50th YEAR OF THE COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT annual report 2012-13 Council for Social Development Sangha Rachna, 53, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110003, India Tel: 91-11-24615383, 24692655, 24611700, 24618660 Fax: 91-11-24616061 <[email protected]> www.csdindia.org COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 Sangha Rachna, 53, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110003, India Tel: 91-11-24615383, 24692655, 24611700, 24618660 Fax: 91-11-24616061 <[email protected]> www.csdindia.org Southern Regional Centre 5-6-151, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030 Tel: 40-24016395 Fax: 91-40-24001958 [email protected] www.csdhyd.org CONTENTS DIRECTOR’S NOTE 03 ABOUT US 05 Origin 06 Vision 07 Objectives 07 RESEARCH 09 Projects Completed 10 Projects Ongoing 20 ADVOCACY 36 Seminars/Workshops 37 TRAINING 51 PUBLICATIONS 61 Books 62 India: Social Development Report (SDR) 62 Journal 63 Papers 63 DURGABAI DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 65 LIBRARY 67 FACULTY ACTIVITIES 69 Publications Lectures Seminars Training Programmes ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE 96 Organisational Structure 97 Faculty 99 Staff 110 AUDITOR’S REPORT 112 2 Traditional Subsistence to Means of Livelihood. DIRECTOR’S NOTE Besides, there were important on-going The Council for Social Development research projects, namely (i) The Crisis successfully completed its 50th year in of the Indian Left and Social 2012. During the past 50 years, the Development Issues, (ii) National Council continued to engage in Campaigns for an Inclusive research and advocacy to influence Implementation of Right to Education, government policy, social action and (iii) Institutional credit, Farm public discourse for the advancement of Productivity and Farm Distress, (iv) the socially disadvantaged, Mining closure and the Issues of marginalized and oppressed sections of Livelihoods, (v) Socio-economic the Indian society. Analysis of Geographical Indications in Indian Handloom Sector, (vi) Gender, The important research studies Caste and Tribe in Forest Governance, completed during 2012-13 include (i) (vii) Combating Child Marriage and Role of the National Food Security Gender Based Discrimination, (viii) Mission in Improving Agricultural Urban Employment of Persons with Productivity in selected districts, (ii) Disabilities, (ix) Educational Socio-economic conditions of Muslims Attainment and Challenges Faced by in India, (iii) Socio-economic Benefit of De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi- TEGRATM Technology in Rice Nomadic Tribes in India, (x) Economic cultivation in selected districts of Tamil and Social Empowerment of Adivasis Nadu, (iv) Centrally sponsored and (xi) Mapping Positive and Negative Schemes on Marine Fisheries and its Compliance to Civil and Political Effect on Development of Fisheries (v) Rights: Documentation from villages An Evaluation of Central Sector within Bhadrachalam ITDA. Scheme on Market Development of Tribal Products/produce, (vi) Impact of During 2012-13, the Council organized Land Distribution to the Landless in several important conferences, Andhra Pradesh, (vii) valuation of seminars and workshops, including (i) Health Cost of the People Affected from National Conference on Ten Years of Mahanadi Coal Field Ltd. Odisha, (viii) Bt. Cotton in India, (ii) National Financial Inclusion of the Chenchus in Seminar on ‘Strengthening of Public Andhra Pradesh, (ix) Crimes and Sector Health System for Universal Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes in Access to Health Care, (iii) Seminar on India, (x) Adivasi Art: From the Indian Left: Social Development Visions and Political Challenges, (iv) National Seminar on Urban Development and Exclusion of poor, (v) Council’s Social Change Journal Seminar on Understanding Land improved quite significantly. The Investment in East Africa, (vi) Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture National Seminar on Regulatory for 2012 was delivered by Dr. Narendra Aspects of Financing Inclusion, (vii) Jadav, a distinguished educationalist National Conference on Social and Planner. He spoke on Reforms in Exclusion and Rights of Persons with Higher Education System and 12th Five Disabilities and (viii) National Year Plan. Finally several faculty Conference on Ethical and Regulatory members of the council enhanced its Challenges in Health Research. In prestige by publishing research papers addition, training courses on (i) Social in noted Journals and also by Science Research Methodology, (ii) participating in seminars and Data Processing and Analysis in Social conferences as resource persons. Sciences and (iii) Social Impact of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, were I would like to take this opportunity to organized. thank Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President and all other members of the The important publications brought out Council for their guidance, unwavering during the year were (i) Towards Just support and commitment towards the and Equitable Development: Durgabai organisation’s goals and vision. Deshmukh Memorial Lectures, (ii) The Integrated Child Development Services; A Flagship Adrift and (iii) T. Haque India Social Development Report, titled Director Minorities at the Margin. Moreover, the quality of papers included in the 4 ABOUT US BEGINNING and AIM THEN AND NOW 5 ABOUT US – ORIGIN, VISION & to the Southern Regional Centre (SRC) to expand its activities. The OBJECTIVES support of the Reserve Bank of India to establish an Integrated Micro Projects Applied Research and ORIGIN Training (IMPART) Centre in the name of Dr. C. D. Deshmukh under its The Council for Social Development Endowment Scheme in 1985 further (CSD) completed its Golden Jubilee strengthened the Council in this year. Since its inception in 1962, diversifying its activities. The SRC has it has functioned as an informal adequate financial and managerial group of social workers and social autonomy to work independently. scientists under the chairmanship of the legendary freedom fighter, social From the very beginning, CSD’s main worker, academic and planner, Dr. preoccupation is to obliterate the lack Durgabai Deshmukh. The preamble of of focus on social development by the the CSD Constitution clearly Indian planners. Durgabai’s articulates the objectives: “the need introduction to the Planning for a systematic study of the play of Commission volume on Social Welfare social dynamics in the process of in India (1964) and her lectures at the growth, to bring the social aspects of Asian Institute of Economic development into focus and to relate Development in Bangkok (1964) give them properly to economic growth at ample evidence of her focus on the various stages.” need to counter the neglect of women, children and the disadvantaged In 1964, a formal status was given to sections in the planning process. This the Council as an affiliate of the India vision acquires critical significance International Centre and in April, today because the growth 1970, it was registered under the preoccupation of the Indian policy- Societies Registration Act of 1860 makers has become so over-powering with Dr. C. D. Deshmukh as that the agenda of social development President and Dr. (Smt.) Durgabai gets only lip service. It also Deshmukh as Executive Chairperson encourages a healthy debate on and Honorary Director. After their whether the right-based laws, that demise, office bearers were elected have of late inspired policy discourse, from among the members of the actually constitute substantial Council. Presently, Prof. Muchkund policies to uplift the deprived people Dubey is the President and Ms C. P. and seriously address the problems of Sujaya, the Vice President. the disadvantaged sections. For more comprehensive coverage in In the fifty years since the Study the South, a branch of the Council Group was founded in 1962 and while was set up in 1967 in Hyderabad we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the which was later upgraded to a CSD, the vision of the founders Regional Office. In 1980, the ICSSR continues to inspire the Council’s sanctioned a recurring annual grant engagement in intellectual efforts to influence government policy, social OBJECTIVES action and public discourse for the advancement of the socially The Council’s brainstorming session disadvantaged. at Surajkund, Haryana on April, 2, 2013 resulted in identifying the following new thrust areas and objectives in addition to the Council’s VISION prescribed role of focusing the public and policy discourse on a social The Council continues to be inspired development vision aimed at uplifting by the vision of its founding fathers to the quality of life of the poor, build a just society on the guiding oppressed and marginalized sections principles of secularism and equality, of the Indian society: identity and justice at the core of all its intellectual and practical work. 1. CSD will study the continuing The attainment of the goal of trend of the retreat of the State “Antyodaya” or “wiping every tear from the broad field of social from every eye” set before the Nation development and the resulting by Mahatma Gandhi is the privatization of social services that philosophical foundation of the has led to further decay and council. The best route towards dismantling of the public sector achievement of this vision is to infrastructure built for sustaining contribute to the amelioration of the social development and dispensing plight of the poorest, deprived and social goods and services. The marginalised sections of the impact of the absence of long term population. As part of the events to objectives and commitment of mark the Golden Jubilee of the CSD, resources for achieving