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MITIGATING POVERTY IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

MITIGATING POVERTY IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN. MPOWER, JODHPUR. Need and Justification. To achieve the goal of inclusive growth, efforts for poverty mitigation need to be scaled up.

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MITIGATING POVERTY IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

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  1. MITIGATING POVERTY IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN MPOWER, JODHPUR

  2. Need and Justification • To achieve the goal of inclusive growth, efforts for poverty mitigation need to be scaled up. • Strategies for direct attack on poverty have proved to be more effective in poverty reduction (Trickle down effect of growth does not happen automatically). • Poverty in Tribal and Desert areas is not only high but entrenched more in certain pockets requiring saturation approach.

  3. Project Area six poorest blocks of the Jodhpur division (one per district) Sankada Bap Jaisalmer Jodhpur, Districts Bayatu Pali Barmer Jalore Bali Sanchor Sirohi Aburoad Selected poorest blocks

  4. ProjectObjectives The overall goal of the Project is to improve the quality of life of the poor and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for vulnerable and marginalized groups in the project area. The specific objectives are (i) Drought mitigation and water securitization (ii) Income enhancement and employment generation (iii) Market led productivity improvements (iv) Favorable market access in terms of realizing better producer prices (farm gate prices) and backward –forward linkages (v) Empowerment and mainstreaming of women,the marginalized and vulnerable groups and (vi) Leveraging substantial govt. funds through convergence and dovetailing.

  5. Project Rationale The project region is beset with a harsh arid climate with low erratic variable rainfall; drought is a recurrent phenomenon across the region at least once every three years. The core problems faced are severe water insecurity, poor agricultural, livestock and IGA productivity, low investable surpluses and a social system that greatly discriminates against women and the socially disadvantaged.

  6. Project Components: (I) Strengthening of Grassroots Institutions, divided in 2 sub-components: (i) Mobilisation and Capacity Building (ii) Community Infrastructure Development Fund (CIDF). (II) Livelihoods Support, divided in 2 sub-components: (i) Income Generating, Marketing and Employment Creation and (ii) Development Finance (III) Project Management

  7. Core Approach The core approach of CIDF component, in particular, is convergence. All applicable and relevant on-going schemes of the Government are to be dovetailed and implemented in this project. Given that allocated resources are very limited in comparison with what Government will provide for infrastructure development (land and water resources development, afforestation, etc), the project funding will be for , “gap filling and complementary financing”. Where gaps or slippages that would compromise the quality, impact or targeting in regard to beneficiaries occur, Project funds will complement the effort.

  8. Target Group. The target group consists of all BPL households in the project area, as determined by the GOR (100% saturation is the goal).

  9. Innovative Features (i) It attempt to make markets work for the poor by securing better access and better producer prices (ii) It seeks to let markets signal and provide the incentives for people to adopt new technologies and better management regimes (iii) By growing SHGs into Marketing Groups and making them into micro entrepreneurs, the project transforms a mechanism of social empowerment into one for economic empowerment (iv) It seeks to make equity a concern of the village elite also (not only that of the project) (v) It uses project resources to provide the incentives as well as the follow up to leverage govt. funds through dovetailing and convergence of govt. schemes, especially NREGA.funds. This results in substantial augmentation of project resources.

  10. Pilot activities • Farmer Field Schools • Promotion of Opuntia Ficus • Tropical Sugarbeet Cultivation Trial • Pilot Juliflora Processing • Crop Demonstrations • Fodder Storage & Treatment • Promotion of Feed & Fodder Practices • Fodder Crop demonstrations • Breed Improvement and Vaccination Camps

  11. PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE Nodal Office,Jaipur STATE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (Headed by Hon’ble Minister(RD&PR) PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE( Headed by Divisional Commissioner, Jodhpur) SPMU, JODHPUR DPCC(Headed by District Collector) BPMUs at Block GPDC(Headed by Sarpanch) Project Partners (NGOs) MARKETTING GROUPS Clusters/ Federations SHG VDC Target groups (BPLs)

  12. Financial Outlay (Rs in Crore)

  13. PROJECT STRATEGY …. • Not Credit alone: Holistic approach to address root cause of poverty i.e Education, Health, Natural Resources, Skills and Empowerment. • Creating ownership. • Diversifying risks & Enhancing productivity. • Ensuring good governance. • Involving NGOs and Private sectors for market linkages. • Mainstreaming gender. • Convergence with ongoing programmes like NREGS, BRGF,SSA, NRHM, Nutrition, Social Security etc. • Decentralized Participating Planning at village level for Convergence. • Building Public Private Partnership.

  14. IMPLEMENTATION STRATGY Grassroot level implementation will be assigned to NGOs on task based agreement for the entire project period PROJECT COORDINATOR Team leader Team leader Team leader ( for 10-12 GPs) CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF VF SHGs-Target groups

  15. KEY TASKS • Preparation and approval of Village plan (includes target house holds survey in prescribed format) - 5 months • Formation of SHGs , opening of bank A/C for imparting basic orientation trainings on SHG concepts, group dynamics, maintenance of records and books of accounts, conducting group meetings &financial transactions and approval from BPMU.-18 months • (i)Formation of VDCs, identification of livelihood based infrastructure, land based activities and facilitate the sanctioning committee to get approval of the proposal and release of funds by concerned line depts.(ii)Successful completion and submission of CC-24 &30 months • Group qualifies for revolving fund and gets linked to the bank by way of availing credit and subsidy from Project and continues to work satisfactory. Grade-I-24 months • After the SHG takes up an economic activity by formulating a Sub-Project and getting it financed from bank along with Project subsidy ,completion of requited Skill based trainings and submission of CC-Grade-II-36 months • Successful execution of sub-Projects by the SHGs and repayment of first 6 instalments as per repayment schedule of the Bank- 42 months • Ensure each member of SHGs to get benefits from minimum 5 different identified schemes as per schedule.-60 months • Formation of Marketing groups and SHGs linked with cluster/federation & Sustainability of the Clusters.-60 months

  16. Expected Outcomes

  17. Road traveled so far • IFAD Loan effective from 11th December 2008. • GoR allocated Rs 8.39 crore budget for FY 2009-10. • PMU established at Jodhpur. • BPMUs established at all project blocks. • Base line &RIM survey work completed through CmF(Nodal agency of • Project Co-financier SRTT). • Project staffs two days orientation training and two days workshop on • M&E completed. • All Project managers trained through HCM,RIPA,Jodhpur on Rajasthan • Service Rules and financial Management. • Project staffs two days two days workshop on Financial management and • Procurement guidelines of IFAD completed. • Livelihood related community infra structure work and individual benefit • scheme under NREGS identified and included in MGNREGA action plan • for the FY2010-11. • Proposal submitted for budget allocation of Rs 14 crores for F.Y 2010-11. • FNGO selection is under progress.

  18. Action plan for 2010-11 • After NGOs deployment start up workshop to be scheduled by • Apr’10. • After FNGO deployment village planning exercise which includes • 100% target HH survey will be carried out. • Capacity building of FNGO staffs/ PRIs carried out with the help of • SRTT co financing part. • Sensitization workshop for bankers ; • Need assessment study has to be carried out; • Gender workshops carried out in state level as well as in blocks • level; • Infra structure works carried out in 300 villages; • Drudgery reduction activities carried out in 200 villages; • Demonstrations at Gram panchayat level carried out with the help • of concerned line departments/FNGOs; • Some 3000 SHGs will be formed and more than 1000 SHGs • credit linked with banks.

  19. Reasons for slow Progress • Due to election code of conduct (Since loan • effectiveness Parliament, state legislative • and PRI elections held in our state)pre- • implementation activities delayed. • Concurrence on NGO selection procedures • cause delay in grassroot implementation.

  20. Thanks

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