Simdega district, facing severe Left Wing Extremism (LWE) challenges and lacking industrial infrastructure, has initiated innovative developmental programs, including integrated farming and a community-centric education initiative called 'Mera School Mera Kendra.' The district aims to enhance sustainable livelihoods, improve agricultural productivity, and provide educational support by connecting students with professionals. Additionally, infrastructure improvements like internet connectivity in all panchayats are being implemented to facilitate governance and community development.

1. Praveen Kumar Toppo
D.C Simdega
dcsimdega@gmail.com
Praveen Kumar Toppo
D.C Simdega
dcsimdega@gmail.com

3.  Simdega is one of the 82 Districts which comes
under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) .
 The District Shares border with Chhattisgarh
and Orissa making it as one of the Safe transit Zone
For the Extremists to escape from the Forces. Also
adding to it two of our Blocks comes under Saranda
Forest.
 The District is Severely Hit by LWE Activities , with its
footprint in all the 10 blocks of the district.

4.  According to different Sources there are more than
Seven(7) different splinter groups of LWE’s active in
the District.
 The Major being CPI(Maoist) ,People Liberation
front of India(PLFI) , Pahari Cheeta,
Jharkhand liberation tiger(JLT) ,TPC .
 Most of these So Called naxalite outfits are nothing
more than extortionist shops whose main aim is to
make money in the form of “Levy” on every type of
developmental activities being carried in the district.

5.  34% of the land in the district is covered with
forests making it vulnerable and safe zone for the
Maoists .
 There is no industry/Factory in the District, the
majority of population depends upon
Forest/Agriculture and small Business for their
livelihood.
 Other major issues being Connectivity as lack of
proper Road or lack of Public Transport system is
greatly adding to our woes.

6. So , What and How are we dealing with it.
We have started with some of novel and
innovative ways to approach developmental work
and to deal with the issues.
Lets have a Glimpse of them.

7.  “Integrated Farming” with MGNREGA as the
major component along with various other departments
 The Objective is to provide Sustainable livelihood and
enhance the Financial Sources for Income generation.
 Utilize the convergence policies of the government in an
innovative way.
 Proper land usage and land development.

8. District
Agriculture
Animal
Husbandry
NABARD
Co-operative
Dept.

9.  One site For Integrated Farming per block taken
Up as pilot .
 Total 9 Integrated Farming sites currently running
across 9 blocks.
 These Integrated Farming sites will serve as a
model as our future plan is to replicate this model
across all the 94 panchayats of Simdega District.

12.  Motivate the villagers for agro & Specially Vegetable
Farming. Promoting the plantation and consumption of
Green Vegetable and also to provide a mean to earn money
by selling them in local market .so as to lower the Cost of
green vegetables in the district and include it in the food
basket of the people.
 To Become as a leading District Providing Poultry and other
Meat to the market.
 Become A self Sustained District in terms of Green
Vegetable and Milk.

13.  To provide An Ultra Small Branches of Banks at
the Panchayats.
 The Common Service Centre ( Pragya Kendra)
will work as the Extension centre For the banks at
the Panchayat.
 The CSC(Common Service Centre ) would double
up as the Village level Entrepreneurs (VLE’s)
 The Payments of MGNREGA and other Social
Assistance programs can now be done directly
from the Panchayats.

14.  In the First Step we Ensured that Adequate
infrastructure is Present at the panchayats.
 We Provided the Panchayats with :
 V-SAT – For internet Connectivity in the Panchayat .The
Internet Network being the major hindrance Provision of
V-SAT’s helped us to overcome it.(Simdega would
be the First District in Jharkhand & probably
India to have Internet Connectivity in all its
panchayats(94).
It is starting to help us in various E-Governance
initiatives.

16. Initiaives
in
Education

17. “Mera School Mera Kendra’
 An initiative to nurture dreams…………
 Objectives: “Mera School Mera Kendra” aims at bridging the gap
between students and professional world and expertise.
 Mission: “Mera School Mera Kendra” program will basically help us as:
 A platform where students will be in direct interaction with District officials,
Doctors Engineers and Different professionals from diverge background.
 This will help in inculcating and facilitating dreams and aspiration in
students of the District (pre- Dominantly tribal District) who are generally
unaware of the world and competition outside.
 It will help in providing professional knowledge and will also allow
government officials in fulfilling a part of their social responsibility with a
satisfaction factor.
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18. The key Strategies:-
 Every Govt. officers/Doctors/Engineers of the District Shall Adopt
a School as his Kendra (Centre) and spend atleast 1 hour/week
with the students
 The Other Professionals like Musician / Sports
Person/politicians/Respected Social Workers would also be
encouraged to adopt an school.
Now these Volunteers would :-
 Act as a bridge to strengthen education system by exploring
alternative ways of delivering information and guidance to reach
the most deprived of students.

19.  To be a passive monitor and look after the school and its
activities.
 This would be complemented by a set of supportive
actions such as building the capacity of students and
teachers; triggering district-wide social mobilization
processes to enrich the education system.
 Identify critical gaps in education Process and ways to
Solve them.
 Create a network for voluntary co-operation in local area
so as to promote overall growth of Students and feeling
of community ownership towards the school.

20.  Functioning:
Key People involved :-
 District officials.
 Block level officers.
 Govt. Doctors, Engineers, Nurses and other
professionals/MLA’s/MP’s.
 Socially motivated Civilians of the local area.
 Staffs of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan , namely BEO,
Cluster Resource Person, BPO’s etc.
 Other resource person’s from District such as
Musicians, Sportspersons , Businessmen etc.
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23.  An program “Padho Simdega” is going to be started
in collaboration with “PRATHAM” in two of our most
backward and LWE hit blocks of Bano & Jaldega.
 In two of the most interior Tribal School “Smart
Classes with Computers , projectors and Smart
Science lab & Equipments have been provided with
collaboration with ‘IL& FS”
Education Services “

24. All our dreams can
come true – if we have
the courage to pursue
them
Thank you…