastline of Gujarat to make coastal regions the drivers of growth in the State and Country

• SSVY is a blend of individual-oriented and community-oriented approach focusing on human development and infrastructure development

• Honorable CM had announced a package of Rs. 11,000 crore during year 2002-07 against which Rs. 11,606.39 crore was allotted and expenditure has exceed more than Rs. 11,000 crore

• Looking to the glorious success of this yojana Government had announced a package of Rs. 21000 crore for 12th Five Year Plan i.e. 2012-17.

SAGARKHEDU SARVANGI VIKAS YOJANA

KRISHI MAHOTSAV

• Krushi Mahotsav is an intensive convergence and mass contact strategy implemented since 2005

• It is meant to provide farmers appropriate guidance and help them, to try to increase their farm production and productivity.

• A month-long pre-monsoon campaign for encouraging scientific farming practices which Covers all the 18,600 villages

• Advising and assisting an individual farmer, free distribution of agriculture input kits to 15 poor farmers in each village and additional 15 kits per village in tribal area

• Krishi Shibirs are being organized during mela where scientists expose farmers to new technologies and farmers share their experiences

• The idea of “Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra” was conceived during Chintan Shibir at Dhordo (Kutchh) in December 2009.

• In order to train Rural youth in various skills end create employability especially for 5th standard pass, school dropout and women of Rurbun area.

• Now the participants need not to travel a long distance to obtain skill

• Till date, Total of 500 KVKs are functioning across Gujarat on cluster basis in villages having a population of 4900 and above

• 70 short term courses have been identified and implemented and 1074 Life Skill courses also have been identified i.e. irrigation equipment, Battery maintenance, clay work, ladies tailor, agriculture instruments repairer, etc.

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KAUSALYA VARDHAN KENDRA

GARIB KALYAN MELA • Garib Kalyan Mela is a unique experiment in the

direction of ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Sarvodaya’ as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi with the following objectives:

• Speedy disposal of cases of individual beneficiary schemes

• Delivery of benefits on the spot • Awareness about Government schemes • Transparency • Elimination of middle men • Participation of people in developmental

process • Garib Kalyan Melas were organized in seven

phases during 2009-10 to 2014-15 • Total 1225 Melas have been arranged and

financial assistance of Rs 13388.50 crore have been allotted to the 89.49 lakh BPL beneficiaries

ELIMINATING MIDDLE MEN – GARIB KALYAN MELA CONVERGENCE WITH UID & SECC-2011

• Unique ID (Aadhaar) helps in reducing identity fraud and allow the targeted

people to get the benefits

• With the help of UID Project and its up-to-date Core Database (CDB) having

information regarding residents of India.

• CDB is accessible to all departments for identification of residents, enabling

better delivery of various government services

• Potentials of UID frame work needs to be explored and on the basis of SECC,

2011. For instance, the most deprived should be found through SECC, 2011

and based on requirements, benefits should get transferred.

• Such approach through Garib Kalyan Mela with SECC, 2011 and Unique ID, will

create more focused and targeted direct benefit transfer, reducing cost and

most importantly, removing middlemen in transferring benefits.

PER DROP – MORE CROP

• The mantra of “Per drop- more crop” has been

adopted enthusiastically in May, 2005

• To give a major thrust to the programme, appointed

the Gujarat Green Revolution Company as the

single nodal agency for implementing the micro

irrigation scheme in the state

• The main objectives of Micro-Irrigation Scheme is

to benefit the farmers by increasing agricultural

production through adoption of scientific water

management techniques

PER DROP – MORE CROP

• From “May-2005 to 2015-16”

13,08,143 hectares covered under

Micro Irrigation benefiting 8,13,499

farmers.

• In Dark zone area, 2,13,317 beneficiary

farmers have adopted Micro Irrigation

System in 3,54,857 hectares.

• Rs. 2489.77 crore from State fund and

Rs.1238.66 crore from Central fund,

total Rs. 3228.43 crore is disbursed till

March-16 in the scheme as a subsidy.

Sr. No.

Details Result (%)

1 Saving in Water 20-48%

2 Saving in Electricity Cost 10-17%

3 Saving in Labour Cost 30-40%

4 Saving in Fertilizers 11-19%

5 Increase in Crop Yield 20-38%

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Increase in Net Annual Income Rs./ ha. due to Micro Irrigation based on annualized cost

Rs. 17000/-

Impact Assessment By Third Party

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN-DHAN YOJANA • Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National

Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure:

• Access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit Accounts,

• Remittance,

• Credit,

• Insurance,

• Pension in an affordable manner.

• If Aadhaar Card/Aadhaar Number is available then no other documents is required.

• Progress of PMJDY in Gujarat as on April 06, 2016

• Rural Accounts- 42,42,104

• Urban Accounts-35,72,847

• Total Accounts-78,14,951

• Deposit (in Crore)- Rs. 1401.76 cr

• Aadhaar seeded-30,75,127 ( 39.35%)

• Zero Balance Accounts- 19,14,926 (24.50%)

• Rupay Cards Issued-68,16,310 (87.22%)

Special Benefits under PMJDY

• Interest on deposit

• Accidental insurance cover of Rs.1.00 lac

• No minimum balance required.

• Easy Transfer of money across India

• Beneficiaries of Government Schemes will get Direct Benefit Transfer in these

accounts.

• After satisfactory operation of the account for 6 months, an overdraft facility

will be permitted

• Access to Pension, insurance products.

• Accidental Insurance Cover, RuPay Debit Card must be used at least once in 90

days.

• Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only one account per

household, preferably lady of the household.

KANYA KELVANI & GUNOTSAV • State initiatives like “Shala Praveshotsav” and “Kanya

Kelavani Rathyatra” begun in 2003 which has a long

term impact on poverty elimination

• The Kanya Kelavani drive has been successful in

achieving 100% enrollment and reducing drop-out

rate from 20% to almost 2 %.

• An aim of Gunotsav is to evaluate the educational

quality & to focus on the quality aspects of education

• All schools and teachers have been conveyed in

writing about their performance and they are

compelled to improve their performance

E-GOVERNANCE

• E-governance can play a vital role by minimizing cost, clutching adultery and eliminating middlemen.

• Gujarat has constantly taken new initiatives and carried out innovation in governance

• Several following innovations created direct impact on wellbeing of the people

E-Gram has empowered rural poor to access public service without visiting urban centres, reducing cost and accessing public services at door step

SWAGAT has empowered every citizen to take up his/her grievances at Ministerial level, making government executives directly accessible

TPDS for strengthen public distribution through bar-coded ration cards & E-Food Coupons ensuring direct transfer of public goods

Apno Taluko Vibrant Taluko for Tehsil social infrastructure development

Jan Seva Kendra for delivering hassle free public services through single window mechanism

E-Jamin for land record management and monitoring

• Many similar ideas of Gujarat like

• Using data of SECC-2011 for identification of poor

• Adopting newer methodologies to define poverty

• Adopting innovative approaches, emphasizing on skill

development and employment generation etc.

• To adopt multi-dimensional strategy through various interventions

like income generation, employability, quality habitat etc.

• The concept of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)/ Head

Count Ratios may be used

COMMENTS ON OCCASIONAL PAPER

• Multi-dimensional life cycle approach to address multi-faceted

deprivation.

• Special attention should be given to vulnerable social categories

and areas that are more prone to poverty

• The needs of underprivileged sections, such as Women, the

Primitive Tribal Groups, the Scheduled Castes, the landless and

Casual laborers should be addressed in the context of

inclusiveness.

• To improve the delivery of basic services relating to education,

skill building, health, housing, drinking water and sanitation.

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