BILASPUR -ditrict profile

PROJECT PLAN BY: LNC, C/17,SECTOR-3, DEVENDRA NAGAR, RAIPUR C.G. PH: 0771-2524290, FAX: 0771-5059422

ACTION PLAN : 2004-05

DISTRICT: BILASPUR

CHHATTISGARH

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PROJECT PLAN BY: LNC, C/17,SECTOR-3, DEVENDRA NAGAR, RAIPUR C.G. PH: 0771-2524290, FAX: 0771-5059422 2

LOCATION

CHHATTISGARH

BILASPUR

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PROJECT: AT A GLANCE

1. Name of the Project RASTRIYA SAM VIKAS YOJNA (RSVY)

2. Sponsor Planning Commission, Government of India.

3. Objectives To address the problems of low agricultural productivity,

unemployment, and to fill critical gaps in physical and

social infrastructure.

4. Project area Entire BILASPUR District in Chhattisgarh

5. Project Duration Three years i.e. 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

6. Identified critical

gaps • Poor road connectivity and badly damaged physical

infrastructure.

• Geographic limitations for land, water and forest

management.

• Need for irrigation, agriculture, MFP value addition,

veterinary and wasteland development.

• Socio-economic limitations of primitive tribes and

other backward communities.

• Poor health-education and veterinary infrastructure

and opportunities.

• Need for training and capacity building of

vulnerable groups e.g. women and children,

scheduled tribes and scheduled castes.

7. Funds available

under RSVY • Rs. 45 Crores (15 Crores / year for 3 years).

• Additional funds can also be available in deserving

cases.

8. Action plan 2004-05

(in Lacs) • Infrastructure Rs. 396.00 lacs = 25.75%.

• Livelihoods promotion, capacity building and

training Rs. 951.88 lacs = 61.89%

• Maintenance Rs. 185.00 lacs= 12.03%

• Benchmarks and monitoring Rs. 5.00lacs = 0.33%.

• Total: 1537.88 lacs.

9. Physical targets

planned • Infrastructure.

• Livelihoods promotion, capacity building and

training.

• Maintenance.

• Benchmarks and monitoring.

10. Implementing

agency

PRINCIPAL AGENCY:

• CEO, Zila Panchayat, Bilaspur.

ASSOCIATED AGENCIES:

• Panchayatiraj Institutions.

• Forest

• Veterinary & Fishery

• Agriculture & Horticulture

• Rural Engineering Services.

• NGOs

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYEXECUTIVE SUMMARYEXECUTIVE SUMMARYEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Bilaspur district is situated between 21o37 ' and 23o7 ' N latitude and 81o12 ' and

83o40 ' E longitude within the Chhattisgarh state. The district has historical and

archeological value due to Ratanpur, Mallhar, Talagram and Kabir Chabootara. The

district is selected under the Backward Districts Initiative scheme of the Planning

Commission of India under the Rastriya Sam Vikas Yojana. The main objective of

programmes and policies are to remove barriers to growth, accelerate the development

process and improve the quality of the life of the people. The scheme thus aims at

focused development in backward areas, in particular and whole of the district in

general, to reduce imbalances and accelerate the development process.

The project is prepared based on the natural advantages, resources and existing

institutional support. It would make major dent on the poverty in the district in a 3 year

time span. The most important aspect of the project is to ensure people’s participation

and the involvement of the PRI’s, NGO’s & Self Help Groups at every stages including

plan formulation, implementation, monitoring & evaluation.

Problems:

The project have been formulated to address following main critical gaps

that are learnt on the basis of participatory research.

• Poor road connectivity and badly damaged physical infrastructure.

• Low agricultural productivity due to insufficient irrigation facilities.

• Socio-economic limitations of primitive tribes and other backward communities.

• Poor health-education and veterinary infrastructure and opportunities.

• Need for training and capacity building of vulnerable groups e.g. women,

scheduled tribes and scheduled castes and other backward classes.

Strategy:

Rural people have vastly inferior access to basic social services and the

economic mainstream. In this context, the delivery of rural transport infrastructure would

be a significant catalyst for sustainable economic development, and poverty alleviation.

The thrust areas to improve livelihood conditions are:-

• Infrastructure on agriculture, irrigation, veterinary, fisheries etc

• Value addition in NTFP , Farm and Non-Farm activities

• Capacity Building and Training

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• Benchmark survey of existing situation and regular monitoring of project

activities.

Project components & financial requirement:

To go on the path of planned strategy 5 key components are incorporated with their respective financial outlay as per the following.

A. Infrastructure Rs. 1269.00 Lacs 27.77% B. Livelihoods promotion,

capacity building & training Rs. 2739.18 Lacs 69.93% C. Maintenance Rs. 547.00 Lacs 11.97 % D. Benchmarks and monitoring, And website Rs. 15.00 Lacs 0.33%

Total: Rs. 4570.18 Lacs Target population and Benefits:

The target groups comprise all house holds in the villages and preference is

given to villages with tribal, primitive tribal groups and scheduled caste population

where the majority of the households live below the poverty line. The objective of the

programme is to develop and implement replicable model that ensures house hold food

security, improves livelihood opportunities and overall quality of life of the population

based on the sustainable and equitable use of natural resources. To achieve this, the

programme would –

a. Empower grass root user groups, including women and other marginal

groups

b. Promote activities which generate sustainable increases in agricultural

production and productivity of land.

c. Generate sources of income out side of agriculture, particularly for the

landless, by utilising the natural resources like, water and forests.

The basic approach is to promote processes of awareness generation, legal

literacy, social analysis and mobilization for self selecting group formation among

disadvantaged women and marginalized groups.

The programme would benefit an estimated 1,57,561 households located in 1564

villages. Almost 1,57,561 families are expected to benefit from programme

interventions. With an estimated average household size of 5, there would be almost

7,87,805 beneficiaries. Over a 3 year period, the Economic Rate of Return is estimated

to be reasonable for the programme aggregated over the district. While this ERR would

not be high, but would generate reasonably good returns for a situation where grass

root institution development and capacity building is a primary focus.

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The programme has a number of risks. Failure to promote community

participation through creation of local leadership would cause the programme to

degenerate. Secondly, the NGOs in the region, specially those in C.G., are relatively

inexperienced and not in abundance. Lastely, the programme involves changing

relationships within the development process and overcoming dependency attitudes of

communities. As mentioned, most of the people have become overly dependent on

government subsidies while the proposed programme expects beneficiaries

contributions in practically all the activities envisaged. This could be a risk for

programme.

It is difficult to do Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the whole project because (i)

benefits of capacity building activities, training, defy quantification, and (ii) benefits from

basic rural infrastructure development, investments in natural resource management,

education and health cannot be easily quantified in monetary terms. However, the

income-generating activities, market linkages, involvement of SHGs in marketing would

result minimum of 15 percent internal rate of return on average. Benchmark survey

would provide a base line data for the impact assessment of the project and analysis of

it would generate some suggestive measures, tools to be added during the project

period.

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1. 1. 1. 1. PROJECT AREA : DISTRICT PROJECT AREA : DISTRICT PROJECT AREA : DISTRICT PROJECT AREA : DISTRICT BILASPURBILASPURBILASPURBILASPUR

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

1.1 HISTORY:

THE CITY

Bilaspur city is situated in the eastern part of the newly formed

Chhattisgarh state within the Indian union. It is

about 400 years old and named after a Fisher-

Man Woman "Bilasa". At present the city is

extended in 29.85 sq. km. having population

around 2,74,048. Bilaspur city is on the bank of

river Arpa, situated between 81' 14" to 83' 15"

longitude and 21' 47" to 23' 8" latitude. The

average rain fall is 1300 mm. and the maximum temperature goes up to 45.40 C.

1.2 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION:

THE DISTRICT

Bilaspur district is situated between 21o37 ' and 23o7 ' N latitude and 81o12 ' and

83o40 ' E longitude. North-West boundary is shared by the Madhya Pradesh while

district Koria marks its North-East boundary. The district Kabirdham is in the West while

Durg and Raipur district makes its South boundary. The East boundary is marked by

the district Janjgir-champa and Koraba. The total area of the district is 8,56,885

hectares, out of which, 4,01,450 (46.85%) hectares is forest land. The area under

cultivation in the district is 43% of the total area i.e. 3,73,426 hectares.

Parts of Kota, Lormi, Mungeli, Masturi, Bilha and Takhatpur blocks have got rich

cultivable land. Apart from this, North-west part of Bilaspur is a great source of valuable

forest products such as - Teak, Sal, Sarai, Bamboo, Harra, Mahua, Chirounji etc and

other minor forest products. The irrigated land of the district for Kharif crops is 1,49,370

hectares i.e. 40% of the total agricultural land, whereas only 9% (33,608 hectares) of

the agricultural land is utilized for Rabi crops.

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Bilaspur headquarter is 114 Kms away from the state capital Raipur and it hardly

takes 3 hours by road and 2 hours by train to reach Raipur. The facility of Aerodrome is

also available at Chakarbhatha of Bilaspur district, but no regular flight facility is

available.

Sheonath, Arpa and Maniyari are the main rivers of the district. The district is rich

from the archaeological point of view also, Archaeological sites are located in Ratanpur

(Kota), Malhar (Masturi) and Talagaon (Bilha). The main temples of the district are

Mahamaya Devi (Ratanpur), Dindneshwari Devi (Malhar) and Dattatreya

temple(Gourela).

1.3 PROGRAMME AREA :

The programme would be implemented in all ten Blocks of the district namely

Bilha, Gourella, Lormi, Kota, Masturi, Marwahi, Mungeli, Pendra, Patharia, Takhatpur.

However, priority would be given to the non-DPRP blocks & areas where PTG (Primitive

Tribe Groups) resides like Baiga.

1.4 CLIMATE:

Bilaspur falls within the temperate zone of Indian sub continent. The winter

commences from December and last till the end of February. The summer continues till

the second week of June. Monsoon commences from middle of June and remains till

the end of September. Excessive heat during summer, necessitates general public

sleeping in open. The maximum temperature in May 460C and mean minimum

temperature is 90c to 70c in December. May is the hottest month & December is the

coldest. The average rainfall in the district is 130.04 c.m. In May, the thermometer rises

to nearly 116 oc, but its usual range is in between 82 oc to 107 oc.

The relative humidity is higher during the South West monsoon season, being

generally over 75%. After Monsoon Season, humidity decreases and during the winter

season, air is fairly dry.

Rainfall observations indicate that annual rainfall in the area is around 1400 mm.

Rains are predominant during July -August. South-West is the predominant wind

direction during the period from May to September. Wind is generally calm and the city

has around 90 calm days. The layer of soil is moderate and the underground water is

sufficient.

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POPULATION

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2. RESOURCE INVENTORY

The Bilaspur has ample resources including; Land, Water, Forest, Animals and

Human. All types of resources are available for all the activities embedded in the project

to provide a better living environment and livelihood opportunities, to the residents of

district Bilaspur. The following resource inventory is the result of discussions in

meetings to plan this project and data collected from secondary resources.

2.1 DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURE:- The demographic data pertaining to Bilaspur district are as under- Location - In the centre of Chhattisgarh state Area - 8,58,885 Hectares Forest Area - 4,01,450 Hectares (46.85%) 2.2 POPULATION- (As per census 2001) District State National Total - 19,93,042 2,07,95,956 102,70,15,247 Male - 10,09,007 1,04,52,426 Female - 9,84,035 1,03,43,530 Sex Ratio - 975 990 933 Rural - 15,94,434(80%) 1,66,20,627(79.9%) 74,16,60,293 Urban - 3,98,608(20%) 41,75,329(20.1%) 28,53,54,954 SC - 3,78,677(19%) ST - 4,18,538(21%)

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DISTRICT

SUB-DIVISION

5

BLOCKS

10

JANPAD PANCHAYAT

10

TAHSILS

9

R.I. CIRCLES

8

PATWARI CIRCLES

219

REVENUE VILLAGES

1564

VILLAGE PANCHAYAT

825

2.3 LITERACY- District State National

Total - 63.68% 65.17% 65.38% Male - 78.98% 77.86% 75.85% Female - 48.08% 52.28% 54.16% 2.4 OTHER INDICATORS-

District State National Population Growth Rate - 17.59% 18.06% (In ten years) Density - 241 324 Birth Rate(Per Thousand) - 28 26.90 Death Rate(Per Thousand)- 11.1 9.60 Infant Mortality Rate - 72 78

2.5 DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: The head of district administration, collector,

governs the district through 10 blocks in Bilaspur district, out of which, 3 blocks are tribal

blocks i.e. Gourela, Pendra and Marwahi. The administrative setup of the district is as

under-

Apart from above

• NO. OF HABITATIONS - 2793

• NO. OF POLICE STATIONS - 25

• NO. OF POLICE CHOWKI - 04

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• NO. OF NAGAR PANCHAYAT - 08

2.2 DISTRICT STATISTICS:

2.2.1 MAJOR RESOURCES :

The following are the major resources available in the district...

• Agriculture and Allied Services

• Agriculture

• Horticulture

• Dairy

• Fishery

• Poultry

• Goatry

• Piggery

• Women and Child Care

• Health

• Education and Literacy

• Irrigation

• Forest and Environment

The services of these activities are converged in the Jilla Panchayat and a

comprehensive development solution is delivered at the grass root level.

2.2.1.1 AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SERVICES: 2.2.1.1.1 AGRICULTURE The district has 453562 hectares cultivable land, out of which, 373426 hectares

are being used for agriculture. District is rich in irrigation facilities. Single crop land in the

district is 363101

hectares whereas double

crop land 129400

hectares. At present,

330748 families are

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allied activity. Average

total sown area in Kharif

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Rabi, 183583 hectares.

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LAND USE IN HORTICULTURE

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The means of irrigation available in the district are Wells, Ponds, Debris, Tube-Wells,

Rivers, Nalas, and Canals etc. Paddy, Arhar, Mung, Groundnut and Til are the main

crops in Kharif while Wheat, Maize, Gram, Masur, Urad etc. are grown in Rabi season.

Annual production of food-grains (Inclusive pulse) is 55052 MTs and oil-seeds 2389

MTs.

2.2.1.1.2 HORTICULTURE Status of horticulture is satisfactory in the district. District stands first from the

horticulture point of view in the state. Most of the land (About 40%) of the district is

kanhar, which suits for horticulture.

At present, 47045 hectares land is being used for horticulture, out of which,

16290 ha. for fruits, 22343

ha. for vegetables, 4313 ha.

for spices, 3046 ha. for tuber

crops, 568 ha. for flowers

and 485 ha. for medicinal

crops. Main crops taken

under horticulture are

Mangos, Lemons, Papaya,

Banana, Leechie, Potato,

Onion, Ladies finger, Brinjal,

Tomato, Cabbage, Chilly, and Ginger etc.

The district has10 government horticulture farms, where horticultural crops are

grown and there are 03 cold storage centers to preserve fruits and vegetables.

2.2.1.1.3 FISHERY There are 84 large ponds and 3564 small

village ponds which occupies 12545.174 hectare land

under water. Presently, the ponds covering 8926.55

hectares area, are being used for seed production.

The supply of seeds is being managed by Fish

Farmers and departmental FFDA. At present district

is capable of meeting the demand of 572.75 lacs

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seeds only.

There are 88 fishery societies are in existence supporting livelihood of 2370

families in the district. Over and above this, the district has 04 hatching units, out of

which 1 is private.

2.2.1.1.4 DAIRY Presently, the production of milk in

the district is 203475 liters per day, which

does not fulfill the demand of whole market.

The district has 13 veterinary hospitals, 72

sub-veterinary hospitals. In addition to it,

there are two A.I. centers and 58 sub-A.I.

centers too. There are approximately

271223 cows and 26829 buffalos able to

produce milk in the district.

2.2.1.1.5 POULTRY There is one organized hatchery unit where

chick production is ensured. It produces 2.37 lacs

colour chicks per year. At present we are able to meet

only 45% of the market demand. Thus this activity

needs attention in the district to raise the common man

income.

2.2.1.1.6 GOATRY The villagers traditionally keeps goat with the other

milking cattle but at present this is not being done in

commercial terms, to meet the demand of meat in the market.

A survey reveals that the district is able to meet only 0.125

tonnes against the demand of 0.25 tonnes/day.

2.2.1.1.7 PIGGERY The district is in infant level in this activity. Some of the

people are being interested in the piggery. We have to

harness their potential and interest. Traditionally in some of

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the villages, only a few people keep the local variety of pigs.

2.2.2 WOMEN AND CHILD CARE:

• There are 11 child development projects are running in the district. There are 1710 ICDS centers in these projects. Out of 10 development blocks 3 blocks have sufficient buildings for ICDS while there is a need in rest 7 blocks. The construction is going on through running projects.

• Under the scheme, following services are being given to the pregnant women and the children of 0 to 6 years age group.

• Supplement nutrition

• Health checkups

• Primary health care

• Vaccination

• Nutrition and health education

• Pre-school in formal education 2.2.3 HEALTH STATUS The district has an active health department with the strong network of workers spread all over the district. As part of their extension services, the department carries out -

• Family planning programme

• Vaccination programme

• Anti T.B. programme

• Leprosy eradication programme

• Malaria eradication programme

• Blindness Control programme Bilaspur district has following

infra-structure to support health

services:

• District Hospital - 01

• Community Health Centers- 10

• Primary Health Centers - 43

• Sub Health Centers - 303

They have buildings but in deteriorated condition, needs immediate repairs and

maintenance.

Apart from these, Apollo and CIMS are premier health service providers.

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2.2.3.1 PRIVATE NURSING HOMES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES

NAME OF NURSING HOMES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES ADDRESS

Ashok Prasuti Mandir Pratap Chowk

Abhiram Sharma N. Homes Tikrapara

Bajaj Nursing homes Link Road

Balani Nursing homes and Endoscopy Centre Mungeli road

Bellevue Nurshing homes Dr.Ambedkar Road

Bhargava Surgical and N.Homes Magar para

Bilaspur Hospital Telipara

Children Hospital (Dr.Sihare) Nirala Nagar

Dixit Nursing home,UDM Urology clinic Kududand

Dubey's Maternity Home Telipara

Ghosh Surgical and Nursing homes Tikrapara

Kalvit Nursing home Sarkanda

Smt. Kaushilya Devi Sehgal Nursing Homes Civil Line

Motwani Sonography Tilak Nagar

Luthra Nursing Homes Nehru nagar

Ladikar Othopaedic Homes Bus stand Road

Maharishi Hospital Near Idgah Chowk

Dr. Menghani's Advanced Diagnostic Centre Tilak Nagar

Meghani's Nursing Homes Juni Line

Mehta Children hospital Khaparganj

Mission Hospital Near Idgah Chowk

Mittal Prasuti and Nursing Homes Juni Line

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NAME OF NURSING HOMES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES ADDRESS

Pendalwar's Maternity Homes Torwa

Pathak's ENT Hosp and Maternity H. Ware House Chowk

Pt.M.D.Mishra Memorial Nursing homes Juni Line

Rahalkar's Endoscopy and Nursing Hm. Jarhabhata

Sugam Nursing Homes Sarkanda

Surgery Centre Satyam Complex

Sushrut Nurshing Home Rajendra Nagar

Tejkaur Nursing Home (Dr.Dhir) Dayalband

Tiwari Orthopedic and trauma centre Vyapar Vihar Road

Unique Nurshing Home Telipara

2.2.4 EDUCATION AND LITERACY The department of education in collaboration with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is playing important role towards proliferation of education. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan looks after the elementary education in the district. The extension services which are being provided by the department are-

• Scholarship to the children

• Distribution of free text books

• Special drive for enrolment and retention of children with special needs The educational infrastructure of the district comprises of-

• Primary Schools - 2456

• Upper Primary Schools - 660

• High Schools - 79

• Higher Secondary Schools- 158

• Colleges - 26

• Polytechnics - 01

• ITI - 03

• Professional Colleges - 05

• Universities - 01

• Training Colleges - 08

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Besides these, several institutions run by private/autonomous bodies are present

at each of the above levels.

Total literacy rate in the district is 63.68%. whereas female literacy is only 48.08%. A comparison literacy rates at state and national level is as under-

Category District State National

Total Literacy 63.68% 65.17% 65.38%

Male Literacy 78.98% 77.86% 75.85%

Female Literacy 48.08% 52.28% 54.16%

2.2.4.1 STATUS OF SCHOOLS

Block P.S. M.S. High School H.S.S.

Govt. Non.Govt. Total Govt. Non.Govt. Total Govt. Non.Govt. Total Govt. Non.ovt. Total

Bilha 340 120 460 105 92 201 10 21 31 23 51 74

Masturi 254 26 280 63 8 71 3 3 6 14 5 19

Kota 344 12 356 61 6 66 5 4 9 12 1 13

Takhatpur 257 19 276 64 12 76 5 1 6 6 3 9

Gourella 179 4 183 35 2 37 0 0 0 7 1 8

Pendra 136 7 143 27 4 31 3 2 5 4 0 4

Marwahi 254 13 267 46 2 48 5 0 5 6 1 7

Pathariya 174 3 177 38 2 40 5 0 5 4 1 5

Lormi 286 11 297 42 8 50 7 2 9 6 5 11

Mungeli 231 8 239 42 6 48 11 2 13 4 5 9

Total 2455 223 2678 523 142 668 54 35 87 86 73 159

( Based on 2001-2002 Status)

Note: All the school e.g.s,a.s.,n.p.s. are included in primary school.

2.2.5 IRRIGATION Irrigation by canal is prominent in the district. 86.33 % of the total irrigated land is

covered by the canal system. 5.85% by tube well, 3.28% by well, 2.52% by ponds/tanks

and rest 1.49% of irrigated land is covered by other means of irrigation. The district

have sufficient underground table but it is not being utilised in full potential.

2.2.6 FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT

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The Bilaspur district is rich in forest resources. The 46.85% of the district area is

covered by the forests. Mainly Teak forests are found in some patches Mixed forests

are there. A sanctuary named Achanakmar is situated at 55 km. from Bilaspur is a

major renowned natural tourist place.

2.2.7 PANCHAYAT AND SOCIAL WELFARE The department of panchayat and social welfare provides following extension services-

• Scholarship for the children of deprived groups

• Social security pension

• Old age pension

• Indira Sahara Yojana

• Aid-n-appliances for the PwD

• Vocational trainings for PwD

• Delivery of Juvenille Justice 2.2.8 TOURIST PLACES

The entire Chhattisgarh Region itself is a good place for tourism, with many Historical

and natural beautiful places. Some historical places of Bilaspur are as under:

2.2.8.1 RATANPUR - Ratanpur, is situated Approximately 25

km away from Bilaspur on the way of Katghora. It is said that

this place have importance in all the Yugs ( Era) i.e.

Satyug,Dwaper,Treta & Kalyug

Mahamaya temple is of eleventh century made during the

regime of CALTURI king Raja Ratnadev. This main temple is

surrounded by different old temples and ponds. At the

entrance of Ratanpur there is a temple of Baba Bairavnath

having 9 feet high idol.

At Kariyapara, Ancient Shivling and Surya Temple found in the pond of Krishna

Arjuni. Infront of Mahamaya Temple there is a temple of Kantideval of Maratha Period.

2.2.8.2 MALLHAR - (Saravpur) Once open a time the Saravpur was the State Capital of

ancient Chhattisgarh. It is approximately 14 Km. away from Masturi

block. At this place remains of the period from 1000 BC to Culturi

regime are found. There are temples of 10th and 11th century.

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Among those Pataleswar kedar temple is one of them where Gomukhi sihvling is the

main attraction for tourists. The Didneswari temple of Culturi regime is also there. There

is museum having good collection of old sculpture being managed by Central Govt.

2.2.8.3 TALAGRAM - Talagram is famous for "Deorani-Jethani"

temple and is situated 25 Kms. from Bilaspur on Bhojpur-Dagori

road. The another name of Talagram is Ameri-Kapa gram. There is

a wonderful statue present in the temple which is approximately 7

ft. height , 4 ft. width and weighed 8 tons. People from all corners of

the world come to see the statue. There is no any name has been

given to that statue even after several years.

2.2.8.4 KUTHAGHAT - It is basically a dam located 10 Kms. from Ratanpur. The dam is

surrounded with forest and hills. It is a scenic tourist point.

2.2.8.5 BELPAN - It is situated at 11 Kms. from Takhatpur, famous for a big pond

(kund) and samadhi.

2.2.8.6 KHUDIA DAM - It is situated in Lormi Block at 85 Kms. from Bilaspur. It is

famous for natural resources.

2.2.8.7 KABIR CHABOOTARA - It is situated in Gourella Block at 100 Kms. from

Bilaspur. It is a place of saints and mahatmas.

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3333. . . . SWOT ANALYSIS & CRITICAL GAPSSWOT ANALYSIS & CRITICAL GAPSSWOT ANALYSIS & CRITICAL GAPSSWOT ANALYSIS & CRITICAL GAPS 3.1 : GENERAL SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRICT.

3.1.1 . STRENGTHS

• Enormous natural resources including the means of livelihood opportunities.

• Red yellow ( Matasi) soil.

• Fairly major rivers having small channels and rivulets.

• One national highway No. 200, passes through the district.

• Active PRIs.

• A large number of VFC/FPC

• Improving rate of literacy.

• Potentiality for agro-based industries.

• Glorious historical background and rich heritage.

• Government and administrative setup committed to development.

3.1.2 . WEAKNESSES

� Poor irrigation facilities.

� Several schools/ICDS centers have no building.

� Poor training & skill up-gradation facilities in the district.

� Social ailment issues like child marriage, alcoholism among tribes.

� Economic issues like migration, unemployment.

� Badly affected health infrastructure and need of health support services

3.1.3 . OPPORTUNITIES

� Livelihoods opportunities are not fully exploited.

� Fairly large quantity of unprocessed agricultural and forest

produce goes out of the district shows high opportunities for

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value addition.

� The new quest for organic food, opens prospects for Bilaspur, because of

availability of raw material for organic manure in each village, being animal

husbandry a part of their life.

� Marvahi arts are getting market attention, at national and international levels.

� A strong network of active PRIs facilitates outreach services for training and

skill development.

� Skilled traditional artisans in the filed of kosa, bamboo craft and wooden arts.

3.1.4 . THREATS

� Surrounded by extremists affected districts.

� The overly rigorous provisions of the Forest

Conservation Act.

3.2 : SPECIFIC SWOT ANALYSIS:

Following sectors have been identified for the income generating development activities.

These sectors have been screened through the SWOT as per following

• Agriculture and Horticulture

• Fisheries

• Forestry

• Veterinary

3.2.1 AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE PARTICULARS STRENGTH WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREAT

Land 3.75 lac hectare available for agriculture. 66% of this is suitable for double crop.

Remaining 33% is not suitable for double crop. 59000 hectare is high land where water cannot be stored and hampers the fertility of this land

Additional 12600 hectares can be brought under cultivation.

Face risk due to the loose cattle that eat away from the fields and gardens.

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PARTICULARS STRENGTH WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREAT

Manpower 3.30 lac families are involved in farming activities - i.e. 1 family per 1.13 hectare.

Most of the manpower is poor and does not have own land. They are often exploited at the hands of the rich landowners. The proficiency level is low in work areas other than farming.

Farming is a seasonal activity and the entire workforce can be utilized in other productive activities. The farmers can be taken out on trips to other states and regions of the country - this will enable them study and exchange ideas with their counter parts.

Migration during non-cultivating periods and drought.

Water The region has a rich monsoon, which is enough to cultivate rice - a crop that requires a lot of water.

Due to lack of adequate irrigation facilities farmers do not take the risk of cultivating the lands.

Check dams and other such mechanisms must be used to harvest the water. Two and even three crop cycles can be achieved if proper irrigation facilities can be arranged.

Monsoon can sometimes be unpredictable. Late arrival and early withdrawal leads to a crop loss.

Fertilizers Chemical fertilizers are abundantly available.

The people are more inclined towards the chemical fertilizer than organic fertilizer

Use of bio-fertilizers should be promoted as it increases the fertility of the land and strengthens it against drought.

Chemical fertilizer changes the composition of soil and initiates ecological imbalance

Modernization The need for modernization has been accepted. 2300 tractors are in use for farming. This number is expected to grow.

Modern farming equipment and machinery are not yet being used.

Increase in education level is helping in readily acceptance of the modern equipments

It is believed that modernization tends increase productivity at the cost of reduction in manpower requirement.

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PARTICULARS STRENGTH WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREAT

Finance

Sector

54 bank

branches and

136 co-operative

societies provide

agriculture loans.

Due to the lack

of awareness

and other

reasons farmers

are often caught

in the debt traps

of private

money-lenders.

Promotion of the

concept of

micro-credit and

insurance

schemes.

Processing

delays and

lengthy paper

work are

deterrents that

must be

removed.

Resources Seed processing,

Research

facilities, Radio-

TV for

communications

options are

available in the

district.

Processing unit,

Storage places

and Distribution

channels not

available.

Setting up this

infrastructure

will result in

generation of

employment

opportunities.

Dependence

on CG Raj

Krishi Vipran

Mandi Board,

(Agro Cell)

leads to delay

in receipt of

seeds.

3.2.1.1 GAPS

1 Insufficient Irrigation Facilities

2 Processing, Storage and Distribution resources need to created and

strengthened. This venue has ample potential of generating a

employment / self-employment opportunities.

3 Vocational Training that will enable the abundant manpower to be

occupied in non-cultivating periods. This will help tackle the threat of

migration.

4 Creation of awareness and promotion of the micro-credit and insurance

options will help bring the farmers out the clutches of the moneylenders,

making them self-sufficient.

5 Fencing required, especially for horticulture work.

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3.2.2 FISHERIES

PARTICULARS STRENGTHS WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREATS

Water-bodies Approx 6000 hectares of village ponds are available for fish cultivation. Besides this many small dabris (fishing ponds) have been set up under the Relief Work Scheme.

35 hectares of rearing ponds are required to meet the seed demand of the district.

Market demand of fish allows for bringing more land into fish cultivation.

Depleting water resources is a major threat. Water bodies are scrupulously being filled with mud.

Manpower Families can gain sustainable work per hectare. 20 day training sessions are organized at the block centers where nominees from the nearby panchayats attended.

Poverty is a major factor that prevents these families from procuring their own fishing equipment.

Ample scope for employment of unskilled manpower.

The people may not readily accept change in their livelihood pattern.

Finance Sector

Government support for funding rural employment activities.

Due to the lack of awareness and other reasons farmers are often caught in the debt traps of private money-lenders.

Promotion of the concept of micro-credit and insurance schemes.

Processing delays and lengthy paper work are deterrents that must be removed.

Equipment The fishing facilities like boats, nets etc have a life 5-10 years and requirement minimal repair and maintenance.

Inadequate availability of fishing facility like nets etc. forces dependability on private contractors.

Net weaving from nylon ropes could be promoted.

The villagers are not trained in the operation of modern equipment so they may destroy by improper handling.

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Seeds 3 production units are operational in the district. These together fulfill 50% of the requirement.

Additional production unit required to fulfill the seed requirement.

There are sufficient water bodies to be converted in raring pond.

The water quality and composition may not be suitable for the young spawns.

Production Up to 3 tonnes production per hectare can be achieved.

Current average production is less than 1 tonne per hectare. The soil in the ponds do not support growth of fish life. Proper manure and feeding can take help overcome this shortfall.

There are trained technical staff in fishery department to handle the any situation.

The people may not co-operate with the fishery department.

Storage and Marketing

There is a great demand for the fish in the district and neighboring regions.

There is no availability of freezing storage facilities or mandis in the district.

Setting of cold storage units in the district and mandis across the district will boost the reach of this product.

Fish is an item that has a very short shelf life and tends to go bad if not consumed quickly

3.2.2.1 GAPS

1. Seed shortfall is currently being fulfilled from out of district.

2. Plenty of market potential, which can endorse the setting up of

additional fishponds. These fishing ponds will in turn help increase the

water table.

3. Setting up of proper storage, distribution and marketing support can

help expansion of this sector in a big way.

4. Capacity building in fishing and breeding technologies can help

increase the production to the targeted levels, which in turn will increase

the income of the work force.

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3.2.3 FORESTRY


Land The district has a forest cover of 46.85%.

The people are not trained in scientific collection and primary processing of MFP

The people are inclined to learn scientific method for primary processing of MFP

The growing size and population of forest villages is compromising the forestland.

3.2.4 VETERINARY


MILK PRODUCTION

Production There is sufficient land and grass production to cater the good variety of milking animal.

Production is 35% of requirement

Facilities for additional 65% production of milk

The poor hygienic condition may lead to animal diseases.

Animals There is sufficient number of cattle in the district.

But, these are non-descript cattle of a low milk yield.

Artificial Insemination can be used to improve the yield of the future generations of the cattle.

There is a lead time involved in the process and currently the success rate of AI in the district is 30%.

Resources Skilled manpower in the department to use the modern equipment that will help increase the yield.

More equipment and vehicles are required so that a wider section of the district can be reached.

The staff is ready to face new challenges and work hard.

Modern equipments may damage by the new staff.

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Farms Currently, almost every rural household has some cattle and have the basic skills required for breeding and milking the cattle.

Household consumption does not let the farmers gain monetary benefit from this farming.

Additional yield will help increase the household income manifold. Dairies can be setup with low gestation periods - the farmer can start ending almost immediately.

The poor hygienic condition may lead to animal diseases.

EGG PRODUCTION Production The people are

trained in domesticating the egg producing birds.


Facilities for additional 55% production of egg.

The poor hygienic condition may lead to out-break of diseases.

Farms Small backyard poultries can be setup at low cost. No big marketing setup required.

Lack of training and awareness amongst the farmers is a major drawback.

Can be extended to regular poultry farms.

The farmers tend to eat and / or sell away the birds.

MEAT PRODUCTION Production The people are

trained in domesticating the animals.


Facilities for additional 50% production of meat

There is not any scientific storage place, so un-sold meat becomes spoiled.

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Farms Small backyard farms can be setup at low cost.

Lack of training and awareness amongst the farmers is a major drawback. Marketing support is required for pig farmers.

Can be extended to regular farms.

The farmers tend to eat and / or sell away the animals. Local beliefs and superstitions do not let the farmers to breed some type of animals.


FODDER Production Fodder is required

for every type of animal farming.

There is an evident lack of interest in green fodder production.

There is a vast scope for employment / occupation generation in this sector.

Lack of stall feeding facilities compromises the yield of the animals

Cultivation Local fodder cultivation will result in low-cost good quality animal feed round the year.

Lack of awareness towards the benefits of fodder cultivation.

Land from regular agriculture cultivation will have to be shared for fodder cultivation

3.2.4.1 GAPS

1. Number of cattle does not justify the total milk yield. Change in

cattle breed is required either by replacement or up-gradation.

2. Premature sale or consumption is a major problem. Commercial

sense and increase in awareness is a must while promoting

poultry farming.

3. Local beliefs and superstitions are a major hindrance that does not

let the farmers breed certain type of animals for meat

consumption.

4. A tradeoff analysis and increase in awareness in sharing cultivable

land for fodder cultivation is required.

5. Lack of marketing support. Rural farmers are not able to realize

adequate compensation for their produce. Also, these products

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are perishable in nature, must be stored properly and must be

consumed within a short time frame.

3.3 CRITICAL GAPS IN THE DISTRICT

The following are identified as critical gaps in the development of the district.

Bridging these would lead to an overall economic growth.

D. AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION:

• Out of 453562 hectares cultivable land, 80136 hectare land is still not

being used for agriculture, which is 17% of total cultivable area.

• Insufficient irrigation facilities, district has 373426 hectares agricultural

land, out of which only 137756 hectares (36.8%) are being irrigated

from all resources.

• The productivity rate of wheat at state is 1490 Kg. per hectare, against

this only 1130 Kg. per hectare production is achieved. Thus, there is a

gap of 25% to the state level.

• Low seed replacement ratio.

• Unbalanced use of fertilizers.

E. EDUCATION & LITERACY:

• Low female literacy rate. Female literacy at the district is 48.08%

whereas it is 52.28% and 54.16% respectively at the state and national

level.

• Low gross access ratio at elementary level, Primary/Middle schools

could not be setup at every habitations of the district.

• High pupil teacher ratio, number of teachers are less in the district.

• Low retention rate specifically in disabled children.

F. LIVELIHOOD PROMOTION: C1: FISHERIES:

• The district still need 35 hectares of rearing ponds to fulfill the seed

demand of the district.

• The demand of spawn is 20.00 crores, whereas supply is only 14.5

crores. The gap is 27.5%.

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• The demand of fry is 8.0 crore, where as supply is 5.8 crore. The gap

is 27.5% to fulfill the market demand.

• Lack of small ice factories. (freezing storage)

• Per ha. Production is 1 tone, which can be raised up to 3 tones per

hectares.

C2: POULTRY:

• Production of egg is only 45% of the market demand.

• The demand of meat is 0.25 tone per day, while supply is only 0.125

tone per day. There is a gap of 50% to fulfill the market demand.

• Premature sale or consumption of chicks.

C3: DAIRY:

• Production of milk is only 35% of the market demand.

• Inadequate no. of AI centers.

• Lack of interest of farmers in green fodder production.

C4: MFP PROCESSING AND MARKETING:

• Lack of processing units for lac produces.

• Lack of technical supports & capacity

buildings

• Non-availability of organized markets for

MFP.

• Unavailability of processing/packaging units for MFPs.

3.4 GENERAL GAPS 3.4.1 Timely Availability of Information

There is a huge gap in the availability of information. There is little or no market

data available to the rural masses. Beside it there is a substantial delay in getting

information due to time wasted in traveling. Timely availability of the information about

the dynamic market conditions is a vital link that will lead to sustainable rural enterprise.

Information will enable the rural masses to plan for and utilize the situation for their

benefit.

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The producers will be able to tailor their products to meet the specifications of the

consumers if the requirements are communicated to the producers in time. Alternately

remote villagers could sell their products in markets where there is a demand their

specifications.

The developments in the ICT can be optimally utilized to connect the remote

areas of the district with the district headquarters and in turn with the state, nation and

the world.

3.4.2 Marketing Support

There is a huge gap in the delivery

channel. The remote producers of the

various products - agriculture, horticulture,

forestry, fisheries, etc. are not able reach

better and wider markets with their

produces .

Earlier experiences that the

government has had with the selling of

handicrafts have demonstrated that a sustainable marketing setup is not possible

without private participation. Mandis have to be setup where private merchants can go,

inspect and purchase the products.

Care will have to be taken to ensure that unfair advantage is not taken by

anybody in the entire chain. Bridging the gap in the information delivery mechanism

identified above will vital in ensuring this.

3.4.3 Processing and Storage Facilities for Perishable Products

Most of the income generating products in

the district are perishable in nature, so much so that

some of them have a very short shelf life. This

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discourages the villagers from trying to reach more remunerative markets. They are

forced to make distress-sales to exploiting middlemen and moneylenders.

Setting up cold storages and ensuring availability of freezer boxes / trucks etc will

be instrumental in overcoming this limitation. The use of preservatives could also be

considered.

This also opens the scope for entrepreneurs interested in setting up food

processing and packaging units for these products. Proper processing and packaging

will help enhance both the market value and the shelf life of these items.

3.4.4 Connectivity and Transportation

Poor connectivity can be said to be the most major barrier to the process of

development in the district. In rainy season about 35 % villages becomes

inapproachable due to lack of roads, fair weather roads. Inadequate transportation

system obstructs the development. Due to this factor:-

� Comparatively more time and energy

is lost in traveling decreasing

availability of working man days.

� Villagers are unable to reach

remunerative markets for selling their

products.. They are constrained to

distress-sale of their products to

exploitative middlemen and money-lenders.

� Health-care workers are hindered from rendering timely medical aid in the

interior parts of the district became of poor connectivity.

� Students are forced to drop out, if they cannot reach middle / high schools

located at some distance cut off during rains.

PMGSY is an important intervention in this regard. However, there are several

bridges/culverts which are not covered under PMGSY. Taking these, under RSVY

would greatly enhance the impact of PMGSY. A detailed scrutiny of the bridges/culverts

required has been enlisted. The priority of these bridges/culverts has been drawn up in

consultation with public representatives and development officers.

3.4.5 Poor Irrigation Facilities

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Another major barrier in the growth of the district

where agriculture constitutes the mainstay of rural

economy is irrigation. Less than 50% of the agricultural

land is irrigated. Due to poor irrigation facilities most

farmers are not able to adopt the two-crop and three-

crop farming patterns.

Dependence on rainwater and single crop forces

the villagers to extend their farm, putting pressure on the forestlands that adjoin the

villages.

The solution to this problem lies in enhancing and strengthening the reach of the

irrigated water to all parts of the district.

Besides, deepening of existing lakes and water bodies adjoining and using other

water harvesting methods will be have to be used to help in drought proofing the prone

areas of the district.

3.4.6 Up-gradation / Replacement of Cattle Breed

Although almost every rural household has some cattle in their backyard the overall

milk production is far less the requirement of

the district. This is unduly taxing in terms of

the fodder requirement in comparison to the

production that these cattle give. The low

descript cattle needs to be replaced with a

better yielding breed. This can be done by

two ways…

• Upgraded – through artificial insemination

• Replace – with high-yield breed

Artificial Insemination can help improve the future generations of these animals.

Carrying out AI on a large scale is a good option. However, this process is time

consuming. Replacement is another alternative, which is fast but rather expensive.

3.4.7 Proper Training & Capacity Building Facilities

Capacity building and generation of alternative skills is a big requirement of the

district. The villagers have to be made to understand what they can do and what goals

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they can achieve with a little dedication. Conducting regular training and refresher

sessions is the simplest and most effective way to do this.

Presenting very little training work is being

done in the district. Training sessions are

infrequently organized at district or block

headquarters, which are attended by nominees of

different villages/panchayats. It has been noted

that often the trainees are not even interested in

the subject or the course content. There are

generally some political favorites who come and attend to in cash the stipends and

allowances that are associated with such sessions. The really interested parties who

would have benefited and implemented the knowledge gained from such sessions are

just left out.

The training sessions should be organized more frequently. It could be a multi-

tiered training approach.

• Tier 1 – General training sessions be organized nearer to the villagers’ place of

residence. Obviously we cannot expect every person to be interested in every

vocation / occupation option.

• Tier 2 – Subject / Topic wise interested participants can be brought to the block /

district headquarters for a more in-dept course.

• Tier 3 – Still interested parties can be sent out for courses with professional

guidance centers or institutes

Training infrastructure has been setup in almost every habitat in the district under

the District Primary Education Programme and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. This can be

utilized for the training sessions proposed at the village level.

3.4.8 Outreach Services

The existing outreach services are grossly insufficient. This can supplement the

capacity building efforts in the district. Some areas where outreach services can help

bridge the gaps include…

• Women have found a place in the PRIs due the reservation incorporated into the

system. But they are unable to discharge their office effectively due of ignorance

of their rights and responsibilities.

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• Awareness about what regulated mandi is and how it can help the villagers

receive better returns on their purchases and produces.

• Awareness about the welfare schemes of the various governments. For e.g. –

this is the main reason why the villagers are not yet able to benefit from the

group insurance and micro credit options promoted by the government.

The outreach services need to be strengthened and the NGOs can play a

vital role in this.

3.4.9 Untapped Livelihood Opportunities

The rural economy in Bilaspur is based entirely on agriculture and NTFP.

Livelihood opportunities allied to agriculture offer substantial

potential for growth. These include horticulture, forestry,

poultry, piggery etc. Tribal handicrafts of Marvahi are taking

leaps and bounce in national and international markets.

However, volume and consistent quality in production are seen as barriers to growth

and to catch a suitable regular market. Common Facility Centers for artisans would help

in overcoming this problem.

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4. OBJECTIVES & BENEFITS

The main objective of the project is to improve the living conditions of village

communities, in terms of sustainable income increase, access to basic socio-economic

services, and improved natural resource management practices. The project would

achieve its main objective through the following specific objectives;

� To break geographic limitations especially in rural remote areas, by

providing better connectivity.

� To provide irrigation facilities, to increase agricultural productivity

specially sugarcane.

� To enhance infrastructure for health services.

� To enhance market linkages for agricultural as well as NTFP products.

� To provide infrastructural support for livelihood opportunities.

� To create awareness on development and social ailment.

� To do maintenance of Assets ( Health, Education & Veterinary

Sectors).

� To do benchmark survey and regular monitoring of the project.

4.1 PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE :

Household food security and improved livelihood opportunities and overall quality of life

of the population based on the sustainable and equitable use of natural resource. To

achieve this, the programme would:

i. empower grassroots associations and users' groups, including women and

other marginal groups, so that they would become more capable to plan,

implement and manage their own development and to negotiate with The

relevant authorities to harness the necessary resources.

ii. promote activities which generate sustainable increases in production and

productivity of land and water resources;

iii. generate alternate sources of income outside of agriculture, particularly for

the landless.

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4.2 DESIGN CONSIDERATION

The programme would be driven strictly by beneficiary demand. Priority would be

given (empowering Gram Sabha's members and organising beneficiary groups with

responsibilities of planning, implementation, operation and maintenance arrangements

and cost sharing. The resource would be managed directly by the beneficiaries.

The priority tribal target group would consist of marginal smallholders, women,

and other marginal groups such as the PTGs, landless or semi-landless households.

But since the programme has adopted watershed development approach, an essentially

area based concept, it would not be possible to restrict support solely to households

below the poverty line. For this reason, areas having high concentration of households

below the poverty line and/or PTGs would be selected. All other interventions would be

targeted through ceilings on the amount of credit or by the type of intervention:

livestock, fishponds, nurseries and support to NTFP processing would be targeted

through landless and/or families likely to "lose".

Food security would be seen as one dimension of a broader concept of livelihood

security and in this framework, Health and nutrition security would be considered a mid-

range, objective towards the achievement of a sustainable livelihood system for the

household.

Beneficiaries would be asked to make contributions to the investment both in

cash and kind to develop among them a sense of ownership.

At the initial stage priority would be given to areas likely to generate early

technical. Financial and social benefits, namely, areas with good potential in which

communities have under taken independent initiatives, in order to establish a powerful

demonstration effect.

All requests for programme financing would be subject to a mandatory

environmental screening to ensure that programme-financed initiatives do not have

negative environmental impacts.

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4.3 Role of Women:

Due to their important role in the agriculture-cum-forest-based economics,

women among rural population have traditionally enjoyed respect as economically

valued members of their communities than women in mainstream Indian society.

Women’s work is regarded as crucial for the survival of tribal households in terms of

provisioning for food, income earning and management of financial resources. Food

gathering is also a vital economic activity even for women of agricultural tribes. Women

are major earners from the sale of NTFP’s especially in forest dependent livelihood

system (Tendu leaves collection etc.). Due to the tribal women’s major role in trade and

marketing and to having primary responsibility for household provisioning, they are the

de facto managers of most household income, as well as of the agriculture produce.

Furthermore, participatory planning process and the inclusion of women in the

community institutions will draw women into the public life of the village and give them a

voice in the affairs of the community.

4.4 Community based rural micro finance

The programme would develop an alternative community based financial

services mechanism. This would consist of revolving credit fund at block level either

with the block panchayat or village level management committee or with line

department. The beneficiary would enter into direct MOU with the revolving credit fund

committee. Thus, the lengthy bank linkage will be done away.

4.5 Implementation Arrangements Planning Procedures

Beneficiary groups supported by resource line departments would implement the

activities. The DPIUs in conjunction with the facilitating NGO would be responsible for

organising the study tours and training envisaged, for monitoring the results and for

administering the provision of inputs and outputs envisaged. Various livelihood

promotion projects have been identified to improve the living standards of the rural

masses of the district. These will be executed at the grass-root levels by the different

departments – Fisheries, Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary and Forestry.

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These include setting up of…

• fishing ponds – big and small

• rearing ponds

• mushroom cultivation

• laac farming

• backyard poultries

• goatries

• piggeries

While implementing these provisions, care will be taken to ensure private /

community participation wherever possible. The beneficiaries will be educated to run

their enterprises with sound economics, so that they may become self-reliant. Support

of active NGOs will be solicited to ensure that sustainable business practices are

adopted while implementing the livelihood projects.

4.6 Infrastructure Development

To ensure the sustainability of the livelihood promotion activities in the district

certain infrastructure support systems will have to be developed / strengthened.

• Looking at the projected fish production in the district adequate marketing

support will be needed within the next couple of years. We propose to setup 02

Fish Mandis per year (total 6 in three years) under the RSVY. Similarly we also

propose to setup 5 forest product collection centers per year (15 in three years).

• The need for better connectivity for easy transportation is strongly felt and a

network of trunk roads is being readied in the district. We propose to utilize part

of the funds available under RSVY to increase accessibility to the remote

habitations by building short culverts on the inner roads. This will ensure all

weather road connectivity and increase the accessibility of the distant markets for

the rural masses.

• Tube Wells were installed at many of the villages, which were used to fill the

lakes and ponds during summer. We propose to strengthen these by

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constructing bathing-cum-washing places with small overhead water tanks. 400

such places will be setup during the three years under RSVY, which will benefit

more than 20000 people.

• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan provides Rs. 5000 per year for repair and maintenance of

the schools under their purview. However, some of the primary / upper primary

school buildings in the district are in dire state and need major repairs which

cannot be done under this provision. 300 such school buildings will be repaired

under RSVY.

• Sub-Health Centers have been setup across the length and breadth of the

district. Some of these are still working from temporary / inadequate structures.

Under RSVY we propose to strengthen such SHCs by providing a building and

some basic equipment. The list of the equipment that will be provided at the sub-

health centers includes ANC/examination tables, weighing scales, BP

instruments, stethoscopes, HB testing set, etc. It is proposed that in the three

years 50 such centers will be setup at the average cost of Rs. 2 Lacs per center.

Village Health Committees will be set up at these places and the committee

members will be trained in the day-to-day handling of these equipment as part of

training and capacity building exercise.

• Cattle up-gradation through artificial insemination has been identified as a

remedy that will help improve milk production in the district. J. K. Trust, a premier

institution in the country doing research in upgrading the quality of cattle. They

have proposed to setup 25 artificial insemination centers per year (total 75

centers). These centers will take up artificial insemination of the cattle, as a result

of which the milk yield of their future generations will improve.

• Increasing the shelf life of the fruits and vegetables is a major concern. At

present there are no processing and preservation facilities in the district. The

need for Biotech and Fruit Preservation Labs has been felt for a long time in the

district. Under the provisions of RSVY we propose to setup…

o The Biotech Lab at TCB College of Agriculture and Research Station (Indira Gandhi Agricultural University) Bilaspur.

o The Fruit Preservation Lab at Lalpur village in Gaurella Block.

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• 335 Tube-wells with Pumps will be installed to meet the irrigation requirement of

the district that will provide a source of water more reliable than the annual

rainwater for the farmers. This will enable them to adopt the two/three crop

pattern.

4.7 Training & Capacity Building

Capacity building and training is another major gap that has been identified in the

growth of the district. RSVY will be used to tackle this on a war footing. A host of

training sessions will be conducted at the village level (outreach training) and at the

block and district headquarters.

We propose to adopt a 3 tier training system…

Tier 1

Sessions will be organized at the village level, as an outreach service, to impart

general and introductory information on the different topics. This will give us an

opportunity to reach a larger audience. The trainers at this level will identify

interested candidates for in the different topics so that they may be invited for an

in-depth discourse at Tier 2.

Tier 2

The Tier 2 sessions will be organized at the block and district headquarters

where the candidates identified as “interested” in the Tier 1 will be invited to

attend. These will be in-depth training sessions discussing the finer issues in the

selected topic.

Tier 3

In the third tier of the training programme, short listed candidates from Tier 2 will

be sent to professional / career institutes for formal training with scholarship.

To set up an efficient team to carry out the entire 3-year training programme a

team of efficient and dedicated trainers will have to be set up. The services of the skilled

master trainers, subject specialists from the various government departments, NGOs,

universities and practicing professionals will be solicited to prepare the course content

for the different tiers. Help of the national and state level NGOs, corporate will be sought

to bring in experts and subject specialists who will train the team of master trainers.

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Regular refresher sessions will be organized to keep the information of these trainers

abreast with the latest market happenings.

It is planned that these trainers and master trainers will impart training for more

than 23000 training days through out the district on the short-listed topics at an overall

average estimated cost of Rs. 1000 per day.

List of short listed topics for training

Livelihood Promotion

1 Agriculture

2 Fishery

3 Mushroom Production

4 Cash Crop Agriculture

5 Animal Farming

6 Horticulture

7 Sericulture

8 Spinning and Weaving

Management Skills

1 Entrepreneurship

2 Marketing

3 Industries - Small, Cottage, Tiny

Community Living

1 Role of PRI

2 Role of Cooperative Societies

3 Role of Government Departments

4 Basic Health Care

5 Village Health Committee

6 Role of Women in Society

7 Integration of Persons' with Disability in Society

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Modernization

1 Modernization

2 Skills Up-gradation

3

User of Information and Communication

Technology (ICT)

4 Hands on Training in use of ICT

5 Machinery Available in Agriculture

6 Machinery Available in Horticulture

Conservation of Nature

1 Conservation of Forest

2 Conservation of Water

3 Conservation of Resources

Taking into consideration the intensive training and capacity building

programmes that will be taken up over the three years, we propose to setup a

Resource Center for Capacity Building. It will be equipped with the conventional and

state of the art equipment that will be used to deliver the courses, like LCD projectors,

computers, overhead projectors, audio systems, portable generators etc.

This center will be responsible for…

• Planning the training curriculum, content and duration

• Managing the training schedule, master trainers, trainers and other resource

persons.

• Organizing the training sessions

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6. MONITORING & CONCURRENT EVALUATION

The programme is innovative and builds on action, learning. For its success it

would require close monitoring and supervision leading to prompt and effective

corrective actions. To facilitate such a process, a Monitoring Cell would be established

in the Block PIU and in DPIU, which will be led by Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and

the Monitoring Officer, respectively.

• Implementation of RSVY in Bilaspur will begin as soon as the funds are received.

The targets for the year 2004-05 will be met in most cases. However, since the

time available in the financial year is short, activities, incomplete at the end of the

year will be completed in the second year alongside the projects for Year 2.

• Zila Panchayat will be the nodal agency for implementation of RSVY. All funds

received under the scheme will be parked in a separate account of the CEO, Zila

Panchayat.

• The implementing agency could be the beneficiary, PRI, government department

or private contractor who does the actual implementation at the ground level.

• Monitoring of the progress of the implementation will be done on a weekly basis

by the Head of the Nodal Agency and by the Collector on a monthly basis.

• The projects/works as identified by the project formulation committee and

included in this action plan shall not be altered or changed, unless there are

compelling reasons for doing so. Only the District RSVY Committee shall be

authorized to make any change.

• The estimates included in the Action Plan, particularly under the infrastructure

and ICT components are subject to satisfactory technical (TS) and administrative

(AS) sanctions by the competent authorities. No amount shall be released to any

agency without obtaining the necessary TS and AS.

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• In respect of beneficiary-oriented schemes the selection of beneficiaries shall be

done through the PRIs.

• A board displaying the name of the scheme and the implementing agency,

amount sanctioned, time-limit for completion and other relevant details will be

prominently displayed at the work-site and or the approach road.

• Participation of the people will be ensured in all stages of implementation of the

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• A MOU shall be signed between each and every the implementing agency and

the head of the nodal agency for every project undertaking to execute the work

as required under the scheme within the stipulated time frame. That is, if more

than one implementing agency is working on a project each agency shall sign a

MOU with the CEO, Zilla Panchayat. The MOU shall outline the responsibility

attributed to the implementing agency and the time frame within which it has to

be completed.

• The funds shall be released to the implementing agency in installments as shall

be described in the MOU. The first installment may be released as an advance.

The subsequent installment(s) shall be released only on satisfactory utilization of

the earlier installment.

• The members of the public will be advised to bring any irregularity in the

implementation of the project / work to the notice of the CEO Zilla Panchayat or

District Collector so that appropriate action can be taken.

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6.1 DISTRICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT

The district committee is chaired by the District Collector and has the following

members

• District Collector Chairperson

• CEO, Zilla Panchayat Dy Chairperson

• District Forest Officer

• District Education Officer

• Assistant Commissioner, Tribal

• Dy Director, Agriculture

• Dy Director, Veterinary

• Dy Director, Fishery

• Dy Director, Horticulture

• 5 Representatives from NGOs

The representatives from NGOs will have a tenure of 6 months and will be

nominated by the District Collector. Every individual will be permitted one

term only as representative from NGO.

Block Level Management Committee:

Block level credit revolving/ credit fund committee.

Village Level Management Committee:

Village level credit revolving/ credit fund committee.

Website, CPM and MIS

A website has to be created, which will give the background information for the

district, the district plan, results of the benchmark survey and the MIS which has been

developed. This would be updated on a weekly basis to show the progress the

schemes.

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The programme would establish a computerised programme management

system (CPM) system to assist with planning, timely execution and monitoring of

programme activities. The CPM would have a detailed breakdown structure in which

tasks would be scheduled over the life of the programme and critical path networks

identified on an annual basis. Activities would be grouped according to the various

participating institutions that would be responsible for implementing them. The CPM

would permit milestones and targets to be established for each of the programme tasks

in terms of work completed, disbursements or expended time. Thus real progress could

be tracked against projected progress and delays and bottlenecks identified promptly.

In addition, a Management Information System (MIS) would be developed which

would focus on the rate of implementation against planned physical and financial

objectives as set out in the project. It would provide the data base for monitoring

programme performance and provide the essential inputs for the CPM.

6.2 MONITORING OF PROCESSES, EFFECTS AND IMPACT

Annual beneficiaries review, planning, and experience sharing

workshops/meetings would focus on procedural aspects of programme implementation,

the delivery capability of the programme partners and management ability of village

organisations, on identifying problems and shortcomings of the programme and agree

on corrective measures and/or changes. These workshops would be a forum for

soliciting opinions of beneficiaries and field staff, including NGO facilitators, on the

development approach, the performance of technical service providers and the

community organisations. Similarly, annual workshops of the SHGs would aim at

exchanging experiences with regards to the savings and credit activities as well as in

tackling the social issues most pertinent to a particular area. These workshops would

also assist in developing networks/clusters of SHGs that may federate or at least

network among themselves.

6.2.1 MID-TERM REVIEW

A Mid-Term Review would be undertaken towards Year 1 end. While undertaking the

MTR, evaluation mechanisms that allow all stakeholders including beneficiary

communities to participate, would be adopted.

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6.3 BENEFITS, JUSTIFICATION AND RISKS

6.3.1 Benefits & Beneficiaries.

The programme would benefit about 1,19,200 households in about 1564 villages.

Since the programme is demand-driven, any estimate of production impacts is

only notional. Food grain availability at household level is expected to increase and also

of vegetables by various meats, fishes, etc. These increases are expected to fill the

critical gaps in the food security and also better price for product.

6.4 ENVIRONMENTAL, STATUS AND IMPACT

An Environmental Screening and Scoping (ESS) would be carried out during

evaluation process. Three of the key environmentally-related aspects of the programme

are integrated i.e. agriculture & irrigation, community-based NTFP management and the

encouragement of alternative income generating opportunities for the poor and

marginalized. These aspects can yield substantial environmental benefits.

6.5 FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Programme benefits may arise in numerous intangible ways as well. The

programme would be inculcating a strong savings habit among projected populations

and developing easily accessible community-based financial services, and by doing this

would reduce significantly the dependence of populations on local moneylenders. The

women's SHGs are expected to become the centre of credit activities highlighting the

management capability of women and enhancing the credibility of women as partners in

the development process. In addition, benefits may arise from reduced damages to

cropped land during heavy rainfall events from more irrigated agricultural land &

available agriculture inputs.

6.6 RISK

The programme has a number of risks.

1.Failure to strengthen the community institutions and develop responsibility for

management of development activities to the groups & communities would result in the

degeneration of the programme into a conventional tribal development programme. This

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risk has been reduced by laying emphasis on enabling the implementation of the

legislation and on the sensitization and training envisaged for various stake holders

including government staff.

2. Identification and careful selection of competent NGOs capable of building

local leadership capacity is a pre-requisite for the success of the programme. The

NGOs in the region, especially those in Chhattisgarh, are relatively inexperienced.

Programme design has recognised this weakness and has provided for substantial

capacity building of the NGOs and has introduced some flexibility in implementation

mechanism.

3. The programme represents an ambitious challenge to change the overall

development ethos in the backward areas. This involves changing relationships within

the development process and overcoming dependency attitudes of communities. Most

people have become overly dependent on Government subsidies while the proposed

programme expects beneficiaries contributions in practically all the activities envisaged.

This could be a risk for the programme. The inherent desire among population to

become self-reliant, complemented by strong awareness rising and capacity building

activities, is expected to mitigate this risk.

4. Most of the Forestry Officials at the top of the hierarchy are sensitive to the

needs to go beyond JFM, in involving communities in managing forest resources,

resistance may emerge from the lower rung staff. Sensitisation and training of the staff

at this level, as envisaged in the programme, should overcome some of these risks.

5. Risk would also arise from the failure to convince farmers of the merits of

confinement, at least partial for goats and total for pigs, when by tradition these animals

are allowed to roam freely. Beyond farmers education/advice, the promotion of

vegetable growing on residual moisture after cereal cropping will be an additional

incentive to confine all types of livestock, as vegetables are high sensitive to destruction

by scavenging animals.

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7. ANNEXES

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7.15 District Benchmark Surveys, Monitoring and Evaluation

By : (NGOs)

Objective

• To develop a database of benchmarks on the basis of district profiling of infrastructures,

socio-economic background, natural resources and other sectors.

• To develop monitoring indicator and mechanisms.

• To provide support services for effective implementation of the RSVY programs in the

district.

Article I. Main Feature

1. District benchmark survey and research.

2. Management Information system development for monitoring, through Participatory Rural

Appraisal (PRA)

3. Technical input for RSVY programs

Expected budget : 500000 per year

Project duration : Three years

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Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY)

State – Chhattisgarh APPENDIX – I

District - kabirdham

S.No. Scheme/roject Total

requirement

of fund

(Rs.In lakh)

Time

Required

for (in

Month)

Phasing of

expendit ure

(One quartely

basis)

1 2 3 4 5

1 Infrastructure 482.08 12 120.52

2 Livilihood Promotion & Capacity

Building

0.00

(A) Livelihood 646.50 12 164.62

(B) Capacity Buiding & Training 77.00 12 19.25

© NGO's 12.00 12 3.00

Total 735.50 186.87

Maintanance 165.42 6 82.71

Extremism 112.00 12 28.00

Bench mark Survey / Monitoring 5.00 12 1.25

Gross Total 1500.00 419.35

C.E.O.

Zila Panchay Kabirdham

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FLOW OF FUND FROM OTHER SCHEMES

Sector : Road & Bridges

Programme : Rural Connectivity

Table- 7.4.1

Financial Quality (Rs. Lakh)

Past year Current

year

(year-1)

New &

Continui

ng

Schemes

Year-2

New &

Continuin

g Scheme

Year-3

New &

Continui

ng

Scheme

Centrally

Sponsored/Central/state

Plan Schemes for rural

connectivity

Appd.

Outla

y

Actua

l

Expnd

.

Proposed

Outlay

Proposed

Outlay

Proposed

Outlay

Total

outlay

Pradhan Mantri Gram

sadak Yojana

(PMGSY)

1695.89 1591.5 1351.69 3487.29 3600.00 10134.87

State Plan roadbridge

schemes P.W.D. 1366.55 812.93 1503.205 1653.52 1818.87 6342.145

Sampoorna Grameen

Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) 670.00 645.267 550.00 550.00

550.00

2320.00

Externally Aided

Project(s) (EAP)

Any other roadbribge

scheme

RSVY X X 405.00 200.00 200.00 805.00

Note: Outlays may be assumed at current years level or with 10 percent.

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SECTOR : ROAD & BRIDGES

Programme : Rural Connectivity

Table- 7.4.2

Physical Targets

Past year Current

year

(year-1)

New &

Continui

ng

Schemes

Year-2

New &

Continui

ng

Scheme

Year-3

New &

Continuin

g Scheme

Centrally

Sponsored/Centra

l/state Plan

Schemes for rural

connectivity

Targets Achiev

ement

Targets Targets Targets

Total

Targets

PMGSY

Road 121.6

Km. Bridge

143

89.1

Km

143

72.93

Km. 83

160.90

Km. 354

165.90

Km. 154

520.43

Km. 720

State Plan

roadbridge

schemes P.W.D.

Road 170.0

Km. Bridge

75

152.90

Km 64

182.50

Km. 71

201.25

Km. 78

221.37

Km. 86

775.12

Km. 310

SGRY

Road 257

Km. Bridge

56

134

Km 36

119 Km.

40

100 Km.

50

100 Km.

50

576 Km.

196

(EAP

Any other

roadbribge

scheme

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X X

Road

62 Km.

Bridge

39

Road

25Km.

Bridge

20

Road 25

Km.

Bridge 20

Road 112

Km.

Bridge 79

* Unit must be specified in each case.

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SECTOR : EDUCATION

Programme : Additional School Buildings/Class Room

Table- 7.4.3

Financial Outlay (Rs. Lakh)

Past year Current

year

(year-1)

New &

Continui

ng

Schemes

Year-2

New &

Continui

ng

Scheme

Year-3 New

&

Continuing

Scheme

Centrally

Sponsored/Centra

l/state Plan

Schemes for rural

connectivity

Appd.Outla

y

Actual.

Outlay

Proposed

Outlay

Proposed

Outlay

Proposed

Outlay

Total

Outlay

Sarva Shiksha

Abhiyan (SSA) 121.00 45.5 262.75 262.75 262.75 909.25

State Plan

Schemes (11th

.

Finance ) for

construction of

school

Building/class

Room

20.00 7.90 20.00 20.00 20.00 80.00

Sampoorna

Grameen Rozgar

Yojana (SGRY)

75.00 70.65 25.00 25.00 20.00 145.00

District Primary

Education

Programme

(DPEP)

75.00 75.00 - - - 75.00

Externally Aided

Project(s) (EAP) - - - - - -

Any other scheme

for school

Building. class

Rooms

- - - - - -

RSVY X X 0 0 0 0

Note: Outlay may be assumed at current years level of with 10 percent annual increase.

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SECTOR : EDUCATION

Programme : Additional School Buildings/Class Room

Table- 7.4.4

Financial Outlay (Rs. Lakh)

Past year Current

year

(year-1)

New &

Continui

ng

Schemes

Year-2

New &

Continui

ng

Scheme

Year-3 New

&

Continuing

Scheme

Centrally

Sponsored/Centra

l/state Plan

Schemes for rural

connectivity

Targets Achiev

ement

Targets Targets Targets

Total

Targets

SSA 76 29 117 117 112 422

State Plan

Schemes (11th

.

Finance ) for

construction of

school

Building/class

Room

2 - 2 2 2 8

SGRY 44 35 10 10 10 74

DPEP 75 75 - - - 75.00

EAP - - - - - -

Any other scheme

for school

Building. class

Rooms

- - - - - -

RSVY 0 0 0 0 0 0

• Unit must be specified in each case

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