Lab to Land Initiative in Assam.About SIRD, Assam Thrust areas and objectives Thrust on rural development programmes

to achieve the primary mandate.

To organise diversified courses on Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning.

To organise need based training programmes for different clientele groups in the changing development scenario.

Continuous effort to improve the quality in its training and research activities.

Collaborative effort with specialised institutes for academic support, specialised training and exposure.

Social mobilisation through awareness generation.

Undertaking micro projects as entrusted by government in clusters to try out new initiatives.

Building technical and managerial capacity among the youth.

IT related training programmes.

Training infrastructure

Present status. 2 (two) campuses having capacity for

250 participants.

12 (twelve) Extension Centres having capacity for 60 participants in each.

Resource Centre in IT & Skill Development is coming up.

Satellite Hub with 15 SITs ready for functioning.

20 Resource Centres set up under BRGF.

2 (two) Extension Centres upgraded as Regional Centres.

Faculty strength:  

SIRD HQs – 20 Extension Centres – 60

Trainers panel  SIRD, HQs – 70 Extension Centres – 130

Training plan

Research Studues.

12 Research Studies have been undertaken by the institute from 2005 – 2006 to 2009 – 2010.

Sl Category Number of Courses

Number of Participants

1 Elected Representative of Panchayats 2242 133327

2 Functionaries of Panchayats 1084 38815

3Officials of Line Departments and

organisations854 31073

4Representative of NGOs and Community

Organisations1195 47541

5 Micro Enterprise Development 4246 139013

6 Sensitisation on Social Mobilization 1944 280195

Total 11565 6,69,964

TRAINING ACHIEVEMENT From 2001-02 to 2009-2010

Credit mobilised under special projects since 2000 – 2001 to 31st March’ 2010

Sl.

No

Name of the project No of

groups

developed

and

assisted

No of

families

covere

d

Credit &

Govt.

subsidy

(Rs. In

crores)

1. SGSY special

project with 50%

government

subsidy

5386 69470 57.96

2. Chief Minister’s

Jeevan Jyoti

Swaniojan Yojana

(initially 15% Govt.

subsidy now 25%

Govt. subsidy)

6166 24601 182.72

3. EGM with 25%

government

subsidy

882 4410 18.19

4. EEW through

Backyard Duck

Rearing with 50%

govt. subsidy

861 19380 2.66

5. NEC sponsored

project with 50%

government

subsidy

150 1550 3.37

6. OIL sponsored

project

250 2500 1.03

7. EEW through

diversification of

handloom items

with 50% govt.

subsidy

120 1600 1.20

Total 13815 132651 267.13

Training plan – 2010 – 2011Mandatory programmes 

Total course – 1634 Total participants – 58985Gram Sabha level Campaign Number of programmes - 200 Number of participants - 20000Management & Skill Development

training. Number of programmes - 777 Number of participants - 36540 Total courses - 2611 Total participants - 115526

Field level trainingPresent strategy.

60% of courses are organised in a decentralised manner through Extension Centres.

Off campus training programmes in the field for grass root level functionaries.

Team of Resource Persons selected and trained for field level training.

Wider dissemination of knowledge Training on social mobilisation in the field for

awareness on rural development programmes and strengthening Gram Sabhas.

Team of Animators and Facilitators for mobilising rural people through awareness programmes.

Social workers, representatives of NGOs, CBOs, SHGs, Rtd. Teachers are trained up.

Social capital already built by SIRD will be used.

132000 families assisted in groups under special projects of SIRD.

25000 are youth.

Women and youth will be oriented for dissemination of knowledge in the field.

Name of the block Dimoria Development Block

District KamrupArea of the Block 26164 HectareGram Panchayats 12Revenue villages 144Inhabited villages 140Uninhabited villages 4

Basic information of the block.

LAB TO LAND INITIATIVEDIMORIA DEVELOPMENT BLOCK OF KAMRUP DISTRICT IN ASSAM

Total population 119548 (as per 2001 census)

Demographic pattern SC : 17023 (14.235%)ST : 15702 (13.131%)Other : 86823 (72.634%)

Number of families living below the poverty line

14123

Women population 58122Sex ratio 940Population density per sq.km 457Literacy rate 66,566 (55.665%)Male 38518 (62.670%)Female 28048 (48.257%)

Cropped area

Net Area sown

Percentage of area

sown more than

once

Average size of

operational land

holding of marginal and small farmers

Land use pattern

16280 hectare

10987 hectare

37% 1.27 hectares

Sali paddy followed by vegetable

Agriculture.

Length of surface road

(excluding National Highway)

Length of unsurfaced

roads

Length of National Highway

Total length / habitation covered by

PMGSY

70 Kms 155 Kms 40 Kms 40 Kms

Roads.

Primary health centres

Dispensaries Bed strength

6 (PHC – 1, CHC – 1, Mini PHC – 4)

4 58

Number of banks (Nationalised & RRBs)

6

Health.

Bank

Lower Primar

y School

Middle English School

High English School

/ Higher Second

ary

Degree Colleg

e

Jr. College

Students

under SSA

Students

under Mid-day

meal programme

Beneficiary

under pre-

school non

formal educat

ion126 26 37 2 3 18460

(2009 –

2010)

27801 (2009

– 2010)

10546

Education.

Number of village electricity

Number of household connected electricity

140 7100

Total forest coverage 7873.88 hectare

Electricity & Power.

Forest .

No of BPL families 14123

No. Of household registered since

inception

No. Of Job Card issued since inception

21103 20959

Current status of Rural Development Programmes in the block.

MGNREGA.

Registration

Mandays generated during last financial year

Mandays generated during current financial year

262912 21900

Mandays generated

Budget amount PersondaysRs. 481.52 lakhs 272525

Labour budget of the current financial year

No. Of households demanded work during

last financial year

No. Of households demanding work during

current financial year10510 2509

Demand for work

Number of Bank / postal accounts

Percentage of Job Card Holders opened bank / postal accounts.

20959 100%

Account opened.

Number of worksCompleted Ongoing

5 48

Infrastructure created under permissible works.

No. Of households completing 100 days during 2009 - 2010

206

Employment generated

No. Of Vigilance & Monitoring

Committee formed

No. Of social audit teams

working

No of works socially audited

53 12 48

Vigilance & Monitoring Committee & Social Audit.

MIS status : Updated

Technical persons working against each GP : One technical person in each GP.

General observations:

Following are the significant aspects that come to the notice under MGNREGA in the block.

•Participatory planning at community level.

•Financial inclusion – 100% payment through bank and postal accounts.

•Accountable trained up personal at various levels.

•Planning, organisational and administrative capacity of the Gram Panchayats have improved.

•Closure relationship between panchayats and poor.

•Use of electronically generated muster roll.

Recent development: •All the Gram Panchayats will have computer facilities soon.

•Handholding training to the Secretaries of GPs on use of computer and PRIAsoft locally

No of SHGs formed & developed

No of SHGs assisted with revolving fund and bank loan supported by back ended

subsidy702 683

SGSYNumber of SHGs developed and assisted.

Whether federation formed

Kinds of marketing facilities

No of SHGs participated in regional and national level

melasBlock level federation has been constituted and has already been submitted to the DRDA

One market complex has been constructed.One village hut is being constructed.

28

Federation and marketing facilities.

Activities taken up by the groups

Weaving. Piggery Goatery Poultry Dairy Tailoring Pottery Cultivation

Arrangement for skill development training

One SHG training cum facilitation centre at Block HQs.

One weaving training centre has been established.

Initiative of the SIRD under Special SGSY in the Block

SIRD mobilised more than 2000 rural people in the block around selected income generating activities in clusters to popularise both group and cluster approach.

Clusters with activities taken up in a planned manner through application of appropriate technology and skill development came up.

Activities are backyard poultry farming, handloom, mechanised agricultural activities, dairy, piggery.

The institute converged all the support services for the growth of the activities.

Handloom Common Facility Centre has been functioning in the block to provide support services to the weavers.

Transformation in quality of life and empowerment are visible in the clusters.

Activities in the clusters created demonstration for further replication in the block.

IAY

No of houses sanctioned against physical target in the current financial year

No of houses constructed and completed as against

the target of the last financial year

289 603

Houses sanctioned and constructed.

Women SC ST Minorities Physically handicap

ped 144 191 204 25 Nil

Coverage

Procedure of fund received by the

beneficiaries

Time taken for construction of a house

Transparency

Fund is released to the beneficiary in the

form of A/C payee cheques in 2 instalments

3 months Launched in the website.

Others

Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension.Number of beneficiaries 2226

NFBS.Number of beneficiaries 175

The SIRD, Assam has taken up Dimoria Development Block in Kamrup district in first phase.

The Kapili Development Block in Morigaon district has been proposed to be taken up in the next phase.

General action plan under the initiative in the block

Sl. No.

Objective or key result area

Actions Success indicator

1 2 3 41 Awareness

generation of rural development programmes

A community information centre Focal point for dissemination of information.

Number of awareness programmes organised, village and people covered

2. Mobilising people for Gram Sabha

Awareness campaign.

CBOs, social workers, youth, women will be involved.

Around 3000 youth, farmers and women already assisted under the special projects of SIRD will also be involved.

Meaningful participation of rural people in the Gram Sabhas.

Number of youth, women trained up to act as animators and facilitators.

2. Mobilising people for Gram Sabha

Leaflets in assamese on Rural Development programmes.

TOT programmes for the CBOs, youth and women with Neheru Yuva Kendra. Team of youth, women and social workers as animators and facilitators.

Team of youth, women and social workers developed.

3. Application of PRA techniques.

PRA techniques in the field to facilitate participatory planning, monitoring, identification of beneficiaries.

People trained up for participatory planning, monitoring.

4. Registration under MGNREGA through awareness generation

Awareness programmes under MGNREGA to facilitate registration and grievance redressal.

Number of Families covered under the process.

5. Social audit for transparency and accountability

Social audit teams will be trained in the field to facilitate social audit and to maintain transparency

Participation of people in social audit and improvement in followup.

6. Facilitating grievance redressal

7. Convergence through inter departmental coordination

Interface between villagers and line departments for dissemination of information better accessibility to the services.

Improvement in service delivery.

8. Organisation of users groups, committees, beneficiary committees for monitoring, maintenance and sustainability.

Training to users groups, beneficiary committees for qualitative monitoring.

Number of Users groups, beneficiary committees formed and qualitative monitoring conducted.

9. Training to the members of the Vigilance and Monitoring Committees.

Training for better monitoring under MGNREGA, IAY and other programmes.

Number of members trained up and improvement in monitoring mechanism.

10. One round of Training programmes to all the PRI members, line department officials and other functionaries in the blocks.

Trainers will be sent to the block for handholding training and also to monitor the impact of training.

Participants covered under handholding training programmes and improvement in service delivery.

11. Handholding training and evaluation of the impact of training in the field for.

Same as 10

12.

Formation and development of federations.

Special training among the SHGs for development of federations.

Number of federations formed.

13.

Training on skill development and exposure for selected youth, farmers and women.

Identification of youth, farmers, women.

Youth, farmers and women imparted skill development training.

14.

Development of a team of master trainers for skill development and also to act as facilitators.

Intensive training as master trainers and facilitators for self employment oriented activities in the block.

Number of master trainers so developed.

15. Mobilising youth for self employment

Special drive to select unemployed youth and farmers for self employment.

Number of youth mobilised for self employment and provided with bank loan and other assistance.

16. Credit mobilisation. Coordination with the banks will be maintained.

17. Training programmes for Facilitators of SHGs under SGSY/NRLM.

The SIRD will select NGOs, CBOs and impart special training as facilitators.

Number of facilitators so developed.

18. Handholding training to all Secretaries of Gaon Panchayat and other staff.

Field level resource persons will be arranged for handholding.

Handholding training programmes organised.

19. Multisectoral facilitating team

A team of multisectoral grass root level workers like Gram Sevaks / Sevikas, VLEWs, Health Workers, Anganwadi Workers etc. will be formed.

Better delivery of services.

20 Focus on gender issues

Elected women representatives of Panchayats will be organised.

Better service delivery for women and children.

21 Impact study Studies of the programmes to demonstrate the impact.

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