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Annual Report 2019-2020 1About Brlf TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Message from the President . 2 5. Capacity Building . 44 Cerficate Programme in Rural Livelihoods (CPRL) . 44 MBA in Rural Management . 48 2. About BRLF. 3 Quotes from the Employers. 48 Background. 3 Short-term training Programme in Rural Livelihoods . 48 BRLF: The Value Proposion . 4 Major Vercals of BRLF . 5 Governance of BRLF . 5 6. Research and Knowledge BRLF Organizaonal Structure . 6 Management . 50 Transparency and Accountability. 7 The Tribal Development Report. 50 Geographical Focus of BRLF intervenons . 8 Civil society-State-Community Partnership for Governance Reform and Livelihoods in Tribal Central India: A Study of BRLF’s Ushar Muk Program of West 3. BRLF Work in the Field . 10 Bengal. 51 Background. 10 Evaluaon Study of the Scheme, “Grant-in-Aid to Voluntary Organisaons working for the welfare of Co-finance and Leverage Support to BRLF Projects . 10 Scheduled Tribes.”. 52 Impact of BRLF Projects. 12 Stascs and Documentaon . 52 High Impact Projects in Collaboraon with State Governments . 19 7. Resource Mobilisation . 53 4. BRLF as Centre for Excellence of Ministry of Tribal Aairs . 43 8. Finance . 54 Screening of CSO Partners of MoTA . 43 Audited accounts for FY 2019-20 . 54 Research Study on Ushar Muk. 43 Evaluaon Study of the Grant in Aid Scheme of the Ministry . 43 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT t gives me great pleasure to present the annual report of In 2019, a major milestone for BRLF was its designaon by Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundaon for the year 2019-20. the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India as a ISince its incepon, BRLF has made huge strides in its Centre of Excellence. In this role, BRLF has been mandated mission of moving steadily towards creang an Atma Nirbhar to carry out the screening of NGOs for MoTA's Grant-in-Aid Adivasi Bharat, in line with the vision outlined by the Hon'ble Scheme. It has also been tasked with carrying out a research Prime Minister of India of empowerment and self-reliance. study on the Ushar Muk program to understand the Towards meeng its goals, BRLF has launched several processes and outcomes of civil society and state iniaves in this direcon since its incepon. It is currently partnerships in livelihoods programs in a tribal context. working with 6.54 lakh households in 8,288 villages of 1,941 MoTA has further requested BRLF to carry out an evaluaon Gram Panchayats of 251 blocks of 86 districts across 8 states of its Grant-in-Aid Scheme for NGOs. of the CITB. Of total households impacted by BRLF's intervenons, 5.49 lakh (84%) are Scheduled Tribe The Capacity Building vercal of BRLF has launched the sixth households. The growth in coverage of households since batch of the CPRL in partnership with the IIHMRU, Jaipur. incepon has been 3.31 mes. Together around 174 aspiring tribal professionals have been covered under these special pracce oriented training The growth of BRLF has also meant a steady growth in the programs. A major milestone for the vercal has been the resources it has leveraged across the years from government MoU with Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promoon Society flagship programs and non-government donors. Total funds (JSLPS) on 25th May 2019 to impart training to 90 Field disbursed by BRLF since incepon as grants to CSOs amounts Themac Coordinators to improve current knowledge of to Rs.89.77 crores. As against this investment, BRLF has field staff on contemporary facets of rural livelihoods. The mobilized Rs. 1,355.32 crores as leverage and co-finance. This first batch was launched in May 2019 with 25 parcipants. represents a mulplier of 1:15, i.e., each rupee spent on BRLF's project translates to Rs.15 being mobilized and spent The research vercal of BRLF has worked to bring out the effecvely. first ever Tribal Development Report, which features papers by experts across the country on tribal livelihoods, Special menon needs to be made of the large scale governance, human development and arts and cras. In partnerships with state governments that BRLF has facilitated. addion, it is also carrying out the study on Ushar Muk In West Bengal, the Ushar Muk program (a Bengali name and the evaluaon of the Grant-in-Aid scheme of MoTA. meaning “liberaon from barrenness”) being implemented across 55 blocks of 6 districts of the state has cumulavely BRLF's steady growth would not have been possible without lead to 85,471 schemes being implemented at a total the huge support it has received from so many partners. I MGNREGA expenditure of Rs. 342.31 crores, creang 2.28 would like to thank the Tata Trusts, UNDP, Arghyam, Axis crore person-days of employment. The Odisha Agricultural Bank Foundaon, Hindustan Unilever Foundaon, European Producon Clusters Program being implemented in 40 blocks Union, Ford Foundaon, Global Giving, Impact Guru and Va of Odisha state has ensured coverage of 61,266 poor Tech WABAG Ltd for providing generous financial support to households in 572 Producer Groups. A total of 3723.5 acres of BRLF over the years. irrigaon potenal has been created by leveraging resources through different schemes available in the state. In the Congratulaons are due to the BRLF team for staying true to Chhasgarh MGNREGA-based Mega Watershed project being the vision and mission of BRLF and striving to take it to implemented in 26 blocks of the state, schemes worth Rs. greater heights. I also thank the Ministry of Rural 223.38 crores have been sanconed. Schemes worth Rs. Development and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the 54.65 crores have been completed creang more than 21 lakh members of the EC and GB for their support and guidance person-days of employment. A new partnership with the to BRLF through its most crical years Rural Development Department of Jharkhand is well on its way wherein BRLF will work with CSOs and state government Hasmukh Shah across 24 blocks of the state. These partnerships represent President the realizaon of the vision for which BRLF was created - of upscaling civil society acon in partnership with government. BHARAT RURAL LIVELIHOODS FOUNDATION 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 1ABOUT BRLF Background tranches subject to condions laid down by the Expenditure Finance Commiee. BRLF was mandated to mobilize funds from the State Governments and harat Rural Livelihoods Foundaon (BRLF) is an philanthropic foundaons. Accordingly, each project independent society set up by the Ministry of Rural supported by the BRLF connues to leverage funds from BDevelopment, Government of India (under The the Central and State Government departments, banks, Sociees Registraon Act, 1860) to scale up civil society naonal and state rural development and livelihood acon in partnership with the government. The principal Programmes/schemes. objecve of BRLF is to empower rural India, especially the The inial focus of BRLF operaons is the Central Indian Adivasis in the Central Indian Tribal Region, ameliorang Tribal region, which is among the poorest regions of the the lives of its impoverished populace, and strengthening country and home to 81% of the country's tribal their confidence in the Governance, in coordinaon with populaon. This entails working on blocks/ tehsils/ CSOs, Government of India and the state Governments. talukas/ mandals with at least 20% ST populaon in 1,077 Following the announcement in the Union Budget speech blocks across 190 districts in the states of Gujrat, (2012-2013) made by then Finance Minister, the Union Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhasgarh, Cabinet in its meeng of September 3, 2013 decided to set Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and up BRLF as an independent society to build capacies of West Bengal. rural funconaries, improve the quality of implementaon of flagship programmes, end the sense of alienaon among tribal communies and build back the confidence of people in Indian democracy and governance structures. On January 12, 2014, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between BRLF and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), which culminated in the seng up of BRLF with a corpus of INR 500 Cr to be released in two BHARAT RURAL LIVELIHOODS FOUNDATION 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 BRLF: The Value Proposition BRLF's work is perfectly aligned with most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Naons. BRLF supports all forms of intervenons directed towards transforming the lives of the rural poor, parcularly the Adivasis, Strategically, each project supported by BRLF connue to leverage and then scaling up those which are innovave in terms of its from the vast resources made available on-ground by banks, the content and strategy for the rest. The innovaons could relate to Central Government through its flagship programmes, MGNREGA, technology, social mobilizaon approaches, local instuon DAY-NULM, IAP, RKVY, RADP, NRHM, RGSA, PMGAY, NRDWP, and building, the architecture of partnerships and management TSP. BRLF also plays a role in helping the CSOs leverage funds from techniques. these government programmes and provide the necessary credibility that the CSO partners require due to the contenous To further its objecves, BRLF's focus is on: ground realies of the region. The capacity building iniave of BRLF seeks to create a pool of development professionals for · Supporng PM's iniaves for livelihood security supporng developmental intervenons of Government, CSOs, and community. · Doubling Farmers' Income · Taking forward NPM Agriculture, a form of Natural farming in BRLF also works closely with the partner CSOs to implement line with Bharaya Prakrik Krishi Paddha program Government flagship Programmes and schemes. Consequently, all · Parcipatory Groundwater Management as envisioned in the BRLF project should mandatorily, include work on Pradhan Mantri Atal Bhujal Yojana Swachh Bharat Mission, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Prime · Reforms in government flagship programmes Minister's Soil Health Card Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha · Innovaons in improving rural livelihoods Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jivan Jyo Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna, PM Kasan Samman yojana, Non-Pescide · Value chain development for NTFPs and crops Management Agriculture and Parcipatory Groundwater · Working in the most neglected regions and with PVTGs Management.
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