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Village Development Plan for Nangal Khurd

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Village Development Programme

Implementing Agency- ANKUR WELFARE ASSOCIATION, GAGRET (HP)

NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. R.O. SHIMLA. H.P.

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M-09816199120

ANKUR WELFARE ASSOCIATION Radha Swami Satsang Road, Gagret

Ref. NABARD/VDP/3 Dated March 31, 2012 To

The Chief General Manager NABARD, Shimla

SUB;- Village Development Plan for Nangal Khurd. Sir

With reference to your letter NB/DDM/Una/2206/VDP/2010-11, dated

21/7/2010, where in approval was granted to the association of this NGO as an

implementing agency under Village Development Programme. Based on the

different meeting held with yourself, your officials in Solan we have conducted

the PRA and prepared a detail plan of activities in consultation with the

villagers and Govt. department.

The proposal is enclosed for your kind approval.

Yours truly,

(Manisha Sharma) Program Coordinator

Encl. As above.

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C O N T E N T S

1 Introduction.

2 Objectives of the Village Development Plan

3. Village profile.

4. Principal Implementing Agency: Ankur Welfare Association

5 Core Issues

6 Infrastructure gaps

7 Status of banking services

8 Sector wise Village Plan for 3 years

9 Details of workshop/ program in 3 years

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Chapter - 1

1.0 Introduction

There is an urgent need to understand the development requirements of the people in

rural and backward areas and initiate the developmental process through credit and

other interventions. Majority of villages in the country still face constraints such as

access to education, health facilities, drinking water, power, roads, credit, information

and market. Against this background, NABARD has conceptualized a program for

holistic and integrated development of selected villages in the country in an integrated

manner with disguised employment, unemployment and financial services as the focus

and dovetailing socio-economic, infrastructure and human aspects of development.

With the expertise and resources available with NABARD and its rapport with the

various departments of State Governments and Non Governmental agencies, it is

adequately equipped to implement this program as a pilot project named as Village

Development Program' (VDP).

NABARD has demonstrated several models of development with focus on specific

purposes/groups of people. The major initiative of NABARD in this direction include :

schemes for the development of various sectors of agriculture and rural development,

SHGs, KCC, District Rural Industrialization and Cluster Development Programs,

Watershed Development, TDF, RIDF, RTTF, RIF, institutional development of RRBs and

Cooperative etc. This new initiative with focus on a specific area, i.e. a village, and

adopting an integrated approach for the implementation of various schemes of Govt.

Depts., PRIs, banks, NABARD, etc. is expected to have more visible and practical impact

and provide tools to achieve sustainable, innovative and self progressive development

in rural areas. Any developmental intervention needs ownership and involvement of

the people for successful implementation of any project.

1.1 Objective of VDP

Objective of the VDP is to develop villages under Nangal Khurd Panchayat in an

integrated manner. This would include economic development, infrastructure

development and socio economic development i.e., education, health, drinking water

supply, training and capacity building programmes aimed at skill development and

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employment generation, etc. This would naturally require the involvement and

participation of Gram Panchayat, State Government agencies, banks, NGOs, other

development agencies. The people participation and ownership is the prerequisite for

this scheme.

Major objectives of the program are as follows:

i) Integrated development of Sidh Chaler Panchayat villages to show cases it as a model for sustainable development.

ii) To increase livelihood options through promotion of micro, small and medium enterprises, agriculture and allied activities, traditional and artisanal activities, water-shed development etc.

iii) To develop infrastructural facilities like roads, rain water harvesting structures, irrigation, with the support of RIDF and support from other govt. Agencies.

iv) To promote natural resource management through interventions in forestry, agriculture, allied activities, organic farming, watershed etc.

v) To develop integrated waste management system through promotion of biogas, vermin-compost etc.

vi) To enhance standards of education through awareness campaign and people participation and develop better education facilities.

vii) To promote watershed development programmes for conservation of soil and water.

viii) To promote micro finance by encouraging people to form SHGs or Artisan groups to provide micro finance services including micro insurance through linkage with local banks and LIC.

ix) To promote Farmers Clubs/ Joint Liability Groups.

x) To promote and support artisanal/Dairy clusters.

xi) To promote, cultural tourism and eco tourism.

xii) Capacity building of SHGs/NGOs/banks/farmers' club with NABARD support.

xiii) To coordinate with state government and HPKVV as well as KVK to provide

extension services to farmers to take up more remunerative crops (cash crops,

vegetables, horticulture/Dairy/vermi hatcheries/organic farming etc.

xiv) To increase flow of credit from banking sector so that incidents of informal

lending is reduced.

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3.0 Principal Implementing Agency (PIA) : Ankur Welfare Association

Ankur Welfare Association Gagret is registered under the Societies Act-1860, vide

registration no 15/94 at Una (HP). It is working for the last 15 years mainly in the field

of Rural Development, Soil and conservation, women empowerment and community

health improvement through collaboration with Government and private agencies.

The NGO will be an enabling rather than a delivery agency under the programme. It

will facilitate the community mobilization and convergence of the different

programmes of State Govt./ NABARD and other agencies in the project area. It may

demonstrate new ideas, promote new approaches, experiment jointly with the

community, demystify concepts and technologies, mediate to bring about

collaboration within and outside the community and impart skills and foster

conditions for reflection and learning.

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CHAPTER 2

PROFILE OF SIDH CHALER PANCHAYAT AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE

Namgal Khurd Panchayat is situated near to the industrial area Tahliwal and is 35

kilometr from the district headquarter and 10 kilometer from the Tehsil Head quarter

Haroli. Village based socio-economic indicators were collected from secondary sources

as also during the socio-economic mobilization. A Village Development Committee

having representation from all section of society and comprising of 11members (7

males & 4 females) were selected by the villagers during the village meet for

implementation of the VDP.

The NGO along with the village committee members conducted a detailed

baseline survey of each family using the PRA technique and collected general

information in a pre-designed format regarding the socio-economic condition of

each family viz., population features, crops raised, social and economic aspects as

also to find out the existing situation, problems/constraints faced by the villagers,

infrastructural facilities and gaps, banking facilities, Health conditions/problems faced

by them and their aspirations. The base line survey was conducted with active

involvement of all villagers.

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LOCATION MAP OF SIDHCHALER PANCHYAT

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION DIFFERENT VILLAGES OF SIDHCHALER

RESOURCE MAP OF PANCHYAT SIDHCHALER

Social Map Sidhchaler

Climate

- The climate is hot temperate and dry

- Monsoon period is from July to September

- The normal rainfall is 76 - mm.

- The maximum temperature during summer reaches upto 45oC and during

winter the temperature falls below 4 C.

As about 24% of the population comprise families below poverty line. Unemployment

is a major problem and there is a sizeable population of educated young, both male

and female in the village, majority of them is interested only in government jobs. The

village has a considerable population of Scheduled Caste/Backward Caste families

majority of them are poor. Infrastructure facilities like roads, electricity, and drinking

water are not well developed.

Drinking Water, Health and Sanitation:

It has been noticed that ground water is not available at desired depth.

Therefore, there is shortage of drinking water especially in the summer months. Thus

there is need of augmentation of the drinking water supply as also to take up steps

such as rain water harvesting and water shed development programmes are to be

taken up on a war footing basis.

The village has no Primary Health Centre or Ayurvedic Dispensary although there is

one Ayurvedic Dispensary in the nearby village under government sector which is

sufficient for taking care of only minor health problems. However, for treating other

ailments, the people have to reach 50 km head quarters for treatment.

Although sanitary latrines have been constructed and provided to households under

Total Sanitation program, there are families in the village still without sanitary

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latrines. Waste management is a major problem being faced by the village and

dumping of garbage etc. is creating ecological problems. There is an urgent need to

promote house hold kitchen waste treatment and make facility for handing of waste

for the village.

Agriculture and Allied Activities

In general, agriculture (agriculture labour) and allied activities are the two main

occupations of the people. The area under agriculture crops is enclosed.

Education

There is one Primary School in the villages. Moreover there are 3 Anganwadi in the

villages. Out of these one Anganwadi is in the Govt. Building and remaining three are

in Mahila Mandal or Sarai buildings. Further, for education above the primary school

the children have to travel 3-4 km. There is a tendency of dropping out among school

children of SC/BC families which is of concern. This is mainly due to low emphasis on

education among the community as also tendency for wage earning due poor income

profile. Community also lack specialized skill for wage employment. Hence, vocational

training also needs to be given more priority.

Power

The power connection has reached to all areas of the village. However, the streets in

the villages are without any street lights making it difficult to walk during the night in

case of emergencies.

Road Infrastructure

The villages are connected to main road by link lane but this entire lane is kuccha

having less width and thereby making it is difficult to travel through motor during the

night and rainy seasons. In order to reach the Panchayat head quarter from Kharyali

village which is located at the foothill of the Panchayat the members have to take road

to adjoining village Banjal and traverse a distance of 8 km since there is no connectivity

from this village to Sidh Chaler. There is a need to develop connectivity among the

villages with standard size of roads.

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Banking

As there is no bank in the village. Majority of the population depend on credit for their

lively hood activities from informal resources or they have to approach banks in block

Head Quarter. General awareness about the institutional credit facilities is lacking

among the people. Analysis of the trend in credit flow indicates that priority sector

contributes about 95 % of the total credit flow.

Poverty Alleviation

As already stated elsewhere, 24% of the population comprises BPL families

which shows the magnitude of the problem. Proper planning, skill development,

leadership qualities etc. are required. Almost all women are unemployed.

Entrepreneurship qualities are lacking among the educated youth. There is a need to

create awareness among the youth and women through activities such Tailoring,

Embroidery, Patch work, Wood Craft, Handloom, Beauty Parlour, Dairy Farming,

Mushroom Cultivation, Organic Farming etc.

The living condition of majority of SC/BC population and their status in respect of

education, health conditions, employment, hygiene, Sanitation etc. are far from

satisfactory when compared to other communities. As the living conditions are bad,

there is a tendency among people, especially men, to get addicted to liquor, pan etc.

leading to tensions in families and also in the society.

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Profile of the Panchayat

TABLE - 1

Village NANGAL KHURD

Panchayat NANGAL KHURD

Bus Stop NANGAL KHURD

Post Office NANGAL KHURD

Police Station HAROLI

Block HAROLI

Tehsil HAROLI

District UNA

State HIMACHAL PARDESH

Railway Station UNA

Air Port GAGAL, KANGRA

Assembly Constituency SANTOSHGARH

Lok Sabha Constituency HAMIRPUR

Area

Population (2001 Census)

Population (At Present 2009)

Livestock

Secondary School

Sr. Secondary School

Ayurvedic Dispensary

Anganwari 9

ITI 8 KILO METER AWAY

Bank PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK 3 KILOMETER AWAY

KCC A/c

Village towards East & South HAROLI LALRI

Village towards North TAHLIWAL TAHLIWAL

Village towards South & West HAROLI

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TABLE-2: Village Development Committee (VDC)

Sn Name Post Contact No.

1 RUKAMDIN CHAIRMAN 9816468546

2 SIKANDER MEMBER 9882151145

3 SHER MUKHTIAR MEMBER 9816298520

4 RAMESH KUMAR MEMBER 9816253408

5 SHAKH MOHAMMED MEMBER 9216775836

6 ARVIND KUMAR MEMBER 9882172645

7 SHER MOHAMMED MEMBER 01976210624

8 HASINA BEGAM MEMBER 8894181810

9 REKHA DEVI MEMBER 9805647960

10 SHEELA DEVI MEMBER 9805452438

11 BEGAM BIBI MEMBER 01976-210154

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TABLE - 3: VILLAGE LAND RECORD

Land Hectare Acre Kanal

Total 596

Cultivation 503

Canal Irrigation 0

Other than Canal Irrigation 0

Residence/Common Land/Pond/Panchayat Land/Cremation ground etc.

0 35 0

TABLE-4: VILLAGE CROP – WISE DETAIL (KHARIF)

Crop Hectare

MAIZE 453

TABLE-5 : VILLAGE CROP - WISE DETAIL (RABI)

Crop Hectare

Wheat 503

VEGETABLES 50

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CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY OF PLANNING

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

After identifying the village for integrated development under VDP, a detailed survey

was undertaken using the PRA techniques listed in the table below to collect general

Information regarding the village.

Materials

- It included items needed for drawing, illustration, mapping and marking etc. -

They are:

- Marker - Brown sheets

- Color powder - Chalk powder

- Gum - Seeds and paper

- Stapler - Pencils

- Thumb Pins - Coloured Chalks etc.

Tools

Following tools were used:

1. PRA Exercise

a. Focused Group Discussion (FGD).

b. Transect walk.

c. Individual and Group Interview.

d. Change and Trends.

e. Matrix Scoring.

f. Social Mapping.

g. Venn diagram.

h. Inflow and outflow analysis.

i. Livelihood Analysis.

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PREPARATORY VISIT

This was done to prepare the ground for PRA exercise. The members of village

committee were trained in PRA Techniques and given brief about the concept of VDP

then the team members visited each family and met the Village Panchayat

representatives, village elders and youths. They introduced themselves, context of the

visit and briefed about PRA process seeking their concurrence and cooperation.

Government officials, representative of community based organizations were also

contacted and invited for the PRA exercise.

Tools used: Individual and Group Interview, FGD

PRA

The PRA was done and all the Village Committee representatives, village elders,

women, were briefed about the purpose of the visit and also PRA exercise.

The following exercises were done:

- Social and Dream Mapping

- Resource Mapping.

- Seasonality Map.

- Mapping Access to Services.

- Resource inflow and out flow.

Social and Dream Mapping

Social Mapping

The Team was briefed about the purpose and process of the Mapping. Preparatory to

mapping the team made the Transect walk across the village, to have common

understanding about the village.

Concluding the Transect walk, the team after discussion drew a map of the village

using color powder, chalk, stones, etc. on the ground. The map included village layout

location of important infrastructures like schools, drinking water facilities, roads,

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Houses etc.

Dream Mapping

After completion of the social mapping, the team was briefed about the dream

mapping. They were asked to draw on the social map the desired future situation,

reflecting their aspiration or dream. This provided a very useful tool for initiating

discussion on prioritizing the developmental needs.

After the completion of the drawing, Nodal Agency initiated the discussion among the

villagers regarding the followings.

The aspired state and the way of realizing it.

Present situation – problems and causes.

Their own role in the realization of their dream.

Factors affecting realization of their dream.

Tools used: Transect walk, FGD, Mapping.

Resource - In Flow and Out Flow

The village committee was briefed about the purpose and process of tracing the flows

of resources. The committee discussed and plotted a diagram on the ground

showcasing what comes and goes out of the village.

Tools used: FGD, Mapping.

It is reproduced as under:

Seeds Mustard

Livestock Wheat

Clothes Vegetables

Fertilizers Bajra & Barley

Cement, Steel, Stone Pulses, Chilli

Vehicles, Tractor Aonla, Ber, Kinnu

Electronic items Milk, Ghee

Agricultural Instruments Guar, Sugarcane

Sidh Chaler

Panchayat

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Seasonality Map

The team was briefed about the process of ranking the different factors, in a year. This

exercise helped to know the time of occurrence of events affecting the livelihoods of

the people and plotted across the season.

SEASONALITY MAP OF SIDH CHALER

Month Rain-fall

Crops Employment Migration Income Water Availability

January 3 Wheat 3 8 4 7

February 4 Wheat/ Vegetables

3 3 6 8

March 3 Wheat/ Vegetables

7 1 9 6

April 3 Wheat 9 1 9 6

May 3 - 8 2 7 4

June 6 - 6 6 6 4

July 7 Maize / Moong 7 5 7 5

August 7 Maize/Vegetables

7 4 7 5

September 5 Maize/ Vegetable

M(3) F(8) 3 7 7

October 5 Gram / Wheat M(4) F(9) 3 8 7

November 6 Wheat M(2) F(9) 1 9 8

December 5 Wheat 4 2 4 8

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Least Frequent Most Frequent

The frequency of markings for each component indicates its intensity corresponding to the month.

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Access to Services – A Schematic Diagram of Village NANGAK KHURD

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7

0

8

6

9

8

8

0

8

5

6

NANGAL

KHURD

Agriculture/

Horticulture/Forest Market

Banks

Animal Hospital

Court

Health Service

Higher

Education

Fertilizer/Irrigation/

Seed/Pesticides

UNA

10+2

PACS

Society

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Near Far

The frequency of markings for each component indicates its intensity.

2

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5%

10%

9%

30%

20%

15%

11%

Govt Service

Pvt. Service

Own Business

Agriculture

Seasoned Labour/Agriculture

Un Employed

Disguised Employment

Livelihood Source Analysis of Villages- SIDH CHALER

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Daily Routine Diagram of Male & Female

Work at Income Self Income Generation Self Home Generation From Field/Labour From Field/ Work at Home Labour Work at Home

Income Generation

From Field/Labour Self Self Income Generation

from Field/Labour Self

MALE

FEMALE

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SEASONAL HEALTH CALENDAR VILL.

Month Seasonal Fever

Cold/ Cough

Headache Migraine

Vomiting Diarrhoea

Jaundice Stomachache Fatigue

January 6 8 8 1 2 4

February 6 7 6 1 2 3

March 4 6 4 2 3 5

April 4 3 6 4 7 7

May 5 2 8 6 8 8

June 4 2 8 8 9 9

July 4 2 5 9 9 9

August 8 3 5 5 6 8

September 8 5 2 5 5 8

October 8 5 1 3 3 7

November 5 8 6 2 1 6

December 4 9 7 1 2 4

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Least Frequent Most Frequent

The frequency of markings for each component indicates its intensity corresponding to the month.

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HISTORICAL TRANSECT OF THE VILLAGES- SIDH CHALER

Crops Veget

ation

Must

ard

Gram Wheat Vegetable Tract

or

Bullock Fruits

1960 4 8 9 2 1 1 3 1

1970 6 7 9 3 1 2 4 2

1980 7 7 7 6 1 3 5 3

1990 8 8 5 7 3 4 4 2

2000 7 9 2 9 4 5 6 4

2009 6 8 0 8 6 7 7 5

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Least Frequent Most Frequent

The frequency of markings for each component indicates its intensity corresponding to the month.

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Identification of needs of the villages as obtained from the PRA exercise

Sectors Constraints/needs of villagers identified

Electrification 100% families of village are electrified. There is a problem of low voltage in the villages.

Health and Sanitation Sanitation is the major problem as over 30% families are without septic tanks, among 5 wards 2 are worst hit.

Link road & Transportation Link roads are the urgent needs of the people. The link road need to be repaired and carpeted. These roads are not all season road and emergency solar lights are needed at strategic points.

Drinking Water Drinking water is available for all the population but availability is not certain. The villagers use natural resources and these sources are needed to be well maintained and clarification is needed as and when required.

Agriculture and Allied Activities

There is scope for promotion of vegetable cultivation, medicinal plants, goat rearing, cattle rearing, vermi-compost, biogas, Tailoring, Embroidery, Patch work, Wood Craft, Handloom, Beauty Parlour, Dairy Farming, Mushroom Cultivation, Organic Farming etc. However, support from various agencies is not forthcoming including bank finance. There is also lack of awareness among people and lacks of entrepreneurship among people are also a concern.

Irrigation Agriculture is not developed to the desired level mainly due to lack of irrigation facilities. There is need to provide irrigation facilities to farmers in the area to facilitate agricultural development.

Non-Farm Activities There is lot of scope promotion of bee keeping, forest base industry and animal husbandry.

Banking Major problems identified are lack of awareness among the people about institutional finance. Majority of people are still depending on local money lenders.

Ponds and other natural resources.

Great need to develop one common pond for drinking water for animals. As existing animal pond and disposal water pond are one and that’s why animals getting diseases by drinking the polluted water.

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Bench Marking and convergence plan

Parameters Present Position as on 28.02.10

PERIOD AGENCYIES

2011 2012 2013

Health and Sanitation 65% 70% 75% 85% TSC / Nodal

Agency

Link road & Transportation

No link road. Link road, foot bridge

Construction of all weather road

- PWD / BDO

Drinking Water Need major repair. Repair

Augmentation _ New Scheme

bore well if sufficient water is not available

IPH

Irrigation 0% Watershed

treatment 20% Watershed treatment 40%

Lifting of water from khariyala

check dam.

IPH

KCC 5 20 40 80 Banks

Ponds and other natural resources.

Need repair and maintenance.

Desilting of all sources.

Chlorine treatment.

Repairs Boundaries to the village ponds

BDO / DRDA and Nodal Agency/ SWAN

Organic Farming 0%- 10% 20% 30% DAH/ Agri. Dept./ SWAN

Veterinary Dispensary

Not available Opening of Veterinary Dispensary

Health camps Health Camps DAH

Education Up to primary level Assuring no school drop out

Middle School Education Department

Poverty elevation 53 Families. Reduce to 45 Families.

Reducing 40 Families

Reducing to 35 families

NABARD /DRDA

SHG 3 10 SHG formation Bank linkage Linked to income generation activities.

Nabard / Nodal Agency

Farmers Club Nil 4 Technical inputs Lead to economic activities.

NABARD / ATMA / AH

/DH/KVK

Fodders Natural Grass Fodders plant cultivation

5% of the waste land

10% of the wasteland

SWAN/ Forest Deptt

Horticulture related activities.

0% 2 Farmers for horticulture

farming.

3 Farmers for horticulture farming.

3 Farmers for horticulture farming.

Horticulture Department /

NABARD / Nodal Agency

Anganwadi Kendra Building

1 1 1 ICDS/DRDA

Bus Shelter none 1 Corporates

Solar Lights none 1 1 1 DRDA/NABARD/ Corporates

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Skill Development Progammes

Cutting, tailoring and

fashion designing

Batch of 20 1 NABARD/DRDA

Beekeeping Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DH

Pickle /Murabba making Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

Mushroom development Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

Skin Care Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

REDP

Two wheeler repair Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

Motor rewinding Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

Mobile repair Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

Beautician course Batch of 20 1 NABARD/ DRDA

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IV Budget details under VDP

S.No

. Promotional Budget Proposed in the VDP

YEAR I II III

No. Amt. No. Amt. No. Amt.

1 Village Level Meets 4 4000 4 4000 4 4000

2 Sensitization Workshops 2 5000 2 5000 2 5000

3

Awareness Meets Pre harvest, Post harvest, micro/macro nutrients, fodder, organic farming, EGP, health, sanitation, legal rights, environments etc.

3 6000 3 6000 3 6000

4 Conduct of PRA 6000

5 Exposure visits 1 10000 1 10000 1 10000

6 Activity specific

interventions 2 5000 2 5000 2 5000

7 Meetings with Deptts.,

KVKs, VDC etc.) 4 2000 4 2000 4 2000

8 Village Coordinator 12000

12000 12000

9 Support to VDC 5000 5000 5000 10 Training of Trainers 3500 3500 3500

11 Contingencies 10% of above 5850

5850 5850

12 Incentive to Nodal Agency 15,000 15,000 15,000

13 Grand total 79350 73350 73350

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Activity Matrix for 12 Months.

Month Activity

Oct.2010 PRA

Nov.2010 Awareness Camps on Agriculture.

Village level meets.

Dec.2010 Meeting of the VDC with agriculture Deptt.

Exposure visit to farmers

Jan.2011 Training of the trainers. Sensitization workshop with line Department.

Feb.2011 Village level meets.

Meeting of the VDC with DRDA.

March.2011 Awareness Camps on Animal husbandry.

April,2011 Activity specific intervention.

May,2011 Village level meets.

Jume,2011 Meeting of the VDC with agriculture Deptt.

July,2011 Awareness Camps on Agriculture.

Aug,2011 Meeting of the VDC with Horticulture Deptt.

Sept.2011 Village level meets.