The document outlines new initiatives in Indian agriculture for the 11th five-year plan period, including strengthening programs for pulses and oilseed production, providing tax concessions and credit to promote mechanization and infrastructure, and addressing challenges like sustained production, risk mitigation, and efficient markets. Key strategies include a four-pronged approach focusing on production, processing, credit, and reducing waste; revamping pulses programs; increasing funds for eastern states; and developing regional strategies tailored to agro-climatic zones. Proper implementation of these targeted interventions is seen as critical to achieving agricultural growth goals.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change such as increases in temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels. It states that climate change will result in more frequent and severe natural disasters like floods and droughts. Those most vulnerable to climate change are the poor, small farmers, and communities dependent on agriculture. While climate change will affect everyone, it poses the greatest risks to the livelihoods and well-being of vulnerable populations. The document calls for holistic interventions like disaster risk reduction and adaptation strategies to help communities prepare for and live with the effects of climate change.
Revitalizing Indian Agriculture Extension System through promotion of AEFCs 1...jiteshindia
The current Indian agriculture extension system focuses on increasing productivity but is not addressing farmers' needs for profitable commercial farming and business opportunities. A new model called Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFC) is proposed to revitalize the extension system. AEFCs would be led by local civil society organizations at the block level and focus on providing business development services to small farmers. They would work to maximize the value of specific agriculture value chains at the village level through newly created roles of Agriculture Enterprise Facilitators placed in villages. This new model aims to transform the extension system's focus to farming as an enterprise and better support farmers as entrepreneurs seeking profitable activities.
The document discusses trends in livelihoods promotion in three areas: microfinance, microenterprises, and other livelihood approaches. For microfinance, trends include consolidation and networking of NGOs/MFIs, innovations in technology and partnerships, and a focus on livelihood finance, insurance, and remittances. For microenterprises, trends involve institutional arrangements, partnerships with corporate retailers, and approaches focused on value chains and clusters. Other trends discussed include livelihood approaches to watershed programs, migration, disaster risk reduction, and working with targeted groups like children and women. The document concludes by highlighting areas of strength like action research, participatory technology development, and providing process-based support through consortium approaches.
Promotion of micro Enterprises through Orissa MSME Development Policy 2009 10...jiteshindia
The Orissa MSME Development Policy 2009 aims to promote micro, small, and medium enterprises in the state. The policy focuses on increasing employment opportunities, revenue, and exports through MSMEs. It emphasizes developing infrastructure, facilitating access to credit and investment, sourcing raw materials efficiently, and providing marketing and export promotion support. The policy objectives include catalyzing new MSMEs, maximizing growth of existing enterprises, preventing sickness, and reviving viable sick units. Key strategies include clustering enterprises, promoting ancillary units, developing specialized industrial parks, enhancing credit flow, expanding markets, upgrading technology, and building industry-institution linkages. The policy provides various supports like reserving land, upgrading industrial estates, single window clearances,
Conservation Agriculture in Haryana India: Past Experiences & Future Plans
Ashok Kumar Yadav, Director General (Agriculture), Government of Haryana, India
This document lists several agricultural development programs implemented in India between 1960-2000 including:
- The Intensive Agriculture Development Program (IADP) launched in 1960 to provide loans, seeds, and tools to farmers.
- The High Yielding Variety Program (HYVP) launched in 1966 to increase food grain productivity through adoption of improved varieties and inputs.
- The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labor Agency (MFALA) launched in 1973 and 1974 respectively to provide technical and financial assistance to small and marginal farmers.
Agriculture Sector in India, Indian Agriculture IndustryBruce Clay India
Indian agriculture is on a long-term growth path. The country is the second-largest producer of food in the world and holds the potential of being the biggest on global food and agriculture canvas, according to a Corporate Catalyst India (CCI) survey.
The document outlines new initiatives in Indian agriculture for the 11th five-year plan period, including strengthening programs for pulses and oilseed production, providing tax concessions and credit to promote mechanization and infrastructure, and addressing challenges like sustained production, risk mitigation, and efficient markets. Key strategies include a four-pronged approach focusing on production, processing, credit, and reducing waste; revamping pulses programs; increasing funds for eastern states; and developing regional strategies tailored to agro-climatic zones. Proper implementation of these targeted interventions is seen as critical to achieving agricultural growth goals.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change such as increases in temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels. It states that climate change will result in more frequent and severe natural disasters like floods and droughts. Those most vulnerable to climate change are the poor, small farmers, and communities dependent on agriculture. While climate change will affect everyone, it poses the greatest risks to the livelihoods and well-being of vulnerable populations. The document calls for holistic interventions like disaster risk reduction and adaptation strategies to help communities prepare for and live with the effects of climate change.
Revitalizing Indian Agriculture Extension System through promotion of AEFCs 1...jiteshindia
The current Indian agriculture extension system focuses on increasing productivity but is not addressing farmers' needs for profitable commercial farming and business opportunities. A new model called Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFC) is proposed to revitalize the extension system. AEFCs would be led by local civil society organizations at the block level and focus on providing business development services to small farmers. They would work to maximize the value of specific agriculture value chains at the village level through newly created roles of Agriculture Enterprise Facilitators placed in villages. This new model aims to transform the extension system's focus to farming as an enterprise and better support farmers as entrepreneurs seeking profitable activities.
The document discusses trends in livelihoods promotion in three areas: microfinance, microenterprises, and other livelihood approaches. For microfinance, trends include consolidation and networking of NGOs/MFIs, innovations in technology and partnerships, and a focus on livelihood finance, insurance, and remittances. For microenterprises, trends involve institutional arrangements, partnerships with corporate retailers, and approaches focused on value chains and clusters. Other trends discussed include livelihood approaches to watershed programs, migration, disaster risk reduction, and working with targeted groups like children and women. The document concludes by highlighting areas of strength like action research, participatory technology development, and providing process-based support through consortium approaches.
Promotion of micro Enterprises through Orissa MSME Development Policy 2009 10...jiteshindia
The Orissa MSME Development Policy 2009 aims to promote micro, small, and medium enterprises in the state. The policy focuses on increasing employment opportunities, revenue, and exports through MSMEs. It emphasizes developing infrastructure, facilitating access to credit and investment, sourcing raw materials efficiently, and providing marketing and export promotion support. The policy objectives include catalyzing new MSMEs, maximizing growth of existing enterprises, preventing sickness, and reviving viable sick units. Key strategies include clustering enterprises, promoting ancillary units, developing specialized industrial parks, enhancing credit flow, expanding markets, upgrading technology, and building industry-institution linkages. The policy provides various supports like reserving land, upgrading industrial estates, single window clearances,
Conservation Agriculture in Haryana India: Past Experiences & Future Plans
Ashok Kumar Yadav, Director General (Agriculture), Government of Haryana, India
This document lists several agricultural development programs implemented in India between 1960-2000 including:
- The Intensive Agriculture Development Program (IADP) launched in 1960 to provide loans, seeds, and tools to farmers.
- The High Yielding Variety Program (HYVP) launched in 1966 to increase food grain productivity through adoption of improved varieties and inputs.
- The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labor Agency (MFALA) launched in 1973 and 1974 respectively to provide technical and financial assistance to small and marginal farmers.
Agriculture Sector in India, Indian Agriculture IndustryBruce Clay India
Indian agriculture is on a long-term growth path. The country is the second-largest producer of food in the world and holds the potential of being the biggest on global food and agriculture canvas, according to a Corporate Catalyst India (CCI) survey.
Promotion of micro Enterprises in Rural India and NRLM 080909jiteshindia
The document discusses India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) which aims to reduce rural poverty through self-employment and wage employment opportunities. Key points:
1) NRLM seeks to address gaps in the previous Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) program such as uneven formation of self-help groups, lack of capacity building and training, and inadequate access to credit.
2) NRLM's strategy includes universal mobilization of below poverty line households into self-help groups, formation of group federations, capacity building and training, and providing pro-poor financial services.
3) The document argues that NRLM's strategy could
Promoting Village Livelihoods Facilitation Centres in India 050309jiteshindia
1) Micro enterprises are an important part of sustainable livelihoods but cannot thrive or grow when confined within households alone, as they require linkages outside the village to markets. 2) A Village Livelihoods Facilitation Centre could help revive existing micro enterprises and promote new ones by providing services like market information, facilitating linkages, and offering common facilities. 3) Such centers could be initially promoted through other village projects and eventually supported financially by the local government and technically by civil society groups, with village communities managing them.
Promoting Value Chain based BDS Providers in India 180309jiteshindia
This document discusses promoting business development service (BDS) providers to support micro-enterprises in India's value chains. It notes that while various organizations have emphasized promoting micro-enterprises, they often lack external support. The document advocates a value chain approach to connect micro-enterprises and provide them with systematic BDS. Specifically, it proposes identifying key value chains, profiling micro-enterprises and existing BDS providers within those chains, and developing a plan to build capacity and linkages between BDS providers and micro-enterprises to strengthen the value chains.
Promoting micro Enterprises Facilitation Centres in India 050609jiteshindia
Micro enterprises are critical for poverty eradication and local economic development, but they require facilitation support and business development services to promote growth. Currently, most business development services are provided informally without quality standards. The document proposes establishing Micro Enterprise Facilitation Centres at the block level in India, managed by local civil society organizations. These centres would train and oversee a network of qualified business development service providers working in villages. The centres would help standardize and share best practices for business support, with the goal of institutionalizing assistance for micro enterprises across India.
Promoting Livelihoods along the Agriculture Value Chain 230307jiteshindia
This document discusses the importance of taking a value chain approach to promoting livelihoods in agriculture. It defines a value chain as comprising all actors, activities, services, and institutions involved in growing, processing, and marketing a commodity from production to final consumption. A value chain approach is holistic rather than just focusing on production or markets alone. It treats producers and consumers equally and can benefit all stakeholders, especially small producers. The document provides examples of value chains and outlines an approach to value chain interventions that identifies gaps and focuses on improving efficiency to benefit the poor.
Promoting Demand led BDS for micro Enterprises 180610jiteshindia
This document outlines a strategy for promoting demand-led business development services (BDS4ME) to support microenterprises. It describes BDS4ME as non-financial and non-transactional facilitation services to help start and strengthen microenterprises. The key aspects of the strategy include selecting field partners, identifying target villages and households, understanding microenterprises' needs, enlisting demand for BDS, facilitating the supply of BDS through village-based providers, and using monthly BDS cycles to continuously deliver and monitor services. The goal is to provide demand-driven BDS to 400 microenterprises across 20 villages in one block through 40 village-based BDS providers.
Promoting BDS for micro Enterprises through existing Individual BDS Providers...jiteshindia
This document discusses promoting business development services (BDS) for micro enterprises through existing informal BDS providers in rural areas. It notes that micro entrepreneurs often receive informal support from individuals like friends, relatives, suppliers in areas like training, market access, and record keeping. While these services currently help micro enterprises, neither party recognizes them as formal BDS. The document argues that to enhance BDS availability, programs should work with these informal providers by orienting them to view their work as formal BDS services, providing skills training, and addressing issues like fees and impact on their own businesses that could prevent formalization. With support on institutionalization, many informal providers could begin offering structured BDS and help develop that market for micro enterprises.
Pro Poor Value Chain Development 121007jiteshindia
This document discusses pro poor value chain development. It notes that value chain analysis can help identify intervention points to increase efficiency and the poor's share of generated value. The poor need support to participate in existing value chains and negotiate within them. It also stresses supporting value chain actors interested in helping the poor, and conducting outreach, stakeholder consultations, and analysis to identify constraints and solutions to develop intervention plans. The approach focuses on changing processes over isolated problems, leveraging existing players rather than new channels, and building trust among stakeholders. Prerequisites include communicating motivations and having market and actor understanding. Tools include mapping, flow diagrams and competitiveness analysis. Potential interventions support actors, farmers, S
NRLM Key Policy and Programmatic Pointers 100610jiteshindia
The document summarizes the key components and strategies of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in India, which aims to reduce poverty among rural households through self-employment opportunities. It identifies several gaps in the previous Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) program, such as an uneven focus on group-based micro-enterprises rather than individual enterprises or existing businesses. The document provides feedback on improving the NRLM by making it more demand-driven, focusing on individual livelihoods, strengthening business support services, and improving monitoring and evaluation at local levels.
NREGA Policy and Programmatic Pointers 110610jiteshindia
This document summarizes key points from India's NREGA 2005 Operational Guidelines 2008 and provides feedback. It discusses [1] objectives of providing 100 days of guaranteed employment, focusing on households rather than individuals; [2] goals of acting as a social safety net and growth engine but implementation focuses on targets rather than demand; and [3] features around applying for work, minimum wages, and equal pay for men and women being difficult to implement. It provides suggestions around decentralizing planning and involving NGOs for facilitation and social audits to better achieve NREGA's objectives of empowerment and grassroots democracy.
National Policy on Farmers 2007 and AEFC 161209jiteshindia
The document discusses the National Policy on Farmers from 2007 and Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFC). The key points are:
1) AEFCs focus on facilitating agriculture as an enterprise by providing business development services to farmers and linking them with support organizations.
2) The National Policy on Farmers 2007 defines farmers holistically as entrepreneurs, not just related to agriculture production. It aims to improve farm profitability and socioeconomic wellbeing through farming as an enterprise.
3) The policy seeks to orient agriculture as an industry and facilitate the transition from farming to enterprise. Major goals include improving economic viability, promoting agriculture assets, and developing support services.
MSME Act 2006 relating to micro Enterprises 040509jiteshindia
The document summarizes key aspects of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act of 2006 relating to micro enterprises in India. The act aims to promote and develop micro enterprises by facilitating competitiveness, defining micro enterprises as those with investments less than Rs. 25 lakh in manufacturing and Rs. 10 lakh in services. It establishes a National Board and Advisory Committee to examine factors affecting micro enterprises and advise the government. It also outlines indicative activities to promote micro enterprises such as skill development, technology upgrades, marketing assistance, and preferential government procurement policies. State governments are tasked to form Micro and Small Enterprise Facilitation Councils to further these objectives.
M & E of Value Chain Development 291007jiteshindia
Value chain interventions are complex with many interconnected activities and actors. A positive intervention can sometimes yield negative unintended consequences, and vice versa, as changes do not always happen linearly. Monitoring and evaluation of value chain development should focus more on outcomes across all levels of the chain, and the processes involved, rather than just outputs, impact, inputs, and activities. It is also important to emphasize sustainability and involve all actors in the value chain, with a focus on the overall purpose of the development rather than any single aspect.
Livelihoods & Inland Fish Cultivation in India 011208jiteshindia
This document discusses the potential for inland fish cultivation in India to strengthen livelihoods. It notes the high domestic demand for freshwater fish due to increasing incomes and population. While production clusters exist, overall supply lags behind demand. Inland fishermen are among the poorest families but often lack control over local water bodies. Policies aim to facilitate access but social dynamics impact control. The document outlines challenges like the lack of community institutions and facilitating organizations to support extensive fish farming. It argues inland fish production can increase through community involvement, representing a unique livelihood sector associated with backward castes and poor families that requires pro-poor interventions.
Presentation on Community Forestry and micro Finance at IIFM Workshopjiteshindia
This document discusses opportunities for linking community forest institutions with microcredit institutions in India. It outlines that community forestry groups focused on forest management are often financially weak with limited bookkeeping skills, while microcredit groups are more financially stable but may not focus on forestry activities. The document proposes several ways to better connect these groups, such as: (1) helping community forest groups access credit by improving accounting practices or forming cooperatives, (2) motivating microcredit groups to support forestry initiatives, and (3) demonstrating feasible forest-based business models that could receive credit. Overall it argues that community forestry and microcredit groups should work together to facilitate linkages that could strengthen both movements.
Guideline for Extension Reforms in India and AEFC 130710jiteshindia
This document provides guidelines for the Modified 'Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms' Scheme 2010 and promoting Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFCs) in India. It outlines the objectives, strategies, and activities for extension services at the state, district, block, and village levels. The key aspects include establishing AEFCs as autonomous institutions at the block level to deliver holistic, enterprise-focused extension services along the agricultural value chain.
Government of India and promotion of Livelihoods 030410jiteshindia
The summary provides an overview of key aspects of the Government of India's 2010-11 budget as it relates to promoting livelihoods:
1) The budget aims to achieve higher GDP growth while making development more inclusive by strengthening food security and governance systems.
2) The government will act as an enabler and focus on supporting disadvantaged groups through legal entitlements like right to information, work, and education.
3) There is emphasis on agriculture to promote inclusive growth, increase rural incomes, and ensure food security through initiatives like expanding green revolution areas and creating pulses and oilseeds villages.
4) Other livelihood initiatives highlighted include expanding credit and insurance for farmers, developing food processing, skill development
Framework for promotion for micro Enterprises 240709jiteshindia
1) The document presents a framework for promoting Business Development Services (BDS) for micro enterprises. BDS helps micro enterprises with technology, management, marketing and sourcing materials.
2) The framework centers on the economic, community and human development aspects of micro enterprises. It illustrates these three aspects as a triangle, with BDS promotion focusing on one or more areas depending on an area's needs.
3) Different areas may need more focus on economic, community, or human development. The framework can help identify gaps and priorities to better target BDS in a given area. It also provides guidance on selecting appropriate BDS providers depending on an area's development levels and enterprise needs.
Budget provisions during 2009 10 for promotion of micro Enterprises in Orissa...jiteshindia
The document summarizes budget allocations by the Orissa state government to promote micro enterprises and livelihood programs. It outlines funds provided to various departments like industries (Rs. 1 crore for MSME policy implementation), textiles (Rs. 9.77 crore for handlooms/handicrafts), women and child development (Rs. 50 crore for women's self-help groups), panchayati raj (Rs. 15.66 crore for rural employment program), agriculture (over Rs. 200 crore for various schemes) , fisheries (Rs. 30 crore for infrastructure), cooperation (Rs. 8 crore for cooperative institutions), and housing (Rs. 250 crore for urban renewal
BDS for micro Enterprises across the World 220709jiteshindia
This document summarizes business development services (BDS) programs across multiple countries. It describes programs that have facilitated BDS for micro-enterprises through various organizations, the types of services provided like training, consulting, and market linkages, and how the services were paid for, often through grants or fees. Key learnings included the importance of market assessments, working with local providers, and focusing on commercializing and sustaining services after projects end. The document provides many examples of BDS programs targeting small businesses, farmers, and artisans in countries spanning Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Promotion of micro Enterprises in Rural India and NRLM 080909jiteshindia
The document discusses India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) which aims to reduce rural poverty through self-employment and wage employment opportunities. Key points:
1) NRLM seeks to address gaps in the previous Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) program such as uneven formation of self-help groups, lack of capacity building and training, and inadequate access to credit.
2) NRLM's strategy includes universal mobilization of below poverty line households into self-help groups, formation of group federations, capacity building and training, and providing pro-poor financial services.
3) The document argues that NRLM's strategy could
Promoting Village Livelihoods Facilitation Centres in India 050309jiteshindia
1) Micro enterprises are an important part of sustainable livelihoods but cannot thrive or grow when confined within households alone, as they require linkages outside the village to markets. 2) A Village Livelihoods Facilitation Centre could help revive existing micro enterprises and promote new ones by providing services like market information, facilitating linkages, and offering common facilities. 3) Such centers could be initially promoted through other village projects and eventually supported financially by the local government and technically by civil society groups, with village communities managing them.
Promoting Value Chain based BDS Providers in India 180309jiteshindia
This document discusses promoting business development service (BDS) providers to support micro-enterprises in India's value chains. It notes that while various organizations have emphasized promoting micro-enterprises, they often lack external support. The document advocates a value chain approach to connect micro-enterprises and provide them with systematic BDS. Specifically, it proposes identifying key value chains, profiling micro-enterprises and existing BDS providers within those chains, and developing a plan to build capacity and linkages between BDS providers and micro-enterprises to strengthen the value chains.
Promoting micro Enterprises Facilitation Centres in India 050609jiteshindia
Micro enterprises are critical for poverty eradication and local economic development, but they require facilitation support and business development services to promote growth. Currently, most business development services are provided informally without quality standards. The document proposes establishing Micro Enterprise Facilitation Centres at the block level in India, managed by local civil society organizations. These centres would train and oversee a network of qualified business development service providers working in villages. The centres would help standardize and share best practices for business support, with the goal of institutionalizing assistance for micro enterprises across India.
Promoting Livelihoods along the Agriculture Value Chain 230307jiteshindia
This document discusses the importance of taking a value chain approach to promoting livelihoods in agriculture. It defines a value chain as comprising all actors, activities, services, and institutions involved in growing, processing, and marketing a commodity from production to final consumption. A value chain approach is holistic rather than just focusing on production or markets alone. It treats producers and consumers equally and can benefit all stakeholders, especially small producers. The document provides examples of value chains and outlines an approach to value chain interventions that identifies gaps and focuses on improving efficiency to benefit the poor.
Promoting Demand led BDS for micro Enterprises 180610jiteshindia
This document outlines a strategy for promoting demand-led business development services (BDS4ME) to support microenterprises. It describes BDS4ME as non-financial and non-transactional facilitation services to help start and strengthen microenterprises. The key aspects of the strategy include selecting field partners, identifying target villages and households, understanding microenterprises' needs, enlisting demand for BDS, facilitating the supply of BDS through village-based providers, and using monthly BDS cycles to continuously deliver and monitor services. The goal is to provide demand-driven BDS to 400 microenterprises across 20 villages in one block through 40 village-based BDS providers.
Promoting BDS for micro Enterprises through existing Individual BDS Providers...jiteshindia
This document discusses promoting business development services (BDS) for micro enterprises through existing informal BDS providers in rural areas. It notes that micro entrepreneurs often receive informal support from individuals like friends, relatives, suppliers in areas like training, market access, and record keeping. While these services currently help micro enterprises, neither party recognizes them as formal BDS. The document argues that to enhance BDS availability, programs should work with these informal providers by orienting them to view their work as formal BDS services, providing skills training, and addressing issues like fees and impact on their own businesses that could prevent formalization. With support on institutionalization, many informal providers could begin offering structured BDS and help develop that market for micro enterprises.
Pro Poor Value Chain Development 121007jiteshindia
This document discusses pro poor value chain development. It notes that value chain analysis can help identify intervention points to increase efficiency and the poor's share of generated value. The poor need support to participate in existing value chains and negotiate within them. It also stresses supporting value chain actors interested in helping the poor, and conducting outreach, stakeholder consultations, and analysis to identify constraints and solutions to develop intervention plans. The approach focuses on changing processes over isolated problems, leveraging existing players rather than new channels, and building trust among stakeholders. Prerequisites include communicating motivations and having market and actor understanding. Tools include mapping, flow diagrams and competitiveness analysis. Potential interventions support actors, farmers, S
NRLM Key Policy and Programmatic Pointers 100610jiteshindia
The document summarizes the key components and strategies of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in India, which aims to reduce poverty among rural households through self-employment opportunities. It identifies several gaps in the previous Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) program, such as an uneven focus on group-based micro-enterprises rather than individual enterprises or existing businesses. The document provides feedback on improving the NRLM by making it more demand-driven, focusing on individual livelihoods, strengthening business support services, and improving monitoring and evaluation at local levels.
NREGA Policy and Programmatic Pointers 110610jiteshindia
This document summarizes key points from India's NREGA 2005 Operational Guidelines 2008 and provides feedback. It discusses [1] objectives of providing 100 days of guaranteed employment, focusing on households rather than individuals; [2] goals of acting as a social safety net and growth engine but implementation focuses on targets rather than demand; and [3] features around applying for work, minimum wages, and equal pay for men and women being difficult to implement. It provides suggestions around decentralizing planning and involving NGOs for facilitation and social audits to better achieve NREGA's objectives of empowerment and grassroots democracy.
National Policy on Farmers 2007 and AEFC 161209jiteshindia
The document discusses the National Policy on Farmers from 2007 and Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFC). The key points are:
1) AEFCs focus on facilitating agriculture as an enterprise by providing business development services to farmers and linking them with support organizations.
2) The National Policy on Farmers 2007 defines farmers holistically as entrepreneurs, not just related to agriculture production. It aims to improve farm profitability and socioeconomic wellbeing through farming as an enterprise.
3) The policy seeks to orient agriculture as an industry and facilitate the transition from farming to enterprise. Major goals include improving economic viability, promoting agriculture assets, and developing support services.
MSME Act 2006 relating to micro Enterprises 040509jiteshindia
The document summarizes key aspects of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act of 2006 relating to micro enterprises in India. The act aims to promote and develop micro enterprises by facilitating competitiveness, defining micro enterprises as those with investments less than Rs. 25 lakh in manufacturing and Rs. 10 lakh in services. It establishes a National Board and Advisory Committee to examine factors affecting micro enterprises and advise the government. It also outlines indicative activities to promote micro enterprises such as skill development, technology upgrades, marketing assistance, and preferential government procurement policies. State governments are tasked to form Micro and Small Enterprise Facilitation Councils to further these objectives.
M & E of Value Chain Development 291007jiteshindia
Value chain interventions are complex with many interconnected activities and actors. A positive intervention can sometimes yield negative unintended consequences, and vice versa, as changes do not always happen linearly. Monitoring and evaluation of value chain development should focus more on outcomes across all levels of the chain, and the processes involved, rather than just outputs, impact, inputs, and activities. It is also important to emphasize sustainability and involve all actors in the value chain, with a focus on the overall purpose of the development rather than any single aspect.
Livelihoods & Inland Fish Cultivation in India 011208jiteshindia
This document discusses the potential for inland fish cultivation in India to strengthen livelihoods. It notes the high domestic demand for freshwater fish due to increasing incomes and population. While production clusters exist, overall supply lags behind demand. Inland fishermen are among the poorest families but often lack control over local water bodies. Policies aim to facilitate access but social dynamics impact control. The document outlines challenges like the lack of community institutions and facilitating organizations to support extensive fish farming. It argues inland fish production can increase through community involvement, representing a unique livelihood sector associated with backward castes and poor families that requires pro-poor interventions.
Presentation on Community Forestry and micro Finance at IIFM Workshopjiteshindia
This document discusses opportunities for linking community forest institutions with microcredit institutions in India. It outlines that community forestry groups focused on forest management are often financially weak with limited bookkeeping skills, while microcredit groups are more financially stable but may not focus on forestry activities. The document proposes several ways to better connect these groups, such as: (1) helping community forest groups access credit by improving accounting practices or forming cooperatives, (2) motivating microcredit groups to support forestry initiatives, and (3) demonstrating feasible forest-based business models that could receive credit. Overall it argues that community forestry and microcredit groups should work together to facilitate linkages that could strengthen both movements.
Guideline for Extension Reforms in India and AEFC 130710jiteshindia
This document provides guidelines for the Modified 'Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms' Scheme 2010 and promoting Agriculture Enterprise Facilitation Centres (AEFCs) in India. It outlines the objectives, strategies, and activities for extension services at the state, district, block, and village levels. The key aspects include establishing AEFCs as autonomous institutions at the block level to deliver holistic, enterprise-focused extension services along the agricultural value chain.
Government of India and promotion of Livelihoods 030410jiteshindia
The summary provides an overview of key aspects of the Government of India's 2010-11 budget as it relates to promoting livelihoods:
1) The budget aims to achieve higher GDP growth while making development more inclusive by strengthening food security and governance systems.
2) The government will act as an enabler and focus on supporting disadvantaged groups through legal entitlements like right to information, work, and education.
3) There is emphasis on agriculture to promote inclusive growth, increase rural incomes, and ensure food security through initiatives like expanding green revolution areas and creating pulses and oilseeds villages.
4) Other livelihood initiatives highlighted include expanding credit and insurance for farmers, developing food processing, skill development
Framework for promotion for micro Enterprises 240709jiteshindia
1) The document presents a framework for promoting Business Development Services (BDS) for micro enterprises. BDS helps micro enterprises with technology, management, marketing and sourcing materials.
2) The framework centers on the economic, community and human development aspects of micro enterprises. It illustrates these three aspects as a triangle, with BDS promotion focusing on one or more areas depending on an area's needs.
3) Different areas may need more focus on economic, community, or human development. The framework can help identify gaps and priorities to better target BDS in a given area. It also provides guidance on selecting appropriate BDS providers depending on an area's development levels and enterprise needs.
Budget provisions during 2009 10 for promotion of micro Enterprises in Orissa...jiteshindia
The document summarizes budget allocations by the Orissa state government to promote micro enterprises and livelihood programs. It outlines funds provided to various departments like industries (Rs. 1 crore for MSME policy implementation), textiles (Rs. 9.77 crore for handlooms/handicrafts), women and child development (Rs. 50 crore for women's self-help groups), panchayati raj (Rs. 15.66 crore for rural employment program), agriculture (over Rs. 200 crore for various schemes) , fisheries (Rs. 30 crore for infrastructure), cooperation (Rs. 8 crore for cooperative institutions), and housing (Rs. 250 crore for urban renewal
BDS for micro Enterprises across the World 220709jiteshindia
This document summarizes business development services (BDS) programs across multiple countries. It describes programs that have facilitated BDS for micro-enterprises through various organizations, the types of services provided like training, consulting, and market linkages, and how the services were paid for, often through grants or fees. Key learnings included the importance of market assessments, working with local providers, and focusing on commercializing and sustaining services after projects end. The document provides many examples of BDS programs targeting small businesses, farmers, and artisans in countries spanning Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Facilitating planning and implementation of District Livelihood Plan in India 230509
1. Facilitating Planning and Implementation of District Livelihood Plan in India
Jitesh Panda1
Planning has always been central to development process in India. At Government of India level – there
has been thrust on developing and implementing five year plans. This is done through Planning
Commission of India. Similarly, at State level there are State Planning Boards/ Commissions. With
emphasis on local self Governance, many of the States have started focusing on
planning/implementation at Gram Panchayat (lowest unit of local self governance structure) level.
However, there is limited focus of planning at district level.
Livelihoods refer to different activities and related resources that support life. In rural areas, poor
families depend on several livelihood activities like agriculture, livestock and wage earning. At times
these activities positively or negatively influence each other. Most of these activities are influenced by
season and trends in external environment like market. With increasing trend in globalizations,
livelihoods of an area have become more and more dependent on external factors than the local context.
Overall, livelihoods of an area function in a complex environment. Hence, promotion of livelihoods is
quite challenging. Livelihood promotion efforts require planning at community/local level and also over
a larger geographical area. Recent Rural Livelihood Projects (RLPs) supported by bilateral and
multilateral agencies have demonstrated the need for planning - both at community and at a larger area
level.
In context of India, district continues to be the basic unit of implementation of different development
schemes including those related to livelihoods. The three tier local Self Governance structure also
consider district as highest unit of local self Governance. It is observed that, at district level, external
market (including export) interface with the local market. Hence it is desirable to develop District
focused Livelihood Plan. However, in context of India, most of the development efforts are planned
centrally but implemented through district as a unit. District can be a potential unit for planning and
implementing livelihood promotion efforts.
In recent years, there is thrust on decentralized planning. In the long run, the focus is to encourage
participatory planning and implementation at Gram Panchayat level. However, in the medium term
there is thrust on planning at district level. It seems, in a large country like India, district will continue to
be appropriate unit for planning and implementation of development programmes. This is quite evident
in popular schemes like NREGA and RKVY, wherein role of Central/State Government is limited to
formulating broad guidelines of schemes and making available funds. The specific planning and
implementation is left to the jurisdiction of district administration. Each of districts is free to develop
their own perspective plan under NREGA and RKVY. In practice, these planning efforts are done in a
parallel manner by different agencies/departments of Government.
Moreover there are several departments and agencies that can contribute to promotion of livelihoods like
agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, industry, employment, DRDA and also Banks. Coordination
and convergence of efforts of different agencies/departments of Government and also external
Livelihood Promoting Organization can substantially contribute to promotion of livelihoods in the
district. To start with, there is need for different stakeholders to come together and develop a “District
Livelihood Plan”. Based on the plan, different agencies/departments can take up their activities.
Development of District Livelihood Plan would typically involve interaction of different stakeholders,
sharing of experiences in promotion of livelihoods, undertaking specific studies and finally making a
plan based on need of the district and resources under different programs allocated to the district. Such
planning process can best be facilitated by a Civil Society Organization with proven experience and
expertise in promotion of livelihoods, in the State.
1
Senior Consultant, Vrutti Livelihoods Resource Centre, Catalyst Group, 19, 1st Main, 1st Cross, Ashwath Nagar, RMV 2nd
Stage, Bangalore 560 094 India Email: jitesh@cms-india.org