The Maharashtra Rural Prosperity Mission aims to achieve overall human development outcomes in 27 high priority blocks across 13 districts of Maharashtra by 2022. The key objectives are to reduce extreme poverty, improve and strengthen livelihood sectors like agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and non-farm enterprises, and enhance household incomes. The project will directly cover 27,000 households and indirectly impact 2.7 lakh households across the identified blocks. It will be implemented over 4 years in two phases focusing on demonstrated multi-thematic interventions at the household level across eight drivers of the rural economy.

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Maharashtra Rural Prosperity Mission
Goal: To achieve overall human
development outcomes in 27 high
priority blocks by 2022

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Goal and Objective of MH-RPM
Goal: To achieve overall human development outcomes in 27 high priority
talukas by 2021
Objectives:
1. To reduce the extreme poverty in the 27 high priority blocks across 13 districts of Maharashtra
2. To improve and strengthen the existing livelihoods sector and promoting new livelihoods
opportunities by integrating the technologies and best practices available from local and global
experiences.
3. To promote multi-thematic interventions at the household level in eight major drivers for rural
economy i.e. Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Handloom & Handicrafts,
Non farm enterprises, Skilling and Irrigation
4. To enhance the income potential of households reach 1.3x through multi-layered livelihoods
interventions
5. To design interventions and explore partnerships with public, private and social organisations
for the benefit of the project
6. To provide

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Coverage and Duration
Coverage:
• 27 HDI blocks spread across 13 districts (as per the list by Action Room)
• 27000 households across the identified blocks directly and 2.7 lakhs indirectly
• The villages in the block will be taken in clusters for demonstration and impact. The villages
will be representative comprising of different social, geographical, resource availability and
livelihoods.
Duration: Proposed duration of the project is four years
• Phase 1 from 1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019 (16 blocks from Jalna, Buldana, Nandurbar,
Chandrapur, Gondia, Bhandara and Ghadchiroli)
• Phase 2 from 1 April 2019 – 31st March 2022 (All the 27 Blocks of 13 districts)

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Map of 27 HDI blocks

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List of identified 16 blocks across seven districts in Phase-1
District Block Name MPCE SC Population ST Population
Bhandara Tumsar 1,894 25,814 25,087
Bhandara Lakhani 2,010 23,673 8,239
Buldana Jalgaon (Jamod) 1,661 21,422 22,172
Chandrapur Jiwati 1,347 12,500 17,988
Chandrapur Gondpipri 1,570 13,501 13,811
Chandrapur Mul 1,781 14,616 17,406
Chandrapur Nagbhir 1,966 16,560 25,469
Chandrapur Pombhurna 2,053 4,874 13,541
Gadchiroli Chamorshi 1,420 16,135 32,623
Gadchiroli Armori 1,513 11,368 23,120
Gondiya Salekasa 1,460 6,747 23,990
Gondiya Deori 1,811 13,582 55,878
Jalna Bhokardan 1,885 40,012 12,576
Jalna Partur 1,981 22,719 3,056
Nandurbar Akrani 1,622 2,258 187,806
Nandurbar Akkalkuwa 1,723 1,755 209,586

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Expected Outcomes
• Improvement in the livelihoods and income potential of the target beneficiaries in
a sustainable manner
• Strengthening of various village level institutions such as SHGs, FPOs, VSS etc.,
through capacity building and handholding
• Demonstrate and replication of innovative and technologically advanced
interventions in various themes, creating better income enhancement potential
• Farmers are able to realize better productivity and price realization through
technical advisory and marketing linkages
• The farmers, women and youth are capacitated and gain entrepreneurial skills
and leadership qualities
• Convergence of various Government schemes, NABARD and other resource
organization resulted in better and larger outcomes

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MH-RPM Approach
PROGRAM SECTORS
CROSS-CUTTING APPROACH DIMENSIONS
Data-Driven Real-Time
Analytics
Nodal Project
Management
Sector Knowledge Partners
and Private Sector
Household-Customized Support
Cluster Development
(Non-Farm)
Value Chain Development
for Farm and Livestock
Enterprise Development,
Skills & Jobs
Entrepreneurial Last-
Mile Service Delivery
Convergence
With Line Departments Digital Enabled
Innovations
CapacityBuilding&InstitutionalStrengthening
MLE,Documentation&PolicyAdvocacy

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THEMATIC FOCUS
Institutional
Development
MLE
Document-
ation
Cross Cutting themesTechnical Themes

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Proposed Interventions
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Livelihood interventions Nandurbar Jalna Buldana Gondia Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli
1 Paddy
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2 Pulses
3 Vegetables
4 Cotton
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5 Horticulture
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6 Oilseeds
7 Dairy
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8 Small ruminants (S&G)
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9 Poultry
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Proposed Interventions
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Livelihood interventions Nandurbar Jalna Buldana Gondia Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli
10 Inland Fisheries
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11 Handloom & Handicrafts
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12 Non Farm Enterprises
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13 NTFP (Honey, Lac,
Mahua)
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14 Employability Skilling
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15 Sericulture
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16 Spices
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17 Irrigation
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Details of the proposed interventions
1. Paddy Cultivation :
 Mass awareness on System of Rice Intensification method
 FPO formation and Strengthening
 Paddy Collection Centres & better storage facilities
 Processing of Rice (Parboiled, Rice Flour, Rice Flakes, Puff rice etc.)
 Organic certification of rice
2. Cotton Production and Processing:
 Preservation & provision of local & better seeds
 Provide package of practices
 Explore certification through Better Cotton Initiative
 Explore developing cotton based small processing units for Surgical cotton, Microfiber
extraction and low cost sanitary napkin
3. Pulses, Maize, Millets, Oilseed Production and Processing:
 Awareness and training on less water intensive crops
 FPO formation and Strengthening
 Develop package of practices and develop model farmers
 Support in processing and marketing

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Details of the proposed interventions
4. Spices :
 Capacity Building & exposure of FPO leaders and Progressive farmers by Spice Board / Indian Institute of
Spice Research
 Better package of practices for quality spices and high yield
 Installation of processing units with the support of CFTRI and IISR
 Groups of farmers to be trained as ToT for spice processing, packaging and branding
 Collection of samples, Lab testing and creation of product profiles for marketing and better price realisation
 Organise Buyers Sellers Meet for direct market linkage
 Registering farmers and buyers on E-Spice Portal of Spice Board
 Entrepreneur model creation with progressive young farmers
5. Farm Mechanization :
 Setting up of Custom hiring centres
 Demonstrate irrigation technologies like drip, greenhouse, fertigation, pico solar irrigation pump, hydraulic
ramp pump etc.

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Details of the proposed interventions
6. Dairy development:
 Genetic improvement of animals through Sexed sorted semen, Embryo Transfer
Technology
 Supply and plantation of good fodder species in the wastelands, bunds
 Supply of Feed Mixing units to convert the agriculture wastes to fodder and silage
 Cattle health camps, Ethno-veterinary practices
 Develop models of community driven cattle management
7. Small Ruminants:
 Buck Entrepreneur development, Veterinary health services, Ram exchange program
 Training and IEC development
 Introduce better management practices like feed, shelter, drinking water, composting
8. Poultry interventions:
 Backyard poultry mother units through SHGs
 Entrepreneurs for marketing, health care and processing
 Shelter and Feed mixtures from locally available materials
 Marketing linkages for the meat

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Details of the proposed interventions
9. Fisheries:
 Construction of ponds, deepening of reservoirs, bush clearance of catchment
 Entrepreneurship training for spawn and fingerlings culture
 Promote better species, harvesting practices, low cost cage culture
 Support in processing, harvesting and knowledge dissemination
10. Handloom & Handicrafts
 Identify and support the handloom & handicrafts clusters with infrastructure and modern equipment
 Entrepreneurship training for new designs, quality control, marketing
 Conduct exhibitions, buyer seller meets,
11. Non Farm Enterprises
 Develop strategy for the non farm enterprise promotion based on local resources
 Entrepreneurial training to SHGs, Youth groups through resource organisations
 Support in setting up of common facility centres
12. NTFP
 Training to VSS and tribals on better harvesting of forest honey, Lac, Mahua, Leaf plates and others
 Processing and marketing linkages of NTFP

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Details of the proposed interventions
13. Sericulture
 Support in mulberry cultivation and sericulture
 Support in collection of Tussar silk from forests and marketing linkages
 Training to the weavers on the new design and technologies
14. Multilayered interventions in tribal areas
 Youth groups training to practice PoP on vegetable & fruit by cultivating Hillbrooms,
Water Melon, Moringa (drumstick) in fallow lands and bunds
 Women managed nurseries for vegetables, medicinal plants
 Backyard Poultry, Goatry, Inland Fisheries interventions
 Soil and water conservation measures through MGNREGA and Forest Department
 Custom Hiring Centres
 NTFP collection and processing (Honey, Lac, Medicinal fruits and herbs)
 Employability skill building initiatives
 Convergence with NABARD’s Wadi programme, ITDA and Forest Department schemes

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Convergence with Tata Trust’s livelihoods initiatives in MH
1) Lakhpathi Kisan: Executed by the Central India Initiative (cInI), this program enhances agri- &
allied livelihood opportunities. Currently being executed in Dhule & Nandurbar.
2) Convergence of Agriculture Interventions in Maharashtra: This program looks at the FPO
formation & Strengthening; Agribusiness and commodity marketing; IPM, Mkrishi etc. Working
in Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal.
3) Diary Value Chain Development : Linking rural farmers to procurement system through
collaboration with National Diary Services. Operating in Yavatmal district
4) Poultry program: Establishing women producer collectives for livelihood enhancement through
poultry business in partnership with National Small-holder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT)
and GoMH. Working in Chandrapur district
5) Open Source Fisheries Initiative: Unleashing the potential of freshwater resources through
Knowledge Creation and Dissemination; Ecosystem development and Market Linkages.
Operating in Gadchiroli, Pune, Yavatmal
6) Internet Saathi: Getting Rural India Online and Providing Digital Livelihood Opportunities for
Women in collaboration with Google India. Operational in all the districts

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Stakeholders
ACTION ROOM TO
REDUCE POVERTY
• Implementation
architecture
• Facilitate
convergence
• Strategic inputs
• Financial Support
• Policy Advocacy
TATA TRUSTS
• Knowledge Partner
• Programme Management
• Pilot Demonstrations
• Onboarding Staff &
partners
• Capacity Building,
Monitoring, Learning,
Communication
• Design Mobile Apps,
Dashboards, Monitoring
Platforms
DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATION
• Implementation of
interventions
• Convergence of the
schemes
• Supervision for
quality and
timeliness
• Updation of data and
replication
PARTNERS
• Demonstration of proven
models / best practices
• Develop SoPs / Training
Modules / Manuals /
Strategy
• Conduct studies ,
evaluation, assessment,
documentation
• Provide forward &
backward market linkages

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Partners
• The livelihoods component of the Rural Prosperity Mission will be managed by Vijayavahini
Charitable Foundation (VCF). VCF is a section 8 company initiated by Tata Trusts for direct
implementation of livelihoods programmes across the region. VCF will play the lead project
management role, on behalf of Tata Trusts. VCF would also pilot demonstrate the multilayered
,livelihoods interventions and seek convergence with NABARD and Dept.
• VRUTTI: Established in 2002 as a not-for-profit organisation, Vrutti works in six states through
cluster approach with smallholder agriculture. Worked on multiple commodities across the value
chains. It has worked with Responsible supply chain, strengthening of FPOs
• ICSD:Intercooperation Social Development India is registered as a Not for Profit Company under
Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act 2013. It specialises on climate resilient agriculture, animal
husbandry, FPO, Cashew, Value chain and Organic certification
• Centre for Bee Development: Centre for Bee Development (CBeeD) is a registered non-
governmental organization (NGO), functioning since 2000, as a technology resource group in the
field of rock bee management. It propagates the necessary knowledge for the non-violent
harvesting of rock bee honey and wax, their post-harvest storage, processing, product
diversification, quality control and market promotion.
• Jain and Khetworks: Pico Solar irrigation pumps which are cost effective, potable and easy to
maintain for a small and marginal farmers, where water tables are relatively better

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Partners
• ICRISAT / IIHR / IISR: High yielding varieties, technologies related to Agriculture,
Horticulture and Spices respectively
• BASIX: Livelihood training, microfinance and support
• NRMC: It is a NRM based consulting organization specializing on Forestry, Water &
Sanitation, Agriculture etc. It is empaneled as M&E agency for development programs by
Govt. of MH.
• CFTRI / Spice Board/ IIHR / DFRL: Food Processing technologies
• Lean Agro / LEAF / World Vegetable Centre / Safal / KrishiStar / Eco-Zen: Agri and
Horticulture marketing, collection and cold storage

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Monitoring Mechanisms
1.FM Office
2.Secretary of Planning
Dept.
3.Action Room (UNDP)
4.Tata Trusts
5.Line Depts. (Agrl,
A.H., Fisheries,
Forests, TWD, Horti.)
1.District Collector
2.Project Director DRDA
3.Tata Trusts (2) Team
Members
4.Heads of Line Depts.
State-Level Steering Team
District Implementation Team
District
Working
Group 1
• Overall Program
Management
• Operational Strategy
• Monthly Reviews
• New Partner
Engagement
• District-wise Program
Management
• Day-to-day
Operations
• Monitor Mission
Progress

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Action Plan for Q-1
April
2018
• On-Boarding of Staff from Tata Trusts
• On-boarding of the partners
• Baseline Survey
May
2018
• On-Boarding of Staff from Tata Trusts
• On-boarding of the partners
• District level and block level meetings
June
2018
• Capacity Building of Project Functionaries
• Pilot interventions implementation
• FPO / SHG formation and strengthening

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