Lab to Land Initiative

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Lab to Land Initiative

• Meghalaya

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SIRD Meghalaya

• established in 1986 as
• Autonomous Institution
• Apex Level Institute for Training and Research in
  Rural Development

NODAL AGENCY FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND
TRAINING FOR RD PROGRAMMES
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Organizational Structure
ADMINISTRATIVE, ACADEMIC AND HOSTEL MINISTERIAL
AND SUPPORT STAFF
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Vision and Mission

• Vision
• To emerge as a premiere, most trusted and
  innovative Institute for Training, Research and
  Consultancy in Rural Development.
• Mission
• Develop Human Resource through progressive
  systematic approaches of social mobilization,
  participation, knowledge-skill based education
  and training, and resource value chain without
  disturbing the unique tribal culture that is
  prevalent in the State.

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UMSNING BLOCK
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Background

• Predominantly tribal Khasi
• Borders Assam
• Rich fertile soils and subtropical climate
• Inaccessible villages
• Date of inception 2nd October 1952
• Main Occupation is Agriculture

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Basic Information

• Area in sq km 1105
• No. of Villages 267
• No. of Households 23896
• Population 132803
• BPL HH 8335
• Literacy 67
• Main to total workers 80
• Villages with paved approach roads 93
• Irrigation 3
• Villages with safe drinking water 89

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Land Classification

• Net sown area 8552 ha
• Area sown more than once 1420 ha
• Total cropped area 9972 ha
• Area under Forests 47528 ha
• Area not available for cultivation 9480 ha
• Fallow land 6783 ha
• Land under trees crops and groves 10912 ha
• Cultivable Wasteland 27245

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Education

• No. of Colleges 3
• No. of Secondary Schools 32
• No. of Higher Secondary Schools 3
• No. of Upper Primary Schools 104
• No. of Lower Primary Schools 302

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Health

• No. of Sub Centres 16
• No. of Public Health Centres 4
• No. of CHC 2

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Markets, Banks and Post Offices

• No. of Main markets 6
• No. of Banks 7
• Post Offices and branch office 7

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Current Status of Schemes
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MGNREGA (2010 11)

• No of VEC 267
• No. of AEC 63
• No. of Registered HH 23562
• No. of Job Cards Printed 21528
• No. of Job Cards issued 20959
• No. of applicants demanding Work 12054
• No. of HH provided employment 10510
• No. of days per HH 48.034
• No. of Man days generated 1328614
• No. of Projects completed 43
• No. of ongoing works 683

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Name of the Project Stream Bank erosion
control Location Pyllun VEC Length 0.200
Km Cost 1.89 Lakhs
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Construction of of Drinking Water Well at
Lumnongrim Cost 4.21 Lakhs
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SGSY

• No. of SHGs formed 382
• No. of SHGs Passed Grade I 160
• No. of SHGs passed Grade II 54
• No. of SHGs taken up EA 27
• No. of Women SHGs 160
• BPL families crossing poverty line 250
• PF pending with Bank 12
• RF pending with banks 16

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IAY

• Annual Target 562
• Houses under construction 562
• Percentage utilization of funds 91.01

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IAY

• IAY Construction of Smti. Helen Nongbsap at
  Umeit village.
• Sanction Amount Rs.38,500/-
• Year 2007-08

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NSAP

• IGNOAPS 2498 beneficiaries
• IGNDPS 180 beneficiaries
• IGNWPS 930 beneficiaries

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Convergence

• MGNREGS with Horticulture Development Scheme
• MGNREGS with NWDPRA
• MGNREGS with RRTC Umran irrigation projects
• MGNREGS with ICAR Farming Systems, Fishery ponds,
  Land Development

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Aim

• Ensure 100 delivery of all Rural sector
  programmes through Capacity Building, Training,
  Awareness generation, convergence and effective
  planning and implementation for sustainable
  development.

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L to L Activities

• Selection of Umsning Block approved
• Preliminary Meeting with, DC, PD DRDA, BDO for
  data collection and chalking out action Plan
• SIRD as the Nodal Agency to coordinate with
  State, District and Block
• Constituting Committees completed

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The roadmap

• Data Collection
• Conduct TNA
• Preparation of training and capacity building
  material
• Develop and organize participative decentralized
  planning for
• NRM,
• Livelihood enhancement,
• Rural Connectivity, Housing, Infrastructure
• Drinking Water and sanitation
• Employment
• Marketing
• Etc
• Consolidate workable plans
• Convergence of Programmes

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Roadmap continued

• Selection and capacity building of village level
  resource persons
• Develop leadership and entrepreneurship and
  skills for economic growth
• Develop infrastructure and connectivity
• Develop Markets
• Provision of basic needs like safe drinking
  water, housing and sanitation
• Integrating capacity building and training with
  actual field implementation
• Carry out Social Audit
• Monitoring of outcomes
• Evaluation

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Time Frame
Sl. No. Activity Schedule
1 Data Collection In progress
2 District Level Meeting to be chaired by DC for preparation of detail Action Plan November 8, 2010
3 Block Level meeting to be chaired by DC and nomination of Block Nodal Officers November 10, 2010
4 State level Meeting for approval of Action Plans November 15, 2010
5 Selection of Block Level Trainers November 8, 2010
6 Conduct of TNA November 8 24, 2010
7 Organizing participatory village planning November 15 December 15, 2010
8 Consolidation of workable plans December 20,2010
9 ToT for Block and Village level trainers November 29 December 9, 2010
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Time Frame
Sl. No. Activity Schedule
9 Preparation of Capacity Building and Training Material In progress
10 Block and village level capacity building and training December 1, 2010 February 28, 2011
11 Ensuring effective delivery of programme implementation Throughout the project period
12 Monitoring of outcomes December 15 till project completion
13 Projection of outcomes On Completion of Project
14 Implementation of IEC based activities November onwards
15 Expected date of completion May 2011
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The initiative targets

• Members of Local Durbar, VEC and AEC
• Officials working with and for the development of
  VECs and AECs,
• The main categories of such officials are
  as follows
• Project Directors of DRDA
• Assistant Project Officers
• District Heads of Line departments
• Block Development Officers
• Extension Officers, Soil and Water Conservation
  Officers
• Junior Engineers and Technical Assistants
• Anganwadi workers,
• Primary Health Workers and ASHA workers,
• Public Health Workers,
• Teachers and Education Administration Workers.
• Gram Sevaks
• Community Coordinators
• Community Level Workers
• Pressure groups within the Village such as SHGs
  and CBOs,
• Elected representatives and officials of higher
  levels of Government.

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Number to be trained

• Officials 150
• Master Trainers 15
• Elected Reps PEIC members 1335
• Youth Volunteers 801
• SHGs 3200
• Community Coordinators 63
• Social Audit Committee members 1335
• VMC members 2403
• BDMC members 40
• Total 9970

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Requirements

• 2 Training Associates
• 15 Master Trainers
• 2 Data Entry Operators
• 2 office assistants

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Budget
Sl. No. Activity Amount
1 Data Collection and Conduct of TNA 200000.00
2 Village Level Planning Exercise 801000.00
3 Conduct of Training programmes (ToTs, Awareness, Block and Village Level trainings) 2000000.00
4 Engagement of Training associates, office assistants, data entry operators 600000.00
5 IEC Activities 1500000.00
6 ICT and Block level infrastructure 800000.00
7 Transportation for field activities 480000.00
Total 6381000.00
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