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From the Desk of the Chief EditorFrom the Desk of the Editor‘Day by day, hour by hour, we are getting better and better’, this ‘Mantra’ seems
to be guiding India in its march towards becoming a developed nation. A coun-try where majority of the population is living in the rural areas, without their transformation, the country cannot claim to be a developed country. Good news is that transformation at grass root level is happening with so many government schemes taking the problems of rural people ‘head on’. ‘Mission Antyodaya’, ‘Ujj-wala’, ‘Suabhagya’ saw deep involvement of ‘Team NIRDPR-NERC’ besides their involvement in other flagship programmes and results were awesome. Training, research, case studies done by NIRDPR faculties and NRLM officials enriched the repository of knowledge on ‘Rural Development’.Visit of luminaries to NERC added glitter to vibrancy in the campus. Two new faculty members and three consultants joined NERC family adding more strength to NERC. Rural empowerment received a new high in the region as a ‘One Month Pro-gramme on Home Stay Operations’ was successfully conducted for 21 women hailing from Arunachal Pradesh at NIRDPR-NERC. This ‘Tenacious 21’, as these 21 women were called, reflected ‘High Motivation’ to start ‘Homestays’ in ‘infrastructure deficient’ state of Arunachal Pradesh and to welcome tourists to this ‘land of dawn lit mountains. Similar programmes are in the offing for all other North Eastern states in next two years time.Many laurels were earned by members of Team NERC and ‘Josh’ is really high. Under this backdrop I am handing this ‘Special issue’ of ‘Gramodaya’ to the readers. Your valuable feedback has always helped us in ‘getting better and bet-ter’, so we wait for your feedback.Happy reading and adieu. (Dr. R.M Pant)
The Ministry of Rural Development has initiated many schemes to bring about a change in the standard of living of the rural households leaving no stone un-turned to make better the lives at the grassroots. Realising the significance of rural tourism, the government has put much emphasis in promoting it as a tool to provide better livelihoods amidst the rural households. This has further led to the development of rural tourism sites based on the potential of the prospective rural tourism spots. No doubt, these ef-forts, put through with right perspective can modify the entire rural landscape of the country and can transform the living standards of the rural populace.
Tourism being a labour intensive indus-try can generate enough employment opportunities for the village households
GRAMODAYN E W S L E T T E R
A Bilingual Newsletter from NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati(May-2019)
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National Institute of Rural Developementand Panchayati Raj
Vol. V, Issue-I,II,III, and Vol-VI, Issue-I&II
N.E Regional Centre, GuwahatiMinistry of Rural Development, Govt of India
Dr. W.R Reddy , IAS, DG, NIRDPR (in the middle) releasing Manuals for rural homestay operators
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME ONRURAL TOURISM AND HOMESTAY OPERATIONS
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NIRDPR-NERC NEWSLETTERthereby making them economically empowered. It has a special significance for the marginalised sec-tions of the society, especially women and backward communities. Through rural tourism, when rural households find a source of livelihood in the nearby vicinity of their native place, this would lead to an improvement in their well-being. This would have several other indirect benefits by slowing down the rate of migration from rural to urban areas with optimum utilisation of local resources.
Homestay operators/entrepreneurs being the initiators of the tourism business can play an important role in sustaining rural tourism and formulation of sustainable strategies for local development. Therefore, it is necessary to stimulate the development of entrepreneurial activities through homestays for harnessing
rural tourism potentials. Promotion of rural tourism will not only help in opening new sources of income for the unemployed youth living in villages, but also reverse the process of migration from rural areas. Taking insights from the two-days workshop on Rural Tourism organsied during January 5-6, 2018 at Greenwood Resort, Guwahati and follow-up on the recommendations of the workshop and yearlong efforts of Dr. W.R. Reddy, DG, NIRDPR, Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, NIRDPR-NERC, Faculty and all members of NERC family, a month long certificate course on ‘Rural Tourism and Homestay Operations’ was launched for SHG members/entrepreneurs of all eight North Eastern states of India to develop understanding on Homestays and hospitality management for promotion of rural tourism.
To start with, Arunachal Pradesh was chosen to launch the first programme on Rural Tourism and Home-stay Operations. It was decided to conduct this pro-gramme in collaboration with the Arunachal State Ru-ral Livelihood Mission (ArSRLM). ArSRLM was asked to select candidates satisfying the basic criterion set by the advisory body of the programme and accordingly ArSRLM meticulously selected 21 ladies representing different SHGs operating in Arunachal Pradesh. The programme was launched on March 18, 2019 with Mr. O.P. Dhondiyal, GM, NABARD, Guwahati delivering the inaugural address.
On March 22, 2019, dignitaries including Shri M.P. Bezbaruah, IAS (Retd.) and member WTO, Dr.
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Combined Special Issue : May, 2019W.R. Reddy, IAS Director General, NIRDPR and Shri N. Rami Reddy, Promoter, Golkon-da Heritage Resort released two volumes of manual prepared by the NIRDPR and also a book ‘Transforming North East through Rural Tourism’. They also had a detailed interaction with the participants and later interacted with the NIRDPR faculty members giving them in-sights on post programme interventions. On April 2, 2019, the Secretary MDoNER Dr. In-derjit Singh along with two Joint Secretaries, MDoNER, Shri Sourabh Endley and Shri Ma-habir Singh had detailed interactions with the participants. Impressed with the responses from the participants, Dr. Singh expressed his happiness and promised all possible support from his end for promoting homestays in North East through MDoNER. He also congratulated NIRDPR for conducting these programmes for all the North Eastern states with full dedication.
During the Certificate Programme, the trainees were exposed to the nitty-gritty of various issues related to homestays.
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Displaying Course Completion Certificate
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Besides the in-house faculty, eminent resource persons, practioners and academicians, were drawn from different organizations to provide the best possible knowledge on hospitality and homestay related issues.
Gender Issues: Dr. Ratna Bhuyan Homestays- A case study of Mawlynong : Dr. M.K. Shrivastava
Resource generation for starting homestays:M.K. Das Fine tuning Hospitality Skills-Learning through global experiences : Rajesh M. Pant
Starting Homestays in Arunachal Pradesh : Dr. R.M. Pant Homestay Policies of Arunachal Pradesh : Dr. Piyush Datta
Glimpses of Lecture Sessions
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eCommerce, Digital Payment,Basic Computer Applications: S.K Ghosh
Marketing of homestays : D.J. Gurung Homestays backward and forward linkage : Dr. K.K. Bhattacharjee
Homestays-Experiences from Sikkim : Bishal Rai
Geoinforamtics application,Mobiles Apps: Dr. A. Simhachalam
Sustainable Rural Livlihoods:Dr. Jayanta Choudhury
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EXPOSURE VISIT TO MAWLYNNONG VILLAGE, MEGHALAYA
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PARTICIPANTS: ‘THE TENACIOUS TWENTY ONE’
Ms. Sangey ChotronM : 9402023134
Ms. Rinchin LhamuM : 9402977481
Ms. Yeshi PemaM : 9402079265
Ms. Menyu NatungM : 8794798352
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Ms. Aroti ApangM : 8730977606
Ng. Kaitong ManlongM : 8730093276
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Ms. Nanung KomutM : 8257870595
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RESOURCE PERSONS
Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati
Dr. A. Simhachalam,Assistant Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati8876323499
Dr. K.K. Bhattacharjee9706074216
Dr. M.K. Shrivastava, Assistant Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati9401234467
Mr. Sanjit K. Ghosh, Sr. CPANIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati
Dr. Rongsentemjen AoAssistant Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati9436702149
Dr. Ratna Bhuyan, Assistant Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati9854050437
Mr. BIshal RaiDirector I/c
SIRDPR, Sikkim9735030703
Dr. Piyush Datta,Senior Coordinator, WWF
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Dr. P.P. SahuAssociate Professor, NIRDPR-
Hyderabad98713249229
Dr. Rakesh SrivastavaChief Operating Officer
(Programme)ArSRLM
Mr. Rajesh M. PantDirector, Hotel Development,
HM InternationalRegional Director, Global Hospi-
tality Solutions9810552317
Dr. (Ms) Sandhya GopakumaranSpl. Jt Director, NIRDPR-
Hyderabad9246411007 / 9492043644
Mr. Sanjay SharmaDeputy Project Director
NRLM RC, Guwahati9435112626
Mr. P.P. BhattacharjeeAssistant Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati9492192001
Mr. Manoj K DasHead, A&C and BFC, NEDFi7399064912/9854021845
Dr. Jayanta ChoudhuryAssociate Professor
NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati9436123886
Mr. Deep Jyoti Gurung7002466569
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GLIMPSES OF LEARNING INTERVENTIONS
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GLIMPSES OF LEARNING INTERVENTIONS
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Gram Panchayats have been mandated for the preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for economic development and social justice. The GPDP planning process has to be comprehensive and based on participatory process which involves full convergence with schemes of all related Central Min-istries / Line Departments. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) had rolled out People’s Plan Cam-paign for GPDP (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas) from 2nd October to 31st December 2018. As a part of this campaign, the MoPR with the support of NIRD&PR organised a series of workshops and training programmes to provide handholding support to all stakeholders including States for successful roll-out of the campaign.
Shri Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary, MoRD & MoPR delivering the Inaugural Address through Video Conferencing
As a part of the Campaign, a two-day special workshop on Economic and Social Transformation through GPDP in North Eastern States was organised at NERC in Guwahati on 16th and 17th November 2018 ensuring participation by all stakeholders from across the eight states of the region and orienting them on the need of convergence in the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) preparation. A total of 111 participants, including RD&PR officials from the eight North Eastern states, scientists from various institutions frpm across the region, representatives from MoPR, MoRD, SIRDs, SRLMs and line minis-tries attended the programme.
Dignitaries on Dais A view of the Participants in the Workshop
The workshop began with a welcome address by Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati. In his welcome address, Dr. R.M. Pant while highlighting the positive aspects of North East India drew attention to the fact that as 80% of people in North East India are rural based, there is a huge scope for development of the region with GPDPs which have correct visions and which have been drafted at the grassroots with a participatory approach.
WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH GPDP IN NORTH EASTERN STATES
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The inaugural address was delivered by Shri Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary, MoRD & MoPR through video conference. In his inaugural address, Shri Amarjeet Sinha emphasised upon the fact that the GPDP is a community plan where the communities decide what is best for them as per their needs. It is the village community which can decide on all 29 subjects in the Gram Sabha and do the planning accordingly. It is a bottom up approach which can certainly strengthen the local bodies and extend to the community involved the maximum benefits for growth and development. He further added that the structured Gram Sabha meetings will be the platforms to raise issues, find possible measures for the different problems, and plan proper allocation of funds and resource positioning. In this regard, Shri Amarjeet Sinha reiterated that proper resource planning through the GPDP can bring in additional benefits for all stakeholders in the GPDP.
WORKSHOP-CUM-BRAINSTORMING ON ‘HIMALAYA MATTERS FOR ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY’
The majestic Himalayas assume special significance among various mountain ranges of the world and has been recognised amongst 35 global biodiversity hotspots. This region forms a discrete geographic and ecological entity endowed with overwhelming richness, representativeness and uniqueness of bio-physical diversity. The region is also recognised as a cultural landscape wherein diverse cultures and ecosystems are mutually supportive. Most importantly, the life support values of ecosystem services, emanating from the Himalaya are globally recognised. The Indian Himalayan region (IHR) contributes a large propor-tion of the Himalaya. IHR matters for ecological and economic security of India as with over 16% of the country’s land mass and 4% of population, it represents nearly 30% of ethnic groups, 36% of forest cover, 44% of flora, 63% of water flow budget and 100% of India’s glaciers and alpine landscapes.
However, the rapid changes in the Himalayas due to diverse reasons ranging from land use to climate change, disasters to globalisation, and unprecedented increase of urbanisation to waste have attracted wider attention. The consequences of these changes are not only affecting the life in the Himalayas but also beyond its physical boundaries. This calls for actions at local, national, regional, and global levels so as to sustain this global asset and harness its services for improving the quality of life in the region.
Welcome address by Dr. R.M. Pant, Director,NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati
Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Additional Secretary, MoRD giving a presentation on Developmental Gaps and Rural Developmental
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NIRDPR-NERC NEWSLETTERKeeping the above in view, and as follow-up of the recommendations of similar events organised to mark the International Mountain Day (December 11, 2018) at INSA New Delhi, the G.B. Pant National In-stitute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) and NIRTDPR-NERC, Guwahati jointly organised a day-long workshop-cum-brainstorming programme on ‘Himalaya Matters for Ecological and Economic Security’.
The workshop had three brainstorming sessions:Brainstorming I: Addressing Issues of Migration & LivelihoodsBrainstorming II: Harnessing Critical Resources- Water and BiodiversityBrainstorming III: Managing the Waste
Altogether 37 participants and a host of experts and panellists from across NE States of Indian Himalaya participated in the programme. The participants included representatives from some of the prominent organisations/ Institutes of the regional like NERIST, Itanagar, Zoological Survey of India, WWF-India, Manipur University, NERCORMP, Botanical Survey of India, NEHU, Shillong and Forest Research Cen-tre for Livelihood Extension, Agartala.
The idea was to involve diverse domain experts from different agencies as panel discussants and senior faculty of the Institutes as session hosts for the different brainstorming themes and capture their insights as part of possible solutions. The output of the event has been envisaged in the form of a Discussion Paper which subsequently would engage wider stakeholders to bring to fore a Pan Indian Himalayan picture on selected issues.
The workshop was conducted by a Team from GBPNIHESD comprising of Dr. R.S. Rawal, Director, GBPNIHESD and Dr. R.C. Sundriyal, Scientist ‘G’. Dr. R.M. Pant, Director NIRDPR –NERC, Guwahati represented the team from the institute.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ‘ACT EAST POLICY: PROSPECT AND CHALLENGE FOR NORTH EAST INDIA’
An international conference on “Act East Policy: Prospect and Challenge for North East India,” was organised by the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, North Eastern Regional Centre, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India from 15th-16th March 2019. The two days conference comprised of a mix of plenary and panel discussion sessions. The conference had five sessions discussing Dimensions and Laws, Implications and Impacts of Act East Policy, Prospects and Challenges of Act East Policy, Strategies and Mechanisms, Socio economy, Livelihood and Act East Policy. Seventeen scholars presented their papers in the international conference. Shri C.K. Das, IAS (Retd.), Former Member of
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Dr. M.K.Shrivastava, Asst. Professor, NIRDPR-NERC and convenor of the seminar, gave a brief introduc-tion on the objectives of the conference. He stated that the focus of the “Act East Policy” is to promote economic cooperation, cultural ties and develop strategic relationship with countries in the South East Asian region through continuous engagement at regional, bilateral and multilateral levels. He further said that the prime objective of this seminar is to stimulate a healthy discussion that integrates diverse views on impact of the policy on the North-Eastern Indian states with other neighbouring countries.Dr. K. Ramesha, Director, IIBM delivered the valedictory address and distributed the certificates to the participants.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ‘NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON INDIA’S NORTHEAST’
Unprecedented growth in human population and booming culture of consumerism during the past few decades has put tremendous pressure on the natural capital of planet earth. This has resulted large scale depletion and degradation of life support systems. In particular, the forests, water bodies and agricultural lands have been affected most adversely and the ecosystem services emanating from these landscape ele-ments have considerably deteriorated both in quality and quantity. The Sustainable Development Goal 15 deals with life on land and aims to protect and enhance the quality of these ecosystems for future of humans. SDG 13 emphasises that climate action is a must for combating degradation of these terrestrial ecosystems. It is being increasingly felt by the academia and development planners that the synergies be-tween the two SDG goals need to be addressed in unison. This international conference on Natural Resource Management, Sustainability and Climate Change with Special Focus of India’s Northeast was organised at NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati on March 26-27, 2019 with the objective of providing a platform to discuss how the sustainability of natural resources can be ensured with changing climate. It also aimed to provide a forum for exchange of ideas among natural resource managers, researchers and policy planners on sustainable utilisation of natural resources in the context of climate change. The conference specially focused on the traditional as well as modern NRM practices prevailing in Northeast India and analyse the same in the context of sustainability and climate change.
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The conference had three major themes- 1. Forest Resources, 2. Water Resources 3. Agriculture and Rural Development.
Dr. M.K. Shrivastava, Seminar convener, briefly introduced the seminar in relation to its background and thematic areas. Dr. R. M. Pant, Director of NIRD & PR, NERC delivered the welcome speech. In the Inaugural speech, Prof. B.K from North Eastern Hill University pointed out the huge potential of India’s North East and discussed on sustainable utilisation of natural resources in the context of climate change. He also highlighted the rapid degradation of bio-resources and natural capitals and identified some best practices and success stories of resource management addressing long term sustainability. ONE DAY EXPOSURE CUM TRAINING PROGRAMME ON DISPOSABLE ARECANUT LEAF PLATE MAKING
A team of 11 SHG members from the Pynursla Block, Meghalaya under Meghalaya State Rural Liveli-hoods Society (MSRLS) attended a one day exposure cum training programme on disposable arecanut leaf platemaking at the Rural Technology Centre, NIRDPR, NERC, Guwahati on May 14, 2019. Infact, the training programme is a result of a ToT organised and conducted on ‘Rural Livelihoods Incubation’ during November 26-30, 2018 by NIRDPR, NERC, Guwahati.
SHG Members, Pynursla Block, Meghalaya Learning through hands on training
It was an exposure session on ‘Incubation in arecanut Leaf platemaking’ which led Dr. Bishar Plain, SMM-LP, MSRLS and Shri Shanlang Lyngdoh, Chief Operating Officer, MSRLS to contemplate on livelihood opportunities available in arecanut leaf platemaking in the region, particularly in Meghalaya where arecanut plantations are widely available. Led by Shri Andrew Mawlong, the SHG members
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FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES OF TRAINNING PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED BY NIRDPR-NERC
Post conduct of a recent ToT on ‘Promotion of Sustainable Farm Sector Livelihoods and Enterprises under NRLM’ organised by Dr. Ratna Bhuyan at NIRDPR, NERC from May 6-10, 2019, the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS) has taken the initiative of sending the mission officials to the Pabhoi Greens, a successful organic venture in Biswanath Chariali, Assam. It is worth mentioning here that a session on exposure to organic farming and its up-scaling was designed and incorporated in the ToT programme wherein Shri Neelam Dutta, Proprietor of Pabhoi Greens was invited to talk on the subject and discuss specially about the efforts put in by him and his team in taking Heirloom Seeds to the farmers who are into organic farming in the North Eastern region.
TRAINING ON e-GOVERNANCE SERVICES AND DIGITAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
e-Governance is the application of information and communication technology (ICT) for delivering gov-ernment services, exchange of information communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems and services between Government-to-Citizen (G2C), Government-to-Business (G2B), Government-to-Government (G2G) as well as back office processes and interactions within the entire Government framework. A host of utility and e-commerce services are now being made available to all sections of citizens at their doorsteps through the online and mobile platform. The Government of India is embarking on e-Governance with new ‘Digital India’ programme for electronic delivery of services uni-formly throughout the country and is going to play a pivotal role in delivering information and services to the poor and underserved citizens living in the rural areas of the country.
Moreover, in view of demonetisation and current economic policy measures of the Government, cashless transactions through electronic channels like Debit and Credit Cards, Internet and mobile banking, Elec-tronic Clearance System, NEFT, RTGS has gained a significant importance for general public. Govern-ment in collaboration with financial institutions has launched a host of new digital payment applications for encouraging cashless transactions in Government to Citizen, Citizen to Government, Government to
Business, Citizen to Citizen and Citizen to Purchase Outlets. Higher degree of cashless transactions may play an important role in curbing corruption and black money flow thereby speeding up economic growth of the country. However, the rural citizens may have initial hesitation to adopt digital payment methods due to lack of technology, infrastructure, skill and awareness on advantages of such options.
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Keeping in view the government’s initiatives on e-Governance, NIRDPR-NERC had organised a training programme on “e-Governance Services and Digital Financial Transactions” during May 29-31,2019 at its premises. Altogether 33 officers from the North Eastern states representing departments like rural development, agriculture, AH & Veterinary, Planning, Forest and PRTI participated in the training programme. The broad content covered during the training programme included e-Governance concept and infrastructure, Digital India programme, NeGP, CSC services, e-commerce and Mobile banking, Internet banking and other electronic fund transfer platforms like the UPI Apps, Mobile Wallets, PoS, mPoS, AEPS, BHIM App and USSD services were also discussed. Shri S.K. Ghosh conducted the pro-gramme.
TRAINING ON ICT APPLICATIONS IN RD THROUGH PFMS & PMAY-G
An off-campus training program on ‘ICT Applications in RD through PFMS & PMAY-G’ was conducted at SIRRD, Agartala on October 31- November 2, 2018. Altogether 19 officials representing depart-ments like the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Revenue attended the course.
In the training programme AwaasSoft MIS was discussed at length to provide insights into beneficiary selection, progress of house construction, payment process and various other components including moni-toring of PMAY-G scheme. Web based MIS like PlanPlus, PFMS were also discussed. Moreover, the use of SECC data for selection of beneficiary for PMAY-G houses were discussed and demonstrated in the training programme. The programme was conducted by Shri P.P Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, NIRDPR-NERC.
ECO-TOURISM FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD
India’s potential as the preferred destination for tourism in the world is undisputed and the Government of India is also trying to capitalise on the socio-economic benefits associated with the development of this sector. In North Eastern region, tourism is an important sector unlocking the value trapped within the rich bio-diversity and cultural distinction of the region. Eco-tourism defined as ‘responsible travel to natu-ral areas that conserves the environment and improves the wellbeing of local people (International Eco-
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It was in this light that NIRDPR-NERC conducted training progremmes on Eco-tourism & Sustainable Livelihood for the entrepreneurs of West Garo hills. Sponsored by Govt. of Meghalaya, the programmes
were conducted during June and August 2018 with an ultimate objective to create awareness on tourism potential of the State and enhance linkages between tourism businesses and poor people, so that the sec-tor could contribute to poverty reduction.
BRANDING, PACKAGING AND LABELLING OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
A brand, as commonly understood, is the idea or image of a specific product or service that consumers con-nect with by identifying the name, logo, slogan or design of the company or producer who owns it. When this idea or the image is marketed, it is easily recognisable by people across the region amongst several other such products produced by other companies or entrepreneurs. Similarly, labelling and packaging of various horticultural crops of North Eastern region are equally important considering its demand due to its organic status. All the North Eastern states including Meghalaya are focusing on organic farming practices and Sikkim has already earned the distinction of being the first organic State in India. Products from North East will attract global market and effective marketing of our products to the outside world will get a boost if our products are properly packaged, branded and labelled which play a crucial role. The horticultural products from Garo hills are already very popular in Assam and its adjoining areas because of their organic status, good taste and cost. But most of the producers in Garo hills are not getting the desired price due to several constraints like lack of transportation facilities, lack of processing & packag-ing facilities and infrastructure, and wastage due to non-availability of cold storage facilities.
With this in view, two training programmes were conducted at NIRDPR-NERC during August and Octo-ber 2018 for the entrepreneurs of West Garo hills district of Meghalaya for understanding post-harvest management & value addition to major horticultural crops of the region for income enhancemen. The
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extension and long distance transportation of fruits, technology for post-harvest handling, packaging and transportation of floricultural items and regulatory aspects of branding and labelling of packaged food items. Efforts were also made to give hands on practical training during field visits in relevant fields to make the programme more effective & fruitful.
WRITESHOP OF NE SRLM
The 5th Annual Regional Write-shop for North East SRLMs was held from 29th January to 1st of Febraury, 2019 at the Indian Institute of Bank Management (IIBM), Guwahati. It was a four days programme hosted by the NRLM RC, NIRDPR NERC, Gu-wahati. A total of 127 participants from seven Northeast SRLMs and representatives from NMMU, NROs (Kudumbshree),Jharkhand SRLM, NERLP and other organ-isations like Roshni, Big Basket, MOVCD-NER, Arohan Foods Pvt. Ltd, Bills & Milinda Gates Foundation attended the programme. The officials who attended the programme include Ms. Leena Johri, IAS JS (RL), MoRD, Ms. Nita Kejre-wal, JS (Insitu), Shri Ram Muivah, IAS Secretary, NEC; Shri H.K. Hajong, PD, NERLP and the SMD, (State Mission Director) of seven North Eastern states.
There were parallel sessions on each thematic area viz Institution Building & Capacity Building (IBCB), Financial Inclusion, Livelihood, SISD, FNHW, Gender, MIS/ M&E, and PRI- CBOs/ SHG Federation Convergence. One of the outcomes of the Writeshop was the development of the Annual Action Plan of the states. In each session, challenges and issues faced, strategies and initiatives, and way forward were discussed and the key learnings which emerged from the discussion were incorporated in the Annual Ac-tion Plan of the states. The sessions were facilitated by the NRPs.
There was also a joint discussion on smooth transition of NERLP to NRLM, if the project ends. Various concerns from the SRLMs regarding the transition were shared and discussed. It was suggested that both SRLM and NERLP should work together till September, 2019 for smooth transition of the project.
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BANKERS ORIENTATION FOR SRLMS OF NAGALAND & ASSAM
A two days Bankers’ orientation on NRLM for Bankers of Assam and Nagaland was organised at NIRD-PR- NERC Guwahati on 22-23 February 2019 with the following objectives: To impart understanding about the present status of SHG credit linkage of the North Eastern Re-gion and rest of India To impart understanding about NRLM components to the Bank-ers. To sensitise about the basic con-cept of Financial Inclusion of SHGs under NRLM. To understand the details of the Interest Subvention scheme under NRLM.To discuss the different roles of Bank Sakhi and the Community Based Re-covery Mechanism.
A total of 19 bankers, 14 from Assam and five representatives from Nagaland and two SRLM staff at-tended the programme. Mr. Dilip Mitra, NRP FI was the facilitator during the training programme. Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Deputy Project Director; N. Thomas and Y. Atan, JMEs coordinated the programme.
LIVELIHOOD EXPOSURE CUM TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY CADRES OF SRLM
Two Livelihood exposures cum training programmes were held for the Community Cadres i.e. Krishi Sakhi and Pashu Sakhi respectively from 29th - 31st Jan 2019 and 19th – 22nd February 2019 respectively. The objective of the trainings were to make the participants aware about integrat-ed farming system and sustainable
Block Coordinator of Sonapur Cluster, Dimoria block, under ASRLM facili-tating the interaction with SHGs women during field visit to Sonapur
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Participants presenting their group activity
agriculture. A total 36 and 24 participants from both ASRLM and NSRLM respectively partici-pated in the training programmes. The programmes were held at the Rural Resource Training Centre, Umran, Meghalaya.
The content of the training pro-grammes included introduction to integrated farming system (IFS) and sustainable agriculture, apiculture, organic farming and vermi compost, livestock management, fish rearing and food processing. Mr. Dhrubajit Sarma, Mission Manager, NRLM RC coordinated the pro-grammes.
BLF CONCEPT SEEDING AND MANAGEMENT, NSRLM
A three days programme on Block Level Federation (BLF) concept seeding and management training was conducted for the staff of the Nagaland SRLM from 16-18 January, 2019 at NIRD & PR, NERC, Guwahati by NRLM-RC. The objective of the programme was to provide knowledge on for-mation and norms of Block Level Federation (BLF). Altogether 26 officials from Nagaland SRLM participated in the programme out of which 24 were Block Proj-ect Managers and two were Block Area Coordinators. Further, 10 were female officials. Mr. K. Ven-kateshwar Rao, Mission Manager and Mr. T. Ravinder Rao, Mission Manager from NRLMRC, NIRD & PR, Hyderabad were the resource persons for the programme. The training programme was co-ordinated by Ms. Sangita Roy Barthakur, Mission Manager and Mr. Nijwm Thomas Mushahary, JME of NRLM-RC, NIRDPR-NERC. The programme covered sessions on structure of BLF, services provided by BLF, roles and responsibilities of GB, EC and OB of BLF , membership in BLF, sub-committees, EC and GB meet-ings, office management and HR management.
TRAINING HIGHLIGHT: 2018-19
A total of 38 programmes were conducted by NIRDPR-NERC during 2018-19 involving 1131 partici-pants with an average participation of 30 participants per programme. The programmes included 29 training courses, seven workshops and two seminars/ conferences. The average female participation per programme stood at around seven. 27 programmes were on-campus programmes while seven off-campus programmes were conducted across SIRDs and other institutes and organisations of the region.
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Programme Types
InductionTraining
OrientationWorkshopExposure
Review MeetingWriteshop
Thematics
Institution Building-Capacity BuildingFinancial Inclusion
LivelihoodsGender & FNHW
MISConsultive workshop
Writeshop
In addition to the above programmes, the NRLM-RC of NIRDPR-NERC also conducted 44 programmes involving 1402 participants from across the North Eastern region. The type and theme wise programmes conducted by NRLM-RC is depicted below:
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LIFE INSPIRING QUOTES
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. Ü Winston Churchill
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Ü Lao Tzu
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Ü Albert Einstein
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
Ü C.S. Lewis
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Ü Marcus Tullius Cicero
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Ü Zig Ziglar
UNDERTAKING PLEDGE FOR SWACHHTA
Dr. A. Simhachalam, Assistant Professor has acquired the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Geo-Engineering from Andhra University, Visakha-patnam on Web GIS based Information System for Rural Development : A case of Moinabad mandal, Rangareddy district, Telangana.
Congratulations!
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WelcomeDr. Jayanta Choudhury joined NIRDPR-NERC as Associate Professor (on deputation) on March 1, 2019 after working in the Department of Rural Studies, Tripura University (2006-19) and State Institute of Public Adminis-tration and Rural Development, Tripura (2002-2006). He did his Ph.D. and Masters in Rural Development from Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal. His areas of interest include inclusive rural development, rural development, planning & project management, financial inclusion, social enterprises etc. He is author/editor of 13 books and more than 45 research articles pub-lished in national and international journals and edited volumes. He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Rural Development & Man-agement Studies (IJRDMS) and TUI – A journal on Tribal Life and Culture, Government of Tripura (Since 2012).
He has led various internationally funded development projects in India and Bangladesh. He is the receipient of the Global Award (Best Professor in Ru-ral Development) from World Education Congress-2015 and Broad Outlook Learner Teacher (BOLT) Award-2006 from AIR INDIA, Mumbai. He is the member of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC), BBSMR Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He is an active board member of various Civil So-ciety Organizations (CSOs) including Financial Inclusion Trust (under the aegis of Bandhan Bank, India), Community of Evaluators, SriLanka, etc. He has also been recognised as Inclusive Policy Expert by UNESCO.
Dr. Rongsentemjen Ao joined NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati as Assistant Pro-fessor (on deputation) on February 1, 2019. Prior to his joining NERC, he was working as Senior Technical Assistant, Department of Rural Develop-ment and Agricultural Production, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Cam-pus.
He did his M.Sc (Agri.) specialising in Rural Development & Planning from SASRD, Nagaland University in the year 2002 and earned his P.hD from North-Eastern Hill University in the year 2017. His areas of expertise in-clude rural livelihood, food security, natural resource management, partici-patory extension approaches.
DR. JAYANTA CHOUDHURY
DR. RONGSENTEMJEN AO
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Shri Jagdish Sudhakant Parab joined NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati as Consul-tant (Stores) on March 05, 2019. Prior to his joining NERC, he worked as Secretary to the Director, NIT Silchar & Assistant in the Purchase Dept of NIT Silchar, PS to the Director, DSW, Govt. of Assam, Guwahati, In-Charge Administration in Thomson Press India Ltd, Administrative Officer in Kores India Ltd. respectively. Shri Parab retired as Petty Officer (Writer) in the Logistics Department of the Indian Navy.
A Graduate from Bombay University, Shri Parab has a Diploma in Personnel Management & Book Keeping & Accountancy using Tally packages from the National Institute of Technology & Management, New Delhi.
SHRI JAGDISH SUDHAKANT PARAB
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Smt Shikha Bhattacharjee joined NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati as Consultant (Accounts) on March 11, 2019. Prior to her joining NERC, She worked in Assam Power Distribution Co. Ltd, Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Ltd and Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd as Accounts Officer and As-sistant Manager (Acctts) respectively. Smt Bhattacharjee did her graduation from Bongaigaon College, Assam.
SMT SHIKHA BHATTACHARJEE
Shri Shyam Singh Heikrujam joined NIEDPR-NERC, Guwahati as Con-sultant (Establishment) on contract on February 27, 2019. Prior to joining NERC, he worked as Assistant Director in Central Muga Eri Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Jorhat. In addi-tion, he also served as Store Officer and Vehicle in Charge. Shri Heikrujam completed his Graduatation from Manipur University in the year 1981. He passed English Stenography from ITI, Imphal in the year 1982. He then went on to join the Boards Service as a stenographer and worked as Personal Assistant to the some senior Directors of the organisa-tion.
SHRI SHYAM SINGH HEIKRUJAM
BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN RURAL HOMESTAY
SUCCESS STORIES
DREAMING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: STORY OF A YOUNG GRADUATE IN NAGALAND Shri Soumesh Ghosh, RA, NIRDPR-NERC
Neisa Zhasa who is 26 years old is among many other young commerce graduates from Kigwema Village of Nagaland but a little different from others. He has been dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur sincehe graduated. His father who is a Government Servant in Nagaland is supporting their six member family.
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Zhasa started with a small piggery farm adjacent to his house way back in 2016 with just two pigs which increased to 34 during the last three years. He has been working hard on the piggery farm and has employed two other persons for the same. He aims to increase the number of pigs to 100 in the next few years employ-ing 5-10 persons in his farm. While discussing with Zhasa, when I en-quired about his marketing channel, he laughed and answered, “Sir, these are tribal belts and there is huge de-mand for pork meat in the local as well as Kohima market , I don’t even have to take my product to market, it is sold at my farm only”. It fetches good price at the same time.
The story is not completed yet. According to Zhasa “I don’t want myself to get engaged in one work only so I want to engage more people in the piggery farm and I want to focus on ginger business which I have recently started.” Zhasa after completing his graduation was also a local cab driver when he got introduced to a person from a manufacturing company who gave him the proposal of selling ginger of his area to his company. He then began forming a farmers group of 52 members who grow ginger in his village and nearby villages and have already sold the first harvest to a the Delhi based company last year with a very high price compared to the price offered to them in the local markets. When asked, where he finds himself
after 10 years, Zhasa replied, “I wish to set up a processing industry in my area which will benefit my family with more income and these villagers can sell their products incurring no losses and fetching a higher income.
Neisa Zhasa, with his untiring efforts has set up his own farm business for supporting his family as well as other farmers in his area. The story of Mr. Neisa Zhasa is an inspiration for the rural youths in India.
IN THE LAND OF LORD SHIVA -Dr. R.M Pant, Director, NIRDPR-NERC
‘TungNath’, the oldest shrine of lord Shiva at the highest altitude (3,680 m) is perched in the serene heights of ‘Dev Bhumi’ in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. TungNath meaning the ‘Lord of moun-tains’ form the Mandakini and Bhagirathi valleys.
A pleasant drive of about four hours from Rishikesh took us to Srinagar through picturesque valleys with rivers Bhagirathi and Mandakini accompanying us alternately in this journey. En route we stopped at Devprayag to capture the glimpses of ‘Bhagirathi and Alaknanda’ embracing each other, through our cameras. The photography session was followed by a cup of refreshing tea. This is the place where river
During Interaction with Neisa Zhasa
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We halted briefly at Srinagar (Garhwal) for lunch and also made a quick visit to the High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre (HAPPRC) of H N Bahuguna Central University with scientists Dr. Purohit and Dr. Meghwal, who joined us from here for our next destination of the day, Chopta. By the time we reached Chopta, it was already dark. We spent the night in the ‘Baniakund Research Station’ of HAPPRC, situated at the altitude of 2660 mts. Freezing cold made it difficult for us to come out of our ‘high altitude sleeping bags’. HAPPRC is doing a yeomen ser-vice by conserving precious medicinal and aromatic plants of the region which stand vulnerable to over exploitation. HAPPRC has distributed 15 lakh saplings of rare herbs to the nearby villages to propagate these endangered species and also help villagers in providing market linkage which has ‘turned around’ the economy of 85 villages in the region.
Fresh snowfall in the night changed the complete landscape and en-veloped the whole region in a thick layer of snow. Despite extreme cold, I came out of my camp as temptation to witness ‘Sun rise’ in this celestial region was irresistible. Sun rays first crowned the Bhagirathi peak and gradually it moved rightwards enveloping the Kedarnath and Chaukhamba peaks and then descended on Chopta Valley giving a golden touch to the whole region. Chopta for her magnificent view, has earned the sobriquet ‘the Mini Switzerland’ of India.
Dr. Meghwal, a senior Scientist of HAPPRC showed us the nursery developed by HAPPRC at Baniakund, where 15 precious and endangered medicinal and aromatic (MAP) are being cultivated. ‘Panthers, leop-ards, deers, jackals, musk deers are our other co-inhabitants of this center’, shared Dr. Meghwal enthusi-astically. A herd of musk deers galloping nearby supported Meghwal’s statement instantly.
At 9 am, we started out trek to “Tungnath’. We were advised by many of our friends not to venture out for this trek in the month of December when the whole area is buried under a thick layer of snow, but bright sunny weather encouraged us to try this ascent of 4000 feet from Baniakund at a distance of just five km. It was a great experience sight-ing ‘Monal’, a colorful bird endemic to alpine region just be-low ‘TungNath’. It took us almost four hours to cover this five km stretch but it was an ecstatic moment being at the feet of Lord Shiva at his highest Shrine. After ‘Darshan’, we paid a quick visit to HAPPRC’s Alpine Research Centre at Tung-Nath (3200Mts.), where HAPPRC has installed devices to collect informa-tion on climate
change and also cultivate MAPs and other precious herbs.
It is not advisable to stay at high-altitude after the sun reach-es on top, as due to melting of snow, evaporation again brings clouds and snow storms are quick to replace the bright sun jeopardizing your so far safe sojourn. So, we started our de-scent at 1 PM. ‘Climb down’ was not as taxing as ‘climbing up’ but far riskier as snow was still hard, slippery and needed
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lunch, we proceeded for ‘Pothibasa’, the third of HAPPRC at an altitude of 2200 mts where ‘Sea buck thorn’, a species endemic to the Laddakh region is being cultivated along with many other MAPs. On our way back, we visited ‘Ukhimath’, a centre of ‘Panch Kedars’. Legend has it that Usha (Ukha, as pronounced in Asomia language) and Aniruddha’s (Lord Krishna’s Grandson) marriage was solemnised here and it was known as ‘Ukhamath’, which later became ‘Ukhi Math’. I wonder how India is culturally connected since time imme-morial. I could see a connection between Tezpur’s ‘Agnigarh’ (Assam) and ‘Ukhi Math’ after this visit.
This brief Himalayan sojourn will remain in my memories for long, not only for its serenity but also for the synergetic efforts of HAPPRC, National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) that sponsored HAPPR’s TungNath Project and the villagers of the this region, that are transforming the lives of the vil-lagers living in these Himalayan heights.
ALL ABOUT HEIRLOOM SEEDS Dr. Ratna Bhuyan, Assistant Professor, NIRDPR-NERC
An heirloom seed is the seed of a plant that has been cultivated and passed down through many a generation of growers or cultivators. These seeds usually have a uniqueness about them – be it a unique flavour or unique capability to adapt to local growing conditions. These seeds may or may not be organic but the hybrid seeds can also be heirloom seeds. Exceptions are the GMO seeds which are not recognised as hybrid seeds. But, in case of hybrid seeds, a new plant from these seeds will not have the characteristics of the hybrid. This new plant would only have the characteristics of one of the two plants that have been cross-pollinated to come up with the hybrid. On the contrary, the heirloom seeds will have plants that carry the characteristics of both the predeces-sors. The greatest boon with heirloom seeds is that post har-vest, they can be dried and stored to be replanted in the next season. Therefore, a farmer’s expenses towards procuring new seeds or saplings in each season is nullified in case of heirloom seeds thereby bringing down the overall cost of production in the long run. Pabhoi Greens based in Biswanath Chariali, Assam is the pio-neer in production of organic heirloom seeds in North East India. Pabhoi Greens along with Sativa, Switzerland has come up with different production methods to cultivate heirloom seeds for vegetables. These heirloom seeds which are available in retail channels and online storefront www.joibik.com are both traditional and indigenous as well as of exotic and foreign varieties.
DIGILOCKER: DOCUMENTS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE S.K Ghosh, Sr. CPA, NIRDPR-NERC
DigiLocker, the National Digital Locker system, a platform for issuance and verification of documents & certificates is one of the very significant ‘Digital India’ initiatives of Ministry of Electronics & Information
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Benefits of DigiLocker platform:
© Citizens can access their digital documents anytime, anywhere and share it online. This is convenient and time saving. © It reduces the administrative overhead of government departments by minimizing the use of paper. © Digital Locker makes it easier to validate the authenticity of documents as they are issued directly by the registered issuers.
© Self-uploaded documents can be digitally signed using the eSign facility (which is similar to the pro cess of self-attestation).
Key stakeholders in the DigiLocker system:
© Issuer: Entity issuing e-documents to individuals in a standard format and making them electroni - cally available e.g. CBSE, Registrar Office, Income Tax department, etc. © Requester: Entity requesting secure access to a particular e-document stored within a repository (e.g. Uni -versity, Passport Office, Regional Transport Office, etc.) © Resident: An individual who uses the Digital Locker services based on Aadhaar number.
A citizen can sign up to ‘DigiLocker’ in the following simple steps:
A citizen can visit https://digilocker.gov.in or Open DigiLocker App in mobile. Mobile number will be au-thenticated by sending an OTP (one-time password) followed by selecting a username & password. This will create your DigiLocker account. Once DigiLocker account is suc-cessfully created, one can log in and voluntarily provide Aadhaar number to avail additional ser-vices. Once Aadhaar is linked, user can log in using Aadhar number also. Users can avail any certificates issued online by various Organizations, Universities, Education Board and Government Departments. Moreover, documents and certificated can be scanned and uploaded in the DigiLocker. These Certificates can be produced and shared anywhere anytime at ease. DigiLocker has given a real boost to the ‘Digital India’ initiative of the Government. (Source: https://digilocker.gov.in/)
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Combined Special Issue : May, 2019
PHOTO GALLERY
Dr. Inderjit Singh, IAS, Secretary, MoDoNER, GoI interacting with Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, NERC
during his visit to NERC
Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, NERC welcoming Smt.Radhika Rastogi, IAS, DDG, NIRDPR
during her maiden visit to NERC
NERC pays homage to the Martyrs of Phulwama
Dr. W.R. Reddy, IAS, DG, NIRDPR discussing strategies for promotion of homestay tourism in the North East at NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati
An interactive session in an international training programme conducted by NIRDPR
Children performing during Republic Day celebrations at NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahti
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NIRDPR-NERC enters into a MoU with North Eastern Hills University (Tura Campus). Prof. G. Singaiyya, Pro Vice Chan-cellor, NEHU and Dr. R.M Pant, Director, NERC exchanging MoU
Mentor’s visit to meet Interns of NIRDPR at Bolmaram Nappakol Cluster, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya
This Newsletter, though published by NIRDPR-NERC, would welcome news of any significant events that took place at SIRDs and States. We also request Rural Development and allied Departments/PRIs to send us any success stories/best practices from the states. Crisp write ups including important photographs may be sent. Prime focus of this quarterly Newsletter is to highlight training and reseaqrch activities in the north eastern region pertaining to rural development.
Chief Editor : Ü Dr. R.M. Pant, Director, NIRDPR-NERC, GuwahatiEditors : Ü Shri S.K. Ghosh, Sr. CPA Ü Dr. Ratna Bhuyan, Assistant ProfessorHindi Section : Ü D. Kumar, JHT
Design and layout concept : Ü S.K. Ghosh, Sr. CPAPhotographs : Ü S. Sarma Ü D. HaloiCirculation : Ü D. Kumar and K. Kalita
NIRDPR-NERC WELCOMES CONTRIBUTION
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India)
N.E. Regional CentreJawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam (India)
Phone : 03612302570 |Email:[email protected]/[email protected] | Website : www.nirdnerc.nic.in
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Editorial Board
Chief PatronDr. W.R. Reddy, IAS, Director GeneralNIRDPR, Hyderabad
