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PATHEY Trust’s
An Annual Activity Report
February, 2011 to January, 2012
Working Office
Phone: +91‐79‐26561694
Website : www.pathey.in
Regd Office: 7, Mangaldeep Flats, Near Parikshit Bridge, P.O Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad-380027
Pathey Budget Center3, Aishwarya Apartment,
Near Sardar Pratima, Stadium Road Ahmedabad‐380014
Email : [email protected] / [email protected]
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Pathey Trust’s
Annual Report‐2011‐12
Back ground:
Pathey………..Food for thought on Struggle Journey for Social Justice
About Pathey:‐
Pathey was registered in year 1993 and has pursued the pioneering work of Budget analysis, Goveranace and Advocacy work to further the cause of vulnerable and deprived sections of the society, to ensure Social Justice and Development and to create a debate over the financial allocations for the sections of society and its impact over the development process. Pathey has been analysising the state, district, tehsil and national budget.
Pathey analysis is focused upon the issues of tribal, Dalits, women, children, other backwards classes and financial resources allocated and spent on them by the state. Pathey also works for capacity building of elected members and members of civil society organization to facilitate in strengthening their advocacy work. It organizes the training programmes for the elected representatives at (Panchayat level) to make them aware on financial allocation and spending, so that the village level elected representative can make budget for their villages and also ensure benefits of schemes to their village citizens from various schemes. The one of the objectives of Pathey is to be a resource center for elected members, civil society, issue based organizations and networks, journalists, and academicians for providing information on budget, policy analysis, governance related issues for wider discussions and application of resources for change.
The year 2010‐11 was significant year for Pathey, as Pathey started its journey as separate
organization to create Pathey’s separate identity.
Pathey Trust is a voluntary non‐profit organization registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act in 1993. Pathey Budget Center has pursued the pioneering work of Budget analysis, Governance and Advocacy work to further the cause of vulnerable and deprived sections of the society, to ensure Social Justice and Development and to create a debate over the financial allocation.
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Vision To ensure social justice and development, and to foster debates over financial allocations of the government for the poor and marginalized communities through, Empowerment, Capacity building, Budget Research and advocacy process for transparent, accountable governance. Mission Creating multiple centers for Demystifying state budgets to facilitate understanding of public finance from the perspective of vulnerable section of society like (Adivasi, Dalits, women and children and disadvantageous communities.) and facilitate advocacy process for right based policy by sharing research knowledge, capacity building of people for seeking accountable governance. Strategy Pathey is Budget analysis and Research based advocacy and educational organization engaging at various levels with stake holders like elected representatives, policy makers, civil society groups, voluntary organizations, academicians, communities and media through dissemination, education and capacity building. The interventions are focused around empowerment, social justice, and good governance for the vulnerable section of society.
Aims: The Pathey Trust has the following broad goals: 1. The Pathey Trust intends to pursue budget and policy analysis work in Gujarat in order to enhance the efficiency of government policies and programs for the poor and marginalized communities and to secure the accountability of public institutions. 2. It helps build capacity of organizations working on issues of social justice and development for schedule tribes and castes as well as other vulnerable sections of society. Through capacity‐building and sensitization efforts it empowers the panchayat elected representatives and community leaders. These efforts, the Pathey Trust believes, can create a better environment for citizen participation and oversight of government programs and institutions at local level. Objectives: The core objectives of Pathey are as follow
• To undertake research and analysis of state budget and policies for advocacy to influence policy, allocation and implementation of programs for the poor.
• To build capacity of civil society organizations to promote economic, social and cultural justice for scheduled tribe, scheduled caste, women, children and other vulnerable sections of society.
• To provide a platform for building and sharing knowledge, perspectives, and practices of budget analysis with various stake holders like legislators, policy makers, community leaders, organizations, media for effecting better changes in lives of vulnerable people of the state.
• To contribute towards a better understanding of the political economy, democratic processes, power dynamics within the state in the context of economic injustice, and the denial of access to the development process.
• To enable members of civil society to gain skills to use budget analysis as a tool for citizen mobilization, advocacy and accountability.
In the context above, Pathey focused during the last year on the issued through its various activities of
research, awareness generation, dissemination, training, and advocacy.
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Pathey Trust’s Annual Report ‐2011‐12
Annual report is an expression of activities and impact of work over one year. There have been so many changes taking place in and around our environment and the changes also affect our work as well. The state of Gujarat has been developing at faster pace but the fruits of development are not reaching across the board in equitable way, throughout the year, Pathey brought the issues of governance and equity on the surface for wider discussion through its newsletters, budget write‐ups, charter of demands submitted to the state government or by providing information to concerned people. During the last years Pathey also worked with in collaborative manner with national and state level organizations for preparing the transparency in state budgets and highlighted the issues of transparency at state level budgets, Linking budget and RTI for capacity building. Besides, Pathey’s efforts reached out various segments of civil society organizations like trade union, federation of trade union, disabled advocacy group, social security organizations, grass root level groups, issue based groups like Adivasi and Dalits organizations, children and women campaigns. Pathey’s efforts have motivated civil society members to look from budget perspectives. We also attempted to see budget analysis for development of infrastructure like Irrigation in Tribal areas. We also attempted to see the expenditure for tribal development during the X & XI Five year’s plans and made suggestions for XII five year plan. During the last year, Pathey also contributed for XII Five year plan suggestions by submitting state level papers on TSP(Tribal Sub Plan), SCP (Special Component Plan for Schedule caste), Child Budget and Health Budget. The charter of demands submitted by Pathey as Pre‐Budget advocacy was well received at the state level. Pathey conducted meetings in several pockets to seek suggestions from community members for next year’s social sector in state budget. Pathey also motivated community based
organizations for raising demands at Central budget (Federal Budget) for 2012‐13. (See charter of demands as annexure) The capacity building of local organizations for budget analysis literacy was also appreciated by members of civil society. Pathey also experimented with collaborative efforts with MAGP (Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel “RTI Gujarat Initiative” for motivating RTI activists to learn and orient themselves with budget analysis for more transparency and accountability of public finance. During the budget session Pathey’s write ups were picked up by many of newspapers as reference note, as our write‐ups carry the budgetary trends for previous 3 to 4 years with percentage and growth rate, the elected members use Pathey’s budget analysis write ups on demands relating to all the departments during their deliberations or debates. Many of elected members were provided comparative information with other states in social sector departments. During the year, Pathey was invited by several networks, organizations to make presentation for social security, budget for unorganized sectors’ workers, schedule caste, Handicapped people, children and others.
Mahender Jethmalani, Prog Director, Pathey Trust
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The following is brief report of activities pursued by Pathey during last year (February 2011 to January, 2012). Budget Analysis Process and Engagement with elected members: Budget analysis is a continuous process oriented laborious work, since state’s budget presentation is a regular event for running the affairs of governance continuously, Every year the state government comes with new budget with bigger numerical figures for finance for running of governance of the state for providing certain services to the citizens, therefore, for any budget analysis center, it is essential to update the figures with new numbers for budget analysis and advocacy and it requires constant work.
Before the budget session starts, Pathey made contacts to the personal assistant of elected members of assembly for submitting some important issues concerning to schedule tribe, schedule caste, development of back ward region and others to be raised in the assembly during the budget session. Pathey provided inputs to elected members in order to facilitate their understanding so that the elected members can participate in debates. Pathey was also approached by some of the legislature for budget related information.
The budget session of Gujarat assembly started on 24th February and ended on 30th March, 2011 and the state’s budget was presented on 25th February. We (Pathey ) collected all the budget books and fed the budget’s financial numbers. We also made comments on plan implementation for social expenditure, as the state under spending of the budget outlay for social services. Besides, we also highlighted the Transparency in state budget, although, Gujarat state’s budget transparency comparatively favored well, yet, we highlighted the missing points and advocated the more transparency, and decentralization.
The finance Department invited Pathey to make a brief presentation about Transparency in state budget report. Pathey shared the comparative study report in Transparency in state’s budget and recommended to make state’s budget transparent and provide more information to citizens for good governance and accountability. During the study period, Pathey had submitted charter of demands for some of issues like submission of 2nd State finance commission’s report, constitution of 3rd state finance commission and statement on state’s fund flow to districts, presentation of outcome budget and Gender budget statement. The state government, during the budget session 2011‐12, presented the statement on Fund flow to state to the districts, submitted the report of state’s 2nd finance commission with ATR (Action Taken Report) and also constituted the 3rd State Finance Commission.
During the budget session, Pathey, like every year, engaged with legislatures by providing them with budget information with policy input and implementation so that legislature can participate and debate the performances of government’s departments. Pathey provided the information to legislatures one day before the actual schedule of discussion, similarly, we also engaged with media people by providing them with budget write ups for every department. The media people utilize the Pathey budget write ups as reference point and quote information from it in their daily reporting.
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We made analysis of budget at macro level in a brief format so that any lay person could better understand the fiscal positions of state at macro level. We covered financial aspects like revenue resources from various sources of state and expenditure of state for various services. The analysis included comparison of data with previous years for giving trends in larger perspective. The analysis also compared expenditure for social services, education, health with other states. Our analysis was in four sections. We also included the social and human development indicators at macro level to illustrate the state of development. The macro level analysis was shared with elected members and press journalists so that they have ready information to supplement their write ups and reports with Pathey’s analysis. The general discussion is followed by discussion on demands and appropriation on each department in the assembly house. Pathey also prepared brief note/write up on each department’s appropriation demands for next year along with actual expenditure of previous year. The analytical write ups also include trends of past four to five years. Pathey prepared write up with socio‐economic development indicators along with comparison with other states to illustrate the actual progress made by the state vis a vis other states of country, for example IMR (infant mortality rate), payment of minimum wages to casual workers, implementation of FRA (Forest Right Act) and others. The main objective of incorporating such data is to present the status of particular issue at national comparative perspectives so that elected members have idea and more information to debate upon and in the process, very vital issues of development get discussed by the people’s representative and media also write about such discussed issues. We distributed analytical write ups to all the elected members one day prior to discussion in the assembly house, so that the elected members have adequate time to study Pathey’s write ups and prepare the points of discussion for next day. During the budget session, Pathey was approached by many elected members for specific issues, which the elected members wanted to debate in the house. The budget write‐ups focused upon expenditure on education, Health and others like payment of wages, Infant mortality rate, MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate.). We provided these specific write ups to the elected members of Adivasi (schedule tribe) and Dalit (Schedule caste) communities for debate in the assembly.
• The elected members use Pathey’s write ups in preparing their debate speeches in the assembly,
• Many of senior MLAs approach for detail information or inter‐ state comparisons on several issues.
• Tribal MLAs wanted special briefing with us to articulate arguments on TASP debate.
The Journalist use Pathey’s write ups as reference material and quote data from the write ups. During the budget session, many of journalists seek information on various topics with past trends, which Pathey has provided them so that information is disseminated among the citizens through media. We have also observed that many of journalists make story on budget related relevant topics after the budget session using Pathey’s budget write‐up.
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Subjects Date Number of
pages Discussion on General Budget
1. Discussion on Supplementary Demand. 7&8‐March‐2011 8 2. Discussion on General Budget 6‐7/12‐March‐2011 7 3. Discussion on General Budget (2nd day)
6‐7/12‐March‐2011 7 4. Discussion on General Budget (3rd day)
6‐7/12‐March‐2011 4 5. Discussion on General Budget (4th day) 6‐7/12‐March‐2011 10
Discussion on Demands(Departments’ demands) 6. Discussion on Demand of General Administration Department. 14‐Mar‐2011 6 7. Information and Broadcasting 14‐Mar‐2011 4 8. Discussion on Department of Science and Technology. 14‐Mar‐2011 3 9. Discussion on Department of Energy and Petrochemicals 15‐Mar‐2011 8 10. Discussion on Department of Industry and Mining. 15‐Mar‐2011 6 11.Discussion on Department of Climate change 15‐Mar‐2011 3 12. Discussion on of Narmada, Water Resources & Water Supply, Kalpsar 15‐Mar‐2011 8 13.Dept of Urban Housing & Urban Developing 15‐Mar‐2011 4 14. Discussion on Department of Labour and Employment 16‐Mar‐2011 7 15. Department of Port and Transport 16‐Mar‐2011 6 16.Department of Health & Family welfare 17‐Mar‐2011 11 17.Tourism Department 17‐Mar‐2011 3 18. Education Department 18‐Mar‐2011 11 19. Discussion on Department of Home Affairs. 18‐Mar‐2011 10 20. Discussion on Department of Revenue. 21‐Mar‐2011 9 21. Department of Road & Building 21‐Mar‐2011 4 22. Discussion on Department of Women and Child Development 21‐Mar‐2011 9 23. Discussion on Department of Social Justice and Empowerment‐Ist (Social Welfare) 22‐March‐2011 8 24. (Special Component Plan for Schedule caste communities) SCSCP 22‐March‐2011 11 25.Discussion on Department of Sports Youth & culture 22‐March‐2011 4 26. Discussion on Department of Food, Civil Supply & Consumer 22‐March‐2011 6 27. Discussion on Department of Panchayat, Rural Housing & Rural Dev. 22‐March‐2011 8 28. Discussion on Department of Agriculture and Co‐operation 23‐March‐2011 7 29.Discussion on Legal Department 23‐March‐2011 3 30. Discussion on Department of Forest and Environment 24‐Mar‐2011 6 31. Discussion on Department of Tribal Development.‐III 24‐Mar‐2011 18 32. Discussion on Department of Finance 25‐Mar‐2011 5
Total pages 224
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We collect feedback from the media people regarding Pathey’s budget analysis write ups and its application. The following is brief feedback survey conducted. The feedback survey was conducted on the last day of budget session, where 30 journalists filled up Pathey one page questionnaire. The following is the feedback we receive from the journalists. The feedback survey was to know whether the journalists used Pathey’s budget write ups and used information in their reporting.
• Out of 30 journalists covered under the survey, 80% journalists wanted to participate
in workshop on budget training and orientation on technicalities. 6.6% said “NO” and 13.33% did not respond for that question.
• All the journalists reported to have received Pathey’s write ups and used in their respective reporting/writing.
• Journalists wanted soft copy of all the budget literature produced by Pathey and for further use.
Each year, the process of budget analysis and advocacy starts before the actual budget presentation by the state government. For seeking more policy and implementation information, we have been keeping constant touch with elected members to convince them to raise the issues of development and governance in the state assembly by convincing them to ask the question in format of LAQs (Legislative Assembly Questions). This process begins much before the budget session. After the budget session, we engage our energies for upgrading the data with budget estimates of next year and with the actual expenditure under each department. The data need to be updated for presentation, publication and sharing with others. It involves the task of overall state budget analysis, department‐wise analysis, time‐series or trend analysis, analysis of differences between allocations and outlays and then between outlays and outcome. During the last year we upgraded our data sheets for each department as mentioned above. Training at Panchayat level for elected and citizens: Pathey has been conducting training of elected members, citizens and social workers for understanding the process of Panchayat Budget and goveranance at Panchayat level. The objectives of training of Panchayat representative is to sensitize the panchayat representatives and citizens about their local goveranace, roles and responsibilities of elected members and also to make orientation towards generating revenues from various sources like local taxaions, grants Taluka, district, MGNREGS, 13th Finance commission, MLA/MPLAD grants and local donations.
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Pathey invites the local people as they can also monitor the implementation of grants for local development. Besides, these training also have input like RTI (Right to Information) and PESA(Panchayat Extension in Schedule Areas) for Tribal communities. Pathey has prepared training literature by refering various sources,
the training material for the capacity building of local elected members. The training material consist of the following topics
Role and Responsibilities of Elected members Role of members of Gramsabha in decision making process for development of village
Budget cycle of village Various sources of fund mobilization for village development like
Village revenue sources and expenditure heads
MPLADS/MLA funds, DRDA, Village contribution
MGNREGA (Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), Development funds for villages under 13th Finance Commission. Development for the most backward blocks Benefits of welfare schemes for disadvantageous communities of village The village and community share from Minor Forest Produces and natural resources as constitution’s 73rd amendment in the schedule areas.
Internal sources of village taxations and others The trainings were conducted with collaboration of grass root level organizations. The trainings were conducted at Taluka Development Office. The participants were distributed useful literature concerning to functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions. Nine Trainings programmes for elected members were conducted at different places, the list is given below. There were 587 total elected members and interested in grass root level
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governance work, who attended the capacity building training programmes at Panchayat level at various places. Impact of trainings: There was good response from officials, Taluka Development Officer. The Kadana Taluka Development Officer invited Pathey to conduct training for the elected members of neighbouring block Zalod (Dahod District) under his jurisdiction. The President of Petlad Taluka invited Pathey to conduct training of elected delegates of Petlad block( Anand district) for providing orientation of Block(Taluka) Budget so that delegates under the budget outlay and expenditure in previous years of their block. The legislatures have also asked for budget training in their respective areas.
No Date Taluka Place District Attendance/Participants
1 6th June, 2011 Meghraj Sabarkantha 25
2 30th June, 2011 Balasinor Kheda 54
3 19th November, 2011 Vallabh Vidyanagar Anand 35
4 23rd Novemebr, 2011 Nadiad Kheda 58
5 3rd December, 2011 Kumbhariya Kapadvanj 140
6 13th January, 2012 Demai, Bayad Sabarkantha 108
7 24th January, 2012 Petlad Anand 85
8 25th January,2012 Kadana Panchmahal 82
Total 587
The Gujarat state had election at Panchayat level in the month of December; Pathey conducted training for newly elected members training, in Demai (Sabarkantha, Petlad(Anand) and Kadana( Panchmahal).
Capacity building of members of civil society:
The budget analysis is one of the critical tools for civil society organizations and other public‐cause advocates as its use is productive and impactful. As a tool it can move through issues relating to different sectors, and it can be a powerful instrument for social activists involved in mobilizing people, therefore building capacity of social activists is very important. We organized capacity building workshops with grass root level organization focused upon issues of schedule tribe, schedule caste, and backward communities. The basic aim of conducting training for capacity building of members of civil society is to orient the members towards budgetary part of the state government for the issues, they have been working, build up their capacity to understand financial numbers and correlate these numbers with policy, development programmes.
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The Capacity building and training programmes consist of theoretical aspects of budget making with definitions, codes in expenditures and revenue side of the state, hierarchy of codes (Major Heads to Object Heads), Plan and Non‐Plan expenditure, Revenue and Capital expenditure, loans and advances, Charged and Voted expenditure. All terms are correlated with previous and present year’s numbers and data. The expenditures are correlated with prevailing socio‐economic conditions of state. The capacity building trainings is also coupled detailed analytical presentation on TASP, SCP, child budgeting, budget for Handicapped people, and expenditure for social security for workers of un‐organized sector.
The participants were also given to prepare their presentations on expenditure under the Major Heads of social services like General education, welfare of schedule tribe and so on. We organised capacity buiding workshops with issue based network or grass root organisations based in region.
Rajpipla Social Service Society, working on Adivasi issues invited Pathey to orient its volunteers about Tribal Sub Plan(TSP) and budget outlay under TSP for year 2011‐12, so that the volunteers could monitor the budget expenditure under TSP in their respective tribal areas and also generate awareness among the Adivasis about the their entitlement. Similarly, Pathey conducted training workshop for the community based organization based in Panchmahal and Dahod district working for development of Adivasi of that region in Devgadh Baria in January. Pathey collaborated with Janpath, Mahit Adhikar Pahel for conducting the budget orientation and capacity building programmes for the members associated with Janpath(a network of voluntary organizations in Gujarat), the focus of the workshop was “Budget analysis and RTI”, Understanding budgetary process and applying RTI knowledge for accountability and governance. The participants were oriented towards state budgetary process to develop the curiosity and keenness in state’s budgetary process and acquire skills to calculate the big budget numbers and correlate with thematic issues like gender budget, TSP, SCP and so on. Impact of these orientation and capacity development workshops has motivated some organization to conduct specific theme based training workshop for their staff members, Which we will be conducting in the next year.
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Training and capacity development workshops for members of civil society organizations.
No Date Place General/issue specific
Attendance/ Participants/ Organizations
Collaborating Organization
1 31 March & 1st April, 2011 Rajpipla
Gujarat Budget with focus on TASP for Tribal communities
Volunteers associated with RSSS(Rajpipla Social Service Society) 70 volunteers
RSSS(Rajpipla Social Service Society)
2 26th August, 2011 Ahmedabad
Orientation to Budget with focus upon Health budget
Volunteers associated with KSSS(Kheda Social Service Society) 45 volunteers
KSSS(Kheda Social Service Society) 70 volunteers
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26 & 27th June, 2011
Labhpura, Kathlal, Kheda
Gujarat Budget with focus on Other Backward classes and General budget awareness
Volunteers associated with Sarvodiy Manav Vikas Sanstha‐ 52
Sarvodiy Manav Vikas Sanstha, Kheda District
4 9th August,2011 Ahmedabad TASP and Budget for Adivasi in Gujarat
Adivasis activists and students 200 participants
“Adilok”
5 12th August,2011
Mohrva Hadaf Panchmahal
TASP and Budget for Adivasis
Mass gathering
Adivasi Mahasabha
6 15th September, 2011 Baroda city
Orientation to Budget with focus upon Budget of Gujarat
Volunteers associated with RSSS(Rajpipla Social Service Society) 35 volunteers
RSSS(Rajpipla Social Service Society)
7 3rd October, 2011
Himmatnagar
Orientation of Budget at macro level
17 Volunteers
Dhruvpath Sabarkantha
8 19th November,2011
Ashadeep, Vallabhvidyanagar, Anand
Gujarat Budget with focus on Other Backward classes and General budget awareness
Organizations ‐9 Participants‐35
9 10 & 11th January, 2011
Devgadh Baria Panchmahal
Gujarat Budget with focus on TASP for Tribal communities
Organizations 27 Participants 63
Bhartiya Adivasi Sabgam
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30 & 31st January,2011
Ahmedabad
Gujarat Budget with focus on SCP and General Budget
Organization 42 Participants‐ 42
MAGP (Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel)
Total
Organizations 82
559‐ participants
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The training workshop were attended by 559 participants belonging ot 82 organisations and one Network (Suarashtra Dalit Sanghathan).
Pathey was also approached by Adilok organization for providing guidance to Adivasi students about budgetary allocation under TASP (Tribal Area Sub Plan) in Gujarat.
Sr. Date Subject Inviting Organization Participate Venue
1 9th August,2011 Celebrate National Tribal Day Tribal Area Sub Plan & Vanbandhuklyan yojana
“Adilok” Tribal Students and Activists
+ 2,hundred
Ahamedabad
The impact
Paryavaran Mitra, which works advocacy issues of Environment and Forestry, approached Pathey to make presentation on State government’s budget expenditure for protection of forest and environment and understand the budgetary process for expansion of forest in Gujart state.
Similarly, Bandhkam Majoor Sanghthan asked Pathey to make presentation on Budget for social security and labour right sprotection for orientation and advocacy for enhancing the budget for labour rights protection and socil security.
BSC(Behaviouril Science Center), which works mobilistion and advocacy for Dalits, Tribal, Panchaytiraj decentralisation, and Children issues approached Pathey to conduct training workshop for its staff members on Gujarat budget orientaton and specific focus on Child Budgetting in Gujarat.
DAG(Disability Advocacy Group) asked Pathey to make presentation on budget expenditure for Handicapped people in Gujarat for orientation of members of DAG to take up as a advocacy point for enhancing budget outlay for Handicapped people.
1‐Budget Advocacy:
Pathey has pursued multilayered approach to advocacy by disseminating information on budget
outcomes to key stakeholders like
legislatures, policy makers, civil society
members, media and others.
This year Tribal Research and Training
Center (TRTI), approached Pathey to prepare
a thematic presentation on expenditure
under Tribal Sub Plan under X and XI Five
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year Plan (FYP) in Gujarat. The objective was to make detailed charter of demands for tribal
development for XII five years’ plan on the basis of expenditure pattern under various sectors and
schemes during the previous five years’ plan.
As Pathey has been pursuing budget for several years and has been updating the budget information
regularly, therefore, Pathey readily accepted the task of preparing the presentation for expenditure
under TSP during the previous Five years’ plan (X and XI).
The major finding of comparative analysis of Tribal Sub Plan expenditure during X and XI year plan is
The study was divided into three parts and suggestions as follows
• Brief background about area and problem
• Expenditure during X & XI FYP for Tribal Development
• Indicators of social and economic development & Suggestions
The findings:
The expenditure under TSP has certainly risen. During X FYP the expenditure was Rs.
5851 crores has raised to Rs.18616 crores.
The focus of X FYP was on the development of social services, whereas the focus has
shifted to economic development in XI FYP. The focus has been more on building
infrastructure in schedule areas during the XI FYP
During the X FYP the state has made outlay as per proportionate population, whereas
during XI FYP the state has allocated as per population proportionate.
The state has been making notional budget under capital heads, which build up
infrastructure of state highways, major irrigation and forestry and wildlife, which are
expenditure of general nature but accounted under TSP.
On social development, the malnourishment among tribal communities is more than the
others, dropout is seen more among tribal, poverty is highest among the tribals. Infant
mortality is also very high compare to the others.
Adivasis migrate to cities for livelihood, exploitation is very much prevalent
The state must take special measures to bring noticeable changes during the XII FYP
plan, with such huge budget outlay, the expenditure must ensure qualitative change in
the lives of tribal people, as the areas are showing changes in the infrastructure.
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Suggestions Close monitoring to ensure state legislation for genuine compliance with all features of PESA
Special EGS for all tribal areas related to forest regeneration, soil and water conservation, and other locally relevant livelihood
Stronger legislation on tribal land alienation money lending Rejuvenate tribal agriculture thro’ irrigation Special focus on tanks, ponds, and rainwater harvesting Lands wrongly classified as forest to be returned to tribals Convert forest villages into revenue villages ensure development of infrastructure of in converted revenue village from forest villages
Special tribal health plan The present Budget allocation and expenditure for tribal development must be increased for benefitting the individual families.
Special efforts need to be taken for education, mal‐nourishment, Health care, water and sanitation.
The state government must make allocation of special grants to assist the Tribal department for implementation of Forest Right Act. As it seems that process for implementation is going very slow.
The outcome the study and presentation:
Pathey prepared detailed charter of demands and submitted to the Tribal Development Department,
The Department circulated the charter of demand among the state’s members for consultation for XII
five year plan and suitable recommendation were made for next five years plan and also for budget
2012‐13.
(The copy of presentation is available on the Pathey website).
“Irrigation budget for Tribal areas in Gujarat”
The 2nd consultation and advocacy Workshop was organized on theme “Irrigation budget for Tribal areas in Gujarat”. The dams and water catchment areas are in Gujarat are located in hilly and forest areas, which is in‐habituated by the state’s 14% of Adivasis population. Due to hilly terrain, these areas are not provided better irrigation facilities. Due to lack of irrigation facilities, the people in these areas have been facing many problems. The schedule areas are marked by relatively high rate of poverty, low social development indicators, high rate of migration, and chronic problems of poverty. The root cause of these problems is lack of irrigation facilities in these areas. The water for irrigation is abundantly available in the
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schedule areas but these areas are not provided the irrigation facilities. In this light above background, Pathey had organized to share the findings of budget for irrigation and seeks suggestion from experts, who have been working in schedule areas for development of the Adivasis. In last five years, the state government has spent around Rs. 20401 crs for irrigation facilities (major, medium and minor irrigations), whereas, the expenditure for irrigation in the schedule areas has been in the same time period the state spent Rs.2929.91 crores. The most of expenditure except minor irrigation in schedule areas is of notional type, which adds the irrigation infrastructure of the state government, which hardly helps the Adivasi people in increasing the irrigating their small farms. Only the minor irrigation can better take care of small farms but expenditure under minor irrigation is around 338.71 crores only in last five years.
There was also a case study presentation by Prukruti Foundation (based in Dahod) on benefits
of watershed or check dams for irrigation in hilly areas. The following demands were raised and submitted. Irrigations facilities in schedule areas: all the big dams are built in the tribal areas, as the area being hilly; the state government should provide the irrigation facilities by lift irrigation to strengthen the tribal agricultural economy. The 12th five year plan must target the specific financial allocation for providing the facility of lift irrigation in the tribal areas.
The geographical features of tribal areas are not helpful in water percolation and the rain water runoff is greater, therefore, the water should be captured, where it falls. The government should come up with water conservation projects for natural resource management and development. The following steps should be taken
• Conservation of rain water, where it falls
• Creating structure in the farm itself for capturing rain water in the farm field
• Rejuvenating the existing water wells in the tribal areas and filling with rain water.
• Augmenting water holding capacity of village ponds in the tribal areas Study on state of SCP(special component Plan for schedule caste people in Gujarat was conducted for
Advocacy purpose, the findings of study are as follows
• The SCP plan component is formulated as per the guidelines of Planning commission’s proportionate population, the state government has never made outlay of 7% of plan outlay for SCP
• The outlay is never fully utilized, it is found the there is under spending
• There are certain notional outlay, which should be under the general development expenditure
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Outcome:
As a outcome, a charter of demands was submitted to the state government and Department of
Social Justice and Empowerment (SCP for schedule Caste) with following suggestions and
demands for implementing the Special Component Plan.
Suggestions for implementation of special component plan in Gujarat
SCP should be planned as per the latest population number based on NSSO report rather than old data of 2001
The SCP should planned and executed as the guidelines of PCI(Planning Commission of India).
The scheme should be designed to enhance the access to entitlement of individual /families.
The entitlement amount should be realistic with respect to prevailing prices. The area development should be restricted to pockets, where Dalit population is more than 50% and notional allocation and expenditure should be avoided
Special efforts needs to be taken for education, mal‐nourishment, Health care, water and sanitation.
Energize state‐level committees and reports should be shared for wider discussion as best practices
There should be dialogue with Dalit groups and more sharing of information. The outcome budget document should be published.
Sr. Date Subject/issues Action and outcome
1 6th October, 2011
Budget Expenditure under TSP(Tribal Sub Plan), evalution under X & XI five year plan and suggestions for 12th Five Year Plan
Charter of demands submitted to Tribal Development
2 17th December, 2011
Irrigation Facility in Gujarat and Tribal Belt Budget expenditure in Tribal Belt for Irrigation
Demands submitted to Tribal Department and Irrigation Department
3 Along with Panchayat Trainings and Capacity Building workshops with members of civil society.
Pre Budget Consultation in rural araes Charter of demands submitted to the Finance Department and various Line Department for suitable action in Budget outlay and utilization. Details Memorandum is annexed and also uploaded on Pathey website.
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We have received responses from some of the ministries for charter of memoranda for consideration, the copies of responses are also annexed in the report.
Publication and Dissemination Budget Literature:
Pathey has been creating awareness about budget and policy for the poor and disadvantegous people through various publications like Budget Newsletter, Booklets on welfare schemes for schedule tribe people, schedule caste people, Panchayat Training literature, Website, and manual for promoting transparency at grass root level.
Budget Newsletter:
During the last year Pathey has published six Newsletters titled “Pathey Samachar”, providing information on various topics related to budget, policy, social and economic development of state, budget expenditure for education, women component plan in Gujarat, Infant Mortality Rate at National level, Payment of wages to casual labourers at national level, Government resolution on decentralized grant to backward blocks, state share from 13th Finance Commission. The Budget Newsletter also carried information about Pathey’s activities like, advocacy workshop held, charter of demands submitted to the state government for better allocation and expenditure for the year 2011‐12, particulalry for schedule caste, schedule tribe, women and children, more tarnsparency in state budget. The newsletter is bimonthly published. We published around 1000 copies of each edition. The Pathey Samachar was sent to around 800 people and organisations, comprising Journalists,members of civil society, grass root level organisations, academic instititions, Researchers and some of the government’ offices. The copy of Pathey samachar is also uploaded on Pathey’s website for wider circulation. We also sent the copy of Pathey Samachar by email to many individuals, who have asked for soft copy. The newsletter also carries headlines in English. We have been seeking feedback fom the readers and we have received very positive response from our readers and its content has been reproduced by some of others organisations and journalista also use information pertaining to budget from Pathey samachar and make their articles and publish in dailies without giving due acknowledgemnet to Pathey samachar.
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“Beginer’s Guide to Budget Study” is a publication of Pathey trust for guiding the lay person for
understanding the budgetary process and
definitions and technical terminology associated
with budget work. The guide will help people to
take interest for budget study and understand
the massive budget of state government in
comprehensive manner. Another study about
child budget in Gujarat is under publication,
which give comprehensive information about state government’s expenditure for chidren in
Gujarat for their education, development, protection, health and welfare.
Updating of Pathey websites:
Pathey website is updated regular interval and all the literature produced is uploaded on pathey’s
website (www.pathey.in) to disseminate its information through web to the people, members of civi
society and organisations, journalits and other who seek budgatry information concerning to the
Gujarat. Besides, website also has information about
Pathey’s activities. The website has been created to
increase the outreach of Pathey work and
reaseach on budget and policy and also to provide
information through web.
We have uploaded information in user friendly
approach, all the Ministrial department’s budget with
five years’ data have been uploaded in XL format. Pathey’s prepared budget discussions, which was
shared with elected members and media people have been uploaded. The newsletters are also
uploaded as and when published. The following is monthly history of web site visited by users.
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Month Unique visitors
Number of visits
Pages Hits Bandwidth
Jan 2011 58 62 2518 2518 19.15 MB
Feb 2011 106 120 4594 4594 63.43 MB
Mar 2011 42 46 1401 1401 17.64 MB
Apr 2011 67 76 2344 2344 19.05 MB
May 2011 72 79 3164 3164 31.63 MB
Jun 2011 85 92 3758 3758 30.66 MB
Jul 2011 48 56 3211 3211 65.65 MB
Aug 2011 229 242 6562 6562 76.01 MB
Sep 2011 94 109 3884 3884 33.56 MB
Oct 2011 66 69 2717 2717 31.23 MB
Nov 2011 113 143 5508 5508 52.90 MB
Dec 2011 121 150 6105 6105 70.18 MB
Total 1101 1244 45766 45766 511.10 MB
E‐dissemination :
During the last year, we have sent by post Pathey’s Newsletters to around 800 people and organizations including academic institutions, media offices, government offices and others, besides, we have also sent information concerning social and economic issue of great relevance from central government’s web and information from Parliament as submitted during the various sessions. The information was sent through emails to apprise organizations regarding policy decisions and implementation by the central government, the information hardly get published in print media. The organizations have appreciated our gesture of sharing information with them.
Engagement with Media:
Media people have always used Pathey budget data for writing their articles or reporting, they
refer Pathey data, during the Budget session. The Journalists contacts Pathey to get previous
years’ data to know the trends under particular social services or sector. During the last year,
many journalists have used Pathey’s information for the write ups. Here are few.
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Rs.900 crores remained unspent for social services
40% Decline reported in grains and oilseeds in Gujarat:
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Education Development Index: Gujarat trails at National Level Gujarat’s EDI falls to 15 from 13
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Gujarat Ranks 1st in Budget Transparency
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Expenditure on Cabinet will increase by 43.84%
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Pathey Invited to make presentations: During the year, Pathey was approached and invited by several organizations or groups for making thematic presentations and the case study for understanding the budgetary expenditure for particular theme and doing advocacy with the state departments for particular issue. This was also an opportunity for us to prepare case study from our daily work and make meaningful contribution for benefits of other organizations’ issues. The following is list of various organizations and networks, who invited Pathey to contribute with budget and policy work for by giving comprehensive understanding on the issues. This also motivates members of civil society to take up the application of budget work for advocating the issues with policy makers by providing budgetary outlay and expenditure for addressing the particular issue. Sr. Date Subjects Inviting organization Venue 1 28th May, 2011 Environment Forest and
Budget: A case study of Gujarat
Paryavaran Mitra Ahmedabad
2 30th August, 2011 Un‐organized sector’s workers and Public finance for social security.
BMS(Bandhkam Mazdoor Sanghthan)
Ahmedabad
3 7th September , 2011
Labour Budget in Central Plan and Total Budget and Expenditure for unorganized workers by Central government
National Center for Labour (NCL) Labour and social security budget from Southern states
Chennai Tamil Nandu
4 14th November 2011
Budget Expenditure for unorganized workers by Labour and employment departments in western states
Social Security Association of India (SSAI) Labour and social security budget from Western states
Baroda Gujarat
5 26th December,2011
State of SCP in Gujarat: State Level Consultation on Demanding Effective allocation & implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub‐Plan for SCs in Gujarat
NCDHR National Campaign for Dalits Human Rights
Ahmedabad
6 25 January, 2011 Budget outlay and expenditure for Handicapped people
DAG(Disablity Advocacy Group)
Ahmedabad
The presentations and reports have uploaded on Pathey website for larger dissemination.
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Transparency Compliance:
Governance:
Name Gender Position Meetings held (3) and attended
Dr. Sidhharaj Solanki Male Managing Trustee 3 Ms.Vimla Kharadi Female Trustee ‐ Ms.Pankti Jog Female Trustee 2 Mr.Manohar Makwana Male Trustee 3 Mr.Dineshbhai Parmar Male Secretary, Trustee 2
Travel and Cost:
No International Travel by any staff member
Travel Within India by staff members
Staff Member Destination Months/ 2011
Organization /invitees
Expense born by
Lalsinghbhai+ S.S.Solanki New Delhi March,2011 Adivasi sanghamam Pathey
Mahender Jethmalani Hyderabad May, 2011 CRSD CRSD
Mahender Jethmalani Bhubaneshwer, Odisha June, 2011 CYSD+CBGA CBGA
Mahender Jethmalani Chhenai September,2011 NCL NCL
Mahender Jethmalani New Delhi October, 2011 CBGA CBGA Natwerbhai New Delhi October , 2011 CBGA CBGA Mahender Jethmalani Baroda November, 2011 SSAI SSAI Natwerbhai + Lalsinghbhai Pune November NCAS+CBGA NCAS
Mahender Jethmalani New‐ Delhi December,2011 CBGA CBGA Mahender Jethmalani Hyderabad December, 2011 CRSD CRSD (CBGA‐Center for Budget Governance Accountability, New Delhi) (CRSD‐Center for Rural Studies and Development, Hyderabad) (NCL‐National Center for Labour, Bangaluru) (SSAI‐Social Security Association of India, New Delhi) (CYSD‐Center for Youth and Social Development, Bhubaneshwer) (NCAS‐National Center for Advocacy Studies, Pune)
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Gender disaggregate data of staff members
Gender Paid full timeMale 5 Female 2 Total 7 Accountability and Transparency
Distribution of staff according to Salary (January, 2011) Salary plus benefits paid to staff No of staff members
< 7000 ‐ > 7000 ‐10000 3 10001‐20000 3 20001‐30000 1
Registration and Legal status
Registration under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950
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Registartion Number E 9425 Ahemdabad.
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Working Office 3, Aishwarya Apartment, Near Sardar Patel Colony, Navjeevan Post, Ahemdabad‐14 Phone:91‐79‐26561694 Email: [email protected] Web: www.pathey.in
Auditors Chandervadan Shah & co. Charterd Accountants 801,A,Sahajanand Complex, Shahibaug Road, Ahmedabad‐380004.
Banker State Bank Of India Kabirchowk, Sabarmati Ahmedabad.380056
Our Donor The Ford Foundation, New Delhi
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*Suggestions for Central Budget‐2012‐13*
By Pathey Budget Center
3, Aishwarya Apartment, Nr.Sardar Patel Colony,
Stadium Road, Ahmedabad‐14
[email protected] www.pathey.in
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Charter of Demands for the Union Budget‐2012‐13
*Tribal Development concerns in the Union Budget There are over 700 Scheduled Tribes, constituting 8.2% of India's population. Majority of the tribal communities live in hilly, upland, less fertile regions or on forest land. Due to their remote and inaccessible habitations, the quality of social and civil infrastructure is largely weak and needs improvement. These problems, coupled with severe lack of opportunities, are causes for poor standards of livelihood, nutrition, health and education of the Scheduled Tribes in India.
Implementation of Forest Rights Acts 2006: • The central government must ensure proper enforcement of Forest Right Act for
doing the justice with the Adivasi people, the center should make special outlay for assistance for land and water development for the Adivasis, who have got entitlement of land under FRA.
• As per the 30th October, 2011, out of total claims received 31.49 lakh, the rate of rejected claims is around 56.18%. The central government must give Adivasi people opportunity to prove their claims through mode of PESA provisions.
• • Those Adivasi farmers, who have received the forest land entitlement, must be provided
assistance for land development to enhance the farm productivity.
State of Mal-nourishment among schedule tribe people:
• Across all social groups mal-nourishment among the schedule tribe people children and women is very high according to NFHS-3 report, The Central government must initiate special targeted progarmmes to address the malnourishment among the Adivasi people.
Under TSP(Tribal Sub Plan) • The schemes or programmes should be formulated in such manner to benefit
individual families focusing education, Health, Livelihood, agriculture, skill development, financial credits etc.
• The health services should be given due priority and tribal community should be provided an easy access.
• Micro level irrigation facilities should be developed for development of agriculture in tribal areas.
• Under social infrastructure development education, safe drinking water/piped drinking water, quality health care should be focused upon.
• Assured livelihood security of 300 days with decent income • PESA act should be implemented in letter and spirit and tribal community members should
be given rights over the minor forest produces for their collective good.
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*Panchayat and MG-NREGS • The payment of wages under under MG-NREGS work should be revised periodically to link
with inflation line. • The workers should get their payment within the week, presently it is observed the workers’
wage payment is delayed, which de-motivate the workers to demand work under MGNREGS.
• The selection of development works should be done by at the Gramsbha level. The Gramsabha should be really empowered to do work planning, execution, and evaluation of quality of work and payment under the members of Gram’s supervision.
• There should be revision of assistance for housing schemes like India Awas Yojna, the grant assistance should be enhanced to present markets prices of construction materials, as the prices of construction material has increased to multifold. Similarly, the Center Government must ask the states government to enhance the state contribution proportionately.
*Dalit Development concerns in the Union Budget The linkages between social exclusion, high deprivation and poverty of social groups which have suffered from social exclusion and discrimination of various types through the ages has led to low access to income earning assets, employment, as well as social needs like education, health services, food and housing. It also leads to unequal access to civil, religious and cultural rights, political rights and unequal participation in governance which ultimately result in high poverty and low human development among the excluded groups.
The budget outlay and expenditure must ensure the compliance of SCP Implementation Guidelines of the Planning Commission.
• Earmarking of funds for SCSP from the total State Plan outlay should at least be proportionate to the SC of the State. The provisions of guideline must be implemented not only in outlay but in expenditure side as well.
• The notional budget expenditure should not be included under the special plan, the center/state governments must do the planning execution but that expenditure should be accounted under normal expenditure.
• There should be more outlay and expenditure for individually benefiting schemes. The area planning expenditure should be restricted in those areas, where the schedule caste population is more than 50% in given pocket. Within the area planning as well, the clusters or pocket or village having more SC population should be given priority and such expenditure should be accounted under SCP.
• The schedule caste students should be provided technical education which is
market relevant and enabling employment. The private sector must be involved in training the schedule caste students and provide employment to them.
• More emphasis should be given to minor irrigation schemes, which is more useful
to individual farmers with assistance for agricultural inputs.
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• The landlessness among the schedule caste population is very high, therefore the 12th five year plan must create enabling situation for providing employment for 300 days with decent wages linked with inflation. This will help to prevent malnourishment among the schedule caste people.
Eradication of manual Scavengers: The government had made commitment to ensure complete eradication of manual scavenging and must rehabilitate the remaining scavengers but as on 31st December, 2009, there are still 342468 scavengers to be rehabilitated. The all out efforts should be done to prevent and check manual scavenging; the children of scavengers should be provided all educational assistance for skill development for alternative livelihood. The central government must invest in R and D to create technology for creating machines for cleaning.
*Social Security of workers of unorganized sector The social security coverage must be universal to all the workers, who have been (in nation building) contributing around 58% in GDP share and constitute 94% of labour force
1. The present social security entitlement s /welfare schemes are provided to the people who are
below poverty line, The workers’ social security should not separate the entitlements by economic or caste class. All workers should be provided entitlements of social security irrespective of BPL or APL status, therefore, the social security should be universal and fundamental right and the Union government can only provide it.
2. There should be National Minimum Social Security for all workers, in no case it should be less in any state, if any state intends to provide more than national average, it should do so, and the schemes should be framed to cater the needs of workers in the prevailing social and economic conditions of workers like assistance in loss of jobs/works and health insurance of worker’s family.
3. The social security efficiency is must for un-organized sectors workers, like benefits of maternity social security should be provided immediately with the delivery of baby. There should not be any paper work after the delivery for accessing the benefits of maternity benefits.
4. One of the major obstacles for providing social security to workers is very slow registration of workers under social security schemes; the authorities should be equipped with such facilities for efficient registration of workers. There should be some mechanism and time limit under which the entire process should be completed within stipulated time for efficient delivery of social security to the workers.
5. The present social security entitlements should be enhanced to prevailing inflations rates and social security’s payments should be more than BPL line, the social security should not push old age people to below poverty line.
*Universal Food Security entitlement as “RIGHT” The central government must pass the bill providing universal food security to all citizens. The entire cost of implementing the food security act should be borne by the central government.
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*વષ 2012-13 ની બ ટ માટ ચુનો* Charter of Demands for state budget‐2012‐13
By
પાથેય બ ટ સટર
કાયાકાર ઓફસ: “પાથેય” 3, ઐ યા એપાટમે ટ,સરદાર પટલની
િતમા પાસે, ટ ડયમ રોડ, નવ વન પો.ઓ,અમદાવાદ-14, ફોન: .079-26561694, email: [email protected], website: www.pathey.in
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વષ 2012-13 બ ટ માટ ચુનો/માગંણીઓ
રાજય સરકાર યાર વષ2012-13 ુવાિષક દાજ પ તૈયાર કર રહ છે યાર, પાથેય સં થા
ારા આવનાર વષમા ંરાજય ના િવકાસ મા ંસામા જક, અને આિથક િવકાસ મા ંઅ ુ ુચત િત,
અ ુ ુચત જન િત, અ ય પછાત ના વગ , મા હલાઓ અને બાળકો ના િવકાસ પર ખાસ યાન
ક ત કરવા મા ંઆવે.
રાજયે આિથક િવકાસ મા ંસાર ગતી કર છે, ના લાભાઓ ુ ં િત બબ સામા જક િવકાસ મા ંપણ
થ ુજોઇએ. વષ2012-13 મા ંરાજય સરકાર નીચે આપેલ ુ ાઓ પર ખાસ અસરકારક પગલા ં
લેવાની જ ર છે.
બાળકોમા ં ુપોષણ:-
• રાજયમા ંબાળકોમા ં ુપોષણ જોવા મળે છે. બાળકો આવતીકાલની ભાવી પેઢ છે. રાજયના ભિવ યને
રુ ત રાખવા માટ બાળકોને પોષણ કુત આહાર આપી ુપોષણની સમ યાને હલ કર શકાય.
રાજયના તમામ બાળકોને પોષણ આહાર આપવા માટ વષ 2012-13ના દાજપ મા ંનાણાક ય
જોગવાઈ ને વધારવાની જ ર છે. થળાતંર કરતા મ ૂરોના બાળકોને પોષણ કુત આહાર આપવા
માટ િવશેષ યવ થા કરવી જોઈએ. થળાતં રત મ ૂરોના બાળકો માટ શહરોમા ંકામની જ યા પર
બાળકોને િશ ણ,આરો ય અને પોષણ કુત ભોજન આપવા જોગવાઈ કરવી જોઈએ.
િશ ણ ગે:-
• રાઈટ ુ એ કુશન કાયદાની જોગવાઈઓ માણે રાજયના દરક બાળકને ણુવતા ુ ત િશ ણ
મળે તે ગે યવ થા કરવા માટ નાણાક ય જોગવાઈઓ કરવી જોઈએ ક થી રાજય ુ ંકોઈપણ
બાળક િશ ણથી વંચત ન રહ ય. આદવાસી િવ તારો માટ દરક બાળકને િશ ણની િુવધા
મળ રહ તે માટ આદ િત પેટા યોજના હઠળ િશ ણની તમામ િુવધા રુ પાડવા માટ
દાજપ ીય નાણાક ય જોગવાઈઓ કરવી જોઈએ.
• રાજયની તમામ શાળાઓમા ં ણુવતાવા િશ ણ દરક િવ ાથ ને મળ રહ તે માટ શાળામા ં
યો ય િુવધાઓ મ ક ઓરડા, વીજળ , પીવાના પાણીની િુવધા, બાળક ઓ માટ અલગ
બાથ મની િુવધા, કંપાઉ ડ વોલ, રુતા ં િશ કો વગેરની સેવાઓ આપવા માટ યો ય નાણાક ય
જોગવાઈઓ કરવી. શાળા વેશો સવ અને ણુો સવોના કાય મો એ બ ુજ આવકાર દાયક પગલા
છે, પરં ુશાળા ણુો સવ કાય મ પછ ના ૂ યાકંનમા ં િશ ણમા ં યાન પર આવતી ઉણપો ૂર
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કરવા માટ પણ કાય મો ઘડવા જોઈએ. થી િશ ણની ણુવ ા વધાર શકાય.
• ી: ુ ષ અસમાનતા : • 2011 વ તી ગણતર માણે રાજયમા ં ી ુ ષનો રિશયો માણે દર 1000 ુ ષ સામે 918
ીઓની સં યા ન ધાઈ છે., જયાર 0-6 વય ૂથના બાળકોમા ં દર 1000 છોકરાઓ સામે 886
છોકર ઓ ન ધાઈ છે. આ કડાઓ સમાજમા ં ી યે ભેદભાવ દશાવે છે. આવનાર વષ મા ં ી -
ુ ષ વ ચે ભેદભાવ ઘટ તે ગે સામા ક ચેતના માટ, ીઓને ર ણ આપતા કાયદાઓના
અમલીકરણ માટ ખાસ નાણાક ય જોગવાઈઓ કરવી જોઈએ.
આરો ય સેવાઓ:-
• વા ય સેવાઓ ગે :
• દરક નાગ રકને આરો યની સેવા આિથક ર તે પોષાય( AFFORDRBLE ) તથા અસરકારક હોય તે
મળે રહ એ માટ રાજય સરકાર યવ થા કરવી જોઈએ. લાન ગ કિમ રના HELG ,2011ના રપોટ
માણે જુરાત રાજયે વષ 2010-11 મા ંદવા માટ માથાદ ઠ . 26.4 ખચ કરલ છે, આ ખચથી
દદ ઓને દવા આપવા માટ સહાયતા આપવામા ંઆવે છે. દદ ઓને દવા આપવા માટ માથાદ ઠ
ખચ કરળ રાજય . 72.3 અને તાિમલના ુ રાજય . 65 કર છે. આવનાર વષ મા ંમાથાદ ઠ
દવાના ખચમા ંવધારો કરવો જોઈએ ક થી રાજયના ગર બ દદ ઓને વધાર સેવા મળ શક.
• રાજયના દરક લામા ંમેડ કલ કોલેજની યવ થા કરવા માટ નાણાક ય જોગવાઈ કરવામા ંઆવે.
• આદવાસી િવ તારોમા ં આરો યની સેવાઓ આપવા માટ આદ િત િવ તાર િવકાસ હઠળ દરક
તા કુામા ંઆરો યની સેવાઓ આપવી જોઈએ.
વન િવ તારોને વધારવા માટ કલાઈમે ટ ગે:-
• રાજયમા ંવન િવ તાર લગભગ 19160.99 વગ કલોમીટર છે લગભગ 9.77% ટલો િવ તાર
છે. રાજય સરકાર રાજયમા ંવન િવ તાર વધારવા માટ દાજપ ીય જોગવાઈઓમા ંવધારો કરવો
જોઈએ. રાજયમા ં વન પયાવરણ અને કલાઈમે ટના સરં ણ માટ લોક િૃત તથા લોકોની
સહભાગીતા વધારવા માટ શાળાઓમા ંિવ ાથ ઓ સાથે કાય મો કરવા જોઈએ. રાજયના મોટાભાગે
જગંલો આદ િત િવ તારોમા ં આવેલ છે. વનોના ર ણ અને િવકાસમા ં આદવાસીઓની
સહભાગીતા વધારવાની જ ર છે.
• પયાવરણના િવકાસ માટ જુરાત પો શુન કં ોલ બોડ માટ વધાર નાણાક ય જોગવાઈ કરવી
જોઈએ ક થી ૂષણ અટકાવવા માટના કાયદાઓ ુ ંઅમલીકરણ વધાર સ ય ર તે થઈ શક.
આદ િત િવ તારોમા ંસૌય ઉ ના ઉપયોગ માટ સહાયતા કરવા દાજપ ીય જોગવાઈ કરવી
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જોઈએ.
અસગં ઠત કામદારોના સામા ક રુ ા ગે:- રાજયમા ંઅસગં ઠત કામદારો ુ ં માણ લગભગ 92% ટ ુ ંથાય છે. અને અસગં ઠત કામદારો ુ ં
રાજયના િવકાસ મા ંમહ વ ણૂ ફાળો રહલો છે. આમ દશમા ંઅસગં ઠત કામદારો ુ ં માણ 94%
ટલો છે અને દશના GDPમા ંલગભગ 58% ફાળો આપે છે.
1. રાજયના તમામ અસગં ઠત ે ના કામદારો માટ સામા જક રુ ા અને ક યાણ માટ
ઘડાયેલા કાયદાઓના અમલીકરણથી કામદારોના સામા ક રુ ાનો વધારો થશે, થી
કામદારના અિધકારો અને ક યાણના કાયદાઓના અમલ માટ વષ 2012-13મા ંનાણાક ય
જોગવાઈઓ . 130 કરોડ ટલી કરવી, વષ 2011-12મા ંમ ૂર કાયદાઓના અમલીકરણ
માટ . 77.50 કરોડ ુ ં દાજ રાખવામા ંઆવેલ છે.
2. અસગં ઠત ે ના તમામ કામદારો માટ સામા ક રુ ા મા ં વા ય વીમો, િુત
સહાય,કામદારના ૃ નુા કસમા ં . 2 લાખ રોકડ સહાય, અક માતમા ંકામદારને સારવાર
માટ સહાય આપવામા ંઆવે.
3. ખેતમ ૂરોના લ ુ મ વેતનમા ંદર વષ વધારો કરવા ગે નીિત િવષય િનણય કરવો જોઇએ.
4. બાધંકામ મ ૂરોના સામા ક રુ ા ( જુરાત મકાન અને અ ય બાઘંકામ મયોગી ક યાણ
બોડ) અને ક યાણ માટ અમલમા ં કાયદા હઠળ તમામ બાઘંકામ મ ૂરો ુ ં ફર જયાત
ર શન થાય તે માટ પગલા લેવા થી કામદારોને વે ફર ફંડમાથંી સામા ક રુ ાના
લાભો આપી શકાય. બાઘંકામ ે મા ંમોટાભાગે આદવાસી મ ૂરોનો મોટો વગ કામ કર છે.
અને આદવાસી મ ૂરોના બાઘંકામ ક યાણ બોડથી લાભો મળે તે માટ યવ થા કરવી જોઈએ.
5. જુરાત મકાન અને અ ય બાઘંકામ મયોગી ક યાણ બોડ હઠળની સામા ક રુ ા અને
ક યાણ માટ યોજનાઓના લાભો આપવા માટ આદવાસી િવ તારોમા ં પચંાયતોને
જવાબદાર આપવી જોઈએ. આદવાસી મ ૂરો બાઘંકામ ે મા ંકામ કર છે તે મોટા ભાગે
તેમના ગામથી થળાતંર કર છે. આદવાસી બાઘંકામ મ ૂરો ુ ંપચંાયત તર ન ધણી થાય
થી સામા ક રુ ાની યોજનાઓના લાભો આપી શકાય.
6. અસગં ઠત કામદારો માટ સામા ક રુ ા કાયદો,2008 ુ ંઅમલીકરણ તા કા લક ધોરણે
કર ુ ંઅને એ થક તમામ અસગંત ઠત કામદારોને સામા ક રુ ા આપવી.
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From Tribal Development and Panchayat Minister of state
To Additional Chief Secretary Tribal Development Department Secretariat, Gandhinagar Sir, Mr. Mahender Jethmalani, Programme Director , Pathey(Budget Information and Service center), Ahmedabad, has submitted suggestions forr including the planning perspectives for XII five year plan for the tribal development. Kindly go through the memorandum and do needful. Please do keep the concerned office informed about the process. Yours faithfully Manoj Mishra Copy to Mahender Jethmalani, Pathey Budget Center
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From Social Justice and Empowerment Department Gujarat State To 14th December, 2011 Additional Secretary Social Justice and Empowerment Department Gujarat state Gandhinagar Please find herewith letter from N.J.Vegda, Programme Officer, Pathey Trust, dated 10/12/2011, the organisation has submitted charter of demands for enhancing the financial outlay for various welfare schemes for schedule caste people. Kindly do needful.
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From Minister of Helath and Familly welfare 28/12/2012 Government of Gujarat Mr. Mahender Jethmalani, Director Pathey Trust has submitted charter of demands for incorportaing in budget 2012‐13. Kindly find the charter of demands. Honourable Minister of Health and Family welfare, hereby request to do needful for incorporating demands as per the provision for budget 2012‐13 KT Desai. To PA Minister of Finance Government of Gujrat Copy to Mahender N.Jethmalani, Director, Pathey Tust’ Ahmedabad
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Balance Sheet
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income and Expenditure