CSR Project Presentation for Class Room Discussion as a part of AMP Course of BSE Institute Ltd and IIM Lucknow.

1. Empowering Rural Women by Enhancing
Vocational Skills of Poor Women in
Raigad District in The State of
Maharashtra, India.
By
V.V.L.N. Sastry
31-Aug-2019
Submitted for classroom discussion of
AMP Program
This is not a proposal, only for
class room discussion

2. Objective 1:
To empower and build skills of 50 poor
women in Tailoring
& Embroidery.
Objective 2: To enhance self employment and self-
reliance amongst the poor women.
Project area
Raigad District is a district in the state
of Maharashtra, India, where poverty
remains a mill-stone over the necks of
rural women despite of hardworking
and creative with their hands, intelligent
and forward-looking. Thus as a poverty
alleviation endeavor, this CSR project.

3. Title of the project:
“Empowering Rural Women by Enhancing Vocational Skills of Poor Women in Raigad District in The
State of Maharashtra, India.”
About Project Area & beneficiaries of the project:
Raigad District is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Formerly called the Kolába district,
the district was renamed Raigad, after the fort that was the first capital of the former Maratha
Empire, which in turn was renamed from its earlier name - Rairi. The fort is located in the interior
regions of the district, in dense forests on a west-facing spur of the Western Ghats of Sahyadri
Range. In 2011 the district had a population of 2,635,394, compared to 2,207,929 in 2001. The
name was changed in the regime of Chief Minister Antule on 1st Jan 1981. In 2011 urban dwellers
had increased to 36.91% from 24.22% in 2001. The district is bounded by Mumbai Harbour to the
northwest, Thana District to the north, Poona District to the east, Ratnagiri district to the south,
and the Arabian Sea to the west. It includes the large natural harbour of Pen-Mandwa, which is
immediately south of Mumbai harbour, and forming a single landform with it.
According to the 2011 census Raigad district has a population of 2,634,200, roughly equal to the
nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 153rd in India (out of a total
of 640). The district has a population density of 368 inhabitants per square kilometer (950/sq.
mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.36%. Raigad has a sex ratio of
955 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.89%. The beneficiaries are the rural
poor women.

4. We will do 2 batches for 40 women (20 women in each batch).
In addition, a satellite centre (in remote a village) has been planned- on a pilot basis with 10
ladies. Thus a total 50 ladies to be trained in the tailoring & embroidery skills. This vocational
training is designed for a period of 4 months for 20 women, where as in a satellite centre for 10
women also for 4 months, to make the target women skilled in the tailoring & embroidery trade,
in order to create job opportunities for them and also with a view that they could contribute to the
national building program at large.
The training focus will be on the following:
Designing
Measurement & Cutting
Stitching
Embroidering
They will be imparted training on to make different type of items/clothing for;
Children
Ladies
Men
Bag making
Files & folders for seminars/ workshops
Training will also enhance the capacity with respect to:
Marketing aspects of tailoring unit
Sampling and quality control
SHGs and cooperative of tailoring unit
Management of SHGs

5. Project Time Period:
1 October 2019 to 30 June 2020 (9 months)
Training Schedule:
Batch-I: From 1 October 2019 to 31 Jan 2020
Batch-II: From 1 Feb 2020 to 31 May 2020
Satellite batch: From 1 March to 30 June 2020
Milestone:
Total 50 women will be trained in tailoring and embroidery skills

6. Expenses head Total Cost
1. Salary/ Honorarium: 198,000
> Instructor/Trainer
@ Rs. 13,000/- per month x 8 months
> Coordination, Visiting Resource Persons
& Mobilizer
Total lump sum- 94,000/-
(The amount covers salary of one instructor for 8
months to be posted at mother training centre and
one trainer for satellite centre, plus honorarium to
one part-time coordinator Mobilizer and visiting
resource persons )
2. Recourse materials and Training tools:
> Training resource material (cloth, paper & 48,950
stationery etc.) @ Rs.975 x 50 women
> Training tools 59,498
(Though we will use the old tailoring & embroidery
machines (from the last year), however, still need
some provision of budget for purchasing additional
tools for opening a satellite centre, for furniture,
and for repairing & running cost for the old ones)
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3. Training centre : 151,752
Rent for training centre (including satellite centre,
electricity, water & other running cost)
> For mother training centre @ Rs.15,000
per month x 9 months
> For satellite centre@ Rs.4,188 per month
x 4 months
4. Linkages/ Exposure visits of trainees, and 75,000
follow-up/ placement (@ Rs. 1500 per traineex50
women)
5. Administration/ Organization Management 65,000
Cost (about 10.8% of the total budget)
TOTAL 598,000
Total Project Support Cost: Rs 5,98,000*

8. Develop skills of 50 women from the socially/ economically
backward and rural communities through vocational skills in
tailoring & embroidery.
The beneficiaries start their own tailoring shop individually or in
group and/ or placed with different tailoring shops, for earning
their livelihood/ supplement family income and lead a better life

9. THE WOMEN ARE
EXPECTED TO ACQUIRE A
STRONG SENSE OF
OWNERSHIP OF THE
PROGRAM.
THE PROJECT WILL
PROMOTE ASPECTS OF
LIVELIHOODS, WHICH IS A
SUSTAINABLE APPROACH.
FINANCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
PROGRAM IS TO BE
ENHANCING BY
STRATEGICALLY
INTERVENING IN THE
MARKET LINKAGES.
THE TRAINED WOMEN
WOULD MOBILIZE AND
GAIN ACCESS TO
RESOURCES, WHICH
HITHERTO WERE OUT OF
THEIR REACH LIKE GOVT.
SCHEMES, GRANTS,
SERVICES, BANKS LOANS,
SUBSIDIES ETC.

11. The project needs financial commitment of Rs.
5,98,000/- to be implemented in phases.
The project requires financial partners
The project also requires village volunteers
The project requires overall support from all the
stakeholders