E2046 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized STATE PROJECT SUPPORT UNIT MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT POVERTY INITIATIVE PROJECT PHASE II December 2008 Public Disclosure Authorized Table of contents List of tables iv List of Figures v List of Figures vi Chapter 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Overview of MPDPIP II 1 1.2.1 Project Area 1 1.2.2 Project Objectives 1 1.2.3 Project Components 2 1.2.4 Institutional Arrangements of the Project 4 1.2.5 Community Institutions 6 1.2.6 Requirement of Environmental Management Framework (EMF) 7 1.2.7 Scope of EMF 7 1.2.8 Objective of the Environmental Management Framework 7 1.2.9 Methodology 8 Chapter 2 2.0 Review of Environmental Status 12 2.1 Overview of Environmental Conditions in Madhya Pradesh 12 2.2 Overview of Project Area 12 2.3 Land Use 16 2.3.1 Overview of Land Use in the State 16 2.3.2 Overview of Land Use in the Project Area 16 2.4 Agriculture 17 2.4.1 Overview of Agriculture in the State 17 2.4.2 Overview of Agriculture in the Project Area 17 2.5 Water Resources 22 2.5.1 Overview of Water Resources in the State 22 2.5.2 Overview of Water Resources in the Project Area 22 2.6 Forest Resources 24 2.6.1 Overview of Forest Resources in the State 24 2.6.2 Overview of Forest Resources in the Project Area 26 Chapter 3 3.0 Legal and Regulatory Framework Relevant to MPDPIP II 32 Chapter 4 4.0 Environmental Management Framework (EMF) 41 4.1 Requirement of EMF 41 4.2 Scope of EMF 41 4.3 Objectives of the EMF 41 4.4 Components of EMF 41 4.4.1 Environmental Appraisal 42 4.4.2 Supervision, Monitoring and Audit 46 4.4.3 Institutional Arrangements 53 4.4.4 Capacity building 58 ii 4.4.5 Budget 61 Annexure Annexure: 1 Screening TEG – Section A – Non-permissible Activities 62 Annexure: 2 TEG section B -Category of Environmental assessment 64 Annexure: 3 Specific Technical Environmental Guidelines (TEGs) 72 Annexure: 4 Generic TEG 114 Annexure 5 Environmental Actions Agreement Form 116 Annexure 6 Drinking Water Quality Testing 128 Annexure 7 List of PHED Offices of the Districts (for Drinking Water Quality Testing) 129 Annexure 8 Block wise safe / critical and over exploited zone of ground water 130 Annexure 9 Pest Management Plan / IPM 132 Annexure 10 Pesticides banned in India 136 Annexure 11 Pesticide Classification List as per WHO (World Health Organizations) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification (Geneva: WHO 1994-95). 137 Annexure 12 Seed of only those varieties, which are notified under section 5 of the seeds Act, 1966, shall be eligible for certification. 144 Annexure 13 Ground Water Recharging Structure 145 Annexure 14 Biogas Plant 147 Annexure 15 Sanitation Facility 153 Annexure 16 NADEP 155 Annexure 17 Cattle and Buffalo Breeds Important Characteristics/Description 156 Annexure 18 Environment MIS Formats 158 iii List of tables Table 1: Composition of Project Management Units 11 Table 2: Key Service Providers 12 Table 3: Project coverage area of DPIP II 12 Table 4: Agro-climatic features of districts in MPDPIP II 15 Table 5: District-Wise Soil Fertility Status 19 Table 6: Crop productivity of major crops in MPDPIP II districts 20 Table 7: Ground water development in Shajapur District 23 Table 8: District-wise Forest Cover in Madhya Pradesh 26 Table 9: District-wise details of the Joint Forest Management Committees 28 Table 10: Protected Areas in the Districts of MPDPIP II 29 Table 11: Safeguard policies of the World Bank 37 Table 12: Details of sample size of SHGs for monitoring 46 Table 13: Roles and responsibilities of project functionaries in implementation of EMF 54 Table 14: Roles and responsibilities of community institution partners in implementation of EMF 57 iv List of Figures Fig 1: The MPDPIP II Project Area 13 Fig 2: Agro-climatic regions of Madhya Pradesh 14 Figure 3: Land use classification of MP 16 Fig 4: Land use in MPDPIP II Project Area 17 Fig 5: Percentage of net sown area to total geographic area 18 Fig 6: Percentage of net irrigated area to net sown area 18 Fig 7: Fertilizer consumption in MPDPIP II Districts 19 Fig 8: Yield of major crops 21 Fig 9: Annual average rainfall in project area 22 Fig 10: ground water development in project area 23 Figure 11: Area wise forest classifications in MP 25 Figure 12: Forest cover in Madhya Pradesh 25 Fig 13: Percentage of area under forest in districts of MPDPIP II 26 Fig 14: Process for environmental appraisal of SHG Livelihood Plan 44 Fig 15: Process for environmental appraisal of PO Business Plan 45 v List of Acronyms BCM Billion Cubic Meter BOD Board of Directors CEO Chief Executive Officer DPM District Project Manager DPSU District Project Support Unit EMF Environmental Management Framework GCA Gross Cropped Area GDP Gross Domestic Product GOMP Government of Madhya Pradesh GW Ground Water Ha Hectare HDR Human Development Report HR Human Resource IPM Integrate Pest Management MP Madhya Pradesh MP-DPIP Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiative Project MPSPAI Madhya Pradesh Society Poverty Alleviation Initiatives NGO Non Governmental Organizations NP National Park NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce NWFP Non Wood Forest Products PC Project Coordinator PFT Project Facilitation Teams PO Producer Organization SHG Self Help Groups SPSU State Project Support Unit TEG Technical Environmental Guidelines VDC Village Development Committee VRP Village Resource Person WLS Wild Life Sanctuary vi CHAPTER 1 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background Madhya Pradesh (MP) is the second largest state of India in terms of geographical size. As recorded in the 2001 census, over 60 million people reside in the state, of which 16 million still live below the poverty line.1 The state has the third highest incidence of poverty and the lowest rate of poverty reduction among the major states of India. In terms of social indicators, the most recent National Human Development Report prepared by UNDP ranks MP very high on gender disparity (25th among 32 states).Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project II (MPDPIP II) is the second phase of the Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project (MPDPIP) initiated by Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2001 with assistance from World Bank. The MPDPIP covered over 2,900 villages spread over 14 districts (out of a total of 48 districts). It reached over 300,000 poor rural households organizing them into over 52,000 Common Interest Groups (CIGs), providing them with financial and technical assistance so as to improve their organizational capacity and maximize the utility of their productive assets. The MPDPIP II will scale-up the successful results from the MPDPIP. This is proposed to be done by adopting the methodologies and design features of the MPDPIP, including: a participatory wealth ranking process to identify the very poor in rural areas; the formation of groups at the neighbourhood level to take-up economic activities; and the federation of such groups and linking them to the private sector to reap the benefits of sustained markets. The MPDPIP II will be implemented through the Madhya Pradesh Society for Poverty Alleviation Initiatives (MPSPAI), a state-level autonomous society. 1.2 Overview of MPDPIP II 1.2.1 Project Area The MPDPIP II will be implemented in the 53 blocks of 14 districts where the MPDPIP (the first phase project) was implemented. The 14 districts are: Rajgarh, Raisen, Vidisha, Shajapur, Guna, Sagar, Damoh, Shivpuri, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna, Narsinghpur, Rewa, and Sidhi. A saturation approach will be adopted in that the project will be implemented in all the villages (an estimated 10,232) of the 53 blocks in these 14 districts (including the 2,900 villages covered in the MPDPIP and excluding the villages covered under the Tejaswani Project). The total number of direct beneficiaries of the project is estimated to be approximately one million, belonging to 0.78 million Below Poverty Line (BPL) households from the 53 development Blocks. 1.2.2 Project Objectives The development objective for the proposed project would be to empower the rural poor by improving their capacities and opportunities for a sustainable livelihood. This will be achieved by enhanced participation by the rural poor in economic activities, skill enhancement for taking-up higher value employment, and increased income among project target households through assets and market linkages. 1 Some estimates show 44 %, while the state of nutritional poverty estimates show a still higher proportion. Poverty Index in National HDR ranked MP 23rd out of 32 states. 1 The key outcome indicators to assess achievement of the PDO will be the following: a. at least 30% of the targeted SHGs are active; b. at least 20% of trained jobseekers are linked to full time employment; and c. family income increased by at least 20% from the baseline. 1.2.3 Project Components The project will comprise the following four components: i) Social Empowerment and Institution Building; ii) Livelihoods Investment Support; iii) Employment Promotion Support; and iv) Project Implementation Support. The key features of each component are provided below: Component 1: Social Empowerment and Institution Building: The objective of this component is to empower the poor by helping to organize themselves into SHGs and federate into higher levels of institutions such as Village Development Committees (VDCs), cluster-level organizations and producer collectives. In addition, it will promote the development of the Poor’s capacity and skills based on the principles of self-help to enable them to initiate common livelihoods activities.