Final Report on: PROCESS MONITORING OF MADHYA PRADESH STATE RURAL LIVELIHOODS MISSION [ Quarter 2: District SHEOPUR ] Prepared by Dr. Kinsuk Mitra Sunpreet Kaur Samir Stephan Kujur Neeraj Shrivastava Shyna Dudeja1 Devendra Sahu N Mohan Reddy 1 Intern, IIFM Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... i List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ viii Chapter 1: Introduction to Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (MPSRLM) .. 1 1.1 Background........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Project Goal and Objectives .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Implementation Architecture ...................................................................................................... 2 1.1.3 Resource Block Strategy ................................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Rationale for Process Monitoring ................................................................................................................ 3 1.2.1 Objectives of the Process Monitoring ....................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Approach for Process Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Study Framework ............................................................................................................................. 4 2.1.2 Research Design ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1.3 Quarterly Process Monitoring Strategy ................................................................................... 5 2.2 Sampling Design ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2.1 Sampling Framework ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Themes for Process Monitoring ................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Data collection and Analysis framework ............................................................................................... 10 2.4.1 Desk review of project reports and documents ................................................................ 10 2.4.2 Study scoping and boundary setting ...................................................................................... 11 2.4.3 Stakeholder mapping ................................................................................................................... 11 2.4.4 Development of survey instruments ..................................................................................... 12 2.4.5 Quarterly Process Monitoring .................................................................................................. 14 2.4.6 Analysis Plan .................................................................................................................................... 15 2.4.7 Documenting Best Practices ...................................................................................................... 17 2.4.8 Short Films on Process Monitoring/Best Practices ......................................................... 17 2.4.9 Presentation of findings and finalisation with MPSRLM team .................................... 18 2.5 Limitations ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 3: Training of field team, Field testing, and Data Entry protocols ................................ 19 3.1 Training of field team .................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Pre-testing and finalization of study instruments ............................................................................. 20 3.3 Data Entry Protocols ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 4: Profile of the Study Area ................................................................................................................. 22 4.1 Profile of Madhya Pradesh – the state .................................................................................................... 22 4.1.1 Demographic Profile of Madhya Pradesh ............................................................................ 22 4.2 Profile of Project Area of MPSRLM .......................................................................................................... 22 i i Chapter 5: Sample Profile....................................................................................................................................... 25 5.1 Sample Profile................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.1.1 Community Mobilization and Identification of Social Capital ..................................... 26 5.1.2 SHG Formation and Strengthening ......................................................................................... 28 Chapter 6: Key Findings, Lessons Learned, Constraints & Challenges, and The Way forward ............................................................................................................................................................ 31 6.1 Establishment of Systems (Norms and Practices)............................................................................. 31 6.1.1 Capitalization of Self Help Groups under NRLM ............................................................... 31 6.1.2 Types of funds and their disbursement procedure ......................................................... 35 6.1.3 Preparation of documents and Bank Account Opening and Linkages support .... 41 6.1.4 Training for MCP preparation, MCP Preparation, Submission and Appraisal System ................................................................................................................................................ 43 6.1.5 SHG Database Management training, updating, uploading and hand-holding support and services delivered to SHGs ............................................................................... 45 6.1.6 Coordination, Support and Supervision Mechanism ....................................................... 47 6.2 Identification, Strengthening, Services and Payment of honorarium to Social Capital ..... 48 6.3 Identification of Vulnerable Households ............................................................................................... 53 6.3.1 Special Efforts made for vulnerable groups ........................................................................ 55 6.3.2 Strategies adopted to bring leftover vulnerable families into SHG fold .................. 56 6.3.3 SHG members’ empowerment visible in their villages .................................................. 57 6.3.4 Women Identity .............................................................................................................................. 58 6.3.5 Women Entitlement ...................................................................................................................... 58 6.3.6 Asset Ownership by women ...................................................................................................... 59 6.3.7 Social Security ................................................................................................................................. 60 6.4 Community Mobilization ............................................................................................................................. 60 6.5 SHG Formation and Strengthening .......................................................................................................... 64 6.6 Comparative Analysis of findings from Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 ............................................... 68 Chapter 7: Best Practices ........................................................................................................................................ 70 7.1 Case study 1: The Power of Gram Sangathan… .................................................................................. 70 7.2 Case study 2: Chandri brightens Piprani!! ............................................................................................ 71 7.3 Case study 3: Ratnis’s Dairy… .................................................................................................................... 72 7.4 Case study 4: Families benefitting together!! ...................................................................................... 73 7.5 Case study 5: Do Bigha Zameen…