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National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Monthly Newsletter

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NIRD & PR Newsletter

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, India

JULY 2014

NIRD & PR through its RuralTechnology Park is playing apivotal role in transferring low costtechnologies on rural housing,agriculture and other fronts. It isalso endeavouring to providesolutions to rural energy needs inthe form of solar powereddomestic lighting, street lightingand other tools and appliancesparticularly in villages and tribalhamlets.

As part of village adoptioninitiative, the Institute is providingtechnologies for the all rounddevelopment of the villages. NIRD& PR in partnership with ‘ThriveSolar Energy Private Limited’ hasset up a Solar Raw Material andEquipment Production andAssembling unit in the campus.Laser cutting and plastic moldingmachines will be added to produceplastic accessories and other rawmaterial required for the unit. Theentire unit is being run by SolarPowered 5 Kilo Watt Station whichis catering to all energy needs ofthe assembling unit. Besidesproducing and assembling formaking Solar Lights, Study Lights,Mini Home Lighting, Street Lightingand Pocket Accendos, the unittrains rural youth coming fromdifferent parts of the country inthese technologies. It also trainsentrepreneurs in setting up their

own production and assembling unitsin their own regions so that themessage of solar power as analternate sources of energy goes tothe people at grassroot level. Theentrepreneurs can also generateemployment to locals by setting upthe units.

The unit also caters to the orders fromvillages for domestic and streetlighting. The pocket and mini-accendo solar lights are in greatdemand in villages where power cutis rampant.

Chinamma, an illiterate womantrained at RTP in the art of

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assembling of solar accessoriesis now a woman with confidence.Over the years she graduated intoa trainer and resource person andis the senior most in the unithelping youngsters in the job.

Under the leadership andencouragement of Dr. M.V.Rao,Director General, NIRD & PR, theSolar Plant is contributing tofinding solutions to the energyneeds of the rural people. Peoplegoing to sleep as early as six inthe evening in powerless villagesis a thing of the past. The mini-solar lamp is transforming lifestyles of the people in rural areas.

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National Colloquium of

SIRDs

� Solar Energy for Villages - NIRD & PRInitiatives

� National Colloquium of SIRDs

� Strategies Towards Combating DalitMarginalisation

� PGDRDM Batch 6 Students AwardedDiplomas

� Management of Rural Drinking Water andSanitation Programmes

� Promoting Good Governance throughPanchayati Raj Institutions

� Training Modules on Social Audit

� Rural Drinking Water and SanitationManagement

� Effective Rural Credit Management forRural Bankers

� Planning, Implementation, Monitoringand Evaluation of Micro-enterprises

� Exposure Visit of Nepal Delegation toNIRD & PR

� Visit of Indian Ambassador to Yemen toNIRD & PR

� Village Adoption Scheme (NIRD & PR -Banker Model)

� Faculty Participation

� Rural Development Statistics: 2012-13

� Progress Statistics of Some RuralDevelopment Programmes

The National colloquium of State Institutes of RuralDevelopment for the year 2014-15 was held at NIRD & PR,Hyderabad on 11 July, 2014. Heads and Faculty membersof 22 SIRDs and State Link Officers of NIRD & PR haveattended the Colloquium. Shri S M Vijayanand, AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government ofIndia inaugurated the programme.

Shri Vijayanand referred to the priorities in training in thecontext of ongoing flagship programmes for ruraldevelopment and panchayati raj. He highlighted the rolewhich state level institutions have to play not only in cateringto the training requirements of the target groups envisagedfor SIRDs but more importantly for the promotion andfacilitation of capacity building of block and below levelstakeholders.

Referring to training programmes of SIRDs, AdditionalSecretary highlighted the need for training of technicalfunctionaries under MGNREGS. He observed that so fartraining programmes under the Scheme were mainly forofficials and elected representatives while capacity buildingof engineering and other technical staff did not get the neededattention. He also touched upon the importance of local planpreparation under MGNREGS and the Government of India’sproposal to have labour budget based plan in 2500 mostbackward blocks in the country during the current year. Hecalled upon SIRDs to take up training on this theme as amajor activity in the next three months. He indicated thatMoRD has approved a scheme on Social Audit under whichresource persons will be provided at NIRD & PR, SIRDsand districts to facilitate social audit process.

He underlined the importance of preparation of HR profile ofRD & PR personnel at different levels in the States as theinformation is useful for planning of training programmes.As to BNV guidelines, he expected the delegates to offer

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Strategies Towards Combating Dalit Marginalisation

NIRD & PR organised a NationalSymposium on “Strategies TowardsCombating Dalit Marginalisation”during 11-12 July, 2014. It wasinaugurated by Shri S.M. Vijayanand,Additional Secretary, MoRD,Government of India.

The Symposium was organised withfollowing objectives:

i. To focus on the persistence offorces and processes thatcontinue to marginalise Dalits andto bring together and consolidateunderstanding of the strategiesand development approaches forDalits;

ii. To deliberate the challenges,hurdles and dilemmas faced bythe Dalits;

iii. To bring together the knowledgeand experiences of scholars,development administrators andactivists with a view to suggestingappropriate strategies toovercome the resistance towardsfaster development of Dalits.

Several noted and reputedpersonalities such as ProfessorG. Haragopal, National Fellow, ICSSR(TISS); Prof. K.P.Kannan, Chairman,Laurie Baker Centre for HabitatStudies, Trivandrum; ProfessorT.S. Papola, Honorary Professor,Institute for Studies in IndustrialD e v e l o p m e n t ; P r o f e s s o r

D. Narasimha Reddy, NationalFellow, ICSSR (CSD); Prof. KanchaIlaiah, Professor, MANUU made theircontributions as Key ResourcePersons. Eminent and noted activistDr.Ruth Manorama, President,National Alliance of Women,Bangalore acted as Key ResourcePerson for an important theme titled“Gender Inequality andDiscrimination” and made apresentation.

Considering the importance andmagnitude of the problems faced bythe marginal sections, the followingthemes/panels were identified forpresentations.

Theme - I : Enforcement ofConstitutional Rightsand Safeguards

Theme - II : Caste-basedSegregation andAtrocities AgainstDalits

Theme - III : Political Rights,PoliticalRepresentation andRight to QualityEducation

Theme - IV : Gender Inequality &Discrimination

Theme - V : Right toEmployment &Entrepreneurship

The Symposium was coordinated bythe faculty members and staff ofCentre for Agrarian Studies andDisaster Mitigation (CAS & DM).

their suggestions which will help infinalisation of the revised guidelines.

Shri Vijayanand hoped that thepresentations and discussions in thecolloquium will help in strengtheningcapacity-building initiatives for ruraldevelopment. The agenda of thecolloquium included: Training andResearch performance of SIRDs,Central Scheme for Strengthening of

SIRDs,Training under MGNREGA,Setting up of SRTs and DRTs,Capacity-building of Panchayati Rajfunctionaries and electedrepresentatives under RGPSA,Suggestions and Comments on BNVGuidelines and report of theProfessor Alagh Committee. Thedelegates made presentations andshared experiences. These were

followed by discussion on items ofagenda and action points of theColloquium under the Chairmanshipof Shri Vijayanand, AdditionalSecretary, MoRD.

The programme was coordinated byDr. R.P. Achari, Associate Professorand Dr. V.K. Reddy, Faculty ofRTD under the overall guidance ofDr. M.V. Rao, Director General, NIRD & PR.

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An international training programmeon ‘Management of Rural DrinkingWater & Sanitation Programmes’was conducted at NIRD & PR from1 to 28 July 2014. The programmewas sponsored by MoEA and wasattended by 18 participants drawnfrom 11 countries viz. Tanzania,Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritius, Tunisia,Kazakhistan, Zimbabwe, Iraq,Tajikistan, Nigeria, and Libya.Participants made a briefpresentation of their country reportsconsisting of country profile, policies

Diploma Awarding Ceremonyof PGDRDM Batch-6, 2013-14was held on July 17, 2014.Dr P K Mohanty, former ChiefSecretary, Government of AndhraPradesh was the Chief Guest of theoccasion. He distributed theDiplomas to 49 students including5 international in-service studentssponsored by AARDO and CIRDAP.The ceremony was presided over byDr M.V. Rao, Director General andNIRD & PR and Chairman PGDRDMA c a d e m i c C o m m i t t e e w h oadministered oath to students.

Three best performing students wereawarded with Gold, Silver andBronze Medals. Ms Hima Bindu wasconferred with Gold Medal while Ms.P.Shilpa and Mr. Kankipati Vivek wereawarded with Silver and BronzeMedals, respectively.

Director General’s Medal for bestinternational student was awarded toMr Eli Yaonzekwe Kuadey fromGhana- an International in-serviceStudent sponsored by AARDO.

While addressing the studentsDr P K Mohanty complimented the

Institute for its contribution to the ruraldevelopment sector particularly inbuilding human capital in the form ofrural development professionals. Hesaid that this effort would definitelybridge the gap in urban-ruraldevelopment demand for humanresources. He also observed thatstudents should have empathy inunderstanding the needs of thepeople across countryside alongsidetheir career growth. Addressing thegathering, Dr M V Rao congratulatedthe students and said that thestudents, who had passed out earlierwere performing well and hoped forsimilar results from the current batchstudents as well. As PGDRDM wasaimed at meeting the human

resource demands for ruraldevelopment, students should havea service desire for implementationof rural development programmeswith community participation, hesaid. Dr. Rao mentioned that theInstitute had equipped the studentswith a spirit of openness, dialogueand commitment for theempowerment of the communitywhich would be very helpful in theircareer.

Dr. S M Ilyas, Programme Director,Centre for Postgraduate Studiespresented the objectives and theprogress of the programme,internship and placement status ofthe students of PGDRDM Batch-6.

PGDRDM Batch 6 Students Awarded Diplomas

Management of Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Programmes

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Promoting Good Governance through

Panchayati Raj Institutions

and programmes of ruraldevelopment in general and ruralwater supply and sanitation inparticular. The programme providedan excellent learning platform forcross-learning from variouscountries, and sharing of problemsand success stories from acrosscountries. The themes of the trainingprogramme were handled byresource persons and faculty of NIRD& PR. As part of study visits theparticipants visited water supply andsanitation systems in rural areas ofKarnataka and Tamil Nadu States.They held interactions withgovernment officials, school teachers

and children, and with the electedrepresentatives of local governancesystem. They got to know thed e c e n t r a l i s e d i n s t i t u t i o n a larrangements for providing waterand sanitation services in rural areasin India. Towards the end of theprogramme participants hadprepared and presented their backhome action plans based onthe learning from the prorgramme.Dr M V Rao, DG, NIRD & PR in hisveledictory address suggested thatthe participants may create a socialnetwork group amongst themselvesincluding the NIRD & PR faculty, andcontinue learning from their

respective countries. Observing thatfor knowledge sharing meetingpeople face-to-face is just one of theways Dr. Rao said that technologycan facilitate learning wherever theparticipants are. He further said hewas impressed by the feedback givenby the participants and that theyshould carry this good-will messagefrom NIRD & PR as well as fromIndia. They shall be considered asinformal ambassadors of the Institutein their respective countries.

Dr SivaRam and Dr Gangi Reddy ofCentre for Rural Infrastructure, NIRD& PR coordinated the programme.

A five-day training programme on“Promoting Good Governancethrough Panchayati Raj Institutions”was organised at NIRD & PR during7-11 July, 2014. It was attended by43 participants drawn from differentStates who included governmentofficials from the district levels,elected representatives andchairpersons of different standingcommittees of Zilla Parishads.

The programme highlighted theprinciples and practices of goodgovernance by enunciating issues onpublic accountability, participation ofstakeholders and administrativetransparency. The programme alsocovered other important issues ongovernance like review of ruraldevelopment programmes in India,poverty alleviation and empowermentthrough Panchayati Raj Institutions,the relevance and practice of socialaudit, right to information andtransparency in local governance,and ongoing e-governance initiativesof different States. Participatory rural

appraisal and improvement ofleadership skills also formed part ofthe programme.

A field visit was organised toPochampally Gram Panchayat in theNalgonda district to provideparticipants an exposure to theworking of PRIs. During the visitparticipants interacted with theSarpanch and other members of the

Gram Panchayat and discussed theday-to-day challenges faced in thefunctioning of the panchayats. Thevisit also served as a platform toshowcase women’s politicalleadership in the rural setting. Theprogramme was coordinated byDr. Pratyusna Patnaik, AssistantProfessor and Dr. K. Jayalakshmi,Professor of Centre for PanchayatiRaj (CPR) of NIRD & PR.

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MGNREGA is a landmarklegislation passed by theParliament of India. Apart fromproviding every rural householdthe right to get 100 days of wageemployment through theprogramme, the Act made itmandatory that work andexpenditure under the programmebe reviewed by the people throughsocial audit.

The experience of social audit,however, varied significantly fromState to State in terms ofapproach, coverage, frequency aswell as quality and rigour. SoMahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Audit ofScheme Rules were notified inJune 2011 to bring a commonbase and uniformity for conduct ofsocial audit in different States andUnion Territories. To bringminimum common standards tosocial audit process, it was feltnecessary that there should becommonly designed trainingprogrammes for officials,resource persons, coordinatorsand the volunteers engaged insocial audit. A first initiative on thiswas taken to develop a trainingmanual on social audit to carry outtraining programmes. Thus,MoRD felt a need to conduct thewriters’ workshop on social audit.

Centre for Wage Employment andPoverty Alleviation, NIRD & PR incollaboration with MoRD organised

Training Modules on Social Audit

a three-day Writers Workshop fordeveloping training modules onSocial Audit during 21 - 23 July 2014.The workshop was coordinated byDr. G. Rajanikanth, AssociateProfessor and Dr. C. Dheeraja,Assistant Professor from NIRD &PR and Ms Rakshita Swamy andShri Manas Ranjan from MoRD.Twenty four resource persons,well experienced with the processof social audit participated inthe workshop. They includedShri Shankar Singh from MKSS,Rajasthan, Ms. Ashwini Kulkarnifrom Pragati Abhiyan, Nashik,Ms. Soumya Kidambi, SSAAT,Hyderabad, Shri Karuna Muthiah,Social Audit Unit, Chennai,Shri Abhay Pandey, Social Audit Unit,Madhya Pradesh, Shri Gurjeet Singhfrom GVS, Ranchi, Shri HitendraChowhan from UNNATI, Gujarat etc.

Participants were divided into fivegroups and discussed differentthemes of MGNREGS likeplanning process, works/ assets,workers and the payment ofwages, role of ward/ gram sabhasand grievances and follow-upactions with focus ontransparency and accountabilitymechanisms to be in- built. Theycame up with reports onprovisions of the Act / Guidelines,documents required for theconduct of social audit, processof verification, hindrances faced,typical issues and irregularities tobe found, and reporting formats toeach theme. Members shared theresponsibility of writing differentchapters of the manual andpromised to extend all theirsupport in bringing out the finaltraining manual.

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Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Management

A 5-day training programme inManagement of Rural DrinkingWater and SanitationProgrammes with a focus on IECwas held at the Institute. TheMinistry of Drinking Water andSanitation, (GoI) is according toppriority for Information, Educationand Communication (IEC) forbehavioural change in favour ofsensible water use, and hygienictoilet habits amongst the ruralmasses. The programme aimedat training the district and Statelevel officers involved in water andsanitation works on result-orienteduse of IEC materials. 48participants attended theprogramme who were drawnfrom 11 States. The programmeincluded classroom presentationsand discussions on topics such asstatus of rural water supply andsanitation in India, IEC tools andtechniques, Behavioural changecommunication, Solid WasteManagement etc.

The participants were providedwith hands-on experience in

designing posters and writing streetplays which could be used as IECtools. As a part of field visitparticipants were taken to Nomulavillage which was awarded NirmalGrameen Purskar (NGP) forcleanliness. The participantsconducted a pre-test of the IECmaterials / tools they had preparedduring the training, and got feedbackfrom the villagers. They also played

street theatre in the schoolpremises where the villagers andschool children had assembled.They got the villagers and thechildren’s feedback that the streetplay is useful as IEC tool.

Dr R Ramesh & Dr S N Rao ofCentre for Rural Infrastructure(CRI), NIRD & PR coordinated theprogramme.

Effective Rural Credit Management for Rural Bankers

The programme was conducted from

21 to 25 July 2014 at Rajiv Gandhi

State Institute of Panchayati Raj and

Community Development (RGSIPR

& CD), Nilokheri in Karnal district of

Haryana. It was attended by 25 bank

managers working in the rural

branches of Haryana Gramin Bank.

The topics covered in the programmeincluded Innovative ways for financingmicro-enterprises, Identification ofappropriate micro-enterprises,Marketing strategies for effectivecredit management, Rehabilitation ofsick micro-enterprises units andother relevant topics on effectivecredit management in the rural

sector. Various strategies to managethe rural credit portfolio and recoveryof NPAs under agricultural credit inthe rural sector were also discussed.

Field trip to various SHG groupsoperating in the Beed Khajura villageof district of Kurukshetra was aunique experience for all the bankers.

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Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and

Evaluation of Micro-enterprises

The groups have not only changedtheir fortune but have cleared all thedues of the bank promptly therebymotivating the bankers to enhancetheir original limits. Subsequently,the visit to few flower growing unitsinitiated by local farmers throughwomen cluster was an eye openingscene which reflects the success ofthe strategy of alleviating povertyridden rural people. Similarly, anincome model-unit of womenself-help groups producingmushrooms, goat-milk, fruits andvegetables, dairy products throughbuffalo rearing in scientific methodwas also found useful by theparticipants.

Participants in their feedback haveindicated that they were motivatedand excited to work in their respective

The training programme on Planning,Implementation, Monitoring andEvaluation of Micro-enterprises washeld at State Institute of PanchayatiRaj and Rural Development (SIP &RD), Kalyani, West Bengal during21-25 July 2014. Altogether29 persons from different parts of theState as well as from differentdepartments such as Government,faculty members of university, banks,and NGOs like Ramakrishna Missionetc., attended the programme. Theobjectives of the programme, interalia, were to equip the participantswith the knowledge of planning,implementation, monitoring andevaluation of micro-enterprises andto share innovative experiences and

rural branches to initiate a majorbreakthrough in further disbursementof rural credit for micro-enterprises.The programme was coordinated byDr. B.K.Swain, Professor and Head

of the Centre for Rural Creditand Development Banking, NIRD &PR and Mrs. Veena Shegal, aSenior Faculty Member of RGSIPR& CD.

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A Delegation from the Ministry ofCooperatives and PovertyAlleviation, Government of Nepalvisited NIRD & PR on an exposurevisit to developmental institutionsand projects from 6-10 Jul, 2014.The delegation consisted of eightmembers and headed by ShriSuresh Pradhan, Joint Secretaryof the Ministry.

As part of the visits the delegationvisited RSETI, ATI, TISS,Mulkanoor Cooperative Societyetc., to learn about the bestpractices on RD and povertyalleviation. The team also visitedRural Technology Park ofNIRDPR, AMR-APARD and ICM.They were briefed on the activitiesand operational andimplementation aspects of thevarious initiatives andprogrammes of the institutions.

They had the benefit of discussionswith the officials, field functionariesand other stakeholders. They also hadan opportunity to learn about theNational Rural Livelihoods Mission(NRLM) and its various componentsand activities. The study team in theirfeedback indicated that the visits wereuseful in getting to know the various

strategies in managing the SHGbased micro-enterprises. Theprogramme was inaugurated by ShriSuvendhu Ghosh, Additional Directorof SIP & RD. While deliveringinaugural address he highlighted theimportance of micro-enterprises toaddress unemployment issue in ruralIndia in general and West Bengal inparticular as the State is riddled withsevere unemployment. He observedthat such courses had greatimportance in West Bengal.

The training programme wasdesigned in such a way thatparticipants can implement projectsrelated to micro-enterprises and can

guide others for setting up of micro-enterprises. Topics like capacitybuilding, PRA and ParticipatoryIdentification of Poor, socialmobilisation, poverty issues,innovative project identification,monitoring and evaluation, marketingaspects etc., were covered. Fieldbased cases on SHG projectsfocusing on problems and prospectswere also shared with theparticipants through film shows toenlighten them about the reality. Aone-day field visit was organised toTona village of South 24 Parganasdistrict of West Bengal where localvillagers mostly belonging to minority

initiatives for rural development inIndia. In particular, they haveexpressed that the learningsgained from the visits will beuseful in replicating theexperiences and best practices inNepal. The study visit wascoordinated by Dr. R.P. Achari,Associate Professor (RTD).

community were involved with bio-diverse farming under anorganisation viz. Bio-diverseFarming (P) Ltd. As a part of theCompany’s activities, all agro-wastematerials are used as livestock feed,the excreta is used as organicmanure and entire process ismanaged by the villagers.

The programme was well-received bythe participants as reflected in theirfeedback. The programme wasconducted by Dr. ShankarChatterjee, Associate Professor(CPME), NIRD & PR andSmt Susmita Choudhury, SeniorFaculty of SIP & RD, Kalyani.

Exposure Visit of Nepal Delegation to NIRD & PR

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Visit of Indian Ambassador to Yemen to NIRD & PR

Shri Amrit Lugun, Indian Ambassadorto Yemen visited NIRD & PR on30-7-2014 as part of Bharat Darshanfrom 29 July - 1 August, 2014. He hadinteraction with Dr M V Rao, DirectorGeneral, NIRD & PR along withDr P SivaRam, P & H (CRI) andProject Director, RTP, Dr V MadhavaRao, P & H (CGARD) andDr R P Achari, Associate Professor(RTD). The Director General briefedon the various initiatives of theInstitute and referred to the trainingprogrammes offered for the benefitof professionals from developingcountries. He has indicated NIRD &PR's readiness to share experienceand expertise for rural developmentofficials of Yemen. Shri Amrit Lugunwas happy to learn about theInstitute’s activities and itscontribution for capacity building ofdevelopment professionals. He hasrequested the Institute for training

programmes specially to beorganised for officials of Governmentof Yemen on rural and agriculturedevelopment. He visited RuralTechnology Park and was briefed onthe low cost technologies to ruralpoor and Institute’s efforts in

documenting and disseminatingthe same. He has requested NIRD &PR to establish centres of RuralTechnology Park, Geomatic Cell inYemen for the benefit of rural poor.The visit was coordinated byDr R.P. Achari, Associate Prof. (RTD).

Village Adoption Scheme (NIRD & PR - Banker Model)

As part of Village Adoption Scheme,under NIRD & PR - Banker Model aFarmers’ Club was formed by AndhraPragathi Grameena Bank,Chinthakomma Dinne branch atMaddamadugu Thanda village inKadapa district, Andhra Pradesh on18 July, 2014. The main objective isto work for the integrateddevelopment of the village throughcommunity participation andinvolvement of Gram Panchayat.

The inaugural programme wasattended by Mr. Mohammad Khan,Consultant on behalf of NIRD & PR

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★ Dr. P Satish Chandra, Head(CIT) and Dr. R Murugesan,Associate Professor,(CESD) were deputed bythe Institute as ResourcePersons to organise thecontact classes and endexaminations for the FifthBatch of PGD-SRD atAfghanistan Institute ofRural Development, Kabul,Afghanistan during June 23- July 2, 2014.

S e v e n t e e n o f f i c i a l s(including three women)from various departments/wings of Ministry of RuralR e h a b i l i t a t i o n a n dDevelopment (MRRD) wereenrolled for this course.

who explained the various initiativesof Institute for the integrateddevelopment of the villages.Shri M. Rama Rao, IAS, JointCollector, Shri Sampath KumarChary, Chairman Andhra PragathiGrameen Bank, Shri Anil Kumar, PD,DRDA Kadapa, Shri M. Ganeshwar,Joint Director (Ag) and Shri ShivaSankar Reddy, Regional Manager,APGB attended the programme andassured of full cooperation andsupport. On the occasion ten solarLED street lights granted by NIRD &PR were installed and inaugurated bythe Chairman of APGB. The villagerswhile expressing their utmosthappiness on the Institute's Initiatives

The programme was coordinated byMr. Abdul Hasib Anwari, AdminstrativeFinance Manager, AIRD, Ministryo f R u r a l R e h a b i l i t a t i o nand Development, Islamic Republic

of Afghanistan. Dr. S M Ilyas,

Director (CPGS) and Project

Director, DEC of NIRD & PR

coordinated the programme.

Faculty Participation

assured to involve through theFarmers’ Club for the development of

the village and switch over to organicfarming.

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Rural Development Statistics: 2012-13

Progress Statistics of Some Rural Development Programmes

Table -1 presents the wage ratesin respect of MGNREGS duringthe period 2008-09 to 2011-12 forall States and Union Territories.As will be seen from this Table,the modal wage rate in 2008-09was ` 100 but the increase inthe wage rate in the latter yearswas not uniform across the States/Union Territories. Out of 34 suchspatial units, Odisha registeredthe lowest wage rate of ` 90 in

2008-09 and on the other extremeHaryana fell with a correspondingfigure of ` 141.02. However thepercentage increase in the twoStates (that registered extremewage rates in 2008-09) was almostsame- around 33 per cent. Anotherinteresting observation that can bemade from this Table is thatHaryana’s wage rate could jumpfrom ` 179 to ` 191 - an increaseof 6.7 per cent, but Odisha’s wage

rate did not witness any

significant increase (from 125 to

` 126 only). Further, across all the

spatial units, the ones that registered

the highest percentage increase

(of 55 points) are Arunachal Pradesh

and Karnataka. The increases were

from ` 80 to ` 124 in the former

State while in the latter, it was from

` 100 to ` 155 during the period

2008-09 to 2011-12.

WAGE RATES UNDER MGNREGS

★ Dr.Sarumathy, Associate Professor (CHRD) attended a twelve-day programme onContemporary Public Administration and Management at Galilee International ManagementInstitute, Israel from June 18 to 30, 2014.

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Table 1 : State-wise MGNREGS Wage Rates

(` Per day)

S.No. State 2008-09 & 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

1 Assam 100.00 130.00 1362 Andhra Pradesh 100.00 121.00 1373 Arunachal Pradesh 80.00 Area-I (118.00) 124

80.00 Area-II (118.00)4 Bihar 100.00 120.00 1225 Gujarat 100.00 124.00 1346 Haryana 141.02 179.00 1917 Himachal Pradesh Non-scheduled Areas-100.00 Non-scheduled Areas-120.00 126

Scheduled Areas-125.00 Scheduled Areas-150.00 1578 Jammu & Kashmir 100.00 121.00 1319 Karnataka 100.00 125.00 15510 Kerala 125.00 150.00 16411 Madhya Pradesh 100.00 122.00 13212 Maharashtra 100 127.00 14513 Manipur 81.40 126.00 14414 Meghalaya 100.00 117.00 12815 Mizoram 110.00 129.00 13616 Nagaland 100.00 118.00 12417 Odisha 90.00 125.00 12618 Punjab -- 153 16618 (a) Hoshiarpur 100.00 124.00 --18 (b) Jalandhar 100.00 124.00 --18 (c) Nawanshar 100.00 124.00 --18 (d) Amritsar 105.00 130.00 --19 Rajasthan 100.00 119.00 13320 Sikkim 100.00 118.00 12421 Tamil Nadu 100.00 119.00 13222 Tripura 100.00 118.00 12423 Uttar Pradesh 100.00 120.00 12524 West Bengal 100.00 130.00 13625 Chhattisgarh 100.00 122.00 13226 Jharkhand 99.00 120.00 12227 Uttarakhand 100.00 120.00 12528 Goa 110.00 138.00 15829 Andaman & Nicobar

Andaman District 130.00 170.00 178Nicobar District 139.00 181.00 189

30 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 108.20 138.00 15731 Daman & Diu 102.00 126.00 13632 Lakshadweep 115.00 138.00 15133 Puducherry 100.00 119.00 13234 Chandigarh 140.00 174.00 189

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NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (NSAP)

The NSAP has different schemesnamely Indira Gandhi National OldAge Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS),Indira Gandhi National WidowPension Scheme (IGNWPS) , IndiraGandhi National Disability PensionScheme (IGNDPS) and NationalFamily Benefit Scheme (NFBS).The coverage has gone up by 3.33times in respect of IGNOAPS.Started with a coverage of 67 lakhin 2002-03 it has reached a mark

of 2.23 crore in 2012-13. Thecoverage is exceedingly moreimpressive under NFBS- itprogressed from just 0.85 lakh in2002-03 to 29 lakh in 2012-13 andthis results in a percentageachievement of 34 points. TheAnnapurna scheme also has madea mark in so far as its coverageis concerned - over a span ofabout 11 years, on an average itwas covering about 80 lakh

Table 2: NSAP - Physical and Financial Progress

2002-03 680.00 657.09 594.06 90.4 6697509 85209 776173 - -

2003-04 679.87 602.26 655.97 108.9 6624000 209456 1057155 - -

2004-05 1189.87 1032.01 868.37 84.1 8079386 261981 820583 - -

2005-06 1190.00 1189.71 1033.89 86.9 8002598 276737 851654 - -

2006-07 2489.61 2489.61 1968.28 79.05 8708837 243972 871424 - -

2007-08 2891.48 2889.73 3123.08 108.0 11514026 334153 1051030 - -

2008-09 4500.00 4500.00 3961.51 88.0 15020640 426292 1011240 - -

2009-10 5200.00 5155.50 4914.88 95.3 16356058 342809 1015655 3213467 699680

2010-11 5162.00 5162.00 5352.36 103.7 17081556 335044 958419 3425390 729345

2011-12 6596.47 6596.47 6188.67 93.8 21384404 330240 778682 3628467 794249

2012-13 8447.30 5859.50 4855.77 82.9 22318295 2910109 824001 4130876 743806

Year Allocation` (incrore)

Releases` (incrore)

Expendi-turereported` (incrore)

%utilisation

No. ofBenefi-ciariesunderNOAPS/IGNOAPS

No. ofBenefi-ciariesunderNFBS

No. ofBenefi-ciariesunderAnna-purana

No. ofBenefi-ciariesunderIGNWPS

No. ofBeneficia-ries underIGNDPS

persons every year. The other twoschemes namely IGNWPS andIGNDPS were introduced in 2009-10 and in a three-year period,while the former could register anincrease of 1.29 per cent, the latterregistered 1.06 per cent increase.In absolute terms, the IGNPS couldimprove its coverage from 32.1 lakhto 41.3 lakh while the otherscheme could graduate from 7.00lakh to 7.44 lakh (Table-2).

INDIRA AWAAS YOJANA (IAY)

The data presented in Table-3relate to the period 2002-03 to2011-12. (2012-13 was excluded asdata were not available for fullyear). During the period of about

10 years, the Central releases shotup from ̀ 162853 lakh to ̀ 986478lakh, registering a five-foldincrease. Even in respect ofutilisation (including the State

share), a nearly four-fold increaseis noticed during this period from` 279496 lakh to ` 1292632 lakh.During the entire period of tenyears, 2008-09 is an exception

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where the utilisation (including theState share) fell short of eventhe Central share- the actualfigures being ` 879579 lakh asreleases and ` 834834 lakh asutilisation. As regards the percentage

achievement of houses constructed/completed in a period of ten years forwhich the figures are presented, inthree years namely 2002-03, 2005-06 and 2008-09, the achievementexceeded the target set and it is

highest in 2002-03 at 118percentage points. In the otheryears also, with an exception of2009-10, the achievementpercentage did not fall short of 90per cent.

Table 3 : IAY - Financial and Physical Progress

(` in Lakh)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)2002-03 165640.00 162852.86 279496.46 13.14 15.49 118.0

2003-04 187050.00 187107.78 258009.69 14.84 13.61 91.7

2004-05 246067.00 288310.02 326208.64 15.62 15.21 97.4

2005-06 273240.00 273822.58 365409.05 14.41 15.52 107.7

2006-07 290753.00 290753.06 425342.45 15.33 14.98 97.7

2007-08 403270.00 388237.01 546454.30 21.27 19.92 93.7

2008-09 564577.00 879579.39 834834.33 21.27 21.34 100.3

2009-10 849470.00 863573.99 1329236.40 40.52 33.86 83.6

2010-11 1005370.00 1013945.40 1346572.75 29.08 27.15 93.4

2011-12 949120.00 986477.80 1292632.74 27.26 24.71 90.6

2012-13 1051320.00 565537.00 1346573.00 30.10 13.88 * -

Year CentralAllocation

CentralRelease

Utilisation Target (No.of Houses inLakh)

HousesConstructed /Completed(in Lakh)

Percentageachievementin houseconstruction

*: As on 31.1. 2013

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