Rural Development Programmes

1. Rural Development Programmes B. S. Rumnong

5. Centrally Sponsored Programmes Swarjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Meghalaya (NREGS) under NREGA Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes (TSC and Swajaldhara) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) Prime Minister�s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

6. SGSY To bring assisted families above the poverty line To be achieved by Organizing the rural poor into SHGs Training and capacity building Provision of income generating assets

7. Salient features of SGSY Holistic programme for self employment Aims at establishing a large number of micro-enterprises Emphasis on group approach Cluster approach Credit cum subsidy (subsidy is only a minor enabling element) Involvement of Banks Multiple credit rather than one time credit injection

8. Activities under SGSY To concentrate on few selected Key activities To attend to all aspects of these activities To enable the swarogaris to draw sustainable incomes from their investment To be taken up in clusters so that backward and forward linkages can be effectively established

9. Selection of Key Activities Local Resource Aptitude and skill Market Participatory process Focus on 4-5 activities

10. Special Projects When poverty reduction efforts require coordinated action To try out new initiatives that are in nature of pioneer projects Project that would be indicators of alternative strategies 15% of the funds under SGSY

11. Objectives of Special Projects to ensure a time-bound programme for bringing a specific number of BPL families above the poverty line involve different strategies to provide long term sustainable self-employment opportunities

12. Criteria For Formulation Of Special Projects Identification of Project area Identification of Project Activities Project cost > 1.00 crore < 15.00 crore Funding Pattern: 75:25 State to indicate its commitment to provide 25% Post Project Maintenance �State or prepare an appropriate maintenance plan Credit component 80% should be BPL Convergence

13. Project should include Likely beneficiaries Year wise details of short term and long term benefits Analysis of the activities proposed Possibility of Replicability The approach proposed to be adopted Details of Integration

14. NREGP Primary Objective to provide livelihood security to the households in rural areas by providing not less than 100 days of guaranteed wage employment Creation of durable assets and strengthening the livelihood resource base of rural poor. Implementing Department The Community and Rural Development Department

15. Eligibility All Rural Households Local Residents Disabled

16. Employment Demand Based Employment Registration of Households Issue of Job Card 100 days Registered Household member can apply Time Bound and Guaranteed Local Employment within a radius of 5 km At Least 1/3 should be women

17. Implementation Structures District Level District Programme Coordinator Block Level Programme Officer and BEC Village Level Area/Village Employment Council � Principal role for planning, implementation and monitoring

18. Wages Wages as per Minimum Wages Act To be paid within a fortnight In cash or partly in kind Equal Wages for Men and Women 10% extra wages to be paid if worksite is more than 5 km

19. Unemployment Allowance To be paid if work is not provided within fifteen days � of wages for the 1st 30 days � for the remaining period Stop as soon as employment is allotted, No show, household received 100 days employment Burden is that of the State Government

20. Type of work Water conservation and water harvesting Drought proofing Irrigation Canals, micro and minor irrigation works Provision of irrigation facility to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Renovation of traditional water bodies, including desiltation. Land Development. Flood control and protection works, including drainage in water logged areas. Rural connectivity to provide all-weather access. Any other work which may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with the state Governments

21. IAY The objective of the Indira Awaas Yojana is primarily to help construction/upgradation of dwelling units of members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and other below the poverty line non-SC/ST rural house holds by providing them a lump sum financial assistance.

22. Target Group Freed bonded labourers SC/ST households SC/ST households who are victims of atrocity SC/ST households, headed by widows and unmarried women SC/ST households affected by flood, natural calamities like earthquake, cyclone and man-made calamities like riot. Other SC/ST households Families/widows of personnel from defence services/paramilitary forces, killed in action. Non- SC/ST BPL households. Physically and mentally challenged persons. Ex-servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces. Displaced persons on account of developmental projects, nomadic/semi-nomadic, and de-notified tribals, families with physically/mentally challenged members.

24. Watershed Management To Conserve natural resources Strengthen the livelihood resource base of rural poor.

26. Transparency Preparation of the Action Plan for the watershed by the Gram Panchayat in consultation with Self-Help Groups/User Groups with the assistance of WDT members. Approval of the Action Plan at the open meetings of the Gram Sabha. Display of approved Action Plan on a Notice Board at the Gram Panchayat Office, Village Community Hall and such other community buildings. Review of physical and financial progress of work during implementation phase through periodical meetings of the Gram Sabha. Payment to labourers directly and through cheques wherever possible.