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No. 245-246 October - November 2015www.nird.org.in

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

OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2015

Cover Story

Infrastructure development has beenrecognised, especially in the past twodecades, as a growth stimulant in anyeconomy – both for urban as well asrural economies. The availability andaccess people have for physicalinfrastructure form part of theimportant determinants of ruraldevelopment. They are also used asvital indicators of quality of life ofpeople.

Rural infrastructure characterisetechnical structures such asroads, culverts and small bridges,water supply, sewers, power,telecommunications, banks, markets,and sports facilities. It can be definedas the physical components ofinterrelated systems providingcommodities and services essentialto enable, sustain, or enhancesocietal living conditions. Ruralinfrastructures facilitate opportunitiesfor rural economic growth, whichshould eventually result incommunity convenience, andimprovement in the standard of livingin rural areas. Again, what physicalinfrastructure a country should aspirefor depends on the stage ofdevelopment a country is passingthrough. The infrastructure needsand priorities keep changing andexpanding as the nation progresses.Infrastructure can be basic, like theones mentioned above, or facilitativeinfrastructure such as agriculturalinfrastructure, market infrastructure,rural telecommunication connectivity,banking infrastructure, sportsfacilities, etc.

The infrastructure needs andpriorities differ. The Government ofIndia has also attempted to define

Rural Infrastructure: Drivers of Development

infrastructure during Basic NeedsProgramme in 1970s, and underBharat Nirman during 2000s.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY), Indira Aawas Yojana(IAY), Integrated WatershedManagement Programme (IWMP),National Rural Drinking WaterProgramme (NRDWP) are some ofthe popular rural infrastructuredevelopment programmes beingimplemented at present. The IAY hasthe vision of providing housing for alleligible rural households before2022; the NRDWP has the vision ofimproving the reach of piped watersupply at rural household level fromthe existing 20% to 80% by the 2022;Under PMGSY, a total of 59,564habitations are proposed to beprovided new rural road connectivity.This would involve construction of1,46,185 kms of rural roads. Inaddition to new connectivity, theScheme envisages upgradation/renewal of 1,94,130 kms of existingrural roads.

Besides the Ministry of RuralDevelopment (MoRD), there areseveral other ministries anddepartments of the Government ofIndia (GoI) that are also involved increation of rural infrastructures of

different types. For instance, Ministryof Drinking Water & Sanitation;Ministry of Health & Family Welfare;Ministry of New & RenewableEnergy; Ministry of Agriculture &Farmers Welfare; NABARD;Department of School Education& Literacy; Department ofTelecommunication; Department ofScience and Technology, etc.

Recognising the importance ofinfrastructure creation, NIRD&PRhas established a Centre for RuralInfrastructure (CRI) in 2008. TheCentre offers training programmesfor planning and management of ruralinfrastructure, and undertakesresearch studies on various issuesrelated to rural infrastructure. CRIaims at providing policy support to theMinistries of Rural Development;Ministry of Drinking Water &Sanitation; and Ministry of Health &Family Welfare. It provides capacitybuilding training for the developmentf u n c t i o n a r i e s i n v o l v e d i nimplementation of Pradhan MantriGram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), IndiraAawas Yojana (IAY), NRDWP,Swachh Bharat Mission, etc. Theresearch studies undertaken and thehandbooks brought out by the Centrehelp in better development practice,and informed policy making.

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� Rural Infrastructure: Drivers of

Development

� Visit of Parliamentary Consultative

Committee on RD, PR and Drinking

Water and Sanitation to Hyderabad

� National Workshop on Good Practices

under MGNREGA

� International Training Programme on

Planning and Management of Rural

Housing and Habitat Projects

� Workshop on Writing Case Studies in

Rural Development for NIRD&PR

Faculty

� Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

� Planning and Management of Micro-

enterprises

� Rural Credit for Poverty Alleviation for

Bankers

� Agricultural Finance for Agricultural

Bank Officers

� Induction Programme for Dena Bank

Officials

� International Programme on

Empowerment of Women for Rural

Development

� Micro-enterprise Development for Rural

Bankers

� Training cum Exposure on Swachh

Bharat Mission

Visit of ParliamentaryConsultative Committee on RD,

PR and Drinking Water andSanitation to Hyderabad

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee on RuralDevelopment, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water andSanitation headed by the Honourable Cabinet Ministerof Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj,Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Birender SinghChaudhary visited Hyderabad during 18- 19 November,2015. The Committee comprised Shri Sudarshan Bhagat,Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri RamKripal Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Drinking Water andSanitation, Bihar, Members of Lok Sabha, Members ofRajya Sabha and Officials from the MoRD and MoPR,Government of India.

The programme started with the welcome remarks byHon’ble Union Minister for Rural Development.A presentation on implementation of Panchayats(Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act was made byShri S.M. Vijayanand, Secretary, Panchayati Raj andDirector General, NIRD&PR and Shri Goyal, AdditionalSecretary, Panchayati Raj followed by discussions and

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clarifications by Hon’ble Membersof Parliament. Hon’ble Membersgave their suggestions on formatsfor Gram Panchayat DevelopmentPlan (GPDP). It was followed by apress meet by Hon’ble UnionMinister for Rural Development.

As a part of the visit, the Committeeheld a meeting on 18th November,2015 to review the implementationof the schemes of variousdepartments of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj and Drinking Waterand Sanitation.

In the afternoon, the Committeevisited NIRD&PR and reviewedits performance. A presentationwas made on the activit ies ofthe Institute including RuralTechnology Park, variousproduction units, demonstrationsof low cost housing technologiesand sanitation models, etc., byShri S.M.Vijayanand, Secretary,Panchayati Raj and DirectorGeneral, NIRD&PR.

Later in the meeting of theCommittee, National Rural RoadsDevelopment Agency (NRRDA)facil i tated the presentation ofExpert Group on measures forcost reduction in rural roads.Shri D.P. Gupta, Chairman, ExpertGroup made the presentation.Hon’ble Union Minister gavesuggestions on the future course ofaction to the Group.

On 19th November, 2015, theConsultative Committee made avisit to National Remote Sensing

Centre (NRSC), Shadnagar,Mahaboobnagar district. Director,NRSC Dr. Vinay Kumar Dadhwalmade a presentation on theactivities under National RemoteSensing Projects carried out atNRSC. The significant use of SpaceTechnology for Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Sanitation &Drinking Water was emphasisedand outcomes of the projectsl ike National level GroundWater Prospects Mapping,Integrated Watershed ManagementProgramme (IWMP) and SpaceBased Information Support forDecentralised Planning (SISDP)were presented. The Session wasan interactive Session towardseffective utilisation of Space Based

Inputs in the respective domain.The presentation was followed bythe demonstration of the BhuvanBhujal, Bhuvan-IWMP and BhuvanPanchayat.

The Consultative Committee alsoheld a meeting to review theperformance of MGNREGS andPMGSY works in drought affectedregions of Andhra Pradesh andTelangana along with MoRDofficials and offered suggestions foreffective implementation of theprogrammes.

Dr. G. Rajanikanth, AssociateProfessor and Dr. C. Dheeraja,Assistant Professor of the Centrefor Wage Employment and PovertyAlleviation (CWEPA) of NIRD&PRcoordinated the visit.

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National Workshop on Good Practices under MGNREGA

Centre for Wage Employment andPoverty Alleviation and Ministry ofRural Development jointlycoordinated the National Workshopon Good Practices under MGNREGSduring November 20 - 21, 2015 atHyderabad. The programme wasintended for the Principal Secretariesof RD, Commissioners of RD and theDirectors of SRLM from all the Statesand Union Territories of India. Theobjective of the Workshop was toshare good practices in MGNREGSso that they can be replicated in otherStates and also to discuss thechanges/ amendments that canbe incorporated in the Act. In all,80 participants from 26 Statesparticipated in the Workshop.Shri J.K. Mohapatra, IAS, Secretary,MoRD, Shri Amarjeet Sinha, IAS,Addl. Secretary, MoRD andSmt. Aparajita Sarangi, JointSecretary, MGNREGS, MoRD,Government of India, facilitated thediscussions.

Day one started with welcomingremarks by Smt. Aparajita Sarangi,Joint Secretary, MGNREGS, MoRDand briefing on the purpose andstructure of Workshop. Shri AmarjeetSinha, Addl. Secretary, MoRD, in hispresentation highlighted a few issuesfor consideration in reformingMGNREGS. In this connection, heunderlined the importance of MissionAntyodaya, a convergence missionto alleviate poverty, whereMGNREGS and NRLM can play agreater role as Livelihoods Resource.

Shri Rohit Kumar, Commissioner,EGS, Rajasthan made a presentationon Demand Capture and WomenMate system of Rajasthan. Hehighlighted Group-wise Task NapiPayment System (GTNPS). He alsoelaborated the systems developed inRajasthan to capture the hiddendemand and also how theprocedures were simplified.

Next presentation was on creativeand innovative uses of MGNREGSby Shri Ronald Rose, IAS., DistrictCollector & DPC, MGNREGS,Medak District, Telangana State andSmt. Lakshmi, Sarpanch, IbrahimpurGram Panchayat in Medak District.They primarily highlightedsustainable livelihoods of the poorthrough convergence of MGNREGAwith various schemes. They focusedon how to make a village developedone by having different development

committees. Besides, they shared,their experiences on how they couldachieve purified drinking water plant,ODF, cent per cent enrolment ofchildren, tax collection, magicsoak pits, harithaharam, etc., inconvergence with MGNREGS.

In the afternoon, there werepresentations by Chhattisgarhand Andhra Pradesh States onconvergence and rolling out thesocial audits for ensuringtransparency and accountability.Chhattisgarh Government has comeout with fixed convergence modelsfor the construction of AnganwadiBuilding, Mini Stadium, GramPanchayat Bhawan, PDS Godownand Food Grain Platform(Chabutara). They also shared withthe group how convergence is goingon with Mukhyamantri Gramin Sadak& Vikas Yojana, Works for FRA

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Beneficiaries, IWMP and DairyProject initiative from Bilaspur district.Andhra Pradesh Government alsoexplained the convergence modelsimplemented by it. Both the Statesreflected on the status of social auditunit and conduct of social audits.

The next session was by the Statesof Sikkim and West Bengal onimproving the quality of assetsthrough convergence. SikkimG o v e r n m e n t p r e s e n t e d aconvergence model of humanresource convergence, convergencewith departments, beneficiary co-financing, community convergence.A few examples presented were withreference to convergence with CSOsto institutionalise HR Convergence,Convergence with Horticulture /Agriculture for water tank,Horticulture Convergence withHCCDD, Animal Sheds with AnimalHusbandry, Rural Housing with IAY/CMRHM/NBA and CommunityConvergence.

West Bengal presented the inter-department and intra-departmentconvergence models and elaboratedthat they had the mandate to take upat least 50 per cent of works (in termsof the number) in convergence andwhen it comes to expenditure at least20 per cent should be forconvergence. They are also givingimportance to converge withindividuals in terms of individualworks.

The last presentation for the day wasby Telangana Government on howthey succeeded in curbing the delaysin wage payments. Their experiencewas that fixed labour group concept,

Muster rolls starting on different days(for one batch on Monday and foranother batch on Thursday), eMMS,eFMS helped in curbing the delaysin the payment of wages. It wasinformed that the compensation forthe delayed payments at 0.005 percent is in vogue in the State.

Day two started with a review ofStates on few components like CFT,barefoot engineers trainings,fund releases, etc., under thechairmanship of Shri J.K. Mohapatra,IAS, Secretary, MoRD. Smt. AparajitaS a r a n g i , J o i n t S e c r e t a r y,MGNREGS, MoRD, made apresentation on draft Master Circular.As there were many directives,instructions and advisories (1039approx.) leading to confusion andcontradictions, it was felt that thereshould be clarity and simplicity ininstructions, which is critical toeffective implementation. So all theamendments, revisions, advisories,guidelines and orders issued from

2007 till November, 2015 were takenstock of and a simple instructionalframework for implementation wasprepared as a Master Circular.Feedback on draft master circular aswell as on Amendments required tothe Schedule I and II were invitedfrom all the States and points weremade a note of.

The last presentation was by TamilNadu State on innovations andprocesses under MGNREGS andshared on demand capture, workallocation and payment procedures.They also highlighted a few workswhere the quality of work is givenimportance.

The programme ended with a voteof thanks to the chair.

The programme was coordinated byDr. Rajanikanth, Associate Professor,Dr. Dheeraja, Assistant Professorand other members of the Team ofCentre for Wage Employment andPoverty Alleviation (CWEPA),NIRD&PR.

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An international training

programme on “Planning and

Management of Rural Housing

and Habitat Projects” was

conducted at NIRD&PR campus

in Hyderabad from 14th

September, 2015 to 11th

October, 2015. The programme

was sponsored by Ministry of

External Affairs, Government of

India. Fourteen senior and

middle level managers from nine

developing countries attended

the programme. They include

Bahamas (1), Bangladesh (2),

Ghana (3), Mauritius (2), Nepal

(1), Oman (1), Srilanka (1),

Sudan (2) and Tunisia (1). The

course was designed in seven

thematic areas, namely Policies

and programmes; Habitat

Approach –Convergence –

Infrastructure; Technology

options – Cost–effective –

Green building; Institutional

M e c h a n i s m – P a r t i c i p a t o r y

Approach; MIS Applications –

Knowledge networking; Best

practices in Rural Housing;

Preparation of Back–Home

Action Plans.

As part of the programme, the

participants were taken for field

visit to Hajipally - clean habitat; IAY

Colony, Bengaluru and villagesnear Kurnool rehabilitated after aflood. The participants wereexposed to houses constructedunder various Central and Statesponsored rural housing schemes.They had interactions withbeneficiaries, SHGs and VillagePanchayat officials and got to knowtheir role in implementation of thehousing schemes.

The participants were taken on astudy visit to Bengaluru and Mysurufor a week. They had exposure toRural Building Centre, Fast trackTechnology Models, Rural BuildingCentre in Mysuru, SATCOMtechnology for training at ANSSIRD

a n d I n t e g r a t e d v i l l a g e

development plans. The

participants expressed that it

was an excellent learning

experience for getting to know

various technologies used in

government housing programmes

in India. They had mentioned in

their back–home action plans

that besides technology

components - GIS application in

housing, MIS on rural housing in

India, and elements of social

audit ing were some of the

lessons they were taking back

home. The programme was

coordinated by Dr Y Gangi

Reddy and Dr P SivaRam,

Faculty of CRI, NIRD&PR.

International Training Programme on Planning andManagement of Rural Housing and Habitat Projects

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Workshop on Writing Case Studies in Rural Developmentfor NIRD&PR Faculty

Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

A Training cum workshop on writingcase studies in Rural Developmentand Development of Handbook wasorganised in collaboration with TISSduring 5 – 9 October, 2015 atNIRD&PR, Hyderabad. The mainobjectives of this programme were toenhance knowledge and skills todevelop case studies in ruraldevelopment and use it in theclassroom situation; and to share theexperiences of faculty indevelopment of case studies andHandbook on case studies writings.

Altogether 27 participants (TwoProfessors, eight AssociateProfessors, and seventeen AssistantProfessors of NIRD&PR) attendedthe workshop.

During the workshop all the facultymembers were exposed to thepreparation of case studies andpresented the same during theworkshop in different themes relatedto Rural Development viz. Natural

Resource Management, Povertyalleviation, Employment generation,Entrepreneurship development,technology adoption, financialservices, etc. Besides, facultymembers developed the hand-outson how to write case studies fortraining situation for furtherrefinement and use.

Prof. Pushpendra Kumar Singh,Professor, Tata Institute of Social

Sciences (TISS), Prof. Rajeswar

Mishra, Former IIT Professor, Patna

Prof. G. Palanithurai, Professor, Rajiv

Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj

Studies, Gandhigram Rural Institute

were invited as resource persons.

Dr C.S.Singhal, Prof. & Head,

Dr. Lakhan Singh, Asst. Professor,

CWD&GS, NIRD&PR coordinated

the workshop.

The CRI conducted 5-day training on‘Behaviour Change Communication(BCC) for Rural SanitationProfessionals under Swachh BharatMission’. It was conducted atNIRD&PR campus in Hyderabadfrom 5th to 9th October 2015. Twentyseven participants from 7 States

participated. They were from AndhraPradesh, Telangana, Gujarat,Odisha, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh andJammu & Kashmir. Two of them wereSIRD faculty members (one fromGujarat, and the other from J & K),and all the others are working asRegional level and District level

coordinators under Swachh Bharat

Mission in their respective States.

The purpose of the training was to

equip participants with the knowledge

and skills of understanding

resistance to change, and the

(personal, social and administrative)

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Sanitation (CLTS) as an approachtowards behaviour change amongthe community. CLTS involves PRAbased mapping and identification ofareas where men, women andchildren go for open defecation; andexplaining to the community in adisgusting tone of voice, howdefecating in open leads to fecal–oral

barriers to change. The contents ofthe training programme were:

● Swachh Bharat Mission –Guidelines

● Issues & Challenges in RuralSanitation Promotion

● Technical design options forrural household toilets

● Understanding Resistance toChange

● Behavioual Change Models &their Application to RuralSanitation Promotion

● Breaking the Resistance toChange

● Role of Information, Educationand Communication (IEC) inBCC

● Social Marketing Strategies forSanitation Promotion

● Sanitation Promotion: Strategiesthat work (Success Stories fromacross)

● Solid Waste Management -Operational Plan & DPRPreparation

As part of the training, one full-dayfield exercises were carried out inMadhapur Gram Panchayat inKandukur block of RR district. Thefield programme was organised inassociation with SERP Project of theState Government of Telangana.SERP is involved in construction ofIndividual Household Latrines(IHHLs) with a view to achievingOpen Defecation Free (ODF) statusin all the villages where SERP works.SERP adopts Community-Led Total

transmission of diseases. It triggersthe community to demandassistance for toilet construction.This exercise was excellently carriedout by SERP team in the village,which generated a lot of discussionamongst the villagers. It helpedexplaining back in the classroom,how CLTS can profitably be used in

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Planning and Management of Micro-enterprises

Keeping in mind the importance ofself-employment activities forgenerating income for improvingquality of life of the rural people, atraining programme on Planning andManagement of Micro-enterprises forSHGs was held at SIRD, Ranchi from5th to 9th October 2015. Altogether39 officers across the Statecomprising Government officers,Bank Officers (mainly LDMs andBranch Managers) and NGOsattended the programme. It ispertinent to mention that out of 39officers, 26 officers (67%) were

social mobilisation for toiletconstruction.

Later the same day, the participantswere taken to Muralinagar - anadjacent village to Madhapur – wherethey held discussions with Panchayatfunctionaries on how Muralinagarwas turned into an ODF village withinfour months time. Muralinagar is anSC/ST dominated village with over85 per cent of the householdsbelonging to STs and SCs. Thepersistent efforts made by the GPPresident, with support from SERPcould make Muralinagar an ODFvillage. All the toilets constructedhave a bathroom attached. Thequality of construction is good. Theyhave used cement blocks forconstructing the superstructure, andhave gone for twin-pits design forsub-structure as recommended bythe State government. There isseparate water tub to store water

near toilet. The GP president, with theassistance of the SERP team, hasworked out the cost not to exceed` 12000 provided by the SwachhBharat Mission for IHHLs. Thebeneficiaries are reported to have

contributed ` 500 extra forconstructing water storage-tub nearthe toilet. The programme wascoordinated by Dr R Ramesh,Dr P SivaRam and Dr Y Gangi Reddyfrom CRI.

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Rural Credit for Poverty Alleviation for Bankers

The captioned programme wasconducted between 12th to 16thOctober at UIRD, Uttarakhand,located at Rudrapur in the districtof Uddham Singh Nagar. Therewere 29 participants consisting ofRural Bankers from Oriental Bankof Commerce, Punjab & Sind Bankand Uttarakhand Gramin Bank.

There were few guest speakerswho covered and deliveredpertinent subjects on opportunitiesfor group lending under NationalRural Livelihood Mission, scope foragri-f inance, scope for micro-enterprise development and bank-linkages procedures. Along withDr.B.K.Swain, the coursecoordinator, Dr. Mukesh Pandey,one of the Senior Professors of thePantnagar Agricultural Universitythrew l ight on the scope and

opportunities for agri-business inthe State of Uttarakhand includingtremendous scope under apiculture(honey production), sericulture (silkproduction), horticulture (vegetablegardening) as well as pulses (dal)processing units. Extensivecoverage of credit dispensingmechanism along with recovery

strategies were shown throughslides, power-point presentationsand relevant movies documentingthe success stories from most of thesouthern States. The DistrictDevelopment Manager fromNABARD highlighted the scope ofagri-business lending for thebranches located in and around the

female. The main objectives of theprogramme were to equip theparticipants with the knowledge oforganising rural poor for self-help, toimpart basic knowledge aboutplanning and implementation ofincome generating projects for SHGand to share innovative experiencesand strategies in managing SHGbased micro-enterprises.

The training programme wasdesigned in such a way thatparticipants could implement SHGrelated income generation projectssystematically. Accordingly, varioustopics like capacity building, PRA and

Participatory Identification of Poor,social mobilisation, capacity building,poverty issues, innovative projectidentification, monitoring andevaluation, gender issues, marketingaspects, etc., were included. Fieldbased cases on income generationprojects of SHGs were also sharedwith the participants through filmshows. Further, one-day field visitwas organised to Getasud village,Angara block of Ranchi district whereparticipants interacted with womenwho have benefited by forming SHGsvis-à-vis Panchasutras.

The inaugural address was deliveredby Mrs. Suman Cathrine Kispotta,

JAS, Deputy Director, SIRD whostressed the need for organising suchprogramme as SHG strategy couldaddress issues of poverty throughcollective action by poor women. Theparticipants thoroughly enjoyed thetraining programme as interactionwas mainly in Hindi. Further, manyparticipants during the course offeedback requested to organise moresuch programmes at SIRD, Ranchi.The programme was conducted byDr. Shankar Chatterjee, AssociateProfessor, NIRD & PR and Mrs.Suman Pathak, JAS, Lecturer, SIRD,Ranchi.

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A sponsored training programme forAgricultural and other officers ofBank of Maharashtra was organisedduring October 12-16, 2015 wherein27 officiers participated.

The objective of the programme wasto improve the term lending portfolioof bank officials through investmentcredit to agriculture and alliedactivities. The participants werejunior officials and were exposed tothis kind of training for the first time.

As a part of the programme, a fieldvisit was arranged to poultrylivestock project at VeterinaryCollege, Rajendranagar whereintechnical and financial aspects offinancing poultry farming and other

Agricultural Finance for Agricultural Bank Officers

city of Rudrapur & Haldwani. Theparticipants were thoroughlymotivated and excited to worksincerely in their respectivebranches to init iate majorbreakthrough in the flow of rural

credit under government sponsoredschemes in the State ofUttarakhand. The field visit waseye-opener for the participants asthey are able to see vast scope forrural credit through group activities.

The programme was coordinatedby Dr.B.K.Swain, Professor andHead of the Centre for Rural Creditand Development Banking,NIRD&PR and Dr. M.P.Khali,Faculty of UIRD, Rudrapur.

alternative projects were demonstrated.

The programme was coodinated by Shri R. Koteshwara Rao, ProjectConsultant, Centre for Rural Credit Development Banking (CRCDB),NIRD&PR.

Induction Programme for Dena Bank Officials

A one-week Induction TrainingProgramme was organised fornewly recruited agricultural officiersof Dena Bank during October 26-31, 2015. A total of 23 officialsparticipated in the programme.

The programme aimed at impartingbasic knowledge of banking andproviding rural orientation and

capacity building of the young bankofficers. Detailed presentationswere made on the priority sectoradvances concept and variousloans which come under the gamutof priority sector, need foraccelerating growth of prioritysector for increasing agriculturalproduction, creating micro-

enterprises start-ups, credit flows toclean and renewable energy andproviding livelihoods for poor andmarginalised. Sessions on projectfinance, micro and minor irrigation,SHG bank linkage, poultry, dairy,sheep rearing horticulture were alsoincluded in the programme as thereis a huge demand for such credit

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International Programme onEmpowerment of Women for Rural Development

The Centre for WomenDevelopment and Gender Studiesorganised an InternationalTraining Programme on‘Empowerment of Women forRural Development" at its HQsfrom 12th October to 8thNovember, 2015. The mainobjectives of the programmewere to understand theconcept, strategies, initiatives,mechanisms for social, economicand political empowerment ofrural women; discuss the povertyreduction and rural developmentapproaches in the context of thesituation of women, getfamiliarised with the groundrealities and learn lessons in theimplementation of developmentprogrammes for empowerment ofwomen and enhance the skills for

effective management of projects,programmes for empowerment ofwomen in rural areas.

The programme had four modules onDevelopment perspectives, WomenEmpowerment, Rural Institutions,and Skill Development. In addition to

local institutions working onwomen empowerment andlivelihoods promotion, theparticipants had a study tour toKarnataka State where they gotfirst-hand information byinteraction with Elected WomenRepresentatives (EWR), Women

products in rural areas. As a part ofthe programme, participants weretaken to Peddathupra village forinteraction with SHG group women.

The programme was coordinated byShri V. Rama Mohana Rao, ProjectConsultant, Centre for Rural Creditand Development Banking(CRCDB), NIRD&PR.

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of SHGs under NRLM and womenworking under MGNREGS. Theyalso visited two RUDSETInstitutions, one in eachChikkabalapur and Ramnagaradistrict and discussed with womentrainees in length. In addition, theyalso had a meeting with CEO ofRamanagara district to discussabout women developmentprogrammes at grassroots level.At end of the last day of visit, theprincipal secretary of Rural

Interaction with Elected Women Representatives

Development and Panchayati Raj,Karnataka invited all theparticipants and had discussion onthe field visit learning of theparticipants.

Besides NIRD&PR faculty,eminent speakers from differentorganisations, viz. UNICEF, GirlRising, NAARM, MANAGE,National Institute for Micro, Smalland Medium Enterprises(NIMSME) addressed theparticipants.

Discussing about MGNREGS at its worksite

Interaction with women of SH groups

Participants prepared and presentedcountry papers and field studyreports on all the visits. An ActionPlan on learning points and the ideas

they would like to try out in theirown countries was prepared.

Altogether 22 participants from14 countries attended theprogramme of whom 16 werewomen. The programme wassponsored by the Ministry ofExternal Affairs, Government ofIndia.

Dr. C S Singhal, Prof. & Head, andDr. Lakhan Singh, AssistantProfessor, CWD&GS coordinatedthe programme.

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Micro-enterprise Development for Rural Bankers

The captioned programme wasconducted from 16th to 20thNovember 2015 at Rajiv GandhiState Institute of Panchayati Rajand Community Development,Nilokheri in Karnal district ofHaryana. The programme wasattended by 22 bank managerswho are working in the ruralbranches of Oriental Bank ofCommerce and Punjab & SindBank.

Most of the topics covered anddelivered were highly relevant tothe serving bankers. Some of thetopics include ‘Innovative waysfor financing micro-enterprises,Identif ication of appropriatemicro-enterprises, Marketingstrategies for effective creditmanagement, Rehabilitation ofsick micro-enterprises units andother relevant topics on effectivecredit management in the ruralsector. Dr.B.K.Swain, Professorfrom NIRD&PR extensivelycovered various strategies tomanage the rural credit portfolioand the local resource personsgenerally covered other aspects,such as recovery of NPAs underagricultural credit in the ruralsector, which itself is a dauntingtask for every bank. Therecovery strategies andprocedures were explainedthrough sl ides, power-pointpresentations and relevantmovies documenting the

success stories from variousoutside States. The participantswere thoroughly motivated andexcited to work sincerely in theirrespective rural branches to initiatea major breakthrough in furtherdisbursement of rural credit forMicro-enterprises under NRLMafter recovering the bad debts in theState of Haryana.

The field trip to the Indo-Israelproject on growing vegetablesthrough modern techniques in thedistrict of Karnal was a uniqueexperience for all the Bankers. Theagro-firm has not only changed thefortune of many farmers in Haryanabut the farmers are able to carry outexcellent agri-business and havecleared all their dues to the bank

promptly thereby motivating thebankers to enhance their originallimits. Subsequently, the visit tofew SHG groups making earthenpots and design flower potsmostly init iated by womenclusters was an eye openingscene which reflects the successof the strategy for alleviatingpoverty ridden people.

T h e p r o g r a m m e w a scoordinated by Dr.B.K. Swain,Professor and Head of theCentre for Rural Creditand Development Banking,NIRD&PR and Mrs. VeenaShegal, a senior faculty memberof the RGSIPRCD at Nilokheri,Haryana.

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A Training cum Exposure on SwachhBharat Mission was conducted from23rd to 27th November 2015 atNIRD&PR. The response wasoverwhelming. Forty nine participantsfrom 12 States of India participated.Most of them were governmentofficials working for various StateWater and Sanitation Missions(SWSMs) at the State or districtlevels. They were from Kerala,Andhra Pradesh, Assam, MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha,Telangana, West Bengal and UttarPradesh. There were threeparticipants from NGOs, who haverural sanitation as one of thecomponents of programmeintervention. The programmecoverage included - Sanitationscenario in Indian Villages; Issuesand Challenges in Rural Sanitation;Factors Influencing SanitationBehaviour; Concept & Operationalaspects of Swachh Bharat Mission;Technology options for IHHLs;Understanding Resistance toChange & Dealing with resistance tochange; CLTS Approach to RuralSanitation Promotion, and SolidWaste Management in Rural Areas.

As part of the programme, theparticipants spent one full dayinvolving themselves in a field-basedCLTS exercise in Rajapur GramPanchayat in Mahaboobnagar districtof Telangana. Community-led TotalSanitation (CLTS) is one of theapproaches that will help trigger ruralhouseholds to think in favour of toiletconstruction, and regular use. Itcreates a disgusting feeling towardsopen defecation, which nudgespeople to construct toilet and use italways. CLTS exercise wasorganised with the field assistance ofSociety for Elevation of Rural Poverty

(SERP), Government of Telangana.Later, the participants were taken toIbrahimpur which is an OpenDefecation Free (ODF) GramPanchayat, where people use waterATM, and the drainage system isreportedly unique. Moreover, theGram Panchayat Office of Ibrahimpurdeveloped a nice park converting acommon place as a green area cumchildren’s park. It was insightful tothe participants. The programmewas coordinated by Dr. P. SivaRam,Dr R Ramesh and Dr. Y. Gangi Reddyof CRI, NIRD&PR.

Training cum Exposure on Swachh Bharat Mission

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati RajRajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030

Phone : (040) 24008473, Fax : (040) 24008473E-mail : [email protected], Website : www.nird.org.in

S.M. Vijayanand, IAS, Secretary (MoPR) & Director General, NIRD&PR

Editor: Dr. Anil Takalkar, Associate Professor and Head, CMRD, Asst. Editor : Dr. K. Papamma

Photographs : P. Subrahmanyam; Cover Design : V. G. Bhat: Published by Dr. Anil Takalkar, Associate Professor & Head, CMRD

on behalf of the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030

and printed at Vaishnavi Laser Graphics, Hyderabad.

Documents

No. 245-246 October - November …nirdpr.org.in/NIRD_Docs/newsletters/oct-nov15.pdfThe presentation was followed by the demonstration of the Bhuvan Bhujal, Bhuvan-IWMP and Bhuvan Panchayat