Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme

1. Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme

2. What is ICRG? • 43 month UK-DFID funded Technical Assistance programme to MoRD, and three state – Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar • Contributes to GoI and state Govt’s focus on durability of assets under MGNREGS by climate proofing of MGNREGA works • Emphasis on NRM works and those on individual land • Supports State Action Plan on Climate change (CC) in following ways: • Building capacity of different tiers of government line departments (focussed on PRD) at state level to plan, converge, implement and monitor development programmes addressing CC • By working with the to realise improved resilience through climate proofing of MGNREGA works • Fostering and demonstrating convergence as prioritised by State Govt and GoI for reducing CC vulnerabilities

3. Purpose and objectives of the training • Though climate change and MGNREGS is a new area, ICRG will introduce the basic concept and definitions of climate change • Understand what climate resilient works (CRW) under MGNREGS are. • Massive awareness among variety of stakeholders including PRIs, community etc. • How to take up CRWs under MGNREGS- selection, approval, execution and monitoring. • How to replicate the initiatives in other parts of the district

4. What this proramme is about? • Improved capacity of implementation agencies on planning of MGNREGS works • Better ability of GPs, block and district functionaries on climate resilient planning of MGNREGS infrastructure • Increased supply side investments in demand side awareness on climate issues, Improved climate resilience of vulnerable people, especially women, SC/ST, elderly and differently abled, and support rural economic growth • Strengthened capacity of BFTs on climate resilient and gender sensitive planning, designing, and maintenance of infrastructure • Improved capacity of training institutions to integrate climate and SL into training • Improved evidence of MGNREGS links to climate resilience and economic benefits • Knowledge products, toolkits, policy briefs, innovation challenge funds • Improved uptake of IT solutions • Piloting and institutionalization of GIS based asset mapping • Strengthened capacity of NIC to integrate climate resilience indicators into NREGAsoft

5. ICRG project area

6. Demonstration • Demonstrate climate compatible design of infrastructure- 1 per district this FY 2016-17, 4 per block in 2017-18, 2 per block in 2018-19- Total 215 works • Ground water recharge • Soil moisture retention & protection (erosion control) • Provisioning of water for irrigation • Improved drinking water availability • Reclamation of degraded land for agriculture • Improved soil fertility • Conservation and regeneration of biomass & carbon stock • Regulated local climate • For each type of asset a prototype will be developed which can be used across the district and State to take up such works

7. CB plan in 2016-17

8. Strategic approach • Project steering committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, PRD • Technical Advisory Committee-SD at Chief Secretary level • Technical study (vulnerability assessment, carbon sequestration etc) will be done by Ricardo UK and IISc, Bangalore. • Knowledge products (policy briefs, technical papers) by Manchester University, UK. • Leverage resources from different schemes and programmes to make the assets productive. • Engage the technical institutions/CSOs already working in the area to assist in demonstration of work and capacity building. • Link the programme with other DFID programmes like OMEGA, PACS etc to strengthen the interventions.

9. ICRG Team in Odisha

10. Support required • PD, DRDA as nodal officer for the programme at district level. • Selection, administration and technical sanction of the works to be demonstrated during the project period. • Help in incorporating works in the LB to be demonstrated. • Sitting place for the engineer at DRDA and Facilitators at Block. • Trainings, sensitization etc.

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