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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ Ministry of Rural Development, Government of No: 284 PRAGATI Newsletter January 2019

Skilling is not teaching: Kaushal Praveen

PRAGATI, January 2019 1 NIRDPR Skilling is not teaching: 3 Kaushal Praveen

CONTENTS

6 11 16 NIRDPR holds convocation National Colloquium Management development ceremony for 15th batch of Secretaries of Rural programme for IES officers PGDRDM students Development and Panchayati on Financial Inclusion, Raj and Heads of SIRDPRs at Entrepreneurship and Rural NIRDPR Development

7 12 18 National Workshop on Effective CFIE organises training Orientation and assessment Implementation of PESA Act programme on Financing programme on Transforming Small Enterprises for Rural India through Strengthening Development PRIs by Continuous Training and e-Enablement

8 14 19 NIRDPR organises SAMARTHYA NIRDPR hosts 19th annual NIRDPR organises conclave training programme for SAGY conference of the Indian for RSETI directors and nodal functionaries of Phase-II & III GPs Association of Social Science officers from sponsor banks Institutions on Development and Change

10 15 Two-day national workshop- Training programme on ICT cum-training on Preperation of Applications for Management of Village Development Plan under Rural Development Programmes PMAGY and Integration with GPDP

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Skilling is not teaching: Kaushal Praveen

killing is not a new concept in India, as the importance of skilling, and with a migration of rural communities to cities Straditionally before the Christian era, gradual lack of patronage, skilling paled in search of odd jobs and a picture artisans who left behind the hallmarks of into insignificance. of rural India that is largely looking ancient civilisations of the country were deserted. Oliver Goldsmith’s poem of With industrial revolution, the products of impeccable skilling. The 1770, “The Deserted Village” seems to concept of white collar and blue collar golden era of any dynasty or ruler was hold good even three centuries later. workforce came into being. Most blue the time when skilled artisans enjoyed collared workforce worked in assembly That said, with economic the patronage of the royalty. lines in the factory which started giving liberalisation at the turn of the century, a Magnificent temples that dot importance to technical training. The greater alignment with global discourse the country, ancient forts and places, industrial revolution also resulted in and global priorities started to emerge remnants of Indus valley civilisation, in India. New sectors and trades Nalanda University, handlooms and  emerged and accordingly the handicrafts, gems and jewellery of Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; demand for skilled workforce in the India that can be seen in museums A breath can make them, as a breath has made; emerging sectors also arose. One of in India and abroad, sculptors, But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride, the outcomes of this alignment is the paintings, martial arts, all of these When once destroyed, can never be supplied. vision called “Skill India”. are footprints of a civilised society - The Deserted Village, Oliver Goldsmith left behind by generations of skilled  What is Skill India? workforce from rural India. Skill India is a campaign In ancient India, skill was transferred a further bifurcation of the blue collar launched by Prime Minister Narendra from one generation to another through workforce into skilled, semi-skilled and Modi on 15th July, 2015 which aims to a meticulous process of apprenticeship unskilled workforce. Skilling in post- train over 40 crore people in India in or an accomplished Master. However, colonial India continued to be aligned different skills by 2022. Skill India calls for during and after the British colonisation, with industrial revolution until the mainstreaming skilling, making skilling skilling lost its sheen and along with it, turn of this century. Globalisation and in various sectors an attractive career the secrets of skilling methodology. The economic liberalisation changed the choice, where a globally relevant skilled British education system that aimed at landscape of employment opportunities workforce achieve the same standard creating white collar workers and clerks and workforce in India. This includes of living, social and economic security. to support its administration, sidelined impact on agriculture, large scale Skilling is gaining great importance in

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Operating Procedures that emphasise on quality of implementation of the programme. The four key pillars of this programme are mobilisation of rural youth, counselling, training and placement. Once a rural youth’s interest in getting skilled in a certain trade is identified through mobilisation and counselling, the critical exercise of skill training begins. Skilling Rural Youth Skilling is different from conventional chalk and talk, teaching and training. Skilling is an art that Training session in progress can be mastered. Skilling rural youth a context where employers lament that dividend of rural India. Great opportunity requires empathy, enabling and college graduates are educated, but not presents itself for about 55 million rural empowering abilities. Bringing about a employable due to lack of requisite skills youth of India who are below the poverty behavioural change, building confidence, that industry is looking for. line to get skilled in any of the 24 identified communication skills and employability sectors and empower themselves. skills in a short span of three months, Why Skill India and Opportunities for demand not only a high level of With a vision to “transform rural poor Rural India? commitment but also mastering the youth into an economically independent As can be inferred from the art of skilling rural youth. A data-driven and globally relevant workforce”, Deen common language of quality to talk about infographic below, a yawning skill gap Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya methodology to skill rural youth has been globally and nationally is estimated in Yojana (DDU-GKY), is a flagship missing for some time now and a need for various sectors by the year 2022 due to programme under the Ministry of Rural the same was discussed at NIRDPR by the many factors that include an aging skilled Development with clear guidelines to training partners about 12 months ago. workforce that does not have skilled implement the programme through a As an outcome of this need, “Kaushal successors, lack of thrust on employability public-private partnership, like other skill Praveen” a ToT to train the trainers on skill skills in higher education, for school-level India initiatives. It aims at transforming training methodology was designed by students to opt for vocational education the lives of rural youth of India through DDU-GKY Cell at the Centre for Skills and and return to formal education when skilling and giving a new direction for Jobs. they choose to. This skill deficit can be sustainable livelihood. However, DDU- addressed by reaping the demographic GKY is unique because of the Standard Kaushal Praveen: Skilling the Skill Trainers In order to strengthen the hands of the DDU-GKY trainers, NIRDPR launched “Kaushal Praveen”. It amalgamates industry-oriented skill training methodology with techniques of rural youth skilling. It actively advocates for doing away with a replication of conventional teaching methods adopted in schools and colleges which are more suitable for knowledge-based pursuits. It takes a critical approach towards Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to understand the psyche of rural youth, addresses learning styles, reasons for dropping out from

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Passive learning class Trainers practising activity-based skilling class

DDU-GKY Students in skill training theory class delivered by trainers who have attended NIRDPR’s Kaushal Praveen ToT school and induces a process to transition measuring the quality of training across 4. In continuation to this ToT, our from passive learning to kinaesthetic, the DDU-GKY training centres among trainers have been conducting active learning methods. the country and also to standardise skill many activities for students which improved participation of students. Out of a target of 2000 trainers training methodology. 5. Students seem to be more proactive in 16 States, close to 600 trainers from Impact of Kaushal Praveen as a result of such activities. across 14 States have gone through Within 30-90 days of undergoing 6. Activities and sessions are being Kaushal Praveen in the past 12 months. A pre-planned for betterment of training and beyond, feedback has been community of trainers has been formed quality. received from trainers, quality leads and who are active and stay connected with 7. After this training, students are centre managers of DDU-GKY training one another and with NIRDPR Master scoring good marks in assessments. partners. Some of the feedbacks verbatim Trainers through the telegram app 8. Students’ involvement and received are below: where they share best practices, seek performance in extra-curricular clarifications and find answers. 1. As a takeaway of this training our activities has improved. Trainers have learnt to train the Efforts are now on to collaborate Kaushal Praveen: A data driven students in a pragmatic way. with Germany, the cradle of skilling in approach to measuring DDU-GKY the first world, to further enhance the training quality 2. Due to this training session our programme. Trainers were able to improve the The programme has pre and post training quality which showed a -assessments and three teach-backs Dr. Sandhya Gopakumaran drastic change in reducing the during which trainers are mentored by Director, Training drop-outs. DDU-GKY NIRDPR using a rubric on a scale of 0-3 to measure training quality on industry- 3. Students are more interactive than Photo credits: DDU-GKY Cell, NIRDPR based parameters. This has helped in before. Cover page design: Shri V. G. Bhat

PRAGATI, January 2019 5 NIRDPR NIRDPR holds convocation ceremony for the 15th batch PGDRDM students

Students belonging to 15th Batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management along with Chief Guest of the convocation ceremony Shri Prawin Kumar Toppo, IAS, Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Government of Jharkhand, Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, Smt. Radhika Rastogi, IAS, Deputy Director General, NIRDPR, Dr. Franklin Laltinkhuma, IAS, Registrar & Director (Admn.) NIRDPR and faculty memebers of Centre for PG Studies and Distance Education

he convocation of the 15th batch and particularly to the rural people of activate the rural development initiative Tof Post Graduate Diploma in Rural India. More than 750 rural development of the country. A batch of 42 students Development Management (PGDRDM) professionals passed out from NIRDPR and who graduated received diplomas from programme at the National Institute are genuinely contributing professionally the Chief Guest. The gold medal for the of Rural Development and Panchayati to manage the rural development best academic performance was awarded Raj was held in the Institute’s campus programmes in the country including to Mr. Anurag Kushwaha, while the silver on 12th January, 2019. The Chief Guest State rural livelihood missions, MGNREGS, and bronze medals were awarded to Mr. for the occasion was Shri Prawin Kumar etc. Students of the Institute actually Shivam Khandelwal and Ms. K. Sahithi, Toppo, IAS, Secretary, Rural Development work at the grassroots level including respectively. and Panchayati Raj, Government of remote villages. Smt. Radhika Rastogi, Dr. A. Debapriya, Associate Professor, Jharkhand. Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director IAS, Deputy Director General, NIRDPR, Centre for PG Studies and Distance General, NIRDPR, presided over the made opening remarks mentioning Education, while presenting the course function and Dr. Franklin Laltinkhuma, about the students’ performance and report of the 15th batch of PGDRDM, IAS, Registrar & Director (Admn.) NIRDPR their role in the upliftment of the rural shared the programme objectives and welcomed the Chief Guest. society. In her advice to the passing main highlights of the batch. He informed Dr. W. R. Reddy, who administered students she emphasised to develop that 99 per cent of the graduating the convocation oath to students, passion to become the change managers. students have secured good placements congratulated the entire 15th batch Shri Prawin Kumar Toppo, speaking in reputed organisations. of PGDRDM. In his address, the on this occasion highlighted on The vote of thanks was given by Director General mentioned about creation of a pool of Rural Development Dr. Akanksha Shukla, Associate Professor, the contribution of NIRDPR’s PGDRDM Professionals who can genuinely help Centre for PG Studies and Distance programme to the society as a whole for the upliftment of the rural poor and Education.

PRAGATI, January 2019 6 NIRDPR National workshop on Effective Implementation of PESA Act

Shri Jual Oram, Honourable Minister of Tribal Affairs, speaking at the national workshop on Effective Implementation of PESA Act,1996

entre for Equity and Social In this two-day workshop, 100 • All the State Acts should be CDevelopment, National Institute members representing all the ten PESA amended in line with the PESA Act in of Rural Development and Panchayati implementing States, i.e., Rajasthan, Scheduled Areas Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad organised Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, • Empowerment of Gram Sabhas a national workshop on Effective Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra in Scheduled Areas by delegating Implementation of PESA Act, 1996 on 5th Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana them the actual power and 6th of January 2019, in association have participated. The participants were with the Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan from various professions like advocates, • The issues related to minor forest Ashram (ABVKA). The workshop was research scholars, ABVKA full-time produce, mining and excise, inaugurated by Dr. D. Srinivasulu, IAS volunteers, tribal social activists, tribal planning and management of minor (Retd.), Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. leaders, academicians from Universities, water bodies and preservation of Andhra Pradesh in the presence of Professors of NIRDPR and government of land alienation in Scheduled Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, officials from Tribal Welfare Department Areas; have to be resolved NIRDPR and Shri Girish Kuber, Shri Yogesh of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. through decentralisation and full Bapat, executives of ABVKA. implementation of the PESA Act The workshop was deliberated Dr. Srinivasulu has emphasised that on four themes - natural resource • Issues related to sensitisation of the PESA Act should be implemented management, customary laws, all the functionaries and political in totality by all the State governments social issues and development and leaders on the PESA Act in the country. Tribal people should administrative arrangements. The be given enough protection in terms On the second day of the workshop, participants were divided into four of reservations. He also reiterated that the Director General of NIRDPR, Dr. W. R. groups and main issues for further course the Governor of Maharashtra is doing Reddy welcomed the Union Minister of of action for bringing effectiveness of the wonderful work for the upliftment of Tribal Affairs and opined that this National PESA Act have been identified. tribal people in the Scheduled Areas. Shri Workshop has given lot of inputs for Girish Kuber, an executive of ABVKA, has The issues identified in the workshop developing training programmes for the pointed out that the tribal’s traditional were: next calendar year on tribal development, lifestyle, knowledge and culture should • Notification of PESA villages particularly for strengthening the be protected by fully implementing the according to the tribal’s traditional governance in tribal areas. Further, the PESA Act. way of governance Director General highlighted that a

PRAGATI, January 2019 7 NIRDPR small committee would be formed for Act and its effective implementation. Constitution and the Legislature of the developing the strategies emerged from The Minister also suggested for taking State and that one has to struggle to the workshop and also to submit it to up the capacity building activities of the restore the Rights and Entitlements of the Union government on this important functionaries of the Tribal Department the individuals within the Constitutional issue by duly involving ABVKA and other along with Rural Development. The framework. The workshop was concluded functionaries. Honourable Minister of Tribal Affairs in with vote of thanks proposed by his valedictory speech opined that there Dr. T. Vijaya Kumar. Shri Jual Oram, Honourable Minister are some pitfalls in the implementation of Tribal Affairs, made a maiden visit The National Workshop was of PESA Act and emphasised on the need to the NIRDPR after joining the Union coordinated by Dr. T. Vijaya Kumar, for the concerted efforts of developing Cabinet and appreciated the efforts Associate Professor and Head and coordination among the departments of NIRDPR while participating in the Dr. Satya Ranjan Mahakul, Assistant of Revenue, Forest, Panchayati Raj and workshop. He congratulated both the Professor, Centre for Equity and Social Tribal Affairs for effective implementation NIRDPR and ABVKA for organising this Development, NIRDPR. of the PESA. He further pointed out that National Workshop on an important everyone should respect the Indian aspect of tribal governance i.e., PESA NIRDPR organises SAMARTHYA training programme for SAGY functionaries of Phase-II & III GPs

Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR addressing the participants of the programme AMARTHYA training programme – a May-July 2015. Also, for 64 State Team of Sikkim and Odisha. And 138 participants Scomprehensive capacity building Trainers/SNOs and 300 Charge Officers of attended from 7 States - Bihar, Gujarat, of SAGY (Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana) Phase-II and Phase-III Gram Panchayats Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, functionaries of Phase-II and Phase-III during April-June 2018. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh on 27th and 28th Gram Panchayats on various aspects of December. The clientele group consisted of of the planning process and effective charge officers of SAGY GPs, State Team Dr. Lakhan Singh, Assistant implementation of the programme was of Trainers and State Nodal Officers. Professor, CHRD & Course Director of organised at Vikas Auditorium, NIRDPR During 17th and 18th of December, 94 the programme delivered the welcome on 17th-18th December and on 27th-28th address. December, 2018. NIRDPR has so far participants have participated from 11 organised training programmes across States - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Shri Rohit Kumar, IAS, Joint India for 182 State Team of Trainers and Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Secretary, PPM & IT, MoRD in his inaugural 653 Charge officers of Phase-I GPs during Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, speech mentioned that the uniqueness

PRAGATI, January 2019 8 NIRDPR of this programme is that there is no with the participants. He started his important role in transforming a village separate budget for this programme session by quoting Prime Minister Shri into a model village. and it strongly advocates and believes in Narendra Modi, from his speech on the Mr. Rijo and Mrs. Uma from SAGY converging with other line departments launch day of Saansad Adarsh Gram division, MoRD, took sessions on of rural development, Panchayati Raj and Yojana. He highlighted some of the Institutional arrangement, Monitoring programmes of other ministries which important messages implicated in the and Reporting, and on how to fill the are being implemented at the grassroots speech of Prime Minister to motivate the Panchayat Darpan. level. He stressed that Ministry of Rural charge officers to work passionately. He Dr. R. Suryanarayan Reddy, Development and Panchayati Raj alone suggested all the charge officers to go Consultant, CPR, NIRDPR who has a disburses more than a crore of rupees to through the speech of Prime Minister. In long association with SAGY headed a every Gram Panchayat and that itself is a his presentation, he shared in detail about session on the VDP framework of SAGY big amount to develop a Gram Panchayat. the goals, values, objectives, approaches and the key processes involved in the He further said that “I am in firm belief and strategies of Saansad Adarsh Gram preparation of the VDP. The session that we don’t need funds, but we need Yojana for the effective implementation covered all the aspects from moulding attitude to make that Gram Panchayat a of the programme. of an idea of planning to the revision of model Panchayat”. He has requested the The ice-breaking session of filling the GPDP document. He has also discussed charge officers to act as the catalyst for questionnaire on various development about the key features of the manual making model Panchayats. activities of a Gram Panchayat took place. for integrated district planning, reports Shri Amarjeet Sinha, IAS, Secretary, This was followed by a session on Mission of the IDP manual planning commission MoRD interacted with the participants Antyodaya: evidence based framework and grassroots level planning and through video conferencing and listened for planning process by Dr. C. Kathiresan, Ramachandran committee. to the experiences and achievements of Associate Professor, NIRDPR. He talked Towards the end, all the participants charge officers from various States. Many about the key parameters used in Mission were divided into nine groups for a group success stories were shared by the charge Antyodaya (MA) for categorising GPs activity. Each group was asked to identify officers. While listening to the success based on scores obtained on selected a Gram Panchayat and bring out the gap stories, the Secretary, MoRD appreciated parameters. He stressed that the readily analysis from the Mission Antyodaya the people of Gram Panchayats and available parameters in MA can be used website. Groups were asked to prepare charge officers for putting their best in development planning of the Gram a village development plan as per SAGY in transforming the villages into Panchayat. He also shared his hands- format based on existing gap analysis. All model villages. Based on his own field on experience on how to use indicators the participants were very enthusiastic experiences, he shared that in many cases of MA available at MA website to all the during group activity and everyone the work done at the field level is more charge officers. contributed for the same. Each group than the work reported on the portal. was asked to make a presentation of their The second half of the programme Therefore, he requested all charge officers VDP in a session chaired by the resource started with the session on participatory to update the completed projects on the persons. Saanjhi portal on time, so that it could tools and techniques for planning by During the concluding session, pass the correct information and could Dr. Vijaya Kumar, Associate Professor & the participants were asked to fill-up an be used as a reference by others. Shri Head, CESD, NIRDPR. He discussed various evaluation form to give their feedback Sanjiv Kumar, Additional Secretary, Rural participatory methods for collecting on various aspects like course content, Development and Smt. Roop Avtar Kaur quality data with the participation of sequencing of session, course/reading were also present during the discussion villagers and shared some success stories. materials, participatory method and and shared their valuable suggestions This session was coordinated by NIC and techniques, duration of the training and advice. MoRD resource persons. The session was programme, knowledge and skills and designed to demonstrate the SAGY portal Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, attitudinal change, boarding, lodging (www.saanjhi.in). NIRDPR has formally greeted all the and recreation. The programme ended participants, faculty of NIRDPR, resource Dr. Raju, Professor & Head, CPME, with the distribution of certificates and persons from MoRD, and NIC New Delhi, started the session on the second day by vote of thanks. Both the programmes and Shri Rohit Kumar. He facilitated the sharing the findings of the study report were coordinated by Dr. Lakhan Singh, interactive session of Shri Amarjeet Sinha, on Performance of Mission Antyodaya. Assistant Professor and Dr. Gyanmudra, Secretary, MoRD with the participants. This session helped the participants Prof. and Head, Centre for Human He has discussed at length about SAGY understand the factors which play an Resource Development.

PRAGATI, January 2019 9 NIRDPR Two-day national workshop-cum-training on Preparation of Village Development Plan under PMAGY and Integration with GPDP

Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR addressing the participants of the workshop cum training on preparation of village development plan under PMAGY and integration with GPDP

IRDPR organises a two-day in the year 2009-10.The objective of of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. Nnational workshop cum training on PMAGY would be to ensure integrated of India, and for playing an important role preparation of village development plan development of the selected 1000 in capacity building of the functionaries under PMAGY and integration with GPDP. villages with more than 50 per cent of under PMAGY. Training programmes SC population into model villages. And by NIRDPR were also planned during Centre for Equity and Social from time to time this scheme is being February and March, 2019. A total of 60 Development, National Institute of expanded to cover more villages in the participants have participated in this Rural Development and Panchayati country. Recently the Ministry of Social National workshop representing 25 States Raj (NIRDPR) has organised a National Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Workshop on Preparation of Village has revised the guidelines of PMAGY Chhattisgarh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Development Plan under Pradhan Mantri and its implementation modalities. In Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) on 21st this regard, NIRDPR has organised a Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and 22nd of January 2019. The workshop two-day workshop cum training on the Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. was inaugurated on the 21st by Ms. Nilam preparation of Village Development Plan Sawhney, IAS, Secretary, Department of The workshop was coordinated by under the PMAGY and the integration Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. Dr.T.Vijaya Kumar, Associate Professor with GPDP for State level officers/officials & Head and Dr. Satya Ranjan Mahakul, of India in the presence of DR. W. R. responsible for guiding and steering the Assistant Professor, Centre for Equity & Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, execution of PMAGY in collaboration Social Development, NIRDPR. and Ms. Kalyani Chadda, Joint Secretary, with SIRDs. The main purpose of this DoSJ & E, Govt. of India. The workshop workshop is to appraise the States/UTs sought to deliberate on ways to enable on revised guidelines of the scheme, MIS, the functionaries in preparation of monitorable indicators, identification Village Development Plan for effective of gap analysis, and preparation of implementation of Pradhan Mantri village development plan and to finalise Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY). the regional workshop for organising Dr. T. Vijaya Kumar, Associate the capacity building activities for Professor and Head, Centre for Equity District level functionaries involved and Social Development, NIRDPR said, in the execution of PMAGY. NIRDPR the Govt. of India launched the Pradhan was identified as a resource support Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) organisation for PMAGY by the Ministry Coverage in media

PRAGATI, January 2019 10 NIRDPR National Colloquium of Secretaries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Heads of SIRDPRs at NIRDPR

Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, Smt. Radhika Rastogi, IAS, Deputy Director General, NIRDPR, Dr. Franklin Laltinkhuma, Registrar, NIRDPR along with the Secretaries and Heads of State Rural Development and Panchayati Raj at the national colloquium

he National Colloquium of Secretaries was to assess the expectations from need to prepare themselves to meet the Tof RD&PR and Heads of SIRDPRs for NIRDPR, SIRDPRs and ETCs to facilitate capacity building and training needs of the year 2018-19 was held at NIRDPR, effective management of their respective all the departments/ ministries. th th Hyderabad on 17 -18 January, 2019. programmes in the context of ongoing Shri Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary (RD) The annual event was organised to review scenario changes and priorities. addressed the colloquium through training and research performance, Apart from plenary presentations video conference on the second day. share best practices and new initiatives and interactions, group discussions Secretary (RD) highlighted the need of the States, SIRDPRs and NIRDPR were also held wherein the areas and for convergence between SIRDPRs and to deliberate upon the issues and themes for training for 2019-20, ways to and SRLMs. While SRLMs can make use concerns of training institutions. The improve quality of training, augmenting of training infrastructure of SIRDPRs colloquium helped NIRDPR and SIRDPRs quality human resources, funding for and ETCs, training institutions can to plan training and research activities recurring and non-recurring expenses access resource persons of SRLM. He for effective implementation of various and expectations from NIRDPR were exhorted SIRDs, ETC and NIRDPR to initiatives for rural development and deliberated upon in groups. The outputs bring transformational changes in rural Panchayati Raj for the ensuing year. The of group work were presented in the India using resources available under occasion also serves for stock-taking of plenary and action points for way forward RGSA. ERs must be fully aware of their issues relating to institution building in were identified. role in the 29 sectors and also know the terms of infrastructure development, resources available in these sectors in The Colloquium started with a faculty requirements, networking with the GP. RGSA gives flexibility to engage welcome address by Smt. Radhika extension training centres and other NGOs for training programmes, to use Rastogi, Deputy Director General, institutions. multi-media and to organise exposure NIRDPR. In her welcome address she visits. Every medium of capacity Keeping the above objectives in observed that there is a need to enhance building can be experimented with. He view, the colloquium for the year 2019 the capacities of SIRDPRs and make them observed that elected representatives had been planned. Inaugural session extensions of NIRDPR. Smt. Leena Johri, have enthusiasm for reading materials. was followed by the review of training Joint Secretary (Rural Livelihood), Ministry Training institutions should capture and research performance of SIRDPRs. of Rural Development, in her opening this enthusiasm to enable GPs move The best practices of the institutions address mentioned that there was a need faster. If elected representatives and were also shared. Recent initiatives of to prepare a roadmap which guides us to SHGs give more attention to village/GP the NIRDPR and Govt. of India such as achieve what we have not been able to level institutions such as school, primary POSHAN Abhiyan (Nutrition Mission) and do so far. She also observed that SIRDPRs health centre, anganwadi, etc., quality of revamped Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram should work as per the requirement education, healthcare, nutrition, etc., will Yojana (PMAGY) were also shared. As part of the State. In his inaugural address, improve. ERs and SHGs must be oriented of the need assessment, presentations Dr. W. R. Reddy, Director General, NIRDPR and motivated to take charge of these by the senior officials of the programme observed that SIRDPRs and NIRDPR have institutions. divisions of MoRD were made. Secretary to rediscover at this inflection point (RD) addressed the colloquium through where convergence from the top level The programme was coordinated video conference and shared national to the grassroots level is emphasised. by the Centre for Research, Training priorities and strategies. The attempt He suggested that training institutions Coordination and Networking (CRTCN).

PRAGATI, January 2019 11 NIRDPR CFIE organises training programme on Financing Small Enterprises for Rural Development

Smt. Radhika Rastogi, IAS, Deputy Director General, NIRDPR (1st row, fourth from left) and Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor, Head of CFIE (1st row, fifth from left) with the participants of the training programme

entre for Financial Inclusion and attention from the government, banks Contents of the programme were: CEntrepreneurship (CFIE) organised and social organisations. As a matter • Contribution of small enterprises to a five-day training programme on of fact, the developing countries need rural development “Financing Small Enterprises for Rural to focus on financing small enterprises • Financing micro and small Development from 7th – 11th January, 2019 so as to reduce poverty by helping the enterprises for rural development at NIRDPR, Hyderabad in collaboration underprivileged to establish micro/ with CICTAB, Pune. The programme was small enterprises. Providing rural finance • Renewable energy: recent inaugurated by Smt. Radhika Rastogi, on a large scale can help economic developments and way forward IAS, Deputy Director General of NIRDPR. development thereby achieving financial • Role of FPOs in promoting Welcoming the participants, she gave a inclusion also. However, there is a need sustainable livelihoods and inclusive brief overview of the programme, spelt to provide skilling and entrepreneurship growth out its objectives and conducted a self- development to the youth, in addition • Rural entrepreneurship and frugal introductory session. A total number to facilitating availability of finance, to innovations of 16 participants from Bangladesh (1), ensure sustainability of the livelihoods. Nepal (13) and India (2) participated in • Agriculture value chain financing the programme. CFIE’s in-house faculty The broad objectives of the programme with special focus on food processing members and select guest faculty as were: industries in India subject matter specialists contributed to • To sensitise participants on financing • Role of good governance in rural the programme. of small enterprises for rural development The importance of MSME sector in the development and policies, strategies • Application of geoinformatics in Indian economy is indisputable. This is and programmes in India; rural development equally applicable to the economies of • To help participants appreciate the • Skilling for rural India other SAARC countries. Micro and small role of financial institutions in rural enterprises account for more than 90 • Local governance for rural development in the context of their per cent of total number of MSMEs in development managerial challenges and business India. The relevance of small enterprises • Cooperative business model and opportunities; and therefore plays an important role in rural development various areas of the Indian economy, • To enable participants understand Methodology including growth rate of GDP, exports, the best practices being followed by creation of employment and rural financial institutions in India while A range of training methodologies development. Accordingly, financing financing small enterprises for rural were used during the programme duly these small enterprises needs special development. keeping in view the broad and specific

PRAGATI, January 2019 12 NIRDPR objectives of the programme, duration the mission to support and strength- Gangadevipalli has 13 committees and expectations of the participants. en the development process of In- like alcohol prohibition committee, They are: dia’s poor communities, particularly health committee, drinking water • Lectures and interactive sessions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. management committee, etc. Each (PPTs) They are mainly involved in commu- committee consists of 11 to 25 mem- nity development, capacity building bers. The committees are sincerely • Group discussions/ Case studies on and entrepreneur development. doing their work for the benefit of various topics They conduct both national and in- everyone in the village. One person • Video clips and discussions ternational training programmes on from each household is supposed • Individual and group activities/ Community Driven Development to become a member of at least exercises (CDD). one committee. There are few peo- • Recap sessions On 9th January, Shri Shoury Reddy, ple who are members in more than Executive Director addressed the one committee. Although, villagers • Field visits participants and made a presen- belong to various political parties, Field Visits tation about the organisation, its they stand united when it comes to To impart practical knowledge and rein- origin, activities done by them and development activities. The villagers force the learning made in the classroom, progress achieved. solve all of their disputes within the the following field visits were organised: village level. The successful function- Participants met André Bourassa, ing of the model village has resulted 1. Rural Technology Park at NIRDPR Vice-President of SOPAR who was on a visit to India. Water and sanitation in its smooth functioning and has The participants were taken to Rural is one of the main activities under ensured that no police complaints Technology Park (RTP) on the NIRD- Community Development of Bala Vi- were registered in the past 14 years. PR campus. Dr. Ramesh Shakthivel, kasa. In the evening, the participants Associate Professor & Head, Centre The participants were keen in under- were taken to one of the outlets of for Innovations and Appropriate standing the functions in the model their purified water systems in the Technology, interacted with the par- village and they expressed wish to town. The outlet had a purification ticipants. Dr. Ramesh explained to implement such model back home unit and provided with machines for them about RTP, and its importance in their area. providing purified water to anyone in promoting frugal innovations in who is an Any Time Water (ATW) card Feedback and Evaluation a big way and helping the rural en- holder. The payment is kept very low trepreneurs to establish the unit, The programme was a success, as at `3.00 per 20 litres of water, so that skilling and achieving sustainability. per the feedback received from the purified water is freely available but He also discussed the role played participants. All participants felt will not be wasted. by RTP in uplifting the rural people that the training was useful in many in all aspects of life such as capacity On 10thJanuary, presentations ways. They were able to gain many building, rural employment gener- were made by their faculty on or- ideas which could be attempted ation and livelihoods, etc. Later on, ganic farming, model village Gan- back home to achieve better the participants visited various stalls gadevipalli. Participants also met results in various areas, especially to learn practical aspects, which in- Mrs. Bala Theresa Angèle, founder in financing small enterprises and cluded making eco-friendly building of Bala Vikasa. Later, the participants how to make them sustainable. They blocks, vermicompost unit, waste were taken to field where demon- were delighted about the field visits, paper recycling unit, etc. stration of making organic manure, which helped them gain practical pesticides, etc., were made to ex- 2. BalaVikasa, Gangadevipalli, Wa- knowledge in dealing with small plain in detail to them. They also rangal district enterprises, how well things could be interacted with villagers involved in managed by forming a model village The participants were later taken to organic farming. Participants were by following the methodologies Ganagadevipalli, a village located also taken to a bakery unit which adopted by Gangadevipalli Gram in Geesugonda mandal in Warangal was supported by them. The bak- Panchayat. district. Gangadevipalli was adopt- ery unit was successfully running. ed by Bala Vikasa as a model village. The participants interacted with the The programme was coordinated by SOPAR – Bala Vikasa is a non-profit entrepreneurs to know more of the Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor organisation founded in 1977 by practical aspects of sustaining small & Head CFIE, NIRDPR and Shri G. Bala Theresa and André Gingras with business units. Umesan Pillai, Consultant, CFIE.

PRAGATI, January 2019 13 NIRDPR 19th annual conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions on Development and Change

Prof. R. Radhakrishna, Chairman, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions and Prof. Yoginder K Alagh, Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat lighting the lamp during the inaugural ceremony 19th annual conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions as Dr. W . R. Reddy, IAS, Director General looks on ational Institute of Rural invited on following themes: growth, that the issues of youths, children, NDevelopment & Panchayati Raj employment and social security, aspects gender, and vulnerable people should (NIRDPR), Hyderabad organised the of human development, development be researched on priority basis. Further, 19th annual conference of the Indian and social exclusion/inclusion, State he stressed that the social inclusion/ Association of Social Science Institutions policies, public finance and development, inclusive development of the society is on the theme of Development and agrarian change and rural development, more important than the reduction of Change, jointly with the Centre for development, politics and contestations; poverty. While discussing the inclusive Economic and Social Studies (CESS), migration, development and change development, he stressed on the need Hyderabad during 11th-13th January 2019. under the broad concept of social for a unique approach to understand Keeping in view the complexity inclusion. the inequality among homo sapiens of the concept of development and The conference received community as it has been described in the change which it brings about, overwhelming response from the Prof. Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book. the understanding of the process of participants of different institutions and Prof. K. L. Krishna, Chairman, Madras development and its impact on society, States. About 123 papers were selected Institute of Development Studies, economy and polity is imperative. Since and invited for oral presentation from Chennai, talked in length about the the issues of development differs from academicians, researchers, practitioners, socio-economic development scenario of one region to another due to their and civil society organisations during the India and its need. specific context, the policy prescription three days of the conference. Prof. Yoginder K Alagh, Chancellor, regarding development for regions is Prof. S. Galab, Director, CESS, Central University of Gujarat and Former also contextual. However, the importance Hyderabad in his welcome speech, Union Minister, Government of India of contextual differences across the mentioned about the importance of and Conference President, spoke about regions has been undermined and organising this conference periodically the linkages between ideology and challenged many times because of and how the outcome of the conference is economics. He described some of the economic globalisation and other useful for academicians and policymakers factors that determine policy ideas and things. Simultaneously, there has been to understand the development also discussed the controversies which an emerging global consensus on requirements. the agenda of development through surrounded Indian policies during international institutions in the form of Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, different planning period. He summarised ‘millennial and sustainable development’ NIRDPR, Hyderabad, underlined the his talk by discussing India’s high rate goals. Against this backdrop, the objective need for collaboration and convergence of growth and the future role of non- of this conference was set to revisit the between the academic institutions and renewable energy in it. He concluded old and new questions of development academicians for accelerating the process by saying that the real issue for India and social change. The papers were of development. He also mentioned is to get its global glory, growth across

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------gender, caste or religious lines, otherwise Vyas Memorial Lecture on Agricultural deemed Universities. Thereafter, selected markets cannot function. The session and Rural Transformation for Inclusive research papers were presented in was chaired by Prof. R. Radhakrishna, Growth. The session was chaired by Prof. different technical sessions. Chairman, Indian Association of Social D Narsimha Reddy, Visiting Professor, On the third day of conference, Science Institutions (IASSI) and Chairman, Institute for Human Development. Shri Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra, Member Centre for Economic and Social Studies, S. M. Vijayanand, IAS (Retd.), former Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Hyderabad. Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, delivered and former Director General, NIRDPR, Eminent academic scholars across a memorial lecture on Bharat Ratna Shri Hyderabad, delivered a special lecture the country were invited as keynote . In his presentation, on Panchayati Raj Institutions and speakers. Prof. S. R. Hasim, Chairman, he mentioned the vision and mission of Dr. T. Vijaya Kumar, IAS (Retd.), Advisor Institute of Human Development (IHD), Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the holistic (ZBNF), Co-Chairman, Rythu Sadhikara Delhi spoke on ‘Seventy Years of Indian development of India. The programme Samstha (RYSS), Government of Andhra Economy: Growth and Challenges’ and was concluded with the valedictory Pradesh delivered a special lecture on Prof. Surinder Singh Jodhka, Professor of address by Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra Sustainable Agriculture Development. Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social and vote of thanks by Prof. Alakh N. In the afternoon session, the research Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Sharma, Member Secretary, IASSI. papers under different technical sessions New Delhi, delivered keynote speech were presented. The conference was organised by on ‘Social Change: Moving Beyond the Dr. Lakhan Singh, Assistant Professor, Hegemonic Narratives.’ The session The second day of the conference Centre for Human Resource Development was chaired by Prof. Sudipto Mundle, started with plenary session on theme and by Dr. R Ramesh, Associate Professor, Emeritus Professor, National Institute of of management of universities: Central Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). Prof. S Universities, State Universities, deemed- Centre for Rural Infrastructure, NIRDPR. Mahendra Dev, Director & Vice Chancellor, to-be Universities and private Universities Prof. Venkata Reddy Kata was the co-local Institute of Development State Acts. The panellists were the Vice organiser from Centre for Economic and Research, Mumbai delivered Prof. V S Chancellor of select Central, State and Social Studies, Hyderabad. Training programme on ICT Applications for Management of Rural Development Programmes

The participants led by Shri G. V. Satya Narayana, Senior Assistant Professor, Centre for Information and Communication Technology visiting the National Academy of Construction, Hyderabad he Centre for Information and 7th to 11th January, 2019 at the Institute. forests and environment, RMSA TCommunication Technology (CICT), Thirty-five officials representing rural (education), State Rural Livelihoods NIRDPR organised a training programme development, Panchayati Raj, Zilla Mission (SRLM) and academicians from 11 on ICT Applications for Management of Parishad/ Zilla Panchayat (ZPs), DRDAs, States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Asom, Rural Development Programmes from SIRDs/ ETCs, rural housing, horticulture, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,

PRAGATI, January 2019 15 NIRDPR Odisha, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Uttar application of ICTs for e-Governance information technologies in the domain Pradesh and West Bengal participated in services in various sectors such as citizen of rural housing. The participants were the programme. centric services, NSAP, MGNREGS, PMAY, also taken to Rural Technology Park (RTP) in addition to information systems The main focus of the programme at NIRDPR, where they were introduced to development, geoinformatics, IEC, was to sensitise functionaries of rural innovative and appropriate technologies project management, Panchayat development, Panchayati Raj, ZPs/ in rural housing with a demo of various Enterprise Suite (PES), PFMS (Public DRDAs, rural housing, SIRDs/ETCs and skill development initiatives for livelihood Finance Management System), e-Office line departments to the potential of ICTs generation. The participants expressed and innovative technologies in rural and its applications in e-Governance, gratefulness to Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, housing were discussed as part of the digital India, geoinformatics, social audit Director General, NIRDPR for providing programme. for monitoring & evaluation, IEC, project this opportunity. management for effective management A visit to the National Academy of The training programme was of rural development programmes, Construction, Hyderabad was arranged conducted and coordinated by e-Learning and providing skills in as a part of the programme to provide Shri G. V. Satya Narayana, Senior Assistant development of information systems. more insights into issues, challenges, Professor, Centre for Information and To meet the above objectives, innovative technologies and utility of Communication Technology (CICT).

Management development programme for IES officers on Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development

Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR and Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor, Head of CFIE with IES officers who participated in the management development programme on financial inclusion, entrepreurship and rural development Management Development critical indicator of development and like illiteracy, fear of failure/risk, lack AProgramme (MDP) titled Financial well-being of a society which has become of finance, and competition from their Inclusion, Entrepreneurship and Rural a basic priority in many countries, urban counterparts. Development was conducted during including India. However, there is still After the self-introductory session, December 24-29, 2018 at NIRDPR a long way to go before India reaches the inaugural address was made by Campus, Hyderabad. The five-day MDP acceptable levels of financial inclusion. Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, was designed to help participants (IES As per 2011 Census, 68.84 per cent NIRDPR. Thanking the Ministry for the Officers) appreciate the problems faced people are living in rural India, which opportunity given and treating the by rural entrepreneurs and steps to be is characterised by unemployment participants as ‘Brand Ambassadors’ taken by various stakeholders in ensuring and poor infrastructure facilities. These hundred per cent financial inclusion. issues may be addressed by taking of NIRDPR, the DG extended a warm 14 IES Probationary Officers from the up entrepreneurship development welcome to the officers. Sharing his views Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry programmes for the benefit of rural youth. on the five-day programme-structure, he of Finance, New Delhi attended the Rural entrepreneurship can take place in asked the CFIE to look at the possibility training programme. diverse fields like business, industry and of adding sessions on – (i) Panchayati Raj Financial inclusion is considered agriculture, and can be a potential factor System - Decentralised Planning for Local globally as an effective means to for economic development. However, the Governance; and (ii) Social Audit, which sustainable economic growth and a rural entrepreneurs have to face issues was duly complied with by the Centre.

PRAGATI, January 2019 16 NIRDPR Speaking on the issues which are out the works related to above-cited Resource Persons/Faculty coming in the way of building database, schemes while working at the grassroots CFIE and NIRDPR’s in-house the DG said that there is a need to create to realise the development envisaged. faculty members and select guest hard and quality data as the adequacy, While doing so, care should be taken that faculty as subject matter specialists relevance and reliability of the available action plan preparation happens with cum practitioners with rich experience data at the moment have become a big participatory approach which proves to and expertise in the areas of – question mark. In view of the prevailing be a ‘Game Changer’ under the campaign financial inclusion, rural development, situation, the officers in their respective ‘Sab Ki Yojana - Sab Ka Vikas.’ Besides, the microfinance, self-help groups (SHGs), departments should strive to strengthen DG wished that the officers should make livelihood promotion, geoinformatics the database to make them evidence- an effective use of IT and GIS applications application in RD, panchayati raj, digital based datasets so that better research as their arsenal which enables them banking, NRLM, social audit, rural work can be undertaken leading to policy perform with speed and precision. entrepreneurship, agri. value chain formulation and advocacy. Later, Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Finance, FPOs, etc., participated in the The DG gave a brief overview on Professor, Head of CFIE welcomed the programme and contributed to its how NIRDPR has been working to reduce participants, gave a brief overview of the success. poverty through several government programme, and spelt out the objectives Methodology schemes. He felt that an effective of the programme. A range of following training translation is needed to transform the Coverage of the MDP rural India by area-based approaches methodologies were used during the This training programme covered such as training programme, duly keeping in view various aspects related to the theme its broad and specific objectives, duration • Enabling right-based employment viz., (i) Financial Inclusion for Rural and expectations of the participants. through schemes viz., MGNREGA Development; (ii) Rural Development scheme, where the government Programmes – An Overview; (iii) GIS • Lectures and interactive sessions sanctions around ₹50,000 crore per Applications for Rural Development; (iv) with the help of PPTs; annum, in addition to other schemes Digital Banking & Role of PFMS for Rural • Video conferencing through Skype; like REGP, JRY, Food for Work, etc. Development; (v) Role of Decentralised • Video clips, short films and • Creation of rural infrastructure in Planning in Local Governance; (vi) NRLM: discussions; terms of hygiene and sanitation, Creation of Rural Livelihoods for Financial construction of rural roads, health Inclusion; (vii) Social Audit; (viii) Frugal • Recap sessions and brief-talks on centres, providing drinking water, Innovations and Rural Entrepreneurship select topics (KCC, FPOs, MSMEs, education on child rearing to the Visit to Rural Technology Park (RTP); Training Methodology, etc.) mothers. (ix) Innovations in Agriculture Finance by the participants before the with special reference to Value Chain • Building social capital through commencement of regular sessions Finance; (x) Export Potential of Indian women empowerment by making everyday; Agriculture with special reference to effective use of SHGs, Cooperatives, Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables; (xi) Role of • Field visit/exposure to RTP, SHG-Federations, Village Collectives (FPOs/Cooperatives) in Rural Mulkanoor Cooperative Rural Bank Organisations and Microfinance, etc. Development, (xii) Empowerment of and Marketing Society Ltd., Warangal • Skilling rural youth through RSETIs, Women for Rural Development; and (xiii) (Urban) and Mulkanoor Women’s schemes such as PMKVY, MUDRA, Risk Management in Indian Agriculture & Cooperative Diary, Warangal (Urban). DDU-GKY, etc., which empower Allied Sectors. them for getting employed. To impart practical knowledge and Special Sessions reinforce the learning made in the • National social security assistance - classroom, field visits were organised to Building social security safety nets Besides, a special interactive the Rural Technology Park,NIRDPR and for extending support through session (classroom) was organised with Mulkanoor village. pensions for old-aged, widows and Dr. K.K. Tripathy, IES on career of IES destitute and disabled (physically officers: Opportunities & Challenges in Feedback and Evaluation handicapped) categories. the context of rural development; and Participants’ feedback, which is very a special session (video conference) on • Financial inclusion: Introducing important to evaluate the programme Management and Firm Productivity: insurance as a risk mitigation tool. and initiate suitable steps thereby A Missing Element in Indian Industrial to improve the training process, was Sab Ki Yojana - Sab Ka Vikas Strategy was arranged with Dr. Paul captured using customised format. They The DG felt that there has to be Kattuman, Associate Professor, Judge have given an excellent overall feedback an institutional support or network School of Business, University of about the programme. mechanism such as Panchayati Raj/ local Cambridge, Department of Applied governance institutions (ideal size of Economics and lecturer in Economics at The programme was coordinated by Panchayats: 3000-5000 people) to carry Durham. Dr. M. Srikanth.

PRAGATI, January 2019 17 NIRDPR Orientation and assessment programme on Transforming India through Strengthening PRIs by Continuous Training and e-Enablement

elected representatives and PR officials; and role of Gram Sabha. Second session was taken by Dr. Pratyusna Patnaik on Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), (Central Guideline). The third session was taken by Dr. Shafia Wani, faculty, IMPARD on development programmes/schemes (major CSS & State schemes).

The second day of the training programme began with a session on Panchayat Office Management Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) by Participants of the programme with Dr. Pratyusna Patnaik (seated third from the left), Mr. Malik Mohammad Ishfaq, State Master Assistant Professor, Centre for Panchayati Raj (CPR), NIRDPR Resource Person, PES. Further, Mr. Abdul he Centre for Panchayati Raj ERs at all levels, Panchayat management, Rashid Haroon, Ex. FA/CAO, IMPARD (CPR), National Institute of Rural own-source revenue generation, T delivered a lecture on financial resources Development and Panchayati Raj Acts for vulnerable groups, women, of Gram Panchayat (Gram Panchayat (NIRDPR) organised a State-level children, PWD, elderly, flagship centrally budget, accounts and auditing). The orientation and assessment programme sponsored schemes and State schemes, last session was taken by Prof. Mustaq of Master Resource Persons (MRPs) financial management, social audit and Ahmad, Director Training (K), IMPARD on at IMPARD, Srinagar, during 21st-24th accountability, leadership development, leadership skills. The second day ended January, 2019. This is the second formulation of GPDP, localising with written test to assess the subject ToT programme on orientation and sustainable development goals and knowledge and achievement of learning assessment programme of Master e–Panchayat (PES). The technical sessions objectives by NIRDPR team. Resource Persons (MRPs) conducted were carried out by the faculties from under the transforming India through NIRDPR, Hyderabad, IMPARD, J&K and The third and fourth days’ training strengthening PRIs by Continuous officials from various departments of J&K programme was assessed batch-wise st Training and e-Enablement (TISPRI) in a larger context on the above selected by the national assessors. The 1 batch project. The programme was organised thematic areas through thoughtful mix of was assessed by Mr. Aziz Ahmed, SDM, to certify master resource persons from lecture-cum-discussion. Chadoora, J&K and Mrs. Smita Kulkarni, Retd. Principal, Jansiksha Sangsthan, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to strengthen The training programme started Aurangabad Maharashtra. The 2nd batch the Panchayati Raj system of J&K. The with an overview of the transforming accessed by Dr. Satyapriya Rout, Associate programme was covered in two batches India project, certification of master Professor, Sociology, UoH, Hyderabad for officials from Kupwara and Baramulla resource persons and briefing about and F. A. Peer, IAS (Ex-Commissioner, districts. The participants from the the modules/units that form part Secretary, Rural Development, J&K). The both district were block development of knowledge/skill requirements of participants presented a paper on various officers, village level workers, Panchayat the resource persons, assessment thematic areas such as Panchayat Raj Inspector, Panchayat Secretary and MPW. framework formation of thematic area- Act, J&K, Halqa Panchayat, Panchayat The programme was inaugurated by wise groups by Dr. Pratyusna Patnaik, management, ICT, etc. Prof. Mustaq Ahmad, Director Training (K), Assistant Professor & programme IMPARD, J&K. There were a total of 36 and coordinator, NIRDPR and by NIRDPR The four-day ToT ended with formal 43 participants from Kupwara district and training managers team comprising valedictory session and distribution Baramulla districts, respectively. Dr. Rimki Patgiri and Dr. Dambarudhar of certificates to participants by In the first two days of the Garada. Further, Mr. Dr. Mohd Ashraf, Dr. Pratyusna Patnaik and Prof. Mustaq programme, each batch held a thematic Faculty, CRD&PR, IMPARD handled a Ahmad, Director Training (K), IMPARD. session on various topics such as session on Panchayat Governance. He The programme was coordinated by understanding of State PR Acts and Rules elaborated on the provisions of State PR Dr. Pratyusna Patnaik, Assistant Professor, (J&K PRI Acts), roles and responsibilities of Acts & rules, duties and responsibilities of Centre for Panchayati Raj (CPR), NIRDPR.

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The RSETI Directors and nodal officers with resource persons (front row; left to right) - Shri Linganna, Director, National Centre for Excellence of RSETIs (NACER), Bengaluru, Shri Mayank Baradwaj, Senior Mission Executive, MoRD, Shri Sanjay Kumar, Under Secretary, MoRD, Shri P Santosh National Director, NACER, Smt. P Champakavalli, Project Director, RSETI Project, NIRDPR Hyderabad, Shri R R Singh Director General, National Academy for RSETIs (NAR) Bengaluru, Shri Satyanarayana Director, NACER

he RSETI cell of NIRDPR organised Mission Executive from MoRD, GoI, a presentation on MoRD’s guidelines Ta conclave for RSETI Directors and New Delhi. They enlightened the pertaining to RSETI building nodal officers from sponsor banks, who participants about the expectations construction project. She also are sponsoring less than 10 RSETIs, on of MoRD, GoI. reviewed the status MoRD grant aid th th 28 and 29 January, 2019 at NIRDPR. The 2. Shri P. Santhosh, National Director released to RSETIs for construction conclave is held annually to review the of RSETIs from National Centre of RSETI buildings. RESTI’s performance and guide the RSETI for Excellence of RSETIs (NACER), Events at the Conclave: directors and nodal officers in their future Bengaluru along with his team of two The two-day conclave started course of action for enabling them to nodal officers Shri B. Satyanarayana with lighting of lamp by the resource achieve the objectives and expectations and Shri M. Linganna. They reviewed persons during the inaugural session. of MoRD, GoI. the performance of RSETIs in areas Welcome address was delivered by 24 RSETI directors and 4 nodal of providing skill training to the Smt. P. Champakavalli. During the course officers from 12 different banks namely, rural unemployed youth, related of the conclave, all the RSETI directors Bank of Maharashtra, Corporation Bank, settlement and credit linkage of and nodal officers made a presentation IDBI Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, RSETIs past trainees. of their RSETI performance during the Punjab & Sind Bank, Vijaya Bank, Bidar 3. Shri R. R. Singh, Director General, current FY 2018-19. Their performance DCC Bank, ICICI Bank, Assam Gramin National Academy of RSETIs was reviewed in depth by the resource Vikas Bank, Tripura Gramin Bank, Kotak (NAR), Bengaluru enlightened persons and valuable suggestions were Mahindra Bank and Meghalaya Rural the participants about the latest given to RSETI directors for preparing Bank participated in the conclave. The guidelines of MoRD pertaining to their Annual Action Plan (AAPs) for the participants belonged to various States CNN (Common Norms Notification) forthcoming FY 2019-20. spread all over India namely, Karnataka, for RSETIs, the SOPs (Standard This conclave provided the Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Operating Procedures), assessment participants a good opportunity to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and certification of trainees and and north-eastern States like Tripura, other important practices to be interact with each other and get to know Assam and Meghalaya. adopted pertaining to branding of the best practices adopted by their The resource persons who participated RSETIs like RSETI’s name boards and counterparts in other RSETIs located in in the conclave are: uniforms for RSETI trainees. various parts of the country. 1. Shri Sanjay Kumar, Under Secretary 4. Smt. P. Champakavalli, Project Crowning glory & Shri Mayank Bharadwaj, Senior Director, RSETI Project, NIRDPR made The most notable aspect of the entire

PRAGATI, January 2019 19 NIRDPR for self-employment/wage employment opportunities. Feedback During the feedback session, the participants expressed that the programme schedule was well designed and well executed. They were thankful to NIRDPR for the fact that all the concerned top officials related to functioning of RSETIs like National Director from NACER Shri Md. Khan, Senior Consultant, RTP, NIRDPR presenting a momento to Shri P. Santhosh, (National Centre for Excellence of RSETIs), National Director from National Centre for Excellence of RSETIs, Bengaluru Director General from NAR (National conclave was the best practices followed Shri M. D. Khan, Consultant, Rural Academy for RSETIs) and officials from by ICICI Bank, which deserves a special Technology Park, NIRDPR, participated in MoRD were present at the conclave as mention. The settlement and credit the valedictory function. He enlightened resource persons to enlighten, review linkage ratios of ICICI Bank were higher the participants about various facilities and guide the participants in their in comparison to the performance of the available at RTP, and suggested to them functioning and future activities. other banks that attended the conclave. to make the best use of the available The conclave was coordinated and Project Director, NIRDPR, particularly facilities from their training programmes. organised by Smt. P. Champakavalli, appreciated ICICI Bank’s efforts and their He also wanted the participants to Project Director, RSETI Project, NIRDPR, best practices, and suggested that other identify potential and needy rural Hyderabad along with her team member RSETIs should also adopt those practices unemployed youth in their districts and Smt. Anusha Keerthi Edara, Project for better performance. motivate them to undergo training at RTP Assistant.

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Dr. W.R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR Smt. Radhika Rastogi, IAS, Deputy Director General, NIRDPR Editor : Dr. K. Papamma Asst. Editors: Krishna Raj K.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ Victor Paul Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Karra Sahitya Divya Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 Phone: (040) 24008473, Fax: (040) 24008473 Published By: E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.nird.org.in Dr. Akanksha Shukla, Associate Professor and Head, CDC on behalf of the NIRDPR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030.

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