PREFACE
A large number of States are already using convergence framework for a more
effective implementation of Rural Development Programmes. Learning from the
initiative in many States, the Department of Rural Development, Government of India,
is undertaking convergent planning process for Rural Development Programmes with
Gram Panchayat as a unit for the year 2016-17. The process is being initiated with the
Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise –II (IPPE-II) in 2532 Backward Blocks of
our country. The process will begin all over the country with a Gram Sabha on 2 nd
October where entire planning process will be explained to all the elected members
and where data from the Socio-Economic Survey will be shared in the Gram Sabha.
Efforts will also be made to sensitize the Gram Sabha for partnerships with
Community Based Organizations (CBOs) like SHGs, Village Organizations (VOs)
and other organizations of the poor.
It is felt that institutional involvement of
organizations of the poor like SHGs, VOs will greatly improve the accountability and
participation in Panchayats.
To facilitate the systematic decentralized planning with Gram Panchayat as a
unit, the Department of Rural Development has developed a detailed draft framework
for Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise II. A copy of the same is enclosed for
your comments and suggestions, preferably within the next seven days. As is clear
from the draft framework, the intent is to promote convergence for wage employment,
livelihood, housing, skills and social security.
Other programmes like Swachha
Bharat Mission, programmes of financial inclusion like PM’s Jan Dhan Yojana,
Accident Insurance, Life Insurance and Atal Bima Yojana will all be part of the
convergence efforts. The programmes of other Departments that improve livelihoods
of poor households will also be part of the convergence.
To enable systematic facilitation of the planning process, the Department of
Rural Development is separately providing the resources from the MGNREGA and
the National Rural Livelihood Mission to ensure the 3 to 4 day intensive planning
process in each and every village of the 2532 IPPE blocks. Through this intensive
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process, the intention is to reach out to every deprived household and to develop
sustainable livelihoods for them based on their priorities and resources. For the
remaining blocks, it is up to the State Governments to develop a system of facilitation
for planning. I am also enclosing a draft note on the structure for the State Rural
Development Department Plan, for your comments and suggestions. The intention is
that every State’s development plan be based on the Gram Panchayat Rural
Development Plans. These in turn should be the basis for developing Block level and
District level Rural Development Plans. The Block level Plans could be presented at
the District level before the District Planning Committee of the Zilla Parishad.
Similarly, the District Plans could be presented before the State Government. State
Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Plans be developed on the basis of the planning
from below.
Each State will present State Rural Development Plan for appraisal by the
Department of Rural Development. The State Rural Development Department along
with its team will make a detailed presentation to the Divisions of the Department of
Rural Development and formal appraisal notes will be sent by the Department of
Rural Development, Government of India to the State Rural Development
Department.
Based on these appraisal notes, the State plans for 2016-17 will be finalized.
The format enclosed can be used for the Block and District level Rural Development
Plan as well based on the priorities of the State Government. The effort will be to
ensure appraisal of State Rural Development Plans well before the start of the next
financial year from 1st April, 2016. This means that the coming months will require a
high level of participatory processes capturing the demand for Rural Development and
to work out a detailed implementation plan for improving livelihoods of poor
households.
As earlier communications from Department of Rural Development would
have indicated, Department of Rural Development lays the highest priority to this
convergent planning process as it is hoped that the outcome for poverty reduction will
be far more effective if the multi-dimensions of poverty are simultaneously addressed
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through our intervention. We seek the cooperation and guidance of every State to take
forward the agenda for convergent planning.
We would like to request the State Governments to organize meetings of
officials of all the concerned Departments at the Block, District and State levels so
that a comprehensive plan could be formulated with a convergence thrust. I am sure
this will go a long way in developing outcome focus and thrust in our interventions.
Amarjeet Sinha
Additional Secretary
Department of Rural Development
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Framework for Convergent Planning
Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise 2
2015-16
Ministry of Rural Development
Government of India
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Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction IPPE 2
1. IPPE 1 – MGNREGA
2. IPPE 2 – Convergent Planning for Rural Development
3. Outcomes of IPPE 2
Chapter 2 – Participatory Planning
1. Features of participatory planning
2. Components of Planning campaign
Chapter 3 – Preparatory Steps
1. Details on Block Planning Team
2. Training Architecture
Chapter 4 – Launch of Planning Process
1. Role of Administration
2. Role of Block Planning Team
3. Expected Outcomes
Chapter 5 – Steps in Planning Process
1. Role of Block Planning Team
2. Role of Administration
3. Activity-Outcome mapping
Chapter 6 - Tools for Planning Process
1. Section A: Village level meeting
2. Section B: Discussion on livelihood
3. Section C: Social Map + Discussion on IAY, NSAP and SECC list
4. Section D: Household Livelihood Plans
5. Section E: Seasonality Map
6. Section F: Demand Estimation
7. Section G: Resource Map
8. Section H: Transect Walk
9. Section I: Identifying and Prioritising Works
10. Section J: Concluding Gram Sabha
Chapter 7 – Post Planning Process
1. Role of Administration
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2. Role
of
Block
Planning
Team
List of Annexures
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
MGNREGS Brief
NRLM Brief
NSAP Brief
IAY Brief
DDU-GKY Brief
Session Plan for State Training
Session Plan for Block Training
Format for Wall Paintings
Block Planning Team Schedule
Format A: Demand Estimation for MGNREGS
Format B: Household Livelihood Plan
Format C: Project Life for Skilling
Format D: NSAP & IAY
Gram Panchayat Rural Development Plan
Convergent Planning Matrix
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Acknowledgements
The Ministry of Rural Development acknowledges with gratitude the contribution of the
Non-Government Organisation PRADAN, for their inputs on shaping the participatory
process exercise with focus on livelihood for convergent planning.
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Executive Summary
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) conducted an Intensive Participatory Planning
Exercise in 2500 backward blocks for preparation of MGNREGA Labour Budget (LB) of the
Gram Panchayats of these Blocks. The exercise spanned from September 2014 to December
2014 for preparing the labour budget for Financial Year (FY)2015 -16. This exercise had a village
level focus with emphasis on reaching out to securing MGNREGA specific needs of the
vulnerable sections. Participatory rural appraisal tools like mapping of social set up, resources
and seasonality of demand for unskilled work were used along with triangulation of data through
transect walks. Block Planning Teams (BPTs) were trained to facilitate the process of planning
which extended from 2 to 3 days in a village. Increased participation in planning was reported in
almost all the selected Blocks.
This year, the MoRD seeks to capitalise on the participatory planning processes conducted and
the presence of the Block Planning Teams to plan more comprehensively for addressing the
various facets of poverty of rural families by incorporating all Rural Development programmes
in a single participatory planning exercise. This would include, apart from MGNREGA, the
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), the Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana (DDU-GKY), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and the Indira Aawaas
Yojana (IAY).
The framework in the first chapter lays out the achievements and assessment of the Intensive
Participatory Planning Exercise conducted last year. It then introduces the augmentation in
concept this year and the expected outcomes.
In chapter two, the features of participatory planning are underlined which forms the backbone
of this exercise. Further the roll out of the planning campaign is detailed.
Chapter three provides details on the preparatory steps for the campaign including the selection,
placement and role of the Block Planning Team which will actually be conducting the planning
exercise. The training architecture for the National, State and Block level is laid out.
Chapter four puts forward the role of the Administration and that of the Block Planning Team
in the launch of the planning campaign on the 2nd October Gram Sabha.
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Chapter five lays out the actual steps in the planning process when the Block Planning Team is
in the village and the consequent role of the administration.
Chapter six is divided into ten sections and details each of the tools that will be used by the
Block Planning Team during this exercise and the consequent formats to be filled and
consolidated. While prioritising MGNREGS works, there is special focus on works that are
directly or indirectly linked to agriculture, toilets and Anganwadi centres.
Finally, in chapter seven the roles of the Block Planning Team and the administration in the post
planning process are laid out. This includes their role in monitoring and the timelines for the
labour budget preparation.
Short briefs on each of the five programs of the Ministry of Rural Development are included as
Annexures for reference. The five formats of the information to be collected for the purpose of
participatory planning are also included as Annexures.
At the conclusion of the planning process, the Ministry aims to have a composite State Rural
Development Plan. This will encapsulate the MGNREGS labour budget with the estimation of
demand for work of vulnerable households. Household livelihood plans will be prepared for the
most vulnerable households to be carried forward by the NRLM. Youths of rural households
eligible and seeking Skilling for Wage employment will be identified to be delivered by DDUGKY. The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) lists will be used to facilitate the BPTs to
rapidly identify the households with one or more deprivations and help them reach out to these
households for inclusion in planning process and securing their livelihoods through these plans.
A list of excluded but eligible beneficiaries for NSAP and IAY will be additional key outcomes.
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Chapter 1 - Introduction to
Intensive
Participatory
Planning Exercise 2
Intensive Participatory Planning (IPPE) 1 – MGNREGA
The objective of the IPPE was to introduce participatory planning as the basic cornerstone of
planning for works for MGNREGA.Para 7 of Schedule I of the Act clearly mandates that there
shall be a systematic, participatory planning exercise at each tier of Panchayat, conducted
between August to December month of every year. All works to be executed by the Gram
Panchayats shall be identified and placed before the Gram Sabha, and such works which are to
be executed by the intermediate Panchayats or other implementing agencies shall be placed
before the intermediate or District Panchayats, along with the expected outcomes. Chapter 6 of
the operational guidelines also lays down elaborate procedures on how the planning exercise will
take place (refer to Annexure 1 for a detailed brief on MGNREGS).
These provisions were operationalized in 2014, to introduce the concept of participatory
planning into the spirit of planning for MGNREGA. To ensure quality and close monitoring, it
was conducted in 2500 of the most backward blocks of the country. The following were its
stated objectives:
1. There should be active participation from the community in planning so that the needs
and priorities of the people are genuinely reflected.
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2. The demand for work shall be accurately estimated while
focusing on the requirements of the vulnerable sections.
3. The works identified should result in creation of assets
whose outcomes can be measured in terms of enhanced
livelihoods or living conditions of the people – especially
the poor and the vulnerable.
4. Gram panchayats should be capacitated to function as
institutions for the poor so as to prepare an integrated plan
for poverty reduction and local development.
Intensive Participatory Planning (IPPE) 2: Convergent Planning
for Rural Development
This year, the IPPE exercise will be repeated in the 2532 blocks.
All processes followed in IPPE 1 with respect to MGNREGA will
be repeated. The following will be the additional objectives of
IPPE 2:
1. Convergent planning for all Rural Development
programmes – Capitalising on the participation brought
in by the block planning teams last year, this year the
planning process will focus on bringing in convergence
with all other Rural Development programmes namely;
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Indira
Awaas Yojana (IAY), National Rural Livelihood Mission
(NRLM) and Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana (DDU-GKY).
2. Joint Exercise – Given the convergence, this year the
Block Planning Team will consist of stakeholders and field
level functionaries drawn from all Rural Development
programmes along with MGNREGA.In the Blocks which
are either Resource Blocks or Intensive Blocks or
Partnership Blocks or MKSP Blocks under NRLM, the
resource persons for the livelihood plan preparation will be
provided by the SRLMs concerned after due assessment of
the human resources available in these blocks. In rest of
Achievements of
IPPE 1
1. Participatory
Planning
process has been carried
out in about 93,500 Gram
Panchayats
2. About 2,50,000 rural
youth and grassroots
functionaries have been
trained in participatory
planning.
3. About
1.45
crore
vulnerable households
have been reached by the
planning teams to collect
information on household
level demand estimation
and list of individual works
desired by the household.
4. Compared to 2014-15,
plan for 2015-16 in IPPE
blocks more focussed on
Agriculture and Natural
Resource Management
related works.
INTENSIVE PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PROCESS 1 (2014-15)
1.
Village/Hamlet wise planning using participatory rural appraisal tools such as Social Map, Resource
Map, Seasonality Map and Transect walk with focus on ridge to valley approach.
2.
Demand estimation for work and individual assets for of all vulnerable households.
3.
Mobilisation for Gram Sabha to collectively and transparently prioritise works at Gram Panchayat.
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the Blocks, the SRLM will place livelihood specialists for training the BPTs in preparing
the household livelihood plans. Similarly, blocks with Cluster Facilitation Teams will
participate in the planning process as per the role defined for them.
3. Investing in Block Planning Team – There will be more focus to identify, train and
equip stakeholder youth in processes of participatory rural appraisal techniques so as to
ensure a long-term engagement of active stakeholders with the implementation
machinery. This includes enlisting the support of Community Based Organisations and
SHGs formed by the SRLMs.
4. Improve participation - The stated aim of IPPE 1 was to bring in participation of
people in the planning process, this needs to be substantially enhanced.
5. Social Economic and Caste Census (SECC) – The finalisation of the SocioEconomic and Caste Census (SECC) has provided the basis for identification of rural
households with one or more deprivations. Using this data would help in rapid
identification of HHs with stated deprivations and development of more need specific
livelihood and social protection plans of the vulnerable sections.
6. Establish people-based monitoring- and support mechanisms that ensures the plans
prepared by the community are approved in gram sabha and are sanctioned and
approved at the block and district level.
This list is available on the www.nrega.nic.in> Reports from MIS > R.20. Reports from IPPE >
IPPE Selected Location. The tabulation of blocks and their available human resources in terms
of Cluster Facilitation Teams and SRLM staff is also available on the website under the circulars,
5.b. IPPE.
IPPE 1
Convergence
with DDUGKY, NSAP,
IAY and NRLM
IPPE 2
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For sustainable livelihoods to be promoted on a large-scale, it is important for different
programme and institutions of the Government, and various knowledge and financial
institutions to come together in a well-orchestrated manner. Under the IPPE-2.0 we envisage
the coming together of MGNREGA with NRLM, IAY, NSAP and DDU-GKY to create a
base for livelihoods.
Convergent Planning
The convergence of development schemes that are implemented by the Ministry of Rural
Development and State Governments offers advantages that include:
 Synergies in learning and knowledge sharing
 Leveraging scarce physical, human and financial resources
 Increased transparency in decision making and process design
 Objectivity and clarity in targeting programme beneficiaries
 Reduced time and cost slippages in programme implementation
 Breaking the self seeking nexus between contractors and stakeholders.
 Strengthening of grass root democratic processes - as convergence helps
enhance participatory decision making through increased awareness of
development schemes
MGNREGA is seen as the entry point for convergence of most development programmes in the
rural areas for the following reasons:
 MGNREGA permits a suite of development works required for watershed
development in rain-fed area, for command area development in irrigated areas
and fair weather road for rural area connectivity
 Access to untied funds for local area planning
 Emphasis on decentralized bottom up planning which enables need assessment
at grass root level by Gram Panchayats and hence the empowerment of
Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs).
 Legal safeguards provided for in the MGNREGA
 Facilitates sustainable development through natural resource management
 Facilitates effective targeting of beneficiaries and leads to development of human
capital and physical capital through institutional linkages.
 Lays down minimum norms of pro-active disclosure of information and
accountability to be followed in implementation of public programs
MGNREGA- NRLM Convergence
A SYNERGY CAN BE DEVELOPED
The convergent planning process this year has a two-fold objective;
(i) Ensuring participatory planning under MGNREGA to generate wage employment and create
productive assets
(ii) Using the physical asset created under MGNREGA for economic activities in a way that the HH
that has worked on that asset is able to earn an income from it.
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For this purpose, strong partnership is required among institutions like CBOs (Community
Based Organisations) such as SHGs, VOs, Federations, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs),
MGNREGA cell/functionaries and National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and CSO
(Civil society Organisations).
Both NRLM and MGNREGA focus on developing sustainable livelihood options for the rural
poor. NRLM aims at creating robust institutional platforms of the rural women in the form of
SHGs and village level organisations enabling them to increase household income through
vulnerability reduction and sustainable livelihood enhancements. MGNREGA, on the other
hand, is a social protection programme that aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the rural
poor by guaranteeing 100 days of wage- employment, and by developing productive and
sustainable livelihoods-enhancing assets.
As both the programmes have common goals of developing sustainable livelihood for the poor
through a demand driven strategy, a synergy can be developed between them to have a greater
impact on the community.
The convergence will be operationalised in the following manner:
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Taking focal responsibility of IPPE-II in Intensive/Resource Blocks.
Designing Household Livelihood Planning in terms of Survey, Planning and Follow-up.
Leveraging SHG based mobilisation for greater participation of women and the poor in
IPPE-II.
Leveraging capable human resource from SHGs/ VOs as members of the Block
Planning Teams.
Participation of SRLM/equivalent functionaries of at Block level as members of Block
Resource Teams for training and handholding the BPT Members.
MGNREGS Machinery will make IPPE-II, Asset Creation and LIFE related information
available to NRLM.
NRLM Machinery will share relevant information of their work to help MGNREGS
machinery complement livelihood plans through asset building work.
VO’s will be made PIA’s for all individual asset programmes.
Goals of MGNREGA that supports NRLM
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Livelihood security for the poor through creation of durable assets, improved water
security, soil conservation and higher land productivity
Drought-proofing and flood management in rural India
Empowerment of the socially disadvantaged, especially women, SCs and STs, through
the processes of a rights-based legislation
Strengthening decentralised participatory planning through convergence of various antipoverty and livelihoods initiatives.
Ensuring an institutionalized means by which beneficiaries audit the implementation of
the program, thereby inculcating the culture of citizen accountability in public service
delivery.
Ways in which NRLM can synergise with MGNREGA
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Leveraging community platform: One of the core principles of NRLM is mobilising poor
women into SHGs and federating them into collectives at the village and the panchayat
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/block level. These collectives are the platform where the women discuss their issues
related to wellbeing, livelihoods, and rights and entitlements and support each other
towards working on those issues. Women’s SHGs and their federations, especially at the
hamlet, village and Gram Panchayat level, can play a key role in the estimation of
demand for work, planning of MGNREGS works, and monitoring and concurrent
audit/evaluation of the works.
Leveraging the social capital: A large cadre of community professionals has been
developed in NRLM to support the community institutions for providing various
services and support. This community cadre could also be trained to support the
institutions in developing micro-plan and also support in providing technical knowledge
and other services to the community. These community professionals can also be trained
as the barefoot technicians under IPPE-2.0.
NRLM – as the central stakeholder
The NRLM is a programme that primarily deals with social mobilization of the rural poor
women around savings and credit and in a way primes them for the livelihoods journey. Thus
NRLM becomes the natural lead actor for livelihoods promotion. The various units of the
Mission at the different levels must don on the role of the livelihoods facilitator and ensure that
all the women who are mobilized into the SHGs are helped to have their own livelihoods as
defined above. Relying only on the resources that comes through the NRLM system – savings of
the SHG members, RF and CIF and bank loans – will not suffice to meet the multifarious types
of livelihoods needs that are expressed by the women as part of their vision and plans. NRLM
has to ensure that the vast amount of resources that are allocated to the villages –predominant of
which may be the MGNREGA funds, but there are also vast amount of funds that are allocated
to the departments of agriculture, horticulture, water resources, forests, rural roads, renewable
energy and so on, not to forget resources ear-marked by corporate companies – are invested
well. The role of orchestrating convergence of resources to serve the plans that are developed by
the GPs, is a role that is most suited to the livelihoods mission. A brief on the NRLM program is
provided in Annexure 2.
Expected Outcomes of IPPE 2
For MGNREGA, the following is sought to be achieved through IPPE 2:
1. Hamlet wise participatory planning for works to be taken up under MGNREGA to
include both community and individual assets. This will be done for the entire Gram
Panchayat.
2. Livelihood focus in planning will be introduced.
3. Demand will be estimated for all vulnerable households.
4. Prepare livelihood plans integrating the various poverty reduction initiatives of the
central and State Governments. This will be done for those households identified by the
SECC who are automatically included and having deprivation indication.
5. Gram Sabha will be held to prioritise community and individual works.
6. Mandatory pro-active disclosure of key entitlements, beneficiary lists and expenditure
undertaken under MGNREGA and NRLM in the Gram Panchayats undergoing IPPE,
through wall paintings in the format prescribed in the guidelines.
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For NRLM, the following is sought to be achieved through IPPE 2:
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From MCP to Livelihood Plan: The convergence can feed into the current micro credit
planning process at the household level in NRLM. The process can be remodeled into a
livelihood planning process integrating the hamlet level micro-planning with larger basket
of options for each individual household.
Making the Women Collectives the main stakeholder: The federation of SHGs at the
village or panchayat level can be entrusted with the responsibility of MGNREGA
planning and supervision. For this purpose, in certain individual works, SHGs can be
made Programme Implementing Agencies.
Identification of vulnerable women who are not part of SHGs: they may then be given
the option of joining a Self Help Group.
Ensuring preferential participation of the poor and vulnerable both in terms of building
livelihood assets but also in participating as workers.
Ensuring that the hamlet level plan prepared, based on that of the Individual HHs, gets
sanctioned at the gram sabha in a priority manner.
Supporting in effective supervision and monitoring of the work done under MGNREGS
Ensuring healthy work environment at the work sites with provision of tent, crèche for
children, and provision for pregnant and lactating mothers.
NRLM subsequently, through its livelihood collectives can help poor to enhance their
livelihoods through deriving economies of scale, backward and forward linkages, and
promoting institutional linkages with more government programmes and financial
institutions.
For NSAP, the following is sought to be achieved through IPPE 2:
1. Verification and publicising of existing beneficiary lists – Through the IPPE 2
process, the BPTs will use the existing beneficiary lists of NSAP at the time of
preparing a social map. This will be discussed with the community and a listing of
eligible excluded beneficiaries will be drawn up.
2. Wall paintings - The same will be painted on walls in the Gram Panchayat during the
course of this exercise as per the format prescribed in the guidelines.
3. Information on the NSAP entitlements and eligibility criteria to be able to access
national social assistance, to be passed down to all.
4. At the conclusion of this process, desks will be put up at Gram Sabhas to take
applications for NSAP pensions.
5. Discrepancies in the eligible beneficiary lists may be discussed in the Gram Sabha and
discrepancies noted by NSAP officials present.
For IAY, the following is sought to be achieved through IPPE 2:
1. Verification and publicising of existing beneficiary lists – Through the IPPE 2
process, the BPTs will use the existing beneficiary lists of IAY at the time of
preparing a social map. This will be discussed with the community and a listing of
eligible excluded beneficiaries will be drawn up.
2. Wall paintings - The same will be painted on walls in the Gram Panchayat during the
course of this exercise as per the format described in the guidelines.
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3. Information on the IAY entitlements and eligibility criteria to be national social
assistance to be passed down to all.
4. At the conclusion of this process, desks will be put up at Gram Sabhas to take
applications for IAY.
For DDU-GKY, the following is sought to be achieved through IPPE 2:
1. Inform each household in 2340 blocks (where DDU-GKY projects are sanctioned) out
of 2532 blocks covered under IPPE 2 about the DDU-GKY scheme using the DDUGKY pamphlet.
2. Obtain preference of all eligible members (as per DDU-GKY Guidelines) from a SECC
mapped household covered under the IPPE 2 survey, to undergo a skill development
course for wage employment and sector in which skilling is preferred. The SECC list
shall be used for this purpose and the information shall be captured for all households
irrespective of the fact that a member of the household is holding a MGNREGS Job
Card.
3. Data collected shall be furnished to the MGNREGS team at Block level for uploading
on the http://nrega.nic.in. This data shall be used by the State Rural Livelihoods
Mission/ State Nodal Skills Mission for allocation of Panchayats for candidate
mobilization to DDU-GKY Project Implementing Agencies.
Brief son summary of the provisions of NSAP is given in Annexure 3, of IAY in Annexure 4
and that of DDU-GKY is given in Annexure 5.
Outcomes of IPPE 2 for Rural Development Schemes
S. No.
1.
Scheme
MGNREGS
2.
DDU-GKY
3.
NSAP
4.
IAY
5.
NRLM
Outcome from IPPE 2
Labour Budget with GP wise list of works arrived at
through participatory planning and demand estimation
of vulnerable households.
Information on skilling opportunities available for
MGNREGS workers. Obtain preference of all
households for skilling.
Verification of existing beneficiary list and Gram
Panchayat wise list of excluded eligible beneficiaries.
Verification of existing beneficiary list and Gram
Panchayat wise list of excluded eligible beneficiaries.
Household livelihood plans for all vulnerable
households using the SECC list as an indicative list to
include all those who are automatically included and
those with deprivations.
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Chapter 2
Planning
–
Participatory
What are the features of participatory planning?
Participatory planning is an approach and a methodology which helps identify community
problems and to plan solutions with the active participation of community members. This
methodology facilitates the identification, preparation and design of community projects based
on the reality and criteria of its members. It is not merely a method of ‘consulting’ the
community but bringing their contributions to the very centre of the planning process. In short
it is a people-centric process that puts the poorest first. The following are its key features:
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Mobilises the community to understand the situation, resolve their own problems and
raises consciousness of their rights and entitlements
Informs people of the possibilities for planning and executing local development
interventions and they identify their development needs-collective and individual
Norms or criteria such extent of benefits, cost efficiency, prioritisation etc are collectively
arrived at
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Promotes greater inclusiveness by using techniques that are easily accessible and
understood.
It builds trust and understanding between different groups in a community by creating
spaces for each perspective to be heard
Promotes greater transparency since members are involved in collective decision making
where all members get a chance to comments on proposals, criticize and revise
It acknowledges power differentials within the community and ensures that the voice of
the ‘last is heard first’ and that these voices are reflected in the way plans are prepared
and also prioritized
It is not a stand-alone process but leads to increased participation in implementation and
oversight
It teaches skills which last beyond the planning process. People learn to run meetings, to
analyse data, to construct strategic plans - in short, to become community resource
persons and leaders.
Shifts control of development from a few to the larger community and increases
ownership
Increases the credibility of the projects that are taken up because they have emerged
from a collective decision making process.
Components of planning campaign
The planning campaign for the convergence of all rural development programs will have three
phases. The framework is now organized into chapters which clearly outlines the concepts, tools
and tasks necessary for each of these phases. The following are the broad steps and timelines.
Preparatory Steps: Trainings and Roll Out
Planning Campaign: Launched on 2nd October
Consolidation: Post village level planning
1. Identification and notification of State Level Nodal Officer and District Level Nodal
Officers for IPPE-II
a. Identification of State Nodal Officer should be completed and intimated to
MoRD before the 10th of August 2015
b. Identification of DNO Should be completed and intimated to MoRD before the
14th of August 2015
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2. Submission of Utilisation Certificates for expenditures made during IPPE-I against
allocations made to the state under Training and Planning heads by NIRD and MoRD
respectively. This is to be submitted by 24th of August 2015.
3. Coordination meeting between MGNREGS and SRLM Leadership at the state level by
14th August 2015 with the following agenda points:
a. Establishing state level coordination mechanism
b. Establishing District level coordination mechanism between MGNREGS and
SRLM Leadership in districts with IPPE Blocks
c. Identification of Charge Officers for every IPPE Block
4. Face to Face Meeting or Video Conferencing with the POs and Charge Officers of all
IPPE Blocks with State level MGNREGS and SRLM Leadership.
a. By 18th of August 2015
5. Formation of Block Resource Team for every block. Preference is to be given to those
who have already acted as block/district resource persons under IPPE-I as well as
ensuring adequate representation of trainers with livelihood skills among the Block Level
Trainers. CSO members with relevant skills and experience may also be made part of the
training process.
a. To be completed by the SNO with the support of Block level Charge Officers by
21st of August.
b. As a thumb rule 1 Trainer may be identified for blocks with up to 10,000 Job
Cards, 2 Trainers for blocks with more than 10,000 and up to 20,000 job cards, 3
Trainers for blocks with more than 20,000 and up to 30,000 job cards, and 4
Trainers for blocks with more than 30,000 and up to 40,000 job cards, and 5
Trainers for blocks with more than 40,000 job cards.
6. Identification of Block Planning Team Membersin every block drawn from among
educated women and men from worker households, giving preference to SHG Members,
Cluster Resource Persons, and those who had been BPT members in IPPE-I.
a. To be completed by 24th Augustby Charge Officers with support from the Block
Level Trainers.
b. As a thumb rule blocks in hilly and sparsely populated areas can select 3 BPT
members for every 800 Job Card Holders and other blocks can select 3 BPT
members for every 1200 Job Card Holders.
7. Finalisation of Block wise trainer teams (Block Resource Group) by the District Nodal
Officer by 5th September 2015.
8. Training Calendar, with dates and venue, for Training Programmes to be finalised
a. All State Level Training Programmes (of block level trainers) should be
completed by the 5th of September 2015.
b. All Block Level Training Programmes (of BPT members) should be completed
by
the
18th
of
September
2015.
9. Ensuring availability of basic information for IPPE-II at every Gram Panchayat
a. To be completed by 15th September 2015 by the GRS with support from other
GP and Block level functionaries. In locations without GRS, to be completed by
any GP Level official assigned the role by the Charge Officer.
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b. All the outputs from the IPPE-I process, such as Maps, Household Information
Sheets for Vulnerable Households and Prioritised list of works.
c. List of works planned under IPPE-I which have received all approvals and are
part of the Shelf of Work for the Gram Panchayat as on 31st August 2015.
d. Existing (approved) shelf of Work for the Gram Panchayat including works
approved for implementation by Line Departments.
e. Approved Labour Budget for the Gram Panchayat signed by Programme Officer
f. Update on achievement against approved labour budget as on 31st August 2015.
g. Revenue Map of the Village
h. Census (2011) data for the Village
i. Relevant and available secondary information on social security programmes in
the village (e.g. list of recipients of Social Security Pensions)
j. Relevant and available secondary information on livelihood status and livelihood
programmes in the village (e.g. list of SHGs,
10. Ensuring availability of GP Level Planning Kits for BPT members
a. Pre-Printed Forms for Demand Projection of Vulnerable Households
b. Pre-Printed forms for Household Information of households identified through
SECC
c. Job Card Application forms for
i. SECC identified households who are not having job cards at present
ii. Vulnerable Households who do not have job cards at present
iii. Other households desiring but not having job cards
11. Ensuring basic Transparency, Accountability and Pro-active Disclosures
a. All concerned DPCs must ensure that all job cards and pass books of workers are
returned to and remain in the custody of the job card holders prior to the
commencement of the IPPE exercise. The same must be monitored by the State
and the District Nodal Officer.
b. State Government must ensure that wall paintings disclosing the information
prescribed in the guidelines are completed in all Gram Panchayats in which IPPE
will take place by the 2nd October 2015. The wall paintings must be doneon
public buildings of the Gram Panchayat such as the Panchayat Bhawan, outer
boundary walls of schools, outer boundary walls of anganwadi, outer boundary
wall of other public service institutions before the 2nd October. The wall
paintings may be funded by theIEC funds allocated to the District. It will be the
responsibility of the DNO to ensure that all wall paintings are completed in all
IPPE GPs of the District. Only on submission of a written declaration by the
Charge Officerto the DPC stating that all wall paintings having been completed
in the prescribed formats by the 2nd October 2015, will the process be considered
complete.
12. Preparatory Activities at the Block and Gram Panchayat Level
a. To be completed by 15th September 2015
b. Preparatory Meeting of GP Chairpersons at the Block Level
c. Preparatory Meeting of all Ward Members at the GP Level
d. Preparatory Meeting of SHG / Federation leaders at GP and Block Levels
e. Finalisation of BPT Sub Teams (3, 6 or 9 members in each sub team) and
Planning Calendar
f. Finalisation of Block level Trainers for providing handholding support to
different BPT Sub Teams
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13. Roll Out Activities
a. Preparation for 2nd October Launch Gram Sabha
i. IEC Campaign including Miking (Last week of September)
ii. Circulation of IPPE-II Agenda for the Gram Sabha (By 25th October)
including publication in newspapers
b. 2nd October Gram Sabha
i. Finalisation of PRI Members and other villagers to support the BPT in
the facilitation of surveys and planning
ii. Finalisation of Calendar for Hamlet level Planning and for Gram Sabha
c. Planning Activities to be completed by 20th of December
d. Data Entry Activities to be completed by 31stof December
Annexure 15 details a matrix of the role responsibility for each division under the Ministry of
Rural Development.
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Chapter 3 –Preparatory Steps
Block Planning Team
The Block Planning Team will be the foundation on which the entire IPPE 2 rests. It is crucial
that they are correctly identified and trained. The following persons are to be part of the Block
Planning Team:
1. Charge Officer – deputed by the District Programme Co-ordinator, not below the rank
of Deputy Collector, to be stationed at the block from 15th August onwards for a period
of 3 months.
2. MGNREGS Workers (Women & Men)
3. Members of watershed committees
4. Bharat Nirman Volunteers
5. SHG Members (Leaders / VOs/CRPs)
6. Technical personnel from MGNREGS and line departments
7. Block level functionaries of the IWSP
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charge officer
Secondary
MGNREGS workers/youth Information to be
included in Tool kit
given to Block
SHG
members/leaders/VOs/CRPs
Planning Team
Technical functionaries of
MGNREGS and line depts.
The selection of Block Planning Team will be done by the
Charge Officer and previously trained BPT Members may be
given preference.
The payment to Block Planning Team members will be done as
per the norms prescribed in the guidelines.
In non-NRLM intensive blocks, a 3 day process will be followed
by the BPT. In NRLM intensive blocks a 4 day process will be
followed by the BPT with more time and expertise available for
the development of households livelihood plans.
A comprehensivetool kit is to be provided to the Block
Planning Team. The responsibility of putting together all the
material of this kit rests with the Charge Officer. It’s contents
should necessarily include the following:
1. Bag to hold all material
2. Letter of introduction/identity card
3. GP wise planning calendar (prepared at time of BPT
training)
4. Notebook + pen
5. Contact
sheet
of
all
concerned
officials/functionaries/office bearers of active SHG’s and
their federated organisations
6. IEC material for MGNREGS:
- 10 entitlements of MGNREGS flex and parcha
- Any other primers
7. Material to conduct activities:
- chart paper & sketch pens
MGNREGS:
 Annual Action Plan 201415
 List of Sanctioned works
for 2015-16
 List of incomplete works.
SECC:
 Entire SECC list for the
GP with automatically
included and any one
deprivation.
NSAP &IAY:
 List of beneficiaries of
NSAP
 List of beneficiaries of
IAY and the number of
instalments received
 List of permanent waiting
list of IAY
 List of persons sanctioned
houses in the last three
years
NRLM:
 Micro Credit Plans of
SHG members already
prepared in the Gram
Panchayat.
 List of active SHGs and
contact details of office
bearers.
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- Bindis
- Chalk/rangoli
8. Ready Reckoner (to be provided by MoRD)
9. Formats to be filled by BPT
Checklist for Administration
1. Meeting with Commissioner MGNREGS and Director chaired by the Principal
Secretary, Rural Development.
2. State Resource Pool – Identify Charge Officers and other persons from district and
block level (2 from each block) who will receive training at the State level and who
will subsequently train the Block Planning Teams. CSO resource persons who have
been trained at the national level (as per list communicated by MoRD) and resource
persons from IPPE 1 may be enlisted.
3. Communicate to the MoRD, the schedule of State level training and contact details of
charge officers.
4. Following state level training, Charge Officer to do the following:
a. Identify members of Block Planning Team
b. Prepare tool kits for Block Planning Team
c. Schedule training for Block Planning Team
5. Communicate to MoRD consolidated block wise training calendar.
6. At Block level training, Charge Officer to ensure:
a. Gram Panchayat wise planning calendar is prepared
7. Preparation for 2nd October launch of Planning Campaign
Training Architecture
National level training
Trainers = Master trainers from MoRD
Trainees = Representatives from state
MGNREGS department, SRLM and CSO
State level training
Trainers = Persons trained at national
training
Tarinees = 2 persons identified from each
IPPE block = Block Resource Group
Block level training
Trainers = persons trained at state level =
Block Resource Group
Trainees = Block Planning Team
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Design of Training and Timelines
The overall idea is to have some national level master trainer pool. They will train and provide
handholding support to state trainer pools @ 1-2 persons per each of the IPPE blocks. These
state trainer pool in group of three will train the planning team members of their respective
blocks. Each trainer pool not only train the next level trainers/planners but also provide
handholding support on regular manner.
National level Master trainers
It is conceived that a pool of national level master trainers will be identified to train and provide
hands on support to a pool of state level trainers who in turn will train block level planning team
to facilitate the village level planning process. It is estimated that we will require about 120
number of national level master trainers to groom about 3200 trainer pool (@ 1 trainers for each
of 2532 IPPE blocks with some contingency).
These master trainers will preferably be identified from all the states and their number should be
proportionate to the number of IPPE blocks in their states. However they will be considered as
national trainer pool and can extend their support to other neighboring states if required. They
would collectively design the whole training plan and will be primarily responsible to carry the
spirit of participatory planning process and ensure quality of this process. It is assumes that each
of them would have long experience on participatory planning process around livelihoods
especially on natural resource/INRM based livelihoods planning process. They must have
competency over PRA tools and techniques.
These master trainers will form team of three each to conduct the training programs. It is
expected that each State will develop their own master trainer teams. One such team should
be comprised of one from SRLM (including district mission unit), one from MGNREGA cell
and one from any established CSOs in the state. On an average 62 blocks would require one
such team. The number of such teams will be estimated centrally and will be communicated
to the states.
Assuming that each master trainer team will groom about 80 state trainers; keeping the trainee
size of 25-30 each such master trainer team will have to conduct 3 such training programs.
Subsequently each master trainer will become available to one batch of trainees (state trainer) to
provide hands on support.
State level trainers
The state trainer pool will primarily be responsible to train the planner team who will engage
with community in field to help the villagers prepare their plan meticulously. It is conceived that
trainers coming from 3 neighboring blocks will form a team to conduct training to the planners
from these 3 blocks in batches. It is assumed that here would be in the scale of 40 to 50 planners
in each block. In this way 3-4 member training team will provide training to these planners in 4-5
batches. Subsequently each trainer will become responsible to provide hands on support to the
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holding support to the BPTs.Preferably the block level staff from NRLM mission with required
orientation/skill should be selected as the state level trainer. Otherwise a trainer should be
selected from any local CSO with required orientation and experience. In case of intense or
resource blocks or in case of CFT blocks the mission staff should be made compulsory to act as
the trainer.
Orientation
of Training
to
national
level block resource
trainers
group
National level
MoRD
master trainers
Event
Key agent
Total
trainee
no. of
Group size
150
3200
50
25-30
No. of trainers in
4-5
each trainer team
Total no. of
trainer groups
No. of events per
trainer team
Duration of each
event (days)
Total time period
(week)
3
Training
of
block planning
teams
State
level
trainers
Planning
conducted in the
villages
Block planning
team
About
250
50 * 2532 = 1.26
villages in each
lakhs
block
30
One village
2 along with
3-4
GRS,
ward
members
2
50
850
25 per block
2
3
5
10
4
5
5
3
2
3
5
6
The suggested session plan for the training to the Block Resource Group is in Annexure 6 and
for the Block Planning Team is in Annexure 7.
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Chapter 4 – Launch
Planning Process
of
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2nd October Gram Sabha: Role of Administration
As stated in the previous chapter, the following are the tasks for the administration in
preparation for the state of the
planning process via the 2nd
October Gram Sabha:
a. Wall paintings for all rural
development programs for all GPs
(Formats in Annexure 8).
b. Ensure job cards and pass books
are returned to workers
c. Ensure all logistic arrangements
for Gram Sabha
d.
Depute a Block level
official to attend Gram Sabha
e.
Each department to
set up desks for updating
documents, providing information
and grievance redress at Gram
Sabha
f. Publicise date of Gram Sabha and conduct suitable environment building activities.
Women collectives will be facilitated to organise rallies and meetings to mobilise
community for the planning exercise. IEC tools like newspaper announcements and
hoardings will to be used to inform citizens about the campaign.
For this Various IEC activities need to be
carried out as outlined below:
WALL PAINTINGS
- Pamphlets, Posters, Banners, Wall Writings
and Hoardings
WALL PAINTINGS OF KEY
- Appeals by Chief Ministers and Ministers
ENTITLEMENTS AND EXPENDITURE
through News Papers, Television and Radio
- Letters to Gram Panchayats and Elected
IN THE GRAM PANCHAYAT IS AN
Representatives by District Magistrates and
IMPORTANT VISUAL TOOL FOR
senior officials of MGNREGS
PASSING ON INFORMATION,
- Development and use of Slogans promoting
the IPPE (e.g. Hamara Gaon, Hamara Vikas,
FACILTIATING TRANSPARENCY AND
HamarI Yojna)
PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE.
- Mike Announcements, Pad Yatras, street play
etc.
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IEC Activities suggested for mobilization of Gram
Geographical Unit: GP or Ward or a population around 5000
No
Activity
1)
Press release
collector
by
the
District
Sabha
for
IPPE
2
Level
Frequency
Responsibility
District
Before formal start of Rozgar
Divas / Gram Sabha / IPPE District Authorities
etc in the district
2)
Formal inauguration in the district
District
Before formal start of Rozgar
Divas / Gram Sabha / IPPE District Authorities
etc in the district
3)
Wall paintings,
boards etc
Village
Seven days prior
Village authorities
4)
Mobilisation
procession
with
placards, songs, school students,
announcements, door to door visit Village
etc. with cooperation of NYK,
Saksharatha Mission etc.
One day before the event
Village authorities
5)
Public Gathering of Rozgar Divas
Village
(topics given below)
On the day of the event
6)
Village authorities
Painting competition at school
During seven days prior to the
Village/GP
and
School
levels with themes on MGNREGA
event
authorities.
7)
Slogan writing competition at
During seven days prior to the Village authorities
school levels with themes on Village/GP event
and
School
MGNREGA
authorities.
8)
Extempore speech competition at
During seven days prior to the Village authorities
school levels with themes on Village/GP event
and
School
MGNREGA
authorities.
9)
Prize distribution for winners of
Paintings, Slogan writing and Village
Extempore speech competitions
banners,
notice
On the day of the event
10)
MGNREGA literature distribution
in local language.
Village
On the day of the event
Village authorities
11)
Media coverage by local stringers
Village
On the day of the event
Village authorities
12)
Comprehensive
activities
Village
Within a week
Village authorities
report
on
IEC
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13)
Comprehensive
activities
report
on
IEC
Block
Within fifteen days
Block authorities
2ndOctober Gram Sabha: Participants
The Gram Sabha held on 2nd October 2015 is to orient all the important stakeholders and
to develop the calendar for the village level IPPE Process. This meeting should have the
following participants
i. GP Level MGNREGS Functionaries,
ii. Elected head of Gram Panchayat,
iii. Elected members of the GP,
iv. Identified leaders of Community Based Organisations –especially the
SHGs cluster, sub cluster and federations
Preparing the status paper on MGNREGA implementation in the GP
This is to be prepared by the implementation team of MGNREGS at the GP level using MIS
reports. The charge officer will be responsible for ensuring this with the help of the Block level
MIS personnel and the respective GRS or other staff in charge of implementing MGNREGS in the
Gram Panchayat. The status paper should reflect the details of HHs registered, employment
demanded, employment provided, list of completed, ongoing and abandoned works along with
their locations and status of progress. The information should be disaggregated on Social Group
(Caste/Tribe), Gender, Disability, Age and other SECC inclusion and exclusion criteria
This will give a picture, in one glance, of the untapped potential of the programme and to
understand the extent to which the programme has benefitted the community as a whole and to
the vulnerable community in particular. This analysis will create a constructive environment for
planning the programme more effectively in the years to come and to increase the participation
of vulnerable groups (Format given in table 3 below)
Before conducting any meetings, the BPT must sit down and discuss this status paper thoroughly
so they are all familiar with the conditions of the panchayat where the will be conducting the
planning process.
2nd October Gram Sabha: Role of BPT
The Block Planning Team (BPT) visit to the Gram Panchayat should be facilitated by the
Panchayati Raj Institution functionaries (or the equivalent in areas where the Three Tier
Panchayat Raj System is not functional). This is the meeting in which the Block Planning Team
gets introduced to the important stakeholders of the Panchayat and presents its roadmap for the
planning process.
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It is imperative to express at this stage that the planning process is owned by the people of the
Panchayat and the BPT will merely facilitate the process through having interactions and
exercises with different stakeholders in the Panchayat. The first meeting therefore needs to have
participation from all the significant stakeholders that the BPT wants to interact over the next
few days.
The BPT can present its analysis of the situation of MGNREGS in the Gram Panchayat and also
discuss around potential livelihood opportunities, NRM challenges and required interventions,
greater employment, durable and suitable assets, effective participation of women and
vulnerable families and groups. This discussion will lead to the need for the Participatory
Planning Process in this context.
Introducing
MGNREGA,
issues and bottlenecks faced,
clarification of ‘act’ and
‘scheme’, employment and
asset creation aspects of the
programme,
process
of
planning of works, estimation
of
demand,
permissible
works,
prospective
of
MGNREGA in enhancing
the NRM based livelihood
opportunities and also the
support to be provided by the
scheme in agriculture and
horticulture
activities,
conservation and protection of natural resources can be explained. There can be a discussion on
enhancing and strengthening livelihood opportunities for residents, particularly of vulnerable
families, linked with natural resource management, and the possible treatments of land for
improving the productivity.
Important dates such as the period the BPT will conduct the exercise in the village and that of
the gram sabha should also be communicated during the launch meetings. Care shall be taken
that all communication is kept simple and in layperson’s language.
During the introductory interaction the BPT can begin to map out the demographic pattern of
the Gram Panchayat with focus on the hamlets where the vulnerable communities (such as SC,
ST, and PTGs and SECC identified families) reside as well as to obtain information on SHGs
and other institutions of occupational groups such as farmers groups, dairy cooperatives and so
on. The Participatory Planning process will also include interaction with such groups at the
ward/ hamlet/ village level (i.e. the smallest habitation unit identified for IPPE).
The role of SHGs, Clusters in helping the BPT in community mobilization and planning process
needs to be mentioned. A detailed plan with SHG representatives on how they can contribute to
the planning process should be discussed. Along with PRI representatives, they should also take
responsibility of mobilizing community members for the hamlet-level meetings and must actively
participate in the planning processes.
The Planning process for a Gram Panchayat can be completed only after all villages and wards
have had an opportunity to prepare their plans. It is necessary at the introductory meeting itself
that a deadline is set for the Planning Process by which all the Wards/Hamlets/Villages have to
come up with their plans for presentation at the Gram Sabha. Given the time constraints as well
as the vulnerability focus of the IPPE, not all the wards/villages can be covered by the BPT in
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an intensive manner. The BPT may therefore have to prioritise habitations and allocate more
time to the more vulnerable habitations
2nd
October
Gram
Sabha:
Expected
Outcomes
1. The BPT would have familiarised itself to the members present at the meeting and
explained to them the purpose of the Planning Process. The PRI representatives should
own the planning process.
2. The BPT would have facilitated the finalisation of a calendar for visiting different
hamlets/villages/wards.
3. The BPT would have come up with a list of principal contact persons for each
hamlet/village/ward
4. The BPT would have arrived at a first list of local youth/SHG members who will assist
in the planning process.
5. The PRI members should have decided a date for the holding of the final Gram Sabha at
which Village/Hamlet/Ward level plans will be presented for ratification.
6. The SHG representatives should have finalized a plan for mobilizing community
members for the concept-seeding meeting.
7. Discussion around livelihood focused intensive planning, particularly for vulnerable HHs
through convergence and MGNREGS.
8. Discussion on need for NRM-based planning and possible land-based treatment
measures for that particular area and context.
9. Announce Gram Sabha dates for Prioritisation of Works.
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Chapter 5 – Steps in Planning
Process
Role of Block Planning Team
Keeping overall objective of the IPPE in mind, the followings desirable outputs are expected to
be achieved out of village level planning exercise:





Wider participation is ensured in the planning process especially of women and
vulnerable households.
Community becomes aware of various farm based activities/works which can strengthen
their livelihoods and can be taken under MGNREGA.
Activities/works are identified and prioritized to support livelihoods of community
especially of vulnerable and poor households
A shelf of projects are prepared with priority ranking keeping seasonality and labour
budget into mind
PRIs, SHGs and VOs are actively engaged in the planning process
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After the 2nd October Gram Sabha here the PRI members and people have been oriented, there
will be a village wise planning calendar drawn. Using this as a starting point, the following are the
steps that the BPT has to mandatorily carry out at the village level.
1. Even though dates and venues of the village wise meetings have been decided, the BPT
on the first day should do a round of mobilisation and prachar prasar to inform people
and bring them to the meeting venue.
2. Start with a village level meeting.
3. Discussion on overall livelihood analysis for the village.
4. Social Map - Look at the social map made the previous year. If it is satisfactory, then
build conversation about how to update it, build a conversation on updating the
information. If map doesn’t exist, make a social map. Through this process also discuss
the SECC list and the list of vulnerable households.
5. Preparation of Household Livelihood Plans for those identified as most vulnerable and
using the SECC list to identify those who are automatically included and with
deprivations.
6. Do demand estimation of all vulnerable HHs (pre printed format to be made available).
7. Seasonality Map – Through discussion make a new seasonality map.
8. Look at old resource map. If it’s satisfactory, then build conversation about how to
update it. If it is a half done resource map, build conversation around completing the rest
of the map. If map doesn’t exist, make a resource map.
9. Conduct a Transect Walk to identify locations for assets from a livelihood and natural
resource management perspective.
* Refer to Annexure 9 for a suggested breakup of the three day period.
Role of Administration
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Facilitate meeting of BPT members with all block officials
Charge officer to monitor movement of BPTs as per planning calendar.
All PRA tools to be displayed at the GP level after completion of training.
Submission of all formats by the BPT to the charge officer
Conduct surprise visits to GPs where planning process is underway
Ensure all administrative members of BPT are present at GPs
Monitor attendance of BPT members for payment per day
Provide documents/kits are incomplete
Problem solving and continuous help centre for all BPT members
Organise mid-term review based on feedback from charge officers and CSO
members for course correction as necessary.
11. Section G: Transect Walk
12. Section H: Identifying and Prioritising Works
13. Section I: Concluding Gram Sabha
Activity Outcome Map for Planning Process
Activity
Ho to do it*
Outcome/Format to be filled
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Village level meeting
Section A
No format
Livelihood discussion
Section B
No format. Outcomes to be incorporated at the
time of prioritization of works.
Social Map
Section C
-
+ Discussion on SECC list
-
+ Discussion on IAY & NSAP
Beneficiary list
-
Household Livelihood Plan
Section D
Seasonality Map
Section E
Format B in Annexure 11. The works that
emerge from this process must be included in
the MGNREGS Shelf of Works and GP Rural
Development Plan (Annexure 14).
-
Demand Estimation
Section F
List of eligible and excluded IAY
beneficiaries
List of eligible and exclude NSAP
beneficiaries
List of persons identified through
SECC with whom to make household
livelihood plans.
Any revisions to SECC list.
Understanding of potential of labour
days to be incorporated at the time of
prioritizing works at the Gram Sabha.
Deeper understanding of livelihood
options.
Format A in Annexure10
Format C for demand for skills in Annexure 12
Format D for IAY & NSAP in Annexure 13
Resource Map
Section G
No format
Transect Walk
Section H
No format
Identifying
works
and
prioritizing Section I
Gram Sabha for prioritization of Section J
works
No format
Gram Panchayat Rural Development Plan in
Annexure 14
The final outcomes of the Planning Process will be presented in the concluding Gram Sabha in
the form of the Gram Panchayat Rural Development Plan. This will be compiled by the Block
Planning Team and it will necessarily include the following:
1. Presentation on social map, seasonality map and demand estimation of vulnerable
households.
2. Presentation on list of community and individual works to be taken up as emerged from
the livelihood discussion, resource map and transect walk.
3. Presentation of list of individual works to be taken up as emerged from household
livelihood plans.
4. This total list will be prioritisied by the Gram Sabha.
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5. Presentation on the list of households surveyed for Skills and the total number of people
who have opted for skilling.
6. Presentation on the list of excluded and eligible beneficiaries of NSAP and IAY.
7. Reading out of the list of beneficiaries of IAY, the number of instalments they have
received and the permanent waiting list.
The following are the key universe’s of people that the BPT will be addressing. It must be noted
that the categories of vulnerable households and eligible SECC households are to be arrived at
through a discussion around the social map. The provided lists and categories are only
indicative.
Household survey for vulnerable
households + all automatically included
households and those with
deprivations (from SECC) = demand
estimation for mgnregs work + demand
for skills + houshold livelihood plan +
NSAP + IAY
Entire village = participatory planning
for MGNREGS works + discussion on
SECC list
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Chapter 6 – Participatory Rural
Appraisal Tools for Planning
Process
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Section A: First meeting at the
village/hamlet/ward Level
The first visit to an identified hamlet/village/ward would be based on the calendar developed at
the Introductory Gram Panchayat Meeting. The ward member/s and the youth/SHG members
identified by the BPT Sub Team for assisting the planning process should have already intimated
the visit plan of the Team. The team should have collected and analysed details of MGNREGS
employment and SECC data for the village/hamlet/ward before visiting it.
There should be a movie show around MGNREGS,
INRM/ successful watershed interventions in the
village, on the previous evening/ prior to initiate the
planning. On the first day, the first interaction could be
an open meeting, followed by different group level
exercises that are part of the planning process (discussed
in the next few sections). During the first interaction,
the Team should share about the status of MGNREGS
employment in the Village/Hamlet/Ward in the context
of the Gram Panchayat, the Block, District, State and
National context. The discussion should focus on the
potential of improving employment, NRM based
During the general processes at
the Village/ Hamlet/ Ward level,
the BPT needs to facilitate the
participation of women and other
vulnerable groups. Apart from
this, it must also have separate
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)
with such vulnerable HHs for
livelihood planning.
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livelihood enhancing opportunities and required interventions, durable and suitable asset creation
with quality through better planning. The planning team will emphasize on the necessity of NRM
planning linked to livelihood enhancement and also possible areas of convergence with other
schemes to support livelihood needs for the vulnerable households.
The BPT can facilitate the villagers to start the discussion with sharing of overall problems exist
in the villages related to water, fuel, fodder, sanitation, agriculture, livestock, connectivity etc ,
followed by the problems/ issues being faced by the vulnerable households for their livelihoods
in particular. People should also share how they would like to address these problems and
issues. In this context how MGNREGS and other schemes can help them to address their
problems. The discussion should focus on strengthening and enhancing the livelihood
opportunities through proper NRM based plan, potential wage employment, quality & utility of
assets. People should also share the key issues they are facing as regards to implementation of
MGNREGS in their village.
Orientation of principal contact persons/local facilitators
By the end of the first meeting at the Village Level, the BPT should have been able to identify
the local resource persons including ward member who’ll work closely with them over the
Understanding-Planning-Prioritising
Phases. After the introductory open
KEEP IN MIND
meeting, the BPT conduct an
orientation session for such people at
The BPT should try to bring out of the
the same venue. Of course this should
discussion the role that vulnerable groups
not be a closed meeting and should be
played a role in deciding the works (if at all),
open to anyone who wants to sit.
However the BPT should ensure that
the timing of the work and the selection of
those who it thinks are critical for the
workers.
process also attend. They should be
given a brief orientation by the BPT
members to cover the basic provisions of the Act, the IPPE and their role during the planning
process. They should also have a shared understanding about the time available to complete the
IPPE process for the Hamlet/ Village/ Ward.
Understanding the community
The first step towards the planning process is to understand the community and their problems
and issues. It must be remembered that the process involves not only the BPT gaining an
understanding of the community, but also the community itself understanding and analysing
their situation and problems better.
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While MGNREGA is meant for all, but it is highly desired to ensure that the MGNREGA
supports should reach to the vulnerable households. Understanding the community therefore
implies an understanding the conditions of differenthouseholds particularly vulnerable
households and groups. Are the vulnerable communities (SC/ST/PTG) able to demand and get
work? Are their livelihood needs are suitably addressed in the plan and at the end are able to get
required good quality and useful assets? Are they able to get individual assets that they are
eligible for? Are vulnerable Households (e.g. woman headed and as listed in SECC) and
Individuals (e.g. PWD) able to get employment and assets? Understanding the community means
understanding that different households and different individuals have different needs. It is
important to understand their needs for employment and livelihood that can be addressed
through MGNREGA (independently or in convergence).
Non-Negotiable principles for participatory planning MGNREGA
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The process with the community should begin with explanations and seeking their
permission.
Timing and place should be governed by local context of separate sections of the
community.
Recognise that different groups, as defined locally by age, gender, well-being, ethnicity,
religion, caste, language etc. have different perspectives.
Any knowledge and experience of the community or villagers should be respected
Facilitator team should use this planning process as an opportunity of learning
Be Open ,honest and transparent about the objectives of the MGNREGA planning process
with all community sections
Not interrupting, not lecturing, but being a good, active listener; during the planning process
Respect the fact that information is generated by local people and so ask their permission to
document, remove, and use information. When possible, ensure that original diagrams and
copies of reports remain in the community.
Handing over the stick, i.e., passing the initiatives and responsibility to others;
They can do it, empowering others through confidence in their capabilities; and Open-ended
flexibility to make space for the priorities of the poor.
Handing over the stick, i.e., passing the initiatives and responsibility to others;
The key outputs from the tools used to understand the community are therefore:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Identification of Vulnerable Communities
Identification of Vulnerable Households
Their current status in terms of MGNREGS Employment and Assets
Their current resource ownership and control (community & individual)
Their need for MGNREGS Employment with seasonality of need
Mapping the needs and problems of community and particularly the livelihood needs for
vulnerable HHs.
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Section B:
Livelihood
Discussion
on
Introduction
A vast majority of rural poor typically inhabit regions with complex and vulnerable ecologies.
Their livelihoods depend on the interaction among a number of factors like availability and
quality of natural resources, rainfall, available sources of irrigation, access to credit, and market
linkages etc. Most of the IPPE blocks are part of the agro-economic zones VI and VII, and are
characterised by rain-fed agriculture, farming-systems based livelihoods, lack of irrigation
sources, and continuous depletion of natural resources like soil and water bodies. A large
proportion of rural households in these blocks are small and marginal farmers who are directly
dependent on agriculture, while significant number are landless households who depend on
livestock rearing, NTFP , casual labour and seasonal migration for their livelihoods.
It is not uncommon to find a large proportion of marginal farmers in rural India who migrate to
cities after the khariff season, as their land becomes unproductive for agriculture without the
necessary source of irrigation. It is also not uncommon to come across farming lands of marginal
farmers which have become less productive due to soil erosion and poor carrying capacity of the
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area. Similarly, there are many landless families who primarily depend on livestock, but can’t
increase the herd size due to lack of infrastructure and other backward and forward linkages.
It is therefore necessary to plan suitable interventions in such areas that will result in higher
productivity and improved carrying capacity of natural resources. It will, in turn, have a direct
impact on the well-being of the rural people.
“Mahatma Gandhi NREGA” is a demand-driven programme which holds immense potential for
enhancing the livelihoods of rural poor and giving a boost to the rural economy. One of the
major components of “Mahatma Gandhi NREGA” is the annual planning exercise that gives
the rural communities the opportunity to prepare their own village-plan that will be implemented
later.
IPPE had been initiated last year to enhance the participation of villagers in the annual planning
process. One of the learning of the exercise has been that the plan need to support enhance the
livelihoods of villagers. It has also been observed that utilisation of assets is poor if it is not
linked with the livelihoods of the families. The need to include the livelihood perspective in the
annual planning exercise has triggered IPPE-II that will be primarily a livelihood-based
participatory planning exercise. It will also focus on the livelihood planning of vulnerable
household.
During the annual planning exercise, the villagers can collectively discuss the gaps and issues
related to their existing livelihoods, and prepare a plan for addressing those gaps. It is also
important to work within a convergence framework for backward and forward linkages.
Framework for conceptualizing livelihoods:
A. Community-Area-Sector framework:
Livelihoods of rural poor is the result of a complex set of interactions among various factors
related to the Community themselves, the Area where they are situated and the state of the
‘livelihoods’ Sector.
It is obvious that each of these factors affect livelihood
choices quite significantly. Each of these factors is always
working with or against each other in influencing decisions
and it is almost always a fact that no single factor solely
decides livelihood choices. The reality that all these factors
are also constantly undergoing change make the process of
livelihood choice quite a complex one and the process of
facilitating livelihood choices quite difficult. Facilitating
livelihood choices and helping sustain them is therefore a
task that requires redefining the inter-relationships of the
Community, Area and Sector and need a mix of sociobehavioral and techno-managerial capabilities on the side of
the facilitator.
AREA
COMMUNITY
SECTOR
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1. Community:
Here one would define the term Community to deal with a wide range of attributes such as the
Self of the individual, who is in the centre of the livelihoods planning marked by her self-view,
her aspirations, her sense of agency; values, beliefs and attitudes of self, family and relevant
society; resources and skills possessed by her and family; her awareness and access to rights and
entitlements; and also the quality and effectiveness of the collectives she is member of.
As mentioned above the ‘Self’ of the person is the most pivotal factor that guides livelihoods
choices. The ability of a person to make choices for herself can also be defined in terms of her
sense of agency. A person’s ‘sense of agency’ includes the notion of ‘self-efficacy’, which helps
explain what either constrains or supports people’s ability to seize opportunities. Self-efficacy is
the belief about one’s own capability. Self-efficacy motivates a person to persist in the face of
setbacks and to acquire the necessary competence to succeed. By the same token, a person with
low self-efficacy would harbour feelings of hopelessness as one often encounters among
members of the poorest social groups in India. It follows then that enhancing the sense of
agency of poor people must be a necessary and key element of strategies to remove poverty. This
can only be done by engaging directly with them focusing on the “person”, her aspirations, her
dreams, her dilemmas and internal blocks rather than the task / project at hand. This kind of
person focus is best done in support groups. And to succeed, such engagement must be rooted
in the belief, a priori, that poor people have capability, that they are worthy and can be the
drivers of change for themselves and their communities. From this it also follows that
membership in cohesive, affinity groups of rural poor women helps the women draw strength
from each other and in that process experience and enhanced sense of agency.
The efficacy and effectiveness of the collectives of the women such as self help groups, their
federations and producer organizations is another area that is an important determinant in
livelihood choices. As mentioned earlier, collectives help the member women develop
confidence, draw support from each other emotionally and help each other in times of crisis.
However there are other roles as well that are played by collectives. The collectives also help in
achieving scale of economies, share resources and knowledge, and also manage risks.
There are other social norms and cultural barriers around caste and class that also restrict the
mobility of poor. To fight the structures which are inherently discriminatory, poor including
women have to be organized to collectives.
2. Area:
The term Area denotes predominantly the quantum and quality of natural resources, its carrying
capacity, current and potential use, access to poor people and the sustainability of these
resources.
Poverty is also a function of the physical location a person finds herself. A vast majority of poor
people in villages typically inhabit regions with complex and vulnerable ecologies; for e.g., – the
undulating, hilly and mountainous terrain of Central India with its highly erratic rainfall is a
major factor in the endemic poverty there. It is necessary therefore to stimulate human
intervention in such ecologies that result in higher productivity and carrying capacity of natural
resources, which would have a direct impact on the well being of the people directly living off
the natural resources (such as the farmers); and a lot of others who are benefitted indirectly. A
booming farm economy also benefits a large number of people down the line such as the
laourers, traders, transporters and a host of market players. This calls for knowledge of natural
and other material resources, their potential and limits, and of innovative practices.
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3. Sector
The term Sector broadly covers the institutions of the State and Markets and Technology. The
norms, rules and policies of state and market and technological innovations etc. guide the
livelihoods choices of the poor people. The institutional environment poor people inhabit clearly
fosters and sustains poverty as the social and political geography of poverty in India clearly
brings out. A vast majority of poor people live in regions with weakest institutions, including
poorly developed markets and weak governance.
Weak governance results in inadequate penetration of public resources and programmes into the
rural areas which further exacerbates the already dismal situation. Less than desirable quality of
health, education, housing, electricity and connectivity contribute to increasing misery and
general backwardness of an area. This also leads to the markets remaining underdeveloped.
Producers of goods and services, howsoever limited in numbers or volume they are, find it
difficult to realize optimal prices due to lack of physical access to fair markets, high cost of
accessing markets and sheer lack of information about where to go. Thus they remain caged in
the trap of exploitative middlemen and moneylenders.
Interventions in realm of building the institutions require multiple interventions from
strengthening the economic collectives to access remunerative markets, and in helping better
quality implementation of programmes and also in influencing policy making in favour of the
poor.
B. 5-A framework- Decision making by rural families:
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Asset
Assuranc
e
Attitud
e
Poor
women
Access
Abilit
y
Income
Well-being
Attaining Livelihoods
goals
Sustainability
Empowerment
Decision making in the economic sphere is influenced both by the “goals” or objectives of the
families as well as the conditions under which they must strive to achieve these goals.
Goals or objectives: For a large majority of the rural poor, livelihood concerns: the desire to
obtain adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care etc. dominate the households. Presumably,
life-style per se too holds some appeal as well as influence as the note on Historical Experiences
suggests. The very title “subsistence farming” tends to subsume these goals of the decision
making of the poor farming households: they wish to maximize the chances of their being able
to subsist, today and in times to come. Implicit in this is the absence of “maximizing” type
objectives. The rural households perhaps do not explicitly seek to maximize the returns to their
land, labour or investment. Two specific issues, namely the level of acceptable risk and the
amount of leisure they are willing to sacrifice for the income also tend to influence the
specific operating objectives of a household.
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The conditions under which they must shoot for these goals are well described by the 5 As:
assets, access, abilities, assurances and attitudes. Of these five, the first four (assets, access,
abilities and assurances) are objectively verifiable features. Attitudes are uniquely a personal,
individual feature.
Assets: Physical assets such as land (with its topography), animals, equipment (pump, tractor,
implements), ponds, wells, cash, jewellery, bank balances, home stores of seed, grain and food
and perhaps also goodwill with the traders, bankers etc.. clearly make the base over which the
edifice of economic decision making must be built. The family size can be both an asset and a
liability: children and old people are a drag on household economy, adults contribute to it. The
quality of the asset, its carrying (or work) capacity and the risk of its deterioration are all relevant
facets households consider.
Access: It is tempting to consider level of infrastructure development as the only determinant of
access. It is an important feature, but not the sole determinant.Access influences both the quality
of decision making and the quality of husbanding of the assets the household can manage.
Access to information on things like market prices, demand, seasonality, expected quality for the
produce is important for good quality decision making for commercially oriented households.
Access to input suppliers-physical, social and financial; is critical for any sustained economic
activity. Access to State agencies, Banks etc. can assist the household obtain supports for its
economic activities and livelihoods. Socially and legally legitimised access to public and common
goods (canals, ponds, streams, rivers, forests, wastelands, grazing lands etc.) is an extremely
important issue particularly for the marginalized people.
Assurances: This is taken up in connection with coping with risks and need not be mentioned
here again. Assurance also refers to the certainty with which the critical services or supports
required from external person/agencies/environment can be acquired. It is very critical for
marginalized families because of their vulnerability positions. Poorer the person, it is rather the
higher degree of certainty of result/output but not the level or amount of return that matters to
her as the failure hits hard the family which the family can hardly withstand.
Abilities: Abilities primarily talks about the person’s competency to understand (knowledge) and
act (skill) in analyzing, planning, engaging in any livelihoods production process till getting the
desired outputs or outcomes in hand. This includes physical prowess, motor skills, special
abilities unique to a specific trade and the iffy and intangible ability called “street smartness”.
Attitudes: Attitudes of special significance are those related to fear or liking for new and strange
things and people, attitudes related to risk; attitudes related to leisure and attitudes related to
one’s own social presence, attachment to family, personal proclivity, believes etc.There is nothing
right or wrong here. May be this is the only “fully human” factor and rest are “objective” and
seemingly clear.
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Livelihoods intervention approach:
In both the above frameworks it is obvious that each of the factors/components articulated
affect livelihood choices quite significantly. Each of these factors is always working with or
against each other in influencing decisions and it is almost always a fact that no single factor
solely decides livelihood choices. The reality is that all these factors are also constantly
undergoing change and make the process of livelihood choice quite a complex one and the
process of facilitating livelihood choices quite difficult. Facilitating livelihood choices and helping
sustain them is therefore a task that requires redefining the inter-relationships of the Community,
Area and Sector and need a mix of socio-behavioral and techno-managerial capabilities on the
side of the facilitator.
Hence, for enhancing rural livelihoods, a holistic approach is required. Some of the approaches
are:
i.
ii.
iii.
Production cluster-based approach
Farming systems based approach
Household-based approach
Production-system approach essentially starts with identification of potential products suitable
for the area and community. It is followed by understanding the factors of production,
strengthening the facilitating factors a,nd containing the hindering ones. This approach moves
beyond production i.e. to value addition as well as process streamlining and if necessary
establishment of required producer institutions. In farming system approach the basic objective
is strengthening various livelihoods components in a village/hamlet, pre-dominantly around
sustainable farming and livestock, in an integrated manner. It is based on how various
livelihoods can strengthen each other and the return/utility optimisation is derived from whole
set of livelihoods opportunities. While in production cluster approach, the objective is to
maximise return from one single activity/product.
In case of Household based approach, each individual HH is the unit of intervention. The basic
philosophy is that the individual factors such as interest, proclivity, risk taking ability, resource or
asset base, confidence level, mobility, co-operation at family level etc. are equally important
factors in addition to the support system base to strengthen livelihoods of HHs. This approach
becomes very significant in contexts where there are variances and uncertainties in this these
factors.
In IPPE blocks, the livelihoods base of poor families are mostly around agriculture, livestock
and NTFP and wage labour. A typical rural family draws their livelihoods from all or most of
these sources though the share from each source may differ from family to family. Poorer the
family, greater is the dependence on wage labour, livestock and NTFP. While the wage labour
component is directly addressed by “Mahatma Gandhi NREGA”, strengthening other three
requires holistic farming system approach. This approach can potentially strengthen the wide
range of livelihoods in a mutually supporting manner but also can support most of the families in
the village. However the vulnerable families needs special attention. In IPPE -II the Household based approach to suggested to understand and plan interventions to strengthen the
livelihoods of vulnerable families in a village. This way two approach are conceived in IPPE-II.
For the community level intervention, “Farming system approach” is followed and for
vulnerable families the individual “HH based approach” is followed. While CommunityArea-Sector framework is more appropriate in guiding the farming system approach of
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livelihoods intervention, the 5-A framework is more appropriate for HH level livelihood
planning process for the vulnerable families.
Livelihood-Enhancing Interventions for the community in general
As discussed earlier, MGNREGA can be utilised for creating assets that will strengthen the
existing livelihoods, and at the same time strengthen the ecosystems for farming-systems based
livelihoods. Some probable livelihood-enhancing interventions can be:
Farm-based livelihoods: Individual assets water harvesting structures (e.g farm ponds), land
development (e.g. land leveling and bunding), and soil & moisture conservation measures (e.g.
30X40 model), vegetative measures (e.g. plantation), etc can be planned for enhancing agriculture
productivity and improving the carrying capacity of natural resource base of the area. They will
help in increasing the cropping intensity, and can also help families to cultivate cash crops in the
rabi or summer season. It will help the families to make the transition from mono-cropping to
double-cropping. Similarly, interventions like trenching, and gully plugging etc can be planned to
check the depletion of primary natural resources. Fruit plantation can be planned for families
who have the required land, or it can also be planned on common lands.
Livestock-based livelihoods: It has been observed that livestock rearing, like goat rearing,
backyard poultry etc, is a major secondary source of livelihoods for many rural families. But the
lack of optimum infrastructure and lack of backward and forward linkages make it difficult for
the households to convert livestock-based rearing to a sustainable source of livelihoods.
Individual assets like goat shed, poultry shed, and cattle-shed can be planned for such families. It
is particularly important for landless households.
NTFP-based livelihoods: Many families in IPPE blocks are dependent on NTFP as their
secondary or tertiary source of livelihoods. For landless families, it is an important source of
livelihoods. Promoting fuelwood-based plantation and tasar and lac host plantation on common
lands can help such families to enhance their cash income. Infrastructural support like drying
yard, Common facility centers and storage house etc can also be planned, based on the livelihood
needs of the villagers. For artisans groups work shed or the common facility centers etc. can also
be planned.
Livelihood for the landless depending on the land as the only livelihood option will not be
feasible. Other than the farmers, people are dependent on agriculture labour, construction work,
fishing, cow/ goat rearing, and other petty services for their livelihood. Here, we could adopt
multiple strategies. The first thing for uplifting the pro-poor from their poverty situation, wage
employment needs to be the immediate option. A regular wage employment that would give
them some money to buy their daily rice would build their confidence.
Household-based Livelihood Planning Process
In every village, some HHs are found to be very vulnerable. Such families have also been
captured through the recently completed SECC (Socio-economic Caste Census) throughout the
country. It has been observed that these families are often excluded from the normal planning
process and subsequent intervention plan because of their low awareness and competency level,
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poor asset base, and investment and risk taking ability etc. To address this exclusion, the
individual HH-based planning component for vulnerable HHs has been added in IPPE-II.
During the planning exercise, the planning team need to visit to house of each of these
identified vulnerable families and spend about 10-15 minutes each to understand their life and
develop rapport. Subsequently they need to sit together in a separate group. All adult male and
female members of the household should participate in this process. The current sources and
challenges of livelihoods, and level of income will be assessed for each such family. A brief
visualization exercise may help in strengthening this process. The basic objective of the
facilitation process is that the participant families should collectively be able to decide their
livelihood priorities, supports required, and support required to materialize their livelihoods
enhancement plan etc.
Some key persons of the village like SHG leaders or ward members may be invited to give their
suggestions. A list of activities will be prepared for each of these families to share in the
tola/gram sabha for prioritization and approval. If the Micro Credit Plan (MCP) for these
families is available, then it should also be assessed during the planning exercise. In addition to
the potential farm based activities such as farm pond, dug well, land leveling-bunding, and
orchards etc, activities such as farming on leased land, plantation on common revenue land,
pisciculture in village pond, goat rearing, back yard poultry farm etc. can also be planned for
these vulnerable families. The plans of the vulnerable families need to be prioritised over the
other plans of the village.
Need for a comprehensive approach to livelihoods promotion
It goes without saying that the rural poor in most of India are a deprived lot on all counts. Thus
promotion of livelihoods requires a slew of well orchestrated interventions, in scale, that can set
in motion processes to transform the livelihood scenario. From experience of NGOs and large
scale government programmes, a tentative protocol that has emerged can be summarized in the
following stages:
The core strategies for promoting livelihoods are:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Social mobilization: Organizing communities into self help groups, VOs, clusters
Improving the carrying capacity of the natural resource base-the chief asset for
enhancing productivity
Knowledge and skill development
Setting livelihood systems at the grassroots: formation of producer collectives, service
linkage development etc.
Support needs to be provided for skill up gradation and also access to markets. For example,
there is a pottery community in Kerala – Khumbarans. Earlier, pots were used for daily life.
Once steel and aluminium entered the market, they lost the market share. This is the kind of
challenges faced by communities engaged in traditional livelihoods. Now this community has
been skilled in studio pottery. They are involved in making of mementos and souvenirs that are
of demand in today’s market. Sensitisation of the local community is very essential for this
process. Similar skill up-gradation activities could also be taken up in agriculture activities.
Khumbarans from Kerala: an illustration
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Livelihood Perspective
(To be filled by BPT after first village level meeting to capture understanding of livelihood
options and interventions for the village and to be used as an input at the Gram Sabha while
prioritizing works)
Headi
ngs
List
of
various
livelihoods
in
the
village/
hamlet
Relative
importance of
those sources
for the village
(Chappati
ranking)
Leadi
ng
questi
on
What
are
various
sources of
income in
the village?
Let us write
those
in
these cards.
Can u please
assign these
cards to these
livelihoods as
per
their
contribution/i
mportance to
village
economy
List
of
livelih
oods
1
2
3
4
5
…..
Approx.
percentage
of
HHs
engaged in
these
livelihoods
(10
point
scale)
According
to you out
of say 10
HHs how
many HHs
may
be
currently
engaged in
these
livelihoods
Average
annual
income
per
family
Degree
of
vulnera
bility
Trend
in
return
from
this
source
Issues
or
challeng
es
in
these
liveliho
ods
Mappin
g
possible
interven
tions
On
an
average
how
much a
family
earns
from this
livelihoo
d
per
annum
How
much
this
earning
fluctuat
es
or
varies
during
last 5-6
years
(high,
medium
, low)
Among
these
liveliho
od,
which
are
increasi
ng,
decreasi
ng or
remaini
ng
more or
less
same
What
are the
proble
ms/chal
lenges
in these
liveliho
od
which
restricts
the
income
What
could
be the
possible
ways to
address
the
proble
ms or
increase
income
Livelihood Planning for the landless
There are four types of farmers:
o Landless community
o Marginal/ Landless farmers
o Small scale farmers
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o Large scale farmers
Depending on the land as the only livelihood option will not be feasible. Other than the farmers,
people are dependent on agriculture labour, construction work, fishing, cow/ goat rearing, and
other petty services for their livelihood. Here, we could adopt multiple strategies. The first thing
for uplifting the pro-poor from their poverty situation, wage employment needs to be the
immediate option. A regular wage employment that would give them some money to buy their
daily rice would build their confidence.
This process needs to certainly involve certain steps:
 Identifying immediate works that can be taken
under MGNREGS
 Land and water management initiatives
 Skilling of labour for professional services
 Livelihood development and asset creation using
scientific practices
KEEP IN MIND
MGNREGS
based
pro-poor
livelihood strategy should include
work under MGNREGS, land and
water management activities, skilling
the labour professionally and then
moving towards asset creation.
MGNREGS need to be considered
as a short term strategy for
immediate poverty and a long term
deposit for preventing poverty.
Hence, for pro-poor, they need to
have a first phase before moving on
to value chain addition and asset
creation etc. they need to first earn
their daily bread and build their
confidence. The rest will take time.
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Section C: Social
Map
Schedule I of MGNREGA
Following persons are categorized as
vulnerable and must be approached
for estimation of mgnregs demand
and demand for individual works:
1. Scheduled Castes
2. Scheduled Tribes
3. Nomadic Tribes
4. Denotified Tribes
5. Other Families below the Poverty
Line
6. Women Headed Households
7. Physically Handicapped Headed
Household
8. Beneficiaries of Land Reforms
9. The beneficiaries under the Indira
Awaas Yojana
10. Beneficiaries under the Scheduled
Tribes and Other Traditional
Forest Dwellers (Recognition of
Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of
2007)
11. SECC List – automatically
included and those with
deprivations.
12. After exhausting the eligible
beneficiaries under the above
categories, on the lands of small
or marginal farmers.
13. Members of Self Help Groups
The Social Map at the Village/Hamlet/Ward level will present information regarding the
different households residing in the location with information on vulnerability category depicted
through symbols and/or colours. It will plot type of house, identify vulnerable HHs as per schedule
I and also SECC criteria with added focus (SC,ST, Women headed HH, PWD HH and other groups
listed in the box below). It will also depict information relating to the MGNREGS registration,
employment and individual asset creation status. The mapping process will itself have discussion
regarding the status of MGNREGS. But once the map is prepared, there can be Focus Group
Discussion with vulnerable households on how best MGNREGS alone or through convergence
with other schemes, their livelihoods needs can be addressed in a sustainable manner.
Objectives:
 To learn about the households and their location in the village/hamlet/ward
 To learn about the socio-economic pattern in the village and the social, economic, gender
and ability related status of the households
 Identify vulnerable households
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 Discuss National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) list with people and list persons
who are eligible but excluded.
 Discuss Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) list with people and list persons who are eligible but
excluded.
 Discuss Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) list with people and identify those
who are automatically included and those with four deprivations or more. Household
livelihood plans will be prepared for these persons.
Social Mapping provides information regarding households (the human resource), situation of
individual households and their living condition in the village, assets based and their accessibility
and the nature of different resource. The demand for employment from the HHs can be
assessed through the social map and FGD. This assessment will set the financial boundary of
MGNREGS work in the village. More the person-days then more the work that can be done.
However, the work that can be done is also dependent on the needs and available resources in
the village.
The same map will also depict amenities available in the area such as roads, important
institutions and landmarks. The amenities mapping process can be used to discuss the potential
of MGNREGS by plotting current assets and the need and potential to develop new ones.
Making a social map
A social map is a map that is drawn by the residents and which shows the layout of residential
houses, institutions and amenities found in an area. It also helps us to learn about social status
and economic status of the households.
Note: Before initiating the participatory exercise for social map, BPT needs to ascertain, if there
is any such maps or exercise was done before for that village. If it is already done , then such
map and data should be revisited and updated through participatory process, instead of redoing
the entire map .
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Key Questions:
How many households are found in the village and where are they located?
How many HH have job cards?
How many days of employment has each HH received in the past year?
What are the institutions and amenities found in the village and where?
Are there specific parts where specific social groups (such as SCs, STs, OBCs, Others and
Minorities) live.
Identify the vulnerable households based on SECC criteria like
o Which are the households that come under ‘Paragraph 5’ eligibility for Individual
Assets?
o Which are the Landless households? Which are the small/marginal farmer
households?
o Which are the wage labour dependent households? Which families migrate
regularly?
o Which are the female Headed Households and other vulnerable groups like
PwDs, old age, landless,
o Other criteria set in SECC
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Which are the assets that have been previously created under MGNREGA?
How to facilitate1:
Introduce yourself and the purpose of/ or focus of the map to all participants.
Ask the participants to draw a map of the village, showing all households. Different types of
Houses can be marked in different colours (e.g. Pucca Building, Pucca-IAY, Semi Pucca,
Kutcha). For location and orientation it is good to draw roads and significant spots of the village
into the map. Different types of road (e.g. Cement Concrete, Kutcha, Black topped) should be
marked in different colours. Sometimes the local community members may take time to draw a map or make
errors while drawing. Even in such cases the facilitation team should not take it upon itself to draw the map
themselves.
Ensure that each household has a number, and name other details (demography, vulnerability
etc.) are documented by the documenter during the exercise.
Ask the group to indicate important institutions and amenities such as Schools, AWC, places of
worship and other significant landmarks.
Encourage the group to discuss and show on the map specific areas that are inhabited by specific
communities.
Symbols & Colours can be used to mark location of vulnerable households / individuals.
Make sure that your copy of the map has a key (legend) explaining the meaning of different
colours and symbols used in the map.
During the entire process, take care that once somebody has given a statement, you ask the
others whether they agree, disagree or want to add something.
Make sure that the objective of having all households shown on the map will be achieved.
Once the map is drawn on the ground (preferably), one of the facilitators should copy it on to a
chart paper for display and further use. Subsequently it can be copied fairly on to an A4 Sheet or
A3 Sheet as available and suitable for inclusion in the village output file.
Later a copy of the map should be given to villagers for future use
The map must contain the name of the village, direction, legend, name of the key participants
and name of the facilitators.
At the end of the exercise the facilitators should extend thanks to the participants for their time
and participation.
Team Composition: There must be one facilitator and co facilitator cum documenter. In any
case each sub team facilitating social map should not have less than 2 members.
Material needed as per need:
 Drawing on soft ground: Coloured powders, sticks and other local material
 Drawing on cemented / hard floor: Coloured Chalks, and other local material
 Drawing on Chart Paper: Large Sized Chart Paper, Pencils, Permanent Markers, Sketch Pens,
Bindis, and other material as appropriate.
 List of vulnerable households in the SECC and their criteria of exclusion and inclusion
Finally the approved Social Map may be painted on the wall or put up on Public place for
community to access in future.
Time: 3-3.5 hours
Source: adapted from FAO’s PRA tool box, “Conducting a PRA Training and Modifying PRA Tools to
Your Needs.”
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Section
D:
Livelihood Plans
Household
The BPTs will have the SECC list of the Gram Panchayat with them. At the time of the social
map they would have identified those who are automatically included and those with any
deprivations.
The SRLM staff in the Block Planning Team with the assistance of other members can facilitate
the detailed household livelihood plan for these identified households. The format for this is
enclosed in Annexure 8.
The BPT must analyse these along with the outcomes of the resource and social map to ensure
that the works that will benefit the livelihood of the identified households are included in the
plan to be put forward at the Gram Sabha.
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Section E: Seasonality Map
Life and Livelihoods in villages of India vary from season to season. There are seasons when
there is a lot of agricultural work and wage employment availability. There are seasons when
seasonal produce are available from forests or other common property resources. These are
times when the need for MGNREGS work is less. There are lean seasons when neither
agricultural nor common property based livelihoods are available. These are times when
MGNREGS employment can be of much more significance. But even the traditional agricultural
season also has gaps and it’d be wrong to assume, for instance, that the entire monsoon period is
of adequate local employment availability. In many parts of India the period from early
September to the middle of October is a period of hunger.
Outcomes of Seasonality Map
 Deeper understanding of livelihood options of people
 Understanding of quantum and timing of peoples demand for work
 Both are relevant to the prioritisation of works at the Gram Sabha
Just as availability of employment and livelihood varies from season to season, the potential for
MGNREGS work too varies. Thus even if there is a lot of demand for work in the month of
September, it’d be difficult in large parts of India to do any excavation work. Similarly even if
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lots of people wanted to do plantation work in the month of May, it’d simply not be the season
for it.
Seasonality Analysis of Wage Employment and other Livelihoods as well as of possibilities of
undertaking MGNREGS Works is thus critical to match demand for employment to supply of
MGNREGS Works.
The
discussion
on
Seasonality can be facilitated
through creating a calendar
depicting
months
and
seasons. It is of course
important to use the names
of seasons and months as
locally used by people.
These can subsequently be
roughly approximated to the
English
Calendar
for
Planning
MGNREGS
Works.
How to make a seasonality map
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Introduce the purpose of the seasonality map (5 minutes)
Ask the participants how local people divide the year.
Don’t impose western calendar if this does not reflect indigenous
seasonal categories.
Take the variables such as agriculture, wage employment, migration,
MGNREGA work, forest resources etc. in the left side
Focus attention on one particular variable and encourage people to
plot this on the calendar using drawing symbols or objects. Eg; Labor
demand, questions like: determine the 4 least busy months, lean
period, the busiest month, etc.
If the calendar is prepared on the floor, there is plenty of space for
symbols and resources.
Material needed: Whatever comes to hand, paper and pen to make final
recreation of the map
Seasonality of livelihoods
and employment could vary Dos and don’ts:
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Let the community construct the calendar rather than directing the
between
different
process.
communities and between
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Encourage them to add more questions using trigger questions.
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It is possible to discuss the calendar afterwards and develop more
women and men. For
information that meets your own agenda.
instance
among
forest
neighbouring communities, ST households and especially women, might be having greater
dependence on Non Timber Forest Produce and thus NTFP Season, e.gMahua Flower
Collection or TenduPatta Collection, may be of lower MGNREGS employment demand from
them. Thus while discussing seasonality, care has to be taken that the opinions of different
communities and women are included. Alternatively, especially if there is time available, separate
seasonality discussions can be had with such groups. Eventually, this information would
ascertain the availability of seasonal labour and will help in the planning of work. The following
are examples of what Seasonality Chart could look like.
Example of a seasonal calendar for Livelihood
Occupation/
Month
Chaitr
Baisakh
Jesth
Asarhl
Sharavan
Bhado
Ashwin
Kartik
Agan
Poush
Magh
Phagun
Agriculture
Wage
Employment Migration
MGNREGA
Works
Forest
Resources
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Seasonality mapping should capture the present employment with its degree of assurance, return
and timeline. This will also help in identifying the livelihood interventions.
Example of a seasonal calendar for MGNREGS Work Opportunities
MGNREGS
Work/
Month
Chaitr
Baisakh
Jesth
Asarhl
Sharavan
Bhado
Ashwin
Kartik
Agan
Poush
Magh
Phagun
Water
Land
Conservation
& Developm
Water Harvesting ent
Rural
Connect-ivity
Rural
Sanitatio
n
Plantation
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Section F: Demand Estimation
Estimation of demand through door-to-door survey will be conducted for the categories of
families listed in the box below. Maximum effort shall be taken to do this process
comprehensively without any household being left out. The household survey will be based on
the list of households provided from the MIS after including left out households as identified
during the Social Mapping Process.BPT will receive the list of households from the Block. This
will be ensured by the Charge Officer. These are the lists that the BPT needs:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
List of all Job Card Holders
List of all Census Households
List of all BPL Households
List of all Antyodaya Households
List of recipients Old Age, Widow and Disability Pension
List of all IAY Beneficiaries (at least the last ten years)
List of FRA Beneficiaries
These lists will form the base of the household survey to be undertaken by the BPT members.
However the BPT is not primarily a survey team but a team facilitating the participatory planning
exercise. Thus its first interaction with the village should not be as a survey team. They’ll initiate
the survey of households only after they have carried out the Social Mapping Process and
identified vulnerable households from the Social Mapping process.
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Thus after the Social Mapping Process BPT shall ensure that it is able to physically meet the
following households:
1. Job Card Holders falling under Category 5 Households List (boxes below)
2. Households identified as Category 5 Households but not having Job Cards
3. Households identified as vulnerable by the villagers whether or not having job cards or
falling under Category 5 households list
As part of the door to door survey, the facilitator will should also discuss the nature of works
households intend to do in order to complement their livelihood. It is important to capture the
nature of work vulnerable groups would like to be engaged in and thereby get an idea about their
priorities of works that should be taken up. The format to be filled for each vulnerable
household is enclosed in Format A in Annexure 10.
Scheduled Caste
Scheduled Tribe
Beneficiaries of
land reform
Small and marginal
farmers
Nomadic Tribes
Denotified Tribes
Physically
handicapped
headed household
Other families
below the poverty
line
Women headed
households
Beneficiaries of
Forest Rights Act
2006
Beneficiaries of IAY
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Section G: Resource Map
NRM based livelihood options in a sustainable way.
Resource Mapping is undertaken to
map out the types, status, quantity
and distribution of natural resources
like land & water, infrastructure
resources etc. in the village. The
resource map also depicts the access
and the manner in which various
resources are being utilised, managed
and governed by the community.
Social mapping that helps us
understand the people of a village;
Resource mapping helps us to
understand the physical resources at
the command of the village. This
map helps the community to plan
for strengthening and enhancing
The map would show land, water bodies, vegetation based on their use and geographical
features. Thus under land it would show agricultural land, orchards, forest, grazing land and
other local land categories and their ownership. Similarly water bodies would also be categorised
as ponds, streams, canals, open wells, bore wells etc. The map should also show physical
formations such as ridge lines and drainage pattern and categorise land as upland, low land etc.
These maps will be created for a habitation/ward/village. The resource map can be of two
levels. One could be a general resource map portraying the different resources to which the
residents of the village/hamlet/ward have varying degrees of access and control. Thus there
could be resources that come under open access to common property, to private. At a greater
level of detailing, there could be resource maps depicting ownerships of resources, private land
used for some form of primary production (agriculture/horticulture/pasture/pisciculture, etc.) as
well as resource maps depicting common property resources such as forests, grazing land. The
discussion around these resource maps can be about potential for addressing their livelihood and
other needs ( like fuel, fodder, water etc ) by improving productivity of these lands, diversifying
use of lands or reducing vulnerability of these lands through use of MGNREGS and other
schemes through convergence. The ongoing and other incomplete works also need to be
identified and shown on the relevant maps. Such works should also be categorised between
those whose completion is of value to the community and those which it is best to abandon and
closed.
Note: Before initiating the participatory exercise for resource mapping, BPT needs to ascertain,
if there is any such maps or exercise was done before for that village. If it is already done, then
such maps, data and information should be revisited and updated through participatory process,
instead of redoing the entire map.
Preparing the Resource Map in the Village
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1. Convene a meeting at a central point in the habitation and share the purpose of this
mapping exercise in the meeting.
2. The following are the major steps:
a. Step 1 – lay out village boundary
b. Step 2 – mark out directions
c. Step 3 – draw major rivers, existing NRM assets
d. Step 4 – refine by drawing out patches of land (either by
patta/community/soil/crop) with the help of the community.
3. Start the mapping with rangoli on the floor. Indicate different land patches - its soil,
different crops cultivated by villagers; water streams etc. While resource mapping being
done on floor by villagers, simultaneously try to draw the same on A2 size chart paper as
permanent reference.
4. Villagers generally identify patches of land by local name by the deity they worship, name
of big land owner in that plot, name of local nallaha passing by etc. Ask people to divide
the entire village revenue land into such commonly termed patch names. Entire village
boundary may be divided into prominent 10-12 plots. Generally villagers divide these
patches by their common characteristics like type of soil/slope, crops being cultivated
their etc.
5. Also try to overlap the type of patches with the lands being cultivated by poor people in
the village Take chart papers and make 10-12 pieces as per the no of patches identified
by the villagers. Write down the names of patches on these piece of chart papers.
6. With the villagers sitting over there, classify the patches in three types; better-off,
medium and inferior patches. Generally better-off patches would have irrigated
double/triple cropped land. Mostly it is owned by better-off people from the villages.
Medium patches would have land-holding from medium class people. There are patches
which are not degraded and have potential to make them better yielding with bit of
investment on land and water treatment and availability of irrigation resource. And
inferior patches would generally be owned by poor people. It needs lot of investment to
make these patches yielding.
7. Members of the community should mark out other common resources of the village like
ponds, wells, jungle, a place of worship etc. this mapping brings important resource
represented on a single page helping all including facilitators – who are generally external
to village realities – take an informed choice of interventions.
8. Delineate the drainage line and slope on the village map with help of the selected
villagers. Ask the community how they categorise their different kinds of lands and then
accordingly denote different types of lands in different colors e.g. green colour for low
land. An index for the different colors used is provided on the lower right hand corner of
the map itself.
9. Identify the local patches in the map. Circle these clusters of plots with a colour pen.
Simultaneously, note down the patch name and numbers on a piece of paper.
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a. Where maps are not available, google map can be printed out on A2 paper and
overlay it with graph/tracing paper.
10. Discuss how best the lands, water and vegetation can be developed to address the needs
(food and nutritional security, fuel, fodder, timber etc ) of small and marginal
farmersparticularly vulnerable HHs . Help them to indentify and prioritise the
interventions to be undertaken through MGNREGA funds. Also hep the villagers
articulate the intervention needed to improve productivity of common lands and create
common assets for the village.
11. If people prioritise investment on inferior of medium type of land then planning on such
plots can be done. Exhaustive list of Patta number and corresponding owners to be
prepared in those selected 1 or 2 patches and you can suggest possible treatment in those
lands.
There can be following types of resource maps (based on different types of maps) that can be used
for identification of patch and type of treatment required:
1. Cadastral map: revenue village map that you get it from a patwari. This is a resource map
of the panchayat that has been drawn over the cadastral map of the village.
b) Toposheet:a depiction of contours in a water shed area. Contour line is a line joining point
of the same elevation. Toposheets are generally used to draw watershed area from map.
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c) Sketch map: drawn by community based upon their own wisdom
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Steps involved in resource mapping
Preparatory Activities
1. Collect the Revenue Maps of the target villages. You can get it from the Charge Officer who
can either give it to you or guide you as regards where to get it. Photocopies of the different
sheets can be joined to prepare a village map.
2. Carry Material required for drawing Resource Map on the earth / floor or Chart Papers
3. Identify 2-3 persons from the village/hamlet who have knowledge and understanding about
revenue map and land.
Section H: Transect Walk
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What is a transect walk?
Resource Mapping and Social Mapping give us an idea of the layout of the habitation and the
resources available to it. Transect Walk gives us an actual feel of the habitation as well as the
resources. For instance a transect walk in the habitation area would give an idea of housing
conditions, sanitation and nature of amenities available in the village. Similarly a transect across
agricultural fields can provide an idea about land use, drainage, soil quality, problems related to
enhancing productivity and on field options generation for treatment and so on.
However, In view of the available MGNREGS annual budget for the village (as per labor
budget) a transect walk can be attempted in those patches only, where most of the vulnerable
HHs own and access land and resources. During the transect walk the different options and
alternatives can be identified and finalised on the basis of discussions with community specially
with the concerned land owners in the transect area .
Materials and time required
Large brown sheets of paper, markers, notebooks/paper and pens are needed to make a copy of
the diagram and also for the note-taker to record the discussion generated during the diagram
development. If the diagram is drawn on the ground, then a large area will be needed, as well as a
range of objects such as sticks, stone, leaves, seeds, and so on that the analysts can use to
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represent features on the diagram. The group will include a facilitator, observer/note-taker, and
selected informants from the village.
Time required is 3-4 hrs.
How is the transect walk to be
conducted?
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Identify the patches where transect walk
to done , based on benefiting large no of
vulnerable HHs
Explain the purpose of the transect to
the people. In consultation with the
community members, define the list of
indicators that will be analysed during the
walk. Involve them in the decisionmaking process regarding the transect
path you should take.
Identify a group of local people having
some knowledge of the area and who are
willing to walk with you for the exercise.
Make sure that representatives from
vulnerable groups are included in the
exercise. Most importantly, make sure
that the land / resource owners of that
patch participate in the exercise.
What kinds of transect route is most
appropriate?
There are different types of transect
paths. The most common one will have
you walk from a high point to a low
point. Another one will be a straight line
from one extreme point of the area to
the other. To get a more detailed view
of the area, one can also choose to
undertake an S-shaped transect walk.
Facilitators can use available social or
resource maps to select the transect
path. Other regular maps of the village
can also be used if necessary. While
marking out the path for the transect,
the guiding principle should be to
capture the problems / issues of the
plots and probable treatments, diversity
and details within the limitations of time
and physical access.
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Let the people show you their village by
following the transect path that was agreed upon. Explain that the route does not have to be
straight, but can meander if necessary. Also carry the list of parameters and preferably the
resource map for the walk. It is a useful reference during observation and discussions en
route.
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Observe the surroundings. Encourage people to explain things as you move. Take detailed
notes.
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If necessary, stop at certain locations for detailed discussions on issues related to use and
productivity, potential options for treatment. Use this opportunity to clarify issues emerging
from the social map, resource map and other methods.
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After returning, draw the transect on a large sheet of paper. Let the local people take the
lead in drawing the transect diagram. Use your notes and the notes of other members of the
transect team while making the diagram.
Show the transect to the villagers along with plot wise problems identified, options
generated for treatment and ask them to finalise the treatments/ interventions , based on
technical and financial feasibility and needs of the community.
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The following process can be used during the transect:
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Visit the patch of land with all the owners (and spouses) to identify/verify the existing
problems in each patch. Also discuss the implications of the existing problems, talk to the
owner of land in that patch about implications, also discuss what are her/his plan if the
problem of the patch is removed. Check with other farmers about feasibility of the plan.
Note the typical features of each patch like type of soil, depth of soil, water holding capacity,
slope, erosion, present land-use, vegetation, irrigation, crop productivity, etc. Use a table to
record the information for each patch. It is also wise to record the trends, this indicates
changes occurring in land use and relationship with the problems of the patch.
Also the constraining factors at the family level related to the workforce (available person days
across months), draft animals, remoteness, cash flow, etc needs to be noted.
After identifying its problems and understanding its present land use, help the owner-families
to brain storm about possible alternatives to deal with the problems in a better way. (Refer to
the table below for information on the type of options available for each patch of land).
Possible discussion during transect walk:
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The team should start the discussion around purpose of the transect, potential with prevailing
rainfall condition, how much rain can be harvested and how much it can irrigate, present crop
pattern, agricultural issues etc with the community.
Agricultural issues and mono-cropping can be linked with the need for and potential of water
harvesting and patch treatment.
The team should ask the owners of the particular patch that what kind of treatment will
ensure benefit to most of the farmers in that patch what cropping change can occur if water
harvesting can be ensured.. The team should explore how the water flows during rains across
the patch, and try to trace the path of the water flow, with the help of the community. The
team should then ask the community members about the primary issues related to the flow of
water. The community might talk about issues like soil erosion, rapid runoff, water logging,
sand deposition, flash floods, lack of harvesting structures etc.
The existing discourse in MGNREGS is to create large structures like large water harvesting
tank of various sizes (e.g. 150ft X 150ft X 10ft etc), check dams etc. So the community
members might demand for those schemes at the beginning. The team needs to explain the
need to capture the rain water so that farmers can move from mono-cropping to doublecropping.
The team should then talk about best-possible treatment based on the merit of land e.g.
porous uplands are good for recharging the ground water, checking runoff through bunding
levelling, WHTs, and low lands for holding water in seepage pits, WHTs topology. Ideally, it
would include a mix of vegetative and structural measures on private and public land.
Some structural measures like 5% model, 30X40 model, bunding & Levelling are done for
area treatment in medium-upland & Uplands, and are best done for a whole patch and not as
individual structure. So the planning team will have to discuss with the land owners about the
need for creating small water harvesting tanks in series in the whole patch. The challenge is to
convince as many farmers as possible, for such structural measures and this may require
involving farmers from other villages owning land in that particular patch. The land
ownership data become very useful here.
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Outcome Orientation
By the end of the transect walk, it is expected that the team and the community would have
achieved the following:
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The team would have identified the vegetative and structural measures for the selected
patch, keeping in mind the livelihood-need and the land-treatment required.
The team would have mobilised the land-owners and other community members around
the need for INRM-based treatment and opportunities under MGNREGS.
Section I: Identifying
Prioritising Works
and
This chapter will explain natural resource management principles which will be at the heart of a
good plan. It brings together the various aspects of the social and resource map and the transect
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walk. This will make clear how works are to be identified. Then this chapter will put forward
steps in prioritizing works and preparing a plan.
Watershed Concepts
The Watershed Approach
At the heart of the IPPE is the creation of a good quality
NRM based plan, which would address the needs of the
inhabitants in sustainable way. The concept of the
watershed and the principles of the watershed approach
are critical to planning. While these are definitely critical
to planning of livelihood enhancement works, they are
also useful in planning works such as construction of
drains in the habitation.
The BPT should spend adequate time in the village
discussing aspects of watershed development and how it
applies to the development of livelihoods in their village.
This can be done separately as a discussion followed by
inputs from BPT members or other local official or/and
civil society experts on watershed. The following chapter
provides some basic ideas about the ‘principles of
development and understanding watershed’.
It is important to be able to identify the
best type of work for the given situation.
To do this the following steps are
important:

Understand what a
‘watershed’ is and why it is important to
visualise a region as a watershed.

Based on this, identify
the best types of permissible works to
be undertaken within this region.

At each stage, it will be
indicated if works are better suited for
individual or community works.

While selecting works, it
is important to keep in mind larger
objectives
(such
as
increasing
agricultural productivity) and specific
outcomes (such as going from single to
multi cropping).
Understanding Watershed
Figure 1 This diagram depicts a typical watershed and the types of structures that may be constructed to best
channel the natural resources.
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Glossary of technical terms that you should familiarise yourself with:
Watershed
The area from where a river “catches” its water is called its catchment or watershed. A
watershed can be visualized as a landscape shaped unevenly like a bowl or basin. When it
rains, water flows down from the top of this bowl to collect at the bottom. The
undulating land area of any region forms several such units, each of which are called
sub-watersheds. Water within each of these units drains to a common point. So the hills,
valleys, forests and fields that encircle the falling rain and guide it into streams and then
rivers, all form the enclosure or bowl that is a watershed.
Ridge and
Ridge Area
The top of a watershed from where the slopes start is called the ridge, because it is the
dividing line that partitions one watershed from another. Ridges demarcate the region
into distinct areas that ‘catch the rain’ for a stream or river. In a watershed, the slopes
falling from the ridge to the beginning of the plains are called the ridge area.
Drainage
Lines
The many channels that flowing rainwater drains into are called drainage lines. Gullies,
streams and rivers are all drainage lines. The water flowing through a number of gullies
joins up to make a naali, (a small stream), many naalis combine to make a naala, (a larger
stream), naalas flow into a nadi (a river) and so on. The smallest stream is called the first
order stream. Two 1st order streams join to make a 2nd order stream. Similarly, two 2nd
order streams join to make a 3rd order stream and so on. Different watershed
interventions take place in different sized drainage lines.
Contour
Lines
A contour is an imaginary line that joins points of the same height. It is a line so flat and
level, even water could rest on it. Just like some water spilt on the flat surface of a table
top would remain on it and not dribble down.
When we try to mark points at the same height on actual landscape, like on the side of a
hill, these lines follow the curves of the land and look wavy. But they are not. They are at
the same level so much so that if one dug a channel along the contour line, a ball would
stop on it and not roll off. Contour lines are important because we need water
conservation structures that do not allow water to flow off.
Horizontal
Interval
The horizontal interval is the distance straight across as the crow flies, so to speak. For
instance, from one tree to another, from the top of one hill to another, from the road to
the house and so on.
Vertical
Interval
The vertical Interval is straight up. For instance, from the bottom of a well to the top or
from the floor to the roof, and so on.
Slope
Horizontal and vertical Interval is not so simple when we look at a hill. There is a
slanting distance from the bottom of the hill to the top. This is called a slope. As we
walk up a hill a few steps at a time we are gaining height. The point where we started
from appears further and further below. For every few steps forward that we take we
also take a few steps up. So we are traveling both horizontally and vertically at the same
time. Just like stairs.
The slope of the land is the ratio of the vertical interval to the horizontal interval. Slope
can be measured in two ways, as a percentage or in degrees. For example, if we have
walked a distance of 3 meters horizontally while gaining a height of 1 meter then we can
say
it
in
2
ways
2. The slope that I climbed was in a ratio of 1:3
3. Slope = Vertical Interval ÷ Horizontal Interval X 100 = 33%
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Bed Slope
The slope of the bed of the drainage line (naali, naala, nadi).
Soil Texture
What soil feels like is the ‘texture’ of soil. This is a result of the mixture of different sized
particles. Different soils have different combinations of these particles. We can roughly
make this out even by feeling the soil with our fingers. Thus, soils with more sand are
coarser and those with more clay feel finer. Particles above 2mmin diameter are strictly
speaking not regarded as part of soil. These are classified as stones and gravel.
Soil
Structure
The way in which the different particles group or stick together in soils, forming a network
of pores and channels is known as soil structure. There are three main types of soil
structure:
Granular– when it is like gravel, separate lumps with no bonding between them
Fragmented– when it is crumbly, small lumps loosely bonded by clay
Continuous– when it is like dough, all the particles are held by a mass of clay
First visualise a watershed, identify works according to this, link it into a larger
2.2
Why
is the expected
a outcomes.
watershed
important?
objective and
then indicate
Now that you’ve understood, what a watershed is, we can move on to why this is important. Any
structure that is to be built has to fit in to the natural settings of the region. An intervention is useful
only if the region has been understood and its slopes, ridge, drainage and farm areas identified. There
will be no use in planning a work to prevent erosion in a region that is dry. The works thus taken up
will finally have many end objectives such as increasing the livelihood income streams of families
through conserving soil and water, improving agricultural productivity, , afforestation etc. Then, for
each kind of work, ‘expected outcomes’ are to be recorded. This will put in quantifiable terms the
benefit expected from the asset. For example, with a farm pond, there will be water available for
irrigation and ground water will be recharged.
Selecting Works
The primary objective of the planning exercise is to plan for assets that will enhance both farm-based
and non-farm-based livelihood of the community and also help in enhancement of natural resources.
Livelihood works apply primarily to the unit of a household or individual and to some extent to
common resources. Livelihoods’ includes all activities by which a family earns income for its
basic needs of food, clothes, fuel, health and nutrition and health, education and skills and so on.
Activities such as agriculture, fishing, rearing animals, collecting daily necessities like water,
fodder, food items as well as goods like timber and medicinal plants from surrounding wasteland
and forest, agricultural as well as non-agricultural wage work in trades and professions could all
be counted under livelihoods.
The basic principles of livelihood planning are as follows; there is dependence on more than one
resource and activity to earn a livelihood. Thus rural families undertake a combination of
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activities to ensure livelihood security. A poor household will raise food security enhancing crops
on a small piece of land, rear goats, and migrate to cities as unskilled labour. A landless family
may work as farm labour and construction labour, and may also make bidis or agarbattis.
Another family may lease in land for agriculture and seasonally migrate to neighbouring regions
/ states to work as farm labour or to work on brick kilns and so on. So it is important to explore
the current livelihood portfolio of the community in the planning process.
The following is a rule of thumb classification for selecting the type of structure for the particular
watershed area.
Watershed Purpose
Area
Interventions
Ridge
of Classification
This is the area that
the water source
originates
from.
Usually on steeper
slopes, erosion is
high in this area and
the water runs off
quickly. If the water
flows too quickly,
streams downstream
will get silted. To
avoid this, certain
structures may be
built which slow
down the flow of
water. Erosion can
also be checked by
planting
grasses,
shrubs, trees and
permanent
forest
cover.
Drainage  This is the area

between the ridge
and farm, that is,
where the water
flows down to the
farm. There will a
gentler slope. This

area too will have
erosion and siltation.
Structures built here
will also be intended
On slopes
than 25%,
Structure
greater a) Contour Trenching. Protection
and plantation of grasses, shrubs
and trees native to the area
b) Where boulders are available,
contour bunding with boulders.
It is might be good idea to go for
permanent vegetation through
planting local species and perennial
grasses.
On slopes between Contour staggered Trenching
10-25%
On slopes less than Earthen Contour Bunding. 30X40
10%
model is better than contour
bunding because it is very difficult
to follow a contour while
constructing earthen bund, and
mistake in following bund can
result is breaking of bund.
local
20%
bed
slopes> Brushwood checks
Gabion structures where velocity
and volume of peak run-off is too
high for loose boulder structures
local bed slopes < a) Earthen dams, which serve as
5%
percolation reservoirs in the upper
catchment.
b) Sand-filled bag structures in
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to check erosion and
avoid siltation of
water
bodies
downstream. To do
this,
drainage
channels
are
deepened
and
embankments
are
raised along sections
 stream embankments
of the streams that
overflow and flood. severely eroded
order to check the velocity of
stream flow where sand is locally
available
c) Gabion structures where velocity
and volume of peak run-off is too
high for loose boulder structures
a) naala training, including
deepening channels and raising
embankments, along sections of
streams, where during peak floods,
the stream flows over
its embankments and damages the
fields alongside
b)
embankment
stabilisation
through gabions or sand-filled bag
structures in stretches where the
banks are particularly vulnerable
and need reinforcement
 local bed slopes loose boulder checks
between 5-20%
Underground dykes in the
 groundwater
harvesting wells are discharge
zone
where
the
located alongside
impermeable strata are overlain by
thin layer of permeable deposits
Farm
 Since this is where
 Permeable/dry soil
water drains out, it 
is Water
harvesting
the most fertile and Tanks
suited for agriculture
related works. Tap
sub- surface water
and
recycle
to
irrigate second crop.
Save crops from dry
spells by providing
life saving irrigation
Improve
soil
moisture.
 Waterlogged field
 Seepage Tanks
System of bunds and diversion
channels for a stretch of fields
from local ridge to drain. While in
permeable soils the bunds help
increase soil-moisture profile
WHTs to catch the runoff from
the farm land. It increases
infiltration and, checks erosion,
increases soil moisture regime,
increases ground water level.
Seepage drains which help vertical
drainage of excess soil moisture
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into permeable strata underlying
the top soil, simultaneously
increasing.
Seepage tanks to catch the seepage
water and lateral flows, very useful
to cultivate second crop after rainy
season.
Groundwater recharge, system of
bunds and diversion channels
Low Land wells
Low land wells can be dug in low
lands with good seepage and water
can be used in the same field in
summer season and lifted to distant
uplands during rabi season when
low lands are water logged.

Grasses are not good crop choices
for scarce farm lands, fooder crops
e.g. grasses and fodder trees can be
grown in upland treated areas.
Farm lands should have food or
cash crops based on family’s
priority.
 Around wells
along bunds
and Plantation of horticultural species it
should go into uplands/medium
uplands
where
irrigation
infrastructure is created.
Reference: SamajPragatiSahyog Manual, ‘NREGA: Watershed Works Manual’
Along with agriculture, livestock-rearing (such as cows or buffaloes or poultry or engaging in
fisheries and piggery) is also a major source of livelihood for both land-owning families and
landless families. It is important to include the activities that will help the families in enhancing
non-farm livelihoods. Problems like poor quality animal breed, scarcity of fodder (especially
during summer), lack of grazing pasture and lack of proper shelter are often cited as primary
issues. Without in house fodder cultivation, bovine rearing can be very risky.
The following is an illustrative table on the types of works that may be taken up in common and
private lands based on the family-need and livelihood-context:
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Type
Focus
of Details
Agriculture
Land
Development
Common Land
Private Land
Boulder check Dam
Boulder check Dam
Gabion Structure
Farm Bund
Gully plug
Gully plug
Plantation
production
Water
Conservation
and
Harvesting
and
fodder Deepening of field channel to
protect from flood
Contour trench
Dug out pond, 5% Model
Contour bund
Recharge pit, 30X40 Model
Underground dyke
Earthen Dam
Stop Dam
Irrigation
Canal rehabilitation – minor Field Channels
and
sub
minor
Dug Well, seepage pits
strengthening
Soil Fertility Belt vegetation in coastal NADEP composting pit
improvement area to protect from sea
Gliricidia plantation
erosion
Construction of storm water Vermicomposting pit
drain system
Deepening and repair of Liquid bio manure pit
main flood channel
Livestock
Productivity
improvement
Construction of pucca floor,
urine tank, fodder trough for
cattle
Small
improvement
Goat shelter
Poultry
development
Poultry Shelter
Fisheries
development
Fisheries in seasonal Water Fisheries in private water bodies
Bodies on Public Lands
Fish drying yard
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Common
Sanitation
Activities or
facilities
Soak Pit
Individual Household Latrine
and bathrooms
School toilet unit
Soak Pit
Aanganwadi toilet unit
Solid and liquid
management
Horticulture Afforestation
&
Tree
Plantation
Plantation
Afforestation
waste
Fruit Tree Plantation
Tree Plantation. Roadside Timber Tree Plantation
Fruit Tree Plantation
Source: Srijan (2012) User’s manual: Building sustainable livelihoods of the poor through
MGNREGA
Since a major focus of the planning exercise is to help the community in diversifying its
livelihood portfolio, along with treatment of the land, it is advisable to explore horticulture
options with the families during the transect. The following section explains the horticulture
option in details.
Selecting Works: Plantation/Afforestation
Horticulture refers to all types of plantation and afforestation works that may be taken up under
MGNREGA. In simple terms afforestation means “the establishment of a forest, stand or tree
plantation on an area not previously forested, or on land from which forest cover has very long
been absent.” Effectively, it is to increase woody vegetation cover by creating new or restoring
existing vegetation patches. In general the goal of afforestation work may be either for ecological
restoration/conservation purpose or for production purpose which include both economic and
social gains.
The following are the points to be kept in mind:





Horticulture is a branch of agriculture that refers to the growing of fruits, vegetables
and flowers. These works may be taken up either to meet needs of families (for food
or fuel) or else to regenerate degraded lands.
On common lands, which might be public or revenue lands, panchayat or forest
lands, plantation of fruit bearing trees can be taken up on road sides, canal sides,
pond bunds, railway track sides, rank foreshores, river sides, coastal belt, wastelands,
community lands, Pasture land, Forest Land etc. On private land, works can be taken
up on house premises or farm lands.
On private land block plantation of Fruit or timber trees can be planted based on
availability of irrigation and soil type.
Prefer native species and seeds.
Create structurally diverse patches of vegetation (vertical foliage layers) by
maintaining appropriate over storey (small or large trees) and under-storey (shrub)
plants.
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
Do plantations in phased wise manner so that create multi-age stand.
The following are the sub-tasks that may be taken up:
Activity
Sub-Tasks
Nursery Development
Clearing of weeds and unwanted species from selected site.
Fencing of site
Bed preparation (including the filling of soil in polythene bags,
seeding etc.)
Watering
Plantation
Preparation
Site Removal of weeds and other unwanted vegetation
Plantation
Collection and storage of seeds of native plant species
Pits making for plantation Watering
Manuring
Maintenance
Weed Removal
Repair of protective fences
Pruning of plants
Prioritization of people’s needs
What are the resources available for MGNREGS work?
1. Workers wanting employment under MGNREGS form the human resource for
MGNREGS work. This is called Labour Demand.
2. Based on the quantum of labour demand, the Gram Panchayat can access material
resources. For instance a GP with a labour demand equal to 60 lakh rupees can also
obtain material up to 40 lakh rupees.
If there is demand for work a labour-material budget estimate can be prepared. But can this
budget be used? That depends on whether the Gram Panchayats is able to prepare adequate
plans to use the labour and material resources.
For understanding the planning process we can divide the works under MGNREGS in to
various categories. Some works are private works while some works are community works.
While some works enhance livelihood, some improve living conditions. These can be seen in the
form of the following matrix.
Categories of MGNREGS Addressing Livelihoods
Works
Addressing Living Conditions
Individual (Private)
e.g. Goat Shed
e.g. Household Latrine
Community (Public)
e.g. Check Dam
e.g. Drain
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A Household Latrine is an activity that directly enhances the living condition of a household. A
drainage system for the habitation enhances the living condition of the community. AGoat Shed
enhances the livelihood of a household. A check-dam enhances the livelihood of the community.
But it’s important to understand that there are overlaps. For instance, aprivate farm pond could
be used for bathing by the community thus contributing to the community and enhancing living
conditions. This is something that we need to remember when preparing the list of outcomes for
any activity proposed under MGNREGS.
The analysis of the social map, seasonal map, resource map, transect walks, and summary of
household surveys can be used to draw up a problem analysis framework for the community.
This will be done through focused group discussions with different groups; all women groups,
members of specific vulnerable groups. There should be an identification of potential
contribution that MGNREGS could make towards addressing the identified problems.
Interventions to address the identified problems may also be of different types.



MGNREGS can contribute directly to the resolution of the problem
MGNREGS can contribute indirectly to the resolution of the problem
MGNREGS does not have significant impact on the resolution or continuance of the
problem
In order to bring together the households for a discussion on problems and solutions concerning
their major sources of livelihoods and their prioritisation, following steps can be followed.
Based on the different tools used for understanding the community and the problem analysis,
the community can set out to identify MGNREGS works that can address problems and
enhance livelihoods and living conditions. The identification of works is an iterative process.
What does this (iterative process) mean? Let’s look at an example of how identification of works
could proceed.
The Social Map has already identified vulnerable households and amenities available in the
habitation. The work identification could therefore:
1. Identify individual works in the homestead of vulnerable households (e.g. a Goat Shed, a
Compost Pit, or a Household Latrine)
2. Identify works related to Community Infrastructure. (e.g. drainage line, soak pits, school
toilets)
The Resource Map would have identified the natural resources available for MGNREGS
activities. The work identification could therefore:
1. Identify Individual Land Development (e.g. a farm pond, dug well, farm bunding etc.)
2. Identify Common Land / Forest Development (e.g. road side plantation, pasture
development, gully plugging etc.)
3. Identify Community Water Harvesting Structures (e.g. a check dam, a community tank,
field channels)
Of course neither the categories nor the examples given here are to be treated as exhaustive. The
BPT can facilitate the discussion in the village to come up with a list of works based on needs
and resources.
At this points, the BPT along with members of the community would have ascertained who
needs work and when they need work as well as existing resources and a three-pronged problem
analysis. It now becomes possible to match actual work to people’s needs, priorities and
resources available.
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The information available through the maps, door to door survey etc. can now be used to
prepare an MGNREGA plan that aims to improve livelihoods, reduce vulnerability and raise
living standards at the community as well as household level.
At the end of listing out works, few questions emerge as to whether and how the plan can be
implemented. Are adequate resources available for the list of works?
1. If it exceeds labour and material resource available for the next year (based on aggregate
labour demand), then the works should be prioritised under yearly categories. That is
what gets done in the next year and what in the following years. This leads to the
creation of an annual plan.
2. If the list of works is inadequate to absorb the labour demand, then further discussion
can be had to add to the list.
3. A list of works could require more labour than the labour demand of all the households
but still fail to provide employment to vulnerable groups. In such a case further
discussion is needed to identify and add to list, works that can employ the vulnerable
groups.
Are the locations at which work is planned available for initiating the work?
1. Does the household identified for individual works have adequate land for undertaking
the work?
2. Are public lands identified for community works free of encroachment?
3. Are owners of private lands identified for community works (e.g. passage of roads /
drains / field channels) agreeable to such works?
The prioritised list of works should, therefore satisfy the following conditions:
1. Every person wanting work can be provided employment up to their demand or
entitlement (whichever is lower)
2. Labour Material Ratio for any given year cannot be less than 60:40.
3. Sites on which such works are to be carried out must be readily available and free of
encroachments.
Presently, MGNREGS has the following focus which is to be kept in mind while formulating the
list of works:
1.
2.
3.
60% works to be linked to agriculture
Focus on IHHL toilets
Convergence with Ministry of Women and Child Development to build anganwaadi
centre.
60% FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED
DEVELOPMENT OF LAND, WATER AND TREES
ACTIVITIES
THROUGH
i. To achieve one of the core objectives of the Scheme i.e. creation of productive assets of
prescribed quality and durability to strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural
poor; it is necessary that assets linked to agriculture and allied activities are created.
ii. Therefore, the Sub Para (1) of Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, MGNREGA has been
modified on 21st July, 2014, that, the District Programme Coordinator shall ensure
that at least 60% of the works to be taken up in a district in terms of cost shall be for
creation of productive asset directly linked to agriculture and allied activities, through
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development of land, water and trees”.
iii. To clarify on MGNREGA works, directly linked to agriculture and allied
activities through development of land, water and trees, the clarification vide
Ministry letter dated 17th September, 2014 has been issued that following works
are directly linked to agriculture and allied activities through development
of land, water and trees.
CATEGORY
OF
WORKS AS PER
SCHEDULE-1,
MGNREGA
Category: A:PUBLIC
WORKS RELATING
TO
NATURAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
Category
COMMUNITY
ASSETS
INDIVIDUAL
ASSETS
AS PER SCHEDULE-1, MGNREGA, WORKS PERMITTED
UNDER MGNREGA
(i) Water conservation and water harvesting structures to augment
and improve groundwater like underground dykes, earthen dams,
stop dams, check dams with special focus on recharging ground
water including drinking water sources;
(ii) Watershed management works such as contour trenches,
terracing, contour bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures and
spring shed development resulting in a comprehensive treatment of
a watershed;
(iii)Micro and minor irrigation works and creation, renovation and
maintenanceofirrigationcanals and drains;
(iv) Renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of
irrigation tanks and other water bodies;
(v) Afforestation, tree plantation and horticulture in common and
forest lands, road margins, canal bunds, tank foreshores and coastal
belts duly providing right to usufruct to the households covered in
Paragraph 5; and
(vi) Land development works in common land.
B: (i) Improving productivity of landsof households specified in
Paragraph 5 through land development and by providing suitable
OR infrastructure for irrigation including dug wells, farm ponds and
other water harvesting structures;
(ii) Improving livelihoods through horticulture, sericulture,
plantation, and farm forestry;
(iii) Development of fallow or waste landsof households defined
in Paragraph 5 to bring it under cultivation;
(v)Creating infrastructure forpromotion of livestocksuch as,
poultry shelter, goat shelter, piggery shelter, cattle shelter and fodder
troughs for cattle; and
(vi)Creating infrastructure for promotion of fisheries such as, fish
drying yards, storage facilities, and promotion of fisheries in
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Category
C:
COMMON
INFRASTRUCTURE
INCLUDING FOR
NRLM COMPLIANT
SELF
HELP
GROUPS
iv.
seasonalwater bodies on public land;
(i)Works for promoting agricultural productivityby creating
durable infrastructure required for bio-fertilizers and postharvest facilities including pucca storage facilities for agricultural
produce; and
(iv)Works for improvingdisaster preparedness or restorationof
roads or restoration of other essential public infrastructure including
flood control and protection works, providingdrainage in water
logged areas, deepening and repairing of flood channels, chaur
renovation, construction of storm water drains for coastal
protection;
(vi)Construction
ofFood
Grain
Storage
Structuresfor
implementing the provisions of The National Food Security Act
2013 (20 of 2013);
(viii) Maintenance of rural public assets created under the Act;
(Which are directly linked to agriculture is maintenance of
such assets which were directly linked to agriculture and allied
activities, like works as above at category A, B & C above).
Therefore, while preparing shelf of projects during IPPE-II, more & more works
should be identified, which are directly linked to agriculture and allied
activities, through development of land, water and trees?
CONSTRUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSE HOLD LATRINES (IHHLs) UNDER
MGNREGA
i.
As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, to achieve a clean India by 2019, it is proposed to
provide Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHLs) to about 6 Crore rural households in the
next 5 years. The MGNREGS will be aligned with this initiative, by undertaking construction
of nearly 2 Crore IHHL, providing IHHL facility for every household in selected 50,000
Gram Panchayats, over a period of 5 years.
ii.
The scheme of IHHL under MGNREGS shall be implemented separately from SBM
(Gramin) implemented by the MDWS, in different geographical areas, to avoid overlap and
duplication. The unit for geographical differentiation/ earmarking for construction of
IHHL under MGNREGA shall not be below GP level.
iii. The selection of these GPs will be made at the distric t level under the Chairmanship
of the District Collector in consultation with the District authorities, Swachh Bharat
Mission (Gramin) to avoid any overlap with works taken up under SBM (G).
iv. To facilitate implementation, ministry has instructed that wherever, it is required, the
concerned Block Panchayat or the Federation of SHG formed under NRLM may be the
implementing agency. In all such cases, the overall material component shall not exceed 40%
at the District level.
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v.
The payment shall be based on the actual value of work done, subject to the
MGNREGS funds limited to Rs. 12,000/- per IHHL, including the wage and material
cost. The design of IHHL shall be as prescribed under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and will have provision of water for
hand wash & toilet cleaning.
vi.
Therefore, the IPPE-II team will collect list of GPs selected under the chairmanship
of District Collector & in such GPs will identify the households during IPPE, after
a house-to-house survey and detailed discussion with the household and will include
in the shelf of works.The identification of the beneficiaries will follow the principles of
saturation, in such a way that no eligible household is left out.
CONSTRUCTION OF ANGANWADI CENTRES (AWCs)UNDER MGNREGA
i.
To serve the objectives of pre-school, nutrition centre, semi-formal public health unit,
community centre located in the heart of settlements, to support generation of human and
social capital at the micro level & to provide crèche facility to MGNREGA workers,
Construction of AWCs are to be taken up under MGNREGA.
ii.
To achieve above objectives, Joint convergence guidelines for systematic convergence among
MGNREGS, ICDS and other ongoing schemes have been issued vide Ministry letter dated
13th August, 2015, under the signature of Secretary, MoRD & Secretary, MoWCD, so that
AWC in these 2,534 most backward Blocks (IPPE Blocks) is provided with own buildings.
Each year, there shall be at least 50,000 AWCs constructed under this convergence for the
next 4 years, resulting in construction of 2 lakh AWCs by 2019.
iii.
MoWCD would facilitate that wherever Panchayats have their own land, they would make it
available for the purpose of construction of AWCs preferably near primary schools in the
respective villages.
iv.
Under MGNREGA expenditure up to Rs. 5 lakhs will be allowed for construction of an
AWC building. Beyond this, the expenditure will be borne from the ICDS scheme of the
Ministry of Women and Child Development, including finishing of the building consisting of
flooring, painting, plumbing, electrification and wood work etc., as a separate work. For this
purpose, concerned authorities at District/ Block level shall release the funds, to the PIA
concerned. Apart from this, funds from sources like State Finance Commission, Schedule
Castes Sub Plan (SCSP), Tribal Sub Plan (TSP), 14th Finance Commission (for water supply &
sanitation) and any other scheme may be used for the construction of AWC building.
Ministry of Panchayat Raj would facilitate to provide drinking water facilities and sanitation
structures at the AWCs wherever the gaps regarding these facilities exist,
v.
Functionaries of ICDS will participate in the IPPE-II exercise being undertaken to
identify works with the community participation. Village wise and year wise list of
AWCs proposed for construction under ICDS phased programme will be identified
during IPPE-II & put up in the Gram Sabha for approval and inclusion in shelf of
projects.
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Questions to be kept in mind when prioritising work: criteria for a good plan
a. Are the proposed works permitted under MGNREGA? What is the potential
for convergence?
b. Have incomplete works been prioritised?
c. Is the Plan adequate to meet the estimated demand for employment? In
case it is inadequate, there’ll be a need to discuss:
i. Additional possibilities of work in or near the village/hamlet/ward
ii. Amount of employment which the Panchayat / Block has to be
requested to plan and provide
d. In case it is more than what can be done through use of available persons
i. Prioritisation of the works over and beyond the coming year.
ii. Potential for providing employment to households from outside the
village/hamlet/ward
e. Rough estimation of labour and material resources required for specific works
to ensure the plan adheres to laid down norms
i.
ii.
f.
Resources required for completing incomplete works whose completion is desirable
Resources required for new works identified in the planning process.
Is the proposed plan based on NRM principles? Have the following aspects
been accounted for?
i. Quantity of land and other physical resources
ii. Gradient and Catchment Area
iii. Quantity and Seasonality of Rainfall
iv. Groundwater Availability
The BPT members will facilitate a discussion to come up with a first list of different community
and individual works that people want to take up under MGNREGA. This list will need to be
discussed for prioritising different components of the plan. This along with the other
components from the various programmes will be presented to the Gram Sabha (format in
Annexure 14).
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Section J: Facilitating Gram
Sabha for approval of plans
This chapter will cover:
1.
How the Block Planning Team will seek approval of draft plans by the Gram Sabha
How to improve participation, representation and transparency in the MGNREGA
planning process through the Gram Sabha
What is Gram Sabha? What is the role or Gram Sabha for planning under
MGNREGA? What is the role of the ward sabha in planning?
Section 16 of the Act which lays down the responsibilities of the gram panchayat lays down the
role of the gram sabha as well as the ward sabha in recommending works. The gram panchayat is
then expected to prepare a development plan and a shelf of works to be taken up as and when
demand for work arises.
Section 7 of schedule I states that ‘all works to be executed by the Gram Panchayats shall be
identified and placed before the Gram Sabha, and such works which are to be executed by the
intermediate Panchayats or other implementing agencies shall be placed before the intermediate
or District Panchayats, along with the expected outcomes ‘
The MGNREGA operational guidelines 2013, refers to the gram sabha as ‘the principal
forum for wage seekers to raise their voices and
make demands.’. It recommends works to be taken
The BPT will refer to the Panchayat
up and is also the final authority on determining the
Raj Acts of the specific states for
order of priority in which works will be taken up.
This order of priority cannot be disturbed by any
specificities of the level at which
other authority.
the meeting is to be held, quorum,
The guidelines also state that where ward sabhas
exist they will perform the same functions as gram
sabhas.
powers and functions of office
bearers and other rules governing
the conduct of the gram sabha.
2. What is the expected role of the BPT in
improving participation in the Gram
Sabha?
One of the most common complaints with the functioning of the programme is the noninvolvement of the gram sabha in the planning process. Although bottom up planning lies at the
heart of the MGNREGA, the top-down approach continues to prevail and implementation of
the programme so far has bypassed the gram sabha. This has subverted one of the core
objectives of the programme which is to strengthen PRIs.
The choice of works tends to reflect the priorities of the rural elite, usually the elected head of
the panchayat. Even where gram sabhas do take place, discussions tend to exclude the voices of
women and vulnerable groups and are captured by more influential groups in the village.
Further, decisions in the gram sabha are rarely made available to public. The opaqueness of the
deliberations prevents access to information which can be used to demand greater accountability.
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The weakness in functioning of the gram sabha can be attributed to both the low levels of
awareness amongst people around MGNREGA entitlements as well as the lack of training to
PRI representatives. Even MGNREGA administrative officers and frontline functionaries have
not been able to adequately mobilise gram sabhas to increase their participation in planning and
programme implementation.
The IPPE is an initiative intended to address the above shortcomings in MGNREGA
implementation and also a step towards strengthening the Gram Sabha as a decision making
body of the people. The IPPE seeks to deepen people’s engagement with the planning process
and the gram sabha is a culmination of this entire exercise. Therefore it is critical that the BPT
understand, imbibe, follow and ensure that the principles of transparency and accountability are
followed at every stage of the planning process and in particular during the Gram Sabha.
The Gram Sabha is the final stage of the participatory planning process and people in the
panchayat/village would have interacted with the BPT as part of the household surveys, resource
mapping, transact walk, tola meetings etc. Therefore, there will be some awareness around
MGNREGA and the planning process but the gram sabha is an opportunity to present the draft
plans, seek final feedback and finalise the shelf of works. The BPT must make special efforts to
encourage people from vulnerable groups and women to express their views in the Gram Sabha.
The Gram Sabha is also an opportunity to provide basic technical inputs on NRM, convergence
with livelihood activities etc to different stakeholders to ensure that the panchayat plans are
To sum up, what are the improvement we want to see in the functioning
of the gram sabha?




Increased peoples participation, particularly of vulnerable
groups
Greater transparency for informed decision making
Strengthening democratic functioning of panchayats
Quality improvement in plans through gram sabha
comprehensive and sequenced properly.
3. How will the gram sabha be called?
Gram Sabhas will be held either at the level of the village or the panchayat depending on what is
specified in the Panchayati Raj and PESA Acts of the particular state. The difficulty in mobilising
people and ensuring participation will increase as the level of the gram sabha and number of
people increases and must be accounted for when planning for the pre-gram sabha phase.
The DPC will ensure that a calendar for gram sabha meetings is drawn up all the IPPE blocks in
the district should be announced well in advance. The announcement of gram sabha must
contain the date, time, venue and the purpose of the meeting. All gram sabha meetings must be
completed by 15th November 2014. BPT must inform people of the date, time and venue of the
gram sabhaat the time of conducting door to door surveys, FGDs and the entire mapping
process.
The notification of the gram sabha should be publicised through advertisements in local
newspapers, radio, beating of drums and prominently displayed notices and direct
communication with panchayat officials. The block planning team along with the PRS will
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mobilise Gram Sabha. The support peoples’groups, activists and other local resource persons
should be enlisted to ensure wide participation in the gram sabha.
4. Who should be present in the gram sabha?
The quorum of the gram sabha will be determined by the PRI and PESA Act of the state. If the
prescribed quorum is not met, the gram sabha will be adjourned and reconvened at the same
place and time three days after the date of this meeting. Even if not specifically referred to in the
state PRI acts, the BPT will make focused efforts to maximise the participation of women and
SCs and STs in the gram sabha.
All elected members of the GP must attend, including ward members. The charge officer must
ensure some representation of line departments in the gram sabha. A minimum of 3 members of
the BPT must attend.
5. How will the Gram Sabha be conducted?
The Gram Sabha must take place in a neutral public space. The meeting will not be conducted in
the hamlet/village of the head of the panchayat. The venue selected for the public hearing
should be large enough to accommodate the number of people expected to attend. The stage
should be set up in a manner that avoids any crowding or disruptions and women should be
seated in front. Gram Panchayat officials should be included in all decisions regarding the
arrangements for the public hearings in their areas.
Appropriate arrangements for microphones and speakers must be made to ensure all participants
are audible and recording can be done. The proceedings of the public hearing must be video
recorded and all the arrangements for videography must be made beforehand.
A member of the BPT can facilitate the gram sabha, but the event must be organised through
the local administration and the designated panchayat officials. The DPC will appoint observers
to ensure the smooth conduct of every Gram Sabha meeting. It is important for note takers and
rapporteurs to be appointed in advance to carefully document all the deliberations/decisions and
accurately report all the views expressed during the gram sabha. These must be compiled and
written up in a detailed report prepared after each gram sabha.
Who will preside over the meeting of the gram sabha will be decided based on the provisions of
the state PRI Act. The chosen moderators must be experienced and well-versed with the
planning process and panchayat plan. All proceedings must be held in the local language with
effective and credible translators identified beforehand, if required. The moderator of the public
hearing must allow people to speak for themselves and provide adequate time for the
presentation of views and for the representatives to respond to questions and concerns.
6. What will the agenda of the gram sabha be and how will the plans be presented
for gram sabha approval?
The ward-wise plans will be presented preferably by the ward member, assisted by BPT
members. The facilitator/moderator must follow the agenda suggested below as far as possible:



Introduction of key persons present and introduction to the gram sabha and agenda for
the meeting
Overview of MGNREGA: Present current and past status of MGNREGA in the GP
such as works taken up, employment provided etc.
Potential of MGNREGA in addressing poverty, supporting livelihood, NRM, asset
creation, mitigating natural calamities like drought etc
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




Presentation on the natural resource and livelihood related problems/issues and
prospective solutions.
Steps followed during the labour budget and IPPE.
The existing Micro Credit Plans and their link with the livelihood plans prepared during
the course of IPPE will be presented to the Gram Sabha.
Habitation wise presentation of estimated demand and identified works along with
prioritisation2
A desk will be put up by all concerned departments to ensure the following:
Applications
for
new
job
cards
are
taken
Applications
for
eligible
NSAP
beneficiaries
is
taken
Applications
for
eligible
IAY
beneficaiaries
is
taken
- LIFE format for eligible persons who have not been filled
The BPT is encouraged to work with local volunteers to prepare the layout and display of
information to effectively present the habitation wise plans during the public hearing. Possible
items for display could include resource maps, MGNREGA entitlements, illustrations of
permissible works, pictoral charts mapping demand over seasons, months and habitations etc.
BPTs should also try and bring to the notice of people the wall paintings of the entitlements and
expenditures. They may facilitate a conversation around it with citizens to enable them to
participate in the Gram Sabha in a more informed manner.
7. Prioritisation and revisiting the plan
As the habitation wise plans are presented the moderator will invite comments from people
which will be incorporated into the plan before final approval of the priority during the meeting.
The moderator must facilitate the discussion and seek responses from the peoples. The criteria
for determining a good plan as detailed in chapter 5 should be revisted here as well.
8. Arriving at Consensus on Plan of Work and Prioritisation
Given that there will be competing interests and a perception of scarce resources, conflicts may
emerge during the gram sabha or in the process of planning which will need careful handling to
avoid conflict situations.
Some possible disputes which may arise:


One Tola may have less MGNREGA workers but they might be in greater need of
employment and asset creation
Undue interference of of PRI members to get a greater share for their respective
constituencies hamlets
Presence of a particular social group or hamlet residents in large numbers in gram sabha
might influence decisions
Individual works might get greater preference over genuine community needs

2All


implementing agencies including line departments, District Panchayat, Intermediate
Panchayats etc. will send their list of projects to be included in the Shelf of Projects well before
15th August of each year to the respective GP. Convergence works will also discussed during
the GS and prioritised during the meeting. Works that are inserted at Intermediate
Panchayat(IP) and District Panchayat(DP) level have to be approved and assigned a priority
by the GS before administrative approval can be given. The GS may accept, amend or reject
them.
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There are different ways of dealing with such situations which may be used depending on the
situation. Facilitators must get the participants in the gram sabha to lay down some common
norms which will be followed in the conduct of the gram sabha and for arriving at decisions. In
the resolution of conflicts, the perspective of vulnerable groups must be given adequate weight
and priority in arriving at a resolution.
9. Documentation of resolution and seeking approval
Refer to format for ward-wise plans.
10. Handing over plans and filing/archiving of documents
Planning is not a one-time exercise but is iterative and therefore it is important to carefully
archive all documents and maps used in this round. All documents should be compiled and
indexed by habitation for future reference.
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Chapter 7 – Post Planning
Process
Role of Administration
1. Charge Officer will consolidate all GP wise information at the block level.
2. Charge Officer to formally hand over all the formats (A, B, C, D) to the Block
Development Officer who will forward it to the concerned department heads at the
block level.
3. Charge officer to co-ordinate department wise data entry of formats received. (For
MGNREGS, demand entry will be done by MIS operator by 31st December 2015).
4. Ensure payment to BPTs as per norms decided.
5. Conversion of Prioritised Plan of Works to Prioritised Shelf of Work (by Technical
Personnel)
6. Framework for convergent planning funding - As per the indicative table below, Charge
Office and Programme Officer may work out the sources of funding of the proposed
works. This includes those identified works that may not be currently permissible under
60:40 ratio but would create durable assets & generate additional employment through
resource support from other schemes.
7. From the perspective of MGNREGS and NRLM, the works planned/prioritised by the
IPPE2 exercise, would have to be technically appraised, budgeted and mapped against
the available funds (including convergence).
8. Post entry of the plan into the software the Collector, line departments, GP members
and members of the Gram Sabha and civil society organisations can all use this data for
monitoring progress vs plan. The progress of works has to be updated by the line
departments.
9. The social and resource maps should ideally be digitised in the software already
developed for the purpose and should be modified on a yearly basis with a defined
process of the change being validated.
10. The list of all assets, public and private created as part of any government program –
centre or state should be loaded into the village assets register software.
11. Charge officer to submit monthly report on status of Annual Action Plan to District
Administration on following parameters:
a. No of works given AS/TS
b. Priority of works honoured
c. No. of works opened
The Planning Process to be followed in MGNREGA is the following (Section 6,
MGNREGA Operational Guidelines 2013)
1.
2.
The prioritized list of works to be taken up should be approved by the Gram Sabha
(Section 16.1, MGNREGA).
The approved list of projects GP wise will be consolidated at the Block level for
approval of the Block Panchayat.
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3.
On approval of the Block Panchayat it is sent to the District Programme
Coordinator (DPC).
4. The DPC should collate the proposals from all the blocks into a District Annual
Developmental Plan and present it to the District Panchayat which should approve it
within 15 days.
5. The DPC will give administrative sanction and take steps for technical sanction to be
given to the list of approved works.
6. The order of works to be taken up shall be decided by the Gram Sabha.
Convergence with other departments
For the financial year 2016-17, a comprehensive state rural development plan is to be formulated
and submitted to the Ministry of Rural Development for five programmes, viz. MGNREGA,
NRLM, IAY, NSAP and DDUGKY by 10th January 2016 positively for placement before the
Empowered Committee.
The following is the proposed format for the submission of the State Rural Development Plan:
I.
II.
III.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STATE
-
History, geography.
-
Demography
-
Human development indicators
-
Economic performance of the State
-
Agriculture, Industry, Service Sector Situation
-
State of Infrastructure – Roads, Power, irrigation.
RURAL POVERTY SITUATION OF THE STATE
-
Census 2011 and SECC 2011 data analysis
-
State of Deprivation of Households
-
Multi-dimensional poverty
-
Wages and employment
-
Education and Skills
-
Agriculture, horticulture and social forestry
-
Non – farm livelihoods
-
Potential for multiple livelihoods
PERFORMANCE IN 2015-16
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-
Allocation under MGNREGA, IAY, NRLM, DDUGKY, NSAP and actual
utilization of funds
-
Salient outcomes
-
Completion of IAY
-
Additional irrigation potential under MGNREGA
-
Performance on generating livelihoods under NRLM
-
Performance in social security
-
Performance under Swachcha Bharat Mission
-
Performance under PM Jan Dhan Yojana, accident insurance, life insurance and
Atal Pension Yojana
IV.
Mandays generated under MGNREGA
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
-
State’s planning, implementation and monitoring structure at the Gram
Panchayat and Block level.
-
Role of DPC/Zila Parishad, DRDAs at the District level
-
Integration of NRLM, MGNREGA, IAY, NSAP, Teams at Block and Gram
Panchayat level.
-
Systems of IT and Financial Management
-
MIS and M&E
-
Technical teams for preparing estimates, measuring works, etc.
-
Involvement of technical teams of other departments in MGNREGA works like
Forest, Soil Conservation, etc.
V.
PLANNING PROCESS 2016-17
-
Process followed in IPPE Blocks
-
Process followed in Non – IPPE Blocks
-
IEC and Campaigns
-
Involvement of SHGs and other CBOs in Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat
affairs.
-
Block level planning process
-
District Planning process
-
State level planning process
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VI.
PLAN FOR WAGE EMPLOYMENT – MGNREGA
-
Ensuring job cards with all eligible households
-
Ensuring Bank accounts/PO accounts for all households
-
Shelf of Projects as per poverty situation of the Gram Panchayat – deprivation,
landlessness, manual casual labour
-
Thrust on agriculture/irrigation, Swachcha Bharat, Aanganwadi Centres.
-
SHGs/VOs as PIAs in MGNREGA works
-
Plan for timely registration and receipt for demand for work with approved shelf
of Project
VII.
VIII.
-
Technical supervision and Time bound measurement of works
-
System for monitoring timely transfer of funds to Bank accounts of workers.
PLAN FOR LIVELIHOODS – NRLM
-
Development of livelihood Microplan
-
Convergence of resources for making livelihood plan work
-
Credit linkage
-
Training needs
-
SVEP – Start up enterprises
-
Revolving Fund and CIF
-
Formation of VOs/Cluster federations/ Producer groups. etc.
-
Full financial inclusion/MIS/M&E
PLAN FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT – DDU-GKY/NRLM
-
Generating demand for placement based employment
-
Providing for placement based training opportunities
-
Generating demand for self – employment under LIFE Project
-
Revitalizing RSETIs
-
New initiatives for multiple livelihood training and skills under NRLM
-
Involving Krishi Vigyan Kendras, other skill providers
-
Linkages with MSME clusters/KVIC production centres/Textile clusters.
-
Training of Barefoot Technicians and Masons.
-
Developing overall skill development plan.
-
MIS, M&E.
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IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR ALL
-
Identifying the need based on SECC and Gram Panchayat planning process
-
Use of local materials, house design, etc.
-
Training of masons
-
Prioritization and selection of beneficiaries.
-
System of technical support
-
Bank based system of fund release
-
MIS and M&E
-
Plan for completion of earlier approved houses.
CONVERGENCE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS
-
Interventions of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Departments
-
Interventions of Roads and telecommunications Departments
-
MSME, Textiles, Industries, Tourism, etc.
-
Swachcha Bharat Mission.
-
Health interventions for deprived households
-
Education of children from deprived households
-
Nutrition of 0-3 age children
-
14th Finance Commission/State Finance Commission resources
-
Panchayat department resources
-
Tribal Affairs, Social welfare department resources.
FINANCIAL PROPOSALS FOR 2016-17
-
Scheme wise requirement of funds
-
Justification for funds based on last year’s performance
-
Proposed improvements over systems to improve utilization of funds
-
System of Monitoring and Evaluation, MIS.
KEY DELIVERABLES IN 2016-17
-
Agriculture and irrigation coverage through MGNREGA
-
Individual beneficiary schemes under MGNREGA
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-
Persons provided livelihoods to come out of deprivation and poverty.
-
Performance under Swachha Bharat Mission
-
Performance under PM Jandhan, accident insurance, life insurance, Atal pension
Scheme.
XIII.
XIV.
-
Credit linkage for SHGs
-
Persons trained and their placement
-
Persons trained for self-employment and credit linkage
-
Status of universal coverage of pension for old, widows and differently abled.
-
Performance on convergence for livelihoods.
-
School attendance, health indicators, nutrition.
MIS AND MONITORING EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
-
Transaction based MIS for all programmes
-
Automatic update
-
Facilitate outcome monitoring
-
Facilitate process monitoring
USE OF IT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
-
Operationalizing National EFMS
-
Making PFMS work
-
Voluntary Aadhaar coverage for DBT
-
Housing and Skill
-
Appropriate solutions in NSAP
-
SECC as the only source of information on address, name and family
membership.
Some Existing Modes of Convergence
S.No Sector
Works under MGNREGA
Works from resource of other line dept
1
· Land development
· Field ponds
· Seeds
· Tool &equipment for agriculture
Agriculture
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· Fertiliser
· Technical inputs
· Drip irrigation
(Agriculture Dept)
2
Horticulture · Pits
· Trenches
boundary
· Watering
3
Sericulture
·
·
·
·
Field preparation
Planting
Weeding
Watering
·
·
·
·
·
4
Forestry
·
·
·
·
Contour trench
Pits
Fencing
Watering
· Nursery Development
· Sapling
· Fertilizer
· Pesticide
(Forest Dept)
5
Fisheries
· Construction of tanks
· Desilting of tanks
· Fingerlings
· Manure
· Artificial feedings
· Purchase of Net
(Fisheries Dept)
6
Irrigation
· Field Channels
· Water course
· Earth works
· Construction of permanent structure
(Agriculture and irrigation dept)
7
Road
· Erath works
· Watering & rolling
· Roadside plantation
· Interlinking and culvert
· Base course, surface course & gravel
road
(BRGF, PMGSY)
along
· Saplings/seedlings for plantation
the · Fertilizer
· Pesticide
(Horticulture Dept)
Application of fertilizer & pesticide
Technical assistance
Drip irrigation
Rearing house
(Sericulture dept& irrigation dept)
Role of Block Planning Team
1. BPT members to attend 26th Jan Gram Sabha and discuss with people Annual Action
Plan 2016-17.
2. Post facto monitoring role of BPT - This revised list of works should be again
presented to the Gram Sabha for final acceptance of the possible works and their reprioritisation.
3. Block Planning Team to use monthly reports prepared by Charge Officer to follow
up on implementation of the planning process.
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Annexure 1MGNREGA Brief
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was passed by the Parliament in 2005 to provide the right to wage
employment for 100 days to every rural household in the country. While there were employment programmes run by the government before the
passing of the MGNREGA, these were run as schemes where the administration had a duty to provide employment but people did not have a right
to demand and get employment.
MGNREGA
1.
2.
3.
4.
has
four
major
objectives:
Provision of Wage employment to Rural Workers
Creation of Assets for Strengthening Rural Livelihoods
Strengthening participatory local governance by empowering Gram Panchayats to plan and implement works.
Strengthening transparency and accountability through inbuilt Mechanisms
The MGNREGA provides for the following rights to workers:
1) Every household has a right to register to apply for work
- To register the household must be residing within the GP and be willing to do manual work (Section 6, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
2) The application for registration can be given – on a simple plain paper or on a printed form, written or orally to the Gram Panchayat. (Section 8,
Schedule II, MGNREGA)
3) Right to have a Job Card which must remain with the household at all times.
- The entire cost of the job card has to be borne by the Programme cost
- The job card must have the photo of all the household members (Section 3.1.5, MGNREGA Operational Guidelines 20130
4) Every member of the household has a right to demand for work
- Applications for work should be submitted to the Gram Panchayat or the Programme Officer (PO) in writing and should have their job card
registration number, the date from which employment is required; and the number of days of employment required.
- The application can be made orally to the GP/PO as well
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The
application
can
(Section 6, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
be
made
through
the
internet
and
helpline
as
well
5) For every demand for work application made, the worker has a right to get a dated receipt immediately. (Section 6, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
6) The worker has a right to get employment within 15 days from the date of application (Section 14, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
- If work is not provided within 15 days of demanding for it, the worker has a right to receive an unemployment allowance. (Section 7.1,
MGNREGA)
7) The worker has to be allocated to a worksite preferably within 5 km of his/her residence. Work has to be definitely provided for within the Block.
If work is allocated to a worker beyond 5km of his residence, he/she has a right to get a travel allowance (Section 18, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
8) While allocating work, priority should be given to women in such a way that atleast one third of the beneficiaries are women (Section 15, Schedule
II, MGNREGA)
9) Men and women have a right to get equal wages (Section 17, Schedule I, MGNREGA)
10) The worker has a right to get wages within 15 days of the muster being closed. Wage payments have to be made through postal or bank account
and cannot be made in cash. If the worker does not receive his/her wage within 15 days of the muster, he or she is entitled to compensation for the
delay. (Section 3.3, MGNREGA and Section 29, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
11)
At
the
worksite
workers
have
the
right
to:
- medical aid in the case of injuries
- drinking water
- shade
- crèche
- If more than 5 children below the age of six years are present at the worksite, a person shall be engaged on the work to look after them (Section 23
and 24, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
12) If a worker is injured or dies at the worksite, he/she will be compensated (Section 27, Schedule II, MGNREGA)
13) All workers have a right to participate in the Gram Sabha and decide the works to be taken up under MGNREGA. The following are the works
that can be taken up under MGNREGA: (Section 4.1, Schedule I, MGNREGA)
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Permissible Works in MGNREGA
1.1 Types of Works as per Schedule 1 of MGNREGA
Category A: Public works related to Natural resources management
(i)
Water conservation and water harvesting structures to augment and improve groundwater like underground dykes, earthen dams, stop
dams, check dams with special focus on recharging ground water including for drinking water sources;
(ii)
Watershed management works such as contour trenches, terracing, contour bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures and spring shed
development resulting in a comprehensive treatment of a watershed;
(iii)
Micro and minor irrigation works and creation, renovation and maintenance of irrigation canals and drains ;
(iv)
Renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of irrigation tanks and other water bodies;
(v)
Afforestation, tree plantation and horticulture in common and forest lands, road margins, canal bunds, tank foreshores and coastal belts
duly providing right to usufruct to the households covered in Paragraph 5.
(vi)
Land development works in common land.
Category B: Community assets or Individual assets for vulnerable sections (only for households in Paragraph 5)
(vii)
Improving productivity of lands of households specified in Paragraph 5 through land development and by providing suitable
infrastructure for irrigation including dug wells, farm ponds and other water harvesting structures.
(viii)
Improving livelihoods through horticulture, sericulture, plantation, and farm forestry.
(ix)
Development of fallow/waste lands of households defined in Paragraph 5 to bring it under cultivation;
(x)
Unskilled wage component in construction of houses sanctioned under the Indira Awaas Yojana or such other State or Central
Government scheme.
(xi)
Creating infrastructure for promotion of livestock such as, poultry shelter, goat shelter, piggery shelter, cattle shelter and fodder troughs
for cattle;
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(xii)
Creating infrastructure for promotion of fisheries such as, fish drying yards, storage facilities, and promotion of fisheries in seasonal
water bodies on public land;
Category C: Common infrastructure including for NRLM compliant self-help-groups
(xiii)
Works for promoting agricultural productivity by creating durable infrastructure required for bio-fertilizers and post-harvest facilities
including pucca storage facilities for agricultural produce;
(xiv)
Common work-sheds for livelihood activities of self-help-groups.
Category D: Rural infrastructure
(xv)
Rural sanitation related works, such as, individual household latrines, school toilet units, Anganwadi toilets either independently or in
convergence with schemes of other government departments to achieve ‘open defecation free’ status. and solid and liquid waste
management as per prescribed norms
(xvi)
Providing all-weather rural road connectivity to unconnected villages and to connect identified rural production centres to the existing
pucca road network; and construction of puccainternal roads/streets including side drains and culverts within a village;
(xvii)
Construction of play fields;
(xviii) Works for improving disaster preparedness or restoration of roads or restoration of other essential public infrastructure including flood
control and protection works, providing drainage in water logged areas, deepening and repairing of flood channels, chaur renovation,
construction of storm water drains for coastal protection;
(xix)
Construction of buildings for Gram Panchayats, women self-help groups’ federations, cyclone shelters, Anganwadi centres and
crematoria at the village or block level.
(xx)
Construction of Food Grain Storage Structures for implementing the provisions of The National Food Security Act 2013;
(xxi)
Manufacturing of building material required for construction works under the Act.
(xxii)
Maintenance of rural public assets created under the Act.
(xxiii) Any other work which may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government.
Note: Works which are non-tangible, not measurable, repetitive - such as removing grass, pebbles, agricultural operations, shall not be
taken up.
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Annexure 2 – Brief on NRLM
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is a centrally sponsored scheme which is being implemented in all States (except Goa) and in one Union
Territory (Puducherry). NRLM was launched in June 2011. NRLM proposes to ensure that at least one woman member from each rural poor
household is brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) in a phased manner by 2024-25. The key features of NRLM are as follows:1. Mobilization of at least one woman member from each rural poor household in the country into SHG network in a phased manner;
2. Promotion of SHG federations at village and cluster levels - Village Level Self Help Group Federations (VLF) at village level and Cluster
Federation (CF) at cluster (groups of villages) level;
3. Provision of continuous and intensive capacity building to SHGs and Self Help Group Federations at village and cluster levels;
4. Provision of Revolving Fund (RF) support at the rate of Rs. 10,000 – 15,000 per eligible SHG to supplement own funds;
5. Provision of Vulnerability Reduction Fund (VRF) as per norms to eligible VLF to meet community level food security, health and nutrition
security and such other priority needs of the poor households;
6. Provision of an Community Investment Support Fund (CIF) as per norms to each eligible Cluster Level Federation (CLF), from which VLFs
and SHGs can borrow for meeting consumption and production credit needs of their members;
7. Intensive support to link each SHG to Bank credit such that each SHG member would be able to leverage a cumulative bank credit of Rs.
1.00 lakh over a period of 5 to 8 years;
8. All women SHGs in select 150 districts, which include all IAP districts, will be eligible to avail credit at 7% interest up to the maximum credit
outstanding of Rs. 3 lakh. Women SHGs who will repay in time will get an additional subvention of 3%, reducing the effective rate of interest
to 4%.
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9. For the remaining districts which are not part of the 150 districts mentioned above, all the women SHGs, where members are from the
NRLM target group, will be eligible for interest subvention to avail the credit at 7% per annum, up to the credit outstanding of Rs. 3.00 lakh
against prompt repayment. This is subject to availability of funds..
10. 25% of NRLM allocation is earmarked for Skill Development (now renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhayay Grameen Kaushal Yojana [DDUGKY]) which proposes to make skill acquisition aspirational amongst the rural poor, thereby helping to create a highly skilled and productive
work force. There is mandatory assured placement to 75% of the trained candidates.
11. Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) one of the components of NRLM promote agriculture based livelihoods of rural women by
strengthening community institutions of poor women farmers to achieve sustainable agriculture. MKSP focuses on agriculture, non-timber
forest produces and livestock interventions.
12. Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) is also a sub component of NRLM. NRLM provides support for establishing Rural Self
Employment Training Institutes one in each district of the country in collaboration with the banks and the State Governments.
13. The Government has recently launched Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SEVP) which aims to provide enormous opportunities
to build upon the NRLM ecosystem that provides an impulse to entrepreneurial pursuits.
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Annexure 3 - Brief on NSAP
I
Introduction
The Directive Principles of State Policy of the Constitution of India enjoin upon the State to undertake within its means a
number of welfare measures, targeting the poor and the destitute in particular. Article 41 of the Constitution of India directs the State to
provide public assistance to its citizens in case of employment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of underserved want
within the limits of its economic capacity and development. Social Security, invalidity and old age pension figures as items 23 and 24 of the
Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India in the Concurrent List. . It is in compliance of these guiding principles, the Government
of India introduced National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in 1995 with the aim at ensuring minimum national standard for social
assistance in addition to the benefits that states are currently providing or would provide in future
II
Components of the scheme of NSAP and features
At present NSAP comprises of the following components.
 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS): Pension / central assistance of Rs. 200/- per month is
provided to persons in the age group of 60-79 years and Rs. 500/- per month to persons of 80 years and above belonging to BPL
households.
 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS): Under the scheme pension / central assistance @ Rs. 300/per month is provided to widows in the age-group of 40-79 years belonging to BPL households. On reaching the age of 80 years,
the beneficiaries are shifted to IGNOAPS to get enhanced assistance of Rs.500/- per month.
 Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS): Under the scheme pension / central assistance @ Rs. 300/per month is provided to persons aged 18-79 years with severe and multiple disabilities belonging to BPL households. On reaching
the age of 80 years, the beneficiaries are shifted to IGNOAPS to get enhanced assistance of Rs.500/- per month.
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 National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS): Under the scheme a BPL household is entitled to lump sum amount of money on
the death of primary breadwinner aged between 18 and 59 years. The amount of assistance is Rs. 20,000/-.
 Annapurna: Under the scheme, 10 kg of food grains per month are provided free of cost to those senior citizens who, though
eligible, are not receiving old age pension.
Selection of Beneficiaries
For the identification of new beneficiaries, Gram Panchayats / Municipalities should be given the central role. Elected heads and
representatives should be sensitized on the criteria and process of NSAP. Based on the available BPL list, the beneficiaries should be
proactively identified by reaching out their households. However, if an eligible person’s name does not figures in the BPL list, he /she
should not be left out. Following the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in W.P. No. 196 of 2001, the deserving person’s
eligibility should be established and included in the select list. The States may prepare a simple format in the local language and make the
applications available widely, free of cost. While individuals can file applications, it is incumbent on the authorised officials to reach out
to potential beneficiaries on an out today approach and get the application forms filled up and provide assistance to get the relevant
records.
For age, the birth certificate or school certificate may be relied on. In their absence ration card and EPIC may be considered. If there
is no valid document, Medical Officer of any government hospital may be authorised to issue the age certificates. In case, of widows, the
State may designate a Revenue Authority to issue the certificate. In case of persons with disability, the State should mandatorily organise
camps at convenient localities to which the potential beneficiaries are taken by vehicle free of cost. Disability certificates should be issued
on the spot.
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Annexure 4 – Brief on Indira Awaas Yojana
I.
INTRODUCTION
Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, is essentially a public housing scheme for
the houseless poor families and those living in dilapidated and kutcha houses with a component for providing house sites to the landless poor
as well. The scheme is designed to enable Below Poverty Line (BPL) households identified by the community through Gram Sabhas
following criteria suggested for such identification from time to time, to build their houses or get house sites with financial and technical
assistance from the Government.
II. SALIENT FEATURES
(i) Assistance under the scheme : Under IAY, with effect from 01.04.2013, a shelterless BPL family is given assistance of Rs. 70,000/in plain areas and Rs 75,000/- in hilly/difficult areas/ IAP districts..For upgradation of kutcha or dilapidated house an Assistance of Rs.
15,000/ is provided. For purchase of house sites for eligible landless poor has been fixed at Rs 20,000/-.
(ii)
Selection of beneficiaries : The beneficiaries of IAY based on the annual target fixed for the Gram Panchayat are selected from
the Permanent IAY Waitlists prepared on the basis of BPL lists in order of seniority in the list. Separate lists are prepared for SC/ST and other for nonSC/ST. Once the annual select lists are prepared, they need to be approved by the Gram Sabha to be attended by a government servant
who would be a nominee of the Collector. Selection by the Gram Sabha is final. The lists approved will be displayed at a prominent
place either in the Gram Panchayat office or any other suitable place in the village. The lists will also be put on the website by the
concerned DRDAs.
(iii) Priority in selection of beneficiaries: First priority to be given tomanual scavengers &free bonded labourers (irrespective of BPL),
women in difficult circumstances, households with single girl child, mentally challenged persons, physically challenged persons,
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transgenders, widows of defence/paramilitary/ Police personnel killed in action, households households where a member is suffering
from Leprosy or cancer and people living with HIV (PLHIV).
(v) Special Projects: Five percent of IAY allocation would be reserved for special projects such as Rehabilitation of BPL families affected
by natural calamities, Rehabilitation of BPL families affected by violence and law and order problems, settlement of freed bonded
labourers and liberated manual scavengers (irrespective of BPL), settlement of particularly vulnerable tribal groups, rehabilitation of
people affected by occupation diseases like Silicosis, Asbestos, people affected by overuse of pesticides etc. or people affected in an
epidemic of diseases like kala azar, settlement of FRA beneficiaries, settlement of people forced to relocate in districts along the
international border and new technology demonstration..
(vii) Construction: The construction should be carried out by the beneficiary himself/herself. No contractor should be involved in the
construction of houses under IAY expect in respect of very old beneficiaries and persons with disabilities.
(viii) Convergence: The guidelines of IAY provide for convergence of the scheme of Indira Awaas Yojana with other schemes of Central
and State Government so that the beneficiaries of IAY avail the benefits of other schemes viz., Swachh Bharat Mission (G), MGNREGA,
RSBY etc. It has been made mandatory to construct toilets with the funds from SBM (G) for every house sanctioned under IAY.
(ix)Social Audit : has been incorporated into the scheme of IAY, for better accountability of the scheme. Formal Social Audit is
to be conducted in every Gram Panchayat at least once in a year, involving a mandatory review of all aspects
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Annexure 5 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen
Kaushalya Yojana
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) has its origin in the wage employment linked “Special Projects” for skilling under
the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY). The SGSY skilling scheme was subsequently renamed as Aajeevika Skills in 2013 as a result of
conversion of SGSY as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM). The skilling scheme has evolved out of the need to diversify incomes of the
rural poor and to cater to the occupational aspirations of rural youth.
Taking into account the focus on improving quality and employment outcomes in the National Policy on Skill Development, and need to increase the
coverage of Skill Development programme in remote rural areas, the scheme has been revamped in the present form in terms of announcement of
Antoydaya Divas on 25th September 2014. The skilling program for rural youth has been refocused and re prioritized to build the capacity of rural
poor youth to address the needs of domestic and global skill requirements.
The program intends to give special emphasis on foreign placements, champion employers (i.e. employers who commit to 1000 placements in 2 years
and provide career progression), captive employers, industrial internship providers, educational institutions of high repute.
What are the features of DDU-GKY?
DDU-GKY is an important component of the National Skill Development Policy. As a poverty alleviation initiative, DDU-GKY proposes to make
skill acquisition aspirational amongst the rural poor, thereby helping to create a highly skilled and productive workforce. Important features of DDUGKY are as follows:
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Market-led, placement-linked training programme for rural youth undertaken in a PPP mode.
Mandatory assured placement to 75% of the trained candidates.
Focus on rural youth from poor families in the age group of 15 to 35 years belonging to:
o MGNREGA worker household if any person from the household has completed 15 days of work,
o RSBY household,
o Antyodaya Anna Yojana card household,
o BPL PDS card households,
o NRLM-SHG household
o households covered under auto inclusion parameters of SECC 2011.
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Social inclusion of candidates through mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups, i.e for SC/ST-50%, Minorities- 15%, and
Women 33%)
Regional inclusion of candidates is enabled through:
- A special sub-scheme for the youth of Jammu & Kashmir called Himayat
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- A special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in 27 most-affected Left-wing Extremist (LWE) districts across nine States called
Roshni.
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Minimum Salary of Rs.6000 per month (after a minimum three montha training course).
Post-placement support to candidates.
Career progression support to training partners.
In allocation of skills projects, primacy given to Training Partners who can train and support overseas placement and captive placements.
Promotes PM's “Make in India” Campaign through Industry Internships supported through joint partnerships between industry and DDUGKY.
What is the Implementation model of DDU-GKY?
(i)
In its design, DDU-GKY provides a central role to the states for implementation of the program. Accordingly, the program envisions a
decentralized approach to implementation where states would have full power to assess, approve and guide the program in their states after they
achieve Action Plan status (APS). Skilling projects for non-AP States are processed and appraised by MoRD, until their transition to APS. Similarly,
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MoRD manages fund release for each project for APS. The transition to APS status is dependent upon the state having dedicated HR structures at
the state and district level, having a project appraisal policy that is in sync with DDU-GKY and policy on case of government infrastructure.
(ii)
At present, a total of 12 states are APS and include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telengana and Uttar Pradesh.
(iii)
DDU-GKY follows a 3-tier implementation model. The DDU-GKY National Unit MoRD functions as the policy-making, technical support
and facilitation agency. The DDU-GKY Skills State Missions provide implementation support; and the Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs)
implement the programme through skilling and placement projects.
What are the eligibility criteria for becoming a PIA under DDU-GKY?
The Placement Linked Skill Development projects under DDU-GKY are implemented in PPP mode with Project Implementing Agency (PIA). At
present, an organization that is a registered legal entity in India can partner with DDU-GKY as a Project Implementing Agency (PIA), subject to
other essential conditions of eligibility. These include
(i)
entities registered under the Companies Act of India 2013 (including Section 25 companies), the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, Societies
Registration Act, 1860, the Cooperative Societies Act, 1912, State Cooperative Societies Acts, State Trust Acts, State Societies Acts,
Multi-State Cooperatives Act 2002, Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008 and Government agencies.
(ii)
Existence as an operational legal entity, in India, for more than three years at the time of application under DDU-GKY (this condition
is not applicable to NSDC partners).
(iii)
Positive net worth in at least two of the last three years (this condition is not applicable to NSDC Partners)
(iv)
Average three years turnover that is at least 25% of the size of the project cost
(v)
Consortium of two PIAs can apply subject to conditions
How much project funding support is provided by the Government for DDU-GKY projects?
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DDU-GKY provides funding support for placement linked skilling projects ranging from Rs. 25,696 per person to over Rs. 1 lakh, depending on the
duration of the project and whether the project is residential or non-residential. DDU-GKY funds projects of different duration, from three months,
to six, nine and twelve months. Funding components include support for training costs, boarding and lodging (residential programmes),
transportation costs, post-placement support costs, career progression and retention support costs. Candidates are not required to pay anything.
What does skill training involve under DDU-GKY?
DDU-GKY mandates two components in every training course as follows:
(i)
A Generic Training on Soft Skills, English and Information Technology, and
(ii)
Trade Specific Skill training.
A training course can be structured for different duration, i.e. for 3 months (576 hours), 6 months (1152 hours), 9 months (1578), 12 months (2304
hours) and courses beyond 12 months. The training plan can also provide On-the-Job Training (OJT) as part of the training module, which cannot
exceed 30 days for a 3-month course, 60 days for a 6-month course, 90 days for a 9-month course and 120 days for a one-year course. The training
content is currently required to be aligned with National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) or Sector Skill Council (SSC) Standards. DDUGKY mandates independent third party certification of every trainee to assess the skill, knowledge and attitude of each trainee. Such third party
certification shall be undertaken by the PIAs only through those agencies empanelled by NCVT or Sector Skill Councils.
What is the role of Gram Panchayat?
The Gram Panchayats have a key role in DDU-GKY program to ensure that the scheme benefits are reaching to the poorest households within their
jurisdiction. DDU-GKY adopts a village saturation approach for skilling. SRLMs/ State Nodal Skills Mission allocate Gram Panchayat to a Project
Implementing Agency for mobilization of candidates. Therefore, Gram Panchayats have to generate awareness about the programme, facilitate
mobilization efforts, create databases for skill demand and placement, assist in conducting the Job melas and support the PIA in all stages of
implementation. Moreover, Gram Panchayats have to ensure that the most vulnerable sections, including women are covered in the program. Gram
Panchayats have to conduct special counseling sessions with the potential candidates as well as parents of the potential candidates and make them
aware of the possibilities of the programme. When the PIAs conduct the skill training, the GPs can keep track of the implementation by accessing
various MIS reports and direct interaction with the candidates undergoing training. The GPs can bring issues concerning implementation to the
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attention of concerned authorities at the district and state missions. The GPs can track the placement provided to the candidates after training,
interact with candidates and their parents to monitor various aspects in the jobs and act as part of the redressal mechanism. The feedback received as
part of redressal mechanism has to be shared with the SRLM/State Nodal Skills Mission.
Annexure 6 – State Training to Block Resource
Group Session Plan
Kit for State level trainers (Block Resource Group) should include:
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List of IPPE blocks and division of block level training responsibilities between them
MoRD framework on IPPE 2 with formats
Films on participatory planning
Training to Block Resource Team
(Duration - 4 days, trainee size-20-25, No. of trainers - 3)
Objective: At the end of the event, the participant BRTs would have
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Updated/enhanced their understanding about Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Developed appreciation on participatory process and become aware of IPPE-II
Become clear about the expected outputs and content of the planning exercise in the villages and role to be played by block planning teams
Developed skills needed to demonstrate the planning process in the villages in a ToT mode.
Understood, internalized the ToT principles and able to adopt the same
Identified specific issues and potential activities for their own Blocks
Module:
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Step
Day-1
Introduction, expectation mapping and
objective sharing
Understanding IPPE-II and role clarity
Purpose
To make the participants clear of the objective, broad session plan and expected
outcomes of the training event
To develop understanding on Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, IPPE; develop
appreciation on different focus areas in IPPE-II; specific outcomes expected; strategy
adopted; the training architecture and their role in this whole exercise
Design of planning process
To develop clarity on engagement of BPT members; on different steps to follow by
the BPT members at the hamlet/village level planning process; expected outcomes
from each step etc.
Principles of Participatory planning process To make the participants sensitize on what principles, values and behaviors need to
and facilitation skills
be adhered or practiced while conducting the planning process
Video show in the evening
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA and INRM
Day 2
Perspective
development
on
rural Understand conceptual frameworks around livelihoods and be able to carry out a
livelihoods
dialogue with the community around those frameworks.
Conducting livelihoods dialoguing with Develop competency to map and analyze current livelihoods sources; become
community
familiar of steps to follow to carry out village and HH level livelihoods planning
process
Classroom session on various PRA tools Help to develop clarity on various PRA techniques, its rationale; how to analyse
like social mapping, resource mapping, information gathered etc.
transect walk etc.
Technical session on various INRM Develop clarity on the concept of INRM; various INRM measures to address issues
structures
related to different land /patch category and to potentially enhance productivity;
what all can be supported under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Survey formats
Developing familiarity and comfort with various formats and become competent to
execute the filling of those
Video show
Hamlet level planning process
Day-3
Proceed to field to conduct the planning process in a small hamlet (30-40 HHs)
Field demonstration of Village Planning The trainer team will conduct the planning process in the hamlet where the
Process
participants would closely observe the process. This field demonstration will be done
on social map and resource map preparation, transect walk for a small patch (nearby),
Time
1 hour
2 hours
2 hours
2 hours
1 hour
1.5 hours
1 hour
1 hour
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1 hour
Whole day
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listing and prioritization of works for a small hamlet as articulated earlier. Participants
are encouraged to note their observation and questions.
Day- 4
Reflection on field exercise
Participants share their observation of previous days field exercise; Questions and
clarifications.
ToT principles and Handholding and Principles to adopt while training the BPTs; some do’s and don’ts for BPTs; how to
Monitoring mechanisms
generate excitement among community and handle unexpected situations;
monitoring and handholding mechanisms
Learning consolidation
Recapitulating the four days; sharing and consolidation of learning generated
Action plan preparation
Each team to finalise next steps including support needed
1 hour
1.5 hours
1 hour
1.5hours
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Annexure 7 –Training to Block Planning Team
Session Plan
Training to Block planning team (BPT) members:
(Duration: 5 days. No. of BRT-2, Trainee size-25 nos)
Keeping in mind the desired engagement during the village planning process, the following training module is designed to equip the planning team
with necessary competency to facilitate community to prepare plan for their village.
It is expected that the BRT will pursue a facilitative and participatory approach to training. The trainers will be expected to encourage discussions,
free expression of counter-views, constructive confrontation consensual decisions, and self-learning as the major building blocks of the learning
processes.
The trainers shall follow a action-reflection learning cycle approach which will follow the sequence of concrete experience-reflective observationabstract conceptualization-active experimentation in delivering the training module.
Objectives of the training
At the end of the training, the participants would have:
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Understood the purpose and expected outputs of the planning exercise, rationale of participatory process and their role.
Become aware of various rules. provisions and procedures of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in large and in planning process in particular
Developed capability and confidence to help community doing social mapping, resource mapping, transect walk etc.
Understood different INRM interventions and able to help community identify appropriate activities in their local context.
Developed competency to engage with vulnerable HHs to prepare Mahatma Gandhi NREGA supported livelihoods plan
Been able to compile the information generated in the planning process and present to community and help community to prepare a prioritized
list of work.
Been able to help community to prepare the labor demand and its seasonality and match the same with the above list.
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Module:
Step
Purpose
Day-1
Introduction, expectation mapping and To make the participants understand the objective, broad session plan and expected
objective sharing
outcomes of the event.
Understanding IPPE-II
To develop understanding on Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, IPPE; develop
appreciation on different focus areas in IPPE-II; specific outcomes expected
Design of planning process and task- Build an overall picture of the planning process; to develop clarity on steps to follow
sharing
in the hamlet/village level planning process, the expected outcomes at each step and
also roles/responsibilities to be shared by different planning team members.
Understood the rationale of planning, To make the participants sensitize on what principles, values and behaviors need to
principles
around
those
including be adhered to while conducting the planning process.
facilitation skills
Video show in the evening
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA and INRM
Day 2
Perspective
development
on
rural Understand conceptual frameworks around livelihoods and be able to carry out a
livelihoods
dialogue with the community around those frameworks.
Conducting livelihoods dialoguing with Develop competency to map and analyze current livelihoods sources; become
community
familiar of steps to follow to carry out village and HH level livelihoods planning
process
Classroom session on various PRA tools Help to develop clarity on various PRA techniques, its rationale; how to analyse
like social mapping, resource mapping, information gathered etc.
transect walk etc.
Technical session on various INRM Develop clarity on the concept of INRM; various INRM measures to address issues
structures
related to different land /patch category and to potentially enhance productivity; what
all can be supported under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Survey formats
Developing familiarity and comfort with various formats and become competent to
execute the filling of those
Video show
Hamlet level planning process
Day-3 & Day-4,
Proceed to field to conduct the planning process in a small village (40-50 HHs)
Conduct the planning demonstration in a The trainer team will conduct the planning process in the hamlet where the trainee
Time
1 hour
2 hrs
2 hours
2 hours
1 hour
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1 hour
7–8 hours in
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village
participants would closely observe the process. Participants are encouraged to note field including
their observation and questions. In the evening of day-3 and day-4 a reflective travel and 1
exercise is conducted to clarify doubts
hour in evening
Day 5
Learning consolidation
Recapitulating the four days; sharing and consolidation of learning generated
1.5 hours
Principles to follow during the planning Principles to facilitate the planning process, their rationale; some does and don’ts; 1.5 hours
process
how to generate excitement among community and handle unexpected situations.
Action plan preparation
Each team to finalise next steps including support needed
2 hour
Annexure 8 – Wall Painting Formats
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Indira Awas Yojana
S.No.
Preference No.
Name of Beneficiary
Village
1
2
3
4
Amount
sanctioned
5
Amount Paid
7
Work Status
Complete/Incomplete
8
Reasons for not
getting benefits
9
Pensions
S.No.
Name of Beneficiary
Name of Pension Scheme
Village
1
2
3
4
Amount
Sanctioned per month
5
MGNREGA
S. No.
Name
Work
1
2
S.
No.
1
S.No.
1
Name of
Works
2
of
Code No.
Amount Sanctioned
3
Labor
4
Code
No.
3
Name of Job
Card holder
2
Material
5
Details of
materials
used
Total
Cement
Bags
4
2014-15
No.
of
Days
3
Amount Spent
Total
6
Labor
7
Total
Bajari
Rate
5
Amount
4
Amount
6
Total
9
Total
Stone
Trollies
7
2015-16
No.
of
Days
5
Material
8
Rate
8
Amount
6
Amount
9
Work Status
Complete/ Incomplete
10
11
Other
Materials
Trollies
10
2016-17
No.
of
Days
7
Duration
Rate
11
Amount
8
Amount
12
Rate
14
13
2017-18
No.
of
Days
9
Total
Expenditure on
Materials
Amount
10
Amount
15
2018-19
No.
of
Days
11
16
Amount
12
(Worksite disclosure)
Name of work/description
Sanction cost of work
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A-MATERIAL COST
B-WAGES
SKILLED
UNSKILLED
Date of work started
expected date of work completion
Number of workers
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Annexure 9 Suggested Schedule for Village
Planning Exercise
(Duration: 3 days, No. of facilitators/planning team member: 3, Village/Hamlet size-100 HHs)
The expected outputs from the planning process at the village level:
Keeping overall objective of the IPPE in mind, the followings outputs are to be achieved out of village level planning exercise:







Wide participation of community in the planning process especially of women and vulnerable households.
PRIs, SHGs and VOs actively engaged in planning process
Community aware of/deliberates on strengthening farm/small livestock/NTFP livelihoods and various activities/works to strengthen their
asset base for the same; and can be taken under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Activities/works are identified and prioritized to support livelihoods of community especially of vulnerable and poor households
Labour demand captured for the vulnerable households
A shelf of projects are prepared with priority ranking keeping seasonality and labour budget into mind
A list of demands around important schemes such as IAY, NSAP and DDU-cGKY is generated from the vulnerable households
It is expected that following things have already happened before the actual planning process starts at the village/hamlet level:




Panchayat level orientation event is completed where all PRI members like Sarpanch, GRS, Ward members, SHG leaders are initiated on
IPPE-II exercise, focus areas, and expected outcomes; INRM-MGNREGA video show has happened; concerned BPT members also to
participate.
IEC materials distributed in the Panchayat; dates are fixed and Ward members, SHG leaders and others given responsibility to organise the
respective villagers on scheduled planning dates
Materials such as village revenue/cadastral map, social map & resource map from IPPE I, plan document, shelf of work, SECC data, preprinted formats, training tools etc., are handed over to BPT members
Any other mass campaign events to create excitement and ownership, as planned at the GP and village levels have happened
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The Village Planning Meeting is arranged in a common place in the village where all the villagers can sit comfortably without much disturbance
Suggested module of planning process at village/hamlet level
Steps
Day-0 –
/evening
Day-1
Stage-setting
Purpose
afternoon Building
awareness
MGNREGA
and
interventions
Content
Time
on Movie show on MGNREGS (zone/state specific videos choose out of 1.5 hr
INRM basket) and INRM process of planning and impact. In absence of this
movie show, relevant flex/ posters etc can be displayed any day before
the scheduled planning date. It is expected to be done by Ward member
of the hamlet. She should have collected these materials from GP on the
day of GP level orientation meeting.
Introduction of the BPT members The ward member/GRS introduces the BPT members to few
to the village
prominent members in the community including key informants, SHG
leaders, youth volunteers etc;
Brief transect walk in Develop some familiarity with the BPT members go for a brief walk in village street to all corners,
the village
village and develop rapport while accompanied by few villagers where the ward member and GRS would
villagers, if any are left over, gather gather villagers at the meeting place and logistics would be arranged
in the meeting place
Introduction
and Community becomes clear about Introduction by ward member - Brief sharing on IPPE and focus areas
Opening session
the objectives and steps of this of IPPE-II; sharing of session plans of this 3 day planning process and
planning exercise and time outcomes expected. The primary objective of this event will be shared
required to be invested by them; i.e. various livelihoods strengthening works will be identified to be done
enough excitement generated
through MGNREGA with more focus on vulnerable families;
prioritization of works will be done during this process which will be
placed in gram-sabha for approval; it will also be shared that survey on
various other program such as IAY, DDU-GKY, NSAP, etc. will be
conducted; request the villagers to co-operate and participate actively;
questions
and
clarifications;
formation
of
village/hamlet
planning/development committee (10-12 members with representation
from all hamlets, vulnerable families, youth volunteers, key informants,
women SHG members etc.) to assist the BPT members in this planning
9.30 am
10.00 am to
11.00 am
11.00 am to
12.00 noon
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Social mapping
Understanding community
village life related issues
and
Lunch break
Discussion on overall To know the living condition of
village issues, poverty the village in general
scenario
Livelihoods analysis of
the village
Resource mapping
Day 2
Transect
walk
To get an overview of the available
resources, identifying patches,
ownership mapping, problem
identification and prioritization of
patches for visit.
for Physically
visiting
process.
Some open-ended discussions on various aspects of village such as
village size, caste composition, SHG presence, education facility etc;
This will help to lead to draw the social map. If social map is available
ask the villagers explain it and also make amends as they feel. Mark the
hamlets, caste composition, no. of HHs etc. Various social
infrastructures, drinking water sources, temple, school, bathing place,
sanitation, connectivity, fuel wood sources etc.
Once the map is prepared, discussion can be conducted on to identify
issues attached to various social infrastructure and identify if some of
them can be addressed through MGNREGA
Understanding the nature of poverty in the village – who are the major
vulnerable individuals/groups/why are they so? Mapping them on the
social map
BPT lunch in village for which they pay
Degree of food security and its distribution, migration scenario, market
related issues, credit sources, relationship with PRI, government
departments, existence of different on-going programs etc. How the
village is connected to external world etc. Identifying different problems
of the village (both livelihoods and non-livelihoods related issues)
Identifying major livelihoods in the village and mapping their relative
significance both in terms of percentage of family engaged and the
proportion of income it contributes.
Understanding key livelihood issues in the village and the possible broad
livelihood interventions required.
Resource map is drawn showing various water bodies, common
property resources, identifying various patches.
Mapping ownership pattern and management of common resources by
community
Discussion on various INRM measures by showing colored charts/flex
Issues identified for each patch.
12.00 noon
to 2.00 pm
3.00 pm to
3.45 pm
3.45 pm to
4.30 pm
4.30 to 6.30
pm
shortlisted Depending on the most ownership by vulnerable groups, prioritise the 9.00 am to
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option generation
patches, sharpening problems , land-patches for visit. Two-three sub groups may be formed for 2.00 pm
options generations
different patches for further detail analysis.
Plot by plot mapping of current and potential use
Possible soil and moisture conservation measures.
Potential beneficiaries
Lunch
IAY, GKY and NSAP The specified formats are
formats
distributed
and
youth
volunteers/SHG leaders are made
responsible
Individual HH visit for To help vulnerable households
Livelihoods planning identify
various
individual
(10-15 HHs) – BY livelihoods strengthening measures
TWO
BPT which can be supported under
MEMBERS
MGNREGA
Individual household To prepare labour budget for the
survey for Labour vulnerable groups
Demand
It is an opportunity to also use the BPT to collected important Concurrent
information on these schemes as they strongly complement the
livelihood interventions being envisaged under NREGA
Interacting with the IDENTIFIED members (households falling in the
VULNERABLE category and not present in INRM planning) around
various current livelihoods sources, mapping possible interventions to
strengthen the existing livelihoods and also to support any new
livelihoods. Help household to prioritize among those and recording the
discussion in the prescribed format.
This survey/interaction can be conducted in small groups of 5-6
households together. However each targeted HH case should be
assessed. The BPT can opt for this depending on the situation
Interacting with IDENTIFIED households to understand labour
seasonality and demand on specified format
This survey/interaction can be conducted in small groups of 5-6
together. However each targeted HH case should be assessed. The BPT
can opt for this depending on the situation
The member responsible for filing the survey formats will compile the
information collected where as other two members will list various
works identified /proposed in the planning process. Calculation of PD-s
required for the identified works based on model estimates. Prepare a
draft presentation to share in the village meeting next day.
3.00
pm
6.00 pm
3.00
pm
6.00 pm
Compilation of works To compile the works shortlisted
2 hours in
identified and labor (common village infrastructure,
the evening
budget estimation
patch level works, individual assets
for Vulnerable HHs etc.) Prepare a
rough estimate of labor days
required and match with labour
demand
Day 3
Individual HH visit for To help the vulnerable families Interacting with the family members around various current livelihoods 9 .00 am to
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Livelihoods planning identify
various
individual sources, mapping possible interventions to strengthen the existing
(10-15
HHs)
- livelihoods strengthening measures livelihoods and also to support any new livelihoods. Help the family to
Contd...-FOR
which can be supported under prioritize among those and recording the discussion in the prescribed
HOUSEHOLDFROM MGNREGA
format.
THE LIST IF ANY
This survey/interaction can be conducted in small groups of 5-6
LEFT OUT
together. However each HH case should be assessed. The BPT can opt
-BY
ONE
BPT
this depending on the situation.
MEMBER
Individual household To prepare labour budget for the Interacting with IDENTIFIED households to understand labour
survey for Labour vulnerable groups
seasonality and demand on specified format
Demand – if any left
This survey/interaction can be conducted in small groups of 5-6
out – BY ONE BPT
together. However each targeted HH case should be assessed. The BPT
MEMBER
can opt for this depending on the situation
THE THIRD BPT MEMBER WILL ENSURE COLLECTING BACK OF ALL THE NSAP, IAY, GKY FORMATS THAT HAVE
BEEN GIVEN OUT; GAP-FILL IF REQUIRED
Preparation of final BPT shares outcome of planning / Planning team will sit with village/hamlet development committee to
presentation
and enumeration process before the prioritize the works. It will be later shared with community for their
format compilation
villagers
knowledge and approval. Special plans for vulnerable families will also
be shared and finalized. Final compilation of survey formats.
Preparation of presentation for the villagers for work prioritization.
Work
prioritization Work prioritization will be BPT will make a comprehensive presentation of the process and
and formal recording prepared along with seasonality. outcomes followed before the villagers. They will also make the
of
the
works Further total work and labour presentation on various work identified under different headings such as
prioritized.
demand will be estimated.
for village as a whole, works related to identified patch, related to
individual vulnerable HHs, livelihood related and non-livelihoods relate
works etc. Presentation will also include the total job card holders, total
job demand estimated etc. Though an open consultation with the help
of village planning/development committee the works will be prioritized
keeping the labour estimate in mind. Once prioritization is done, final
list of work with their priority ranking will be recorded in the predesigned format.
11.00 am
9.00 am to
11.00 am
11.30
to
2.00 pm
2.00 pm to
6.00 pm
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Annexure 10 Format A: Demand Estimation
Section A: Household Details
Name of head of household
Date of survey
Time of survey
Caste (SC=1, ST=2, OBC=3, Other=4)
Job card number
< 18
18 to 60 years
Above 60
Number of household members
Phone number (if available)
Whether all women members of household
are in SHGs (1=yes, 2=no)
Household number (according to social map)
Section B: Demand for work
Number of days of work desired by HH for FY 2015-16
Chaitr (APRIL)
Baisakh
(MAY)
Jesth
(JUNE)
Asarhl
(JULY)
Sharavan
(AUGUST)
Bhado (SEPT)
Ashwin
(OCT)
Kartik
(NOV)
Agan
(DEC
Poush
(JAN)
Magh
(FEB)
Phagun
(MARCH)
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Annexure 11: Format B Household Livelihood
Format
HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOODS PLAN
1. NREGA Job card No:
1.1 SHG Membership (Y/N)
2. (If HH does not have a Job Card, please ask) Do you want a MGNREGA Job Card (Y/N)?
3. Aadhar Card No:
4. NPR Tin No:
5. Landholding details of the family
Land Area
Low land
Medium land
(acres)
Up land
Homestead
land
NonCultivable
Irrigated
Non irrigated
Leased
6. Agriculture relatedopportunities
S No Leading questions
Y/N
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1
2
3
Is the family willing to take up block plantation for horticulture in her
land if any?
Is the family willing to take up boundary plantation?
Is the family willing to take up land levelling work?
4
Individual irrigation assets required (e.g. a farm pond, dug well, farm Farm Pond
bunding etc.)
Dug Well
Farm Bunding
Contour Trenches
5
Is the HH willing to construct NADEP compost pit for Soil fertility
management?
7. Livestock related opportunities
Number
Animals
Adult
Calf/ Kids
S No
1
of
Buffalo
Cows
Goats/ sheep
Leading questions
Does the family require shelter for animals?
Pigs
Poultry
Mithun
Y/N
Cattle shed
Goat/sheep shed
Pig sty
Poultry shed
8. Forest livelihood related (NTFP) (to be asked only if village is in close proximity to forests)
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S No.
1
2
9.
Leading questions
Y/N
Is the family engaged or has been engaged in Non Timber Forest Produce Tasar
related activities?
Lac
Others
Will the family take up block plantation linked to NTFP related activities?
Enterprise relatedlivelihoods activities
S No.
1
Leading questions
Is the family engaged in some HH enterprise?
2
Does the family willing to set up an enterprise as a livelihood option?
Y/N
Handloom
Handicraft
Small shop
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Annexure12: Format C Skills Format
Format for collecting information from families with identified Deprivations
1. Name of Head of Household:
RAMJIT MAHTO
2. Address
Village:
BELA
Block:
AURANGABAD
District:
AURANAGABAD
State
Bihar
3. If automatically included
Reason:-
Households without shelter
Destitute/living on alms
Manual scavengers
Primitive Tribal Groups
Legally
released
bonded
labourers
4. The deprivations(if not automatically included)
Households with only one room, No adult members between Female headed households with no adult Households with disabled member
Kucha walls and Kucha roof
ages of 16 and 59
male member between 16 and 59
SC/ST Households
Households with no literate adult above 25 years
and no able bodied member
Landless households deriving a major part of their
income from manual casual labour
5.Job card No*.:
B
H
-
0
5
-
0
0
9
-
0
1
1
-
0
3
8
0
0
5
0
0
/
1
*If Job card holder but JC number not pre printed then enter the number in the blank spaces above
6. If not a JC holder then mention whether JC application collected or not?
7.a Category (as per SECC):
OTH
7.b Category (as per JC)*
YES/ NO
OTH
*In case of a JC HH if the category is not preprinted check from JC and enter the code
8. In case the SECC and JC category do not match then verify the category and enter the code
9. Family income (as per SECC)
SC/ ST/OTH
10000
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2
5
3
Project LIFE- MGNREGA
10. Skilling Needs. Information of Youth(s) in the household, aged 18 to 35 (up to 45 in case of SC/ ST and Women) who may be skilled.
Information about family already surveyed under Project LIFE MGNREGA is pre printed below. No entry is required. In case of others only 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
and 10. 4 will be printed and rest i.e 10.4 to 10.13 are blank and need to be filled by BPT after getting responses from each youth listed below.
S.
Name(s)
ofGender Age Disability, Educatio Current Whether Intereste Choice
No Youth(s) in the HH
if
any nal
primary member d
ofEnter
inLivelihood
on
(use(Yes/ No) d
(use
code
code
from
from
Table-3)
No)
(Yes/(use
Preferred Expectatio Is
Skilling options in order of n
(Yes/ No) Qualifica Occupati of a SHGLivelihoo intervention priority
tions
Three
from
2
3
1
RAMJIT MAHTO
Male
4
5
6
after
from Table- (Use the code from Table-6, Skilling
4)
7 and 8)
(use code
11
from
Table-2)
1
of youth
Chosen income
code Livelihood Intervention
the
willing to
migrate
(Yes/ No)
Table-5)
7
8
9
10
First
Second
Third
12
13
28
11. Whether the Project LIFE MGNREGA survey (in case of surveyed family) was done after contacting the HH.YES/ NO
12. In case the family needs asset under category B
Enter the code
13. In case of surveyed family that opted for Livelihood up gradation in col. 10.10, whether the category B work (asset) demanded has been entered in
Annual Action Plan YES/ NO
14. Contact Mobile Number*
*Enter the mobile number of Head of HH if not pre printed. In case it is pre printed and wrong circle it and enter the right number.
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Signature of BPT
Signature/ Thumb impression of Head of Family
Pre printed
Code to be entered by BPT
May be pre pre printed or blank. If blank, then BPT will enter relevant code and information.
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Annexure 13
Format D: NSAP and IAY
IAY Survey Format for identified Poor Households
Secondary information provided to BPT:
 List of beneficiaries of IAY and the number of instalments received
 List of permanent waiting list of IAY
 List of persons sanctioned houses in the last three years
1. Name of Head of the Household
2. Master Form Number: State: District:
Block:
GP:
Ward:
3. Job Card Number:
SECC No.:
4. Nature of House: Pucca / Semi-Pucca / Kutcha
Ownership of House: Own / Other
5. If owns Pucca House
a. Have you receive IAY Support: Yes / No
i. If Yes, Year of Grant:
Amount of Grant:
ii. Is the House Complete: Yes/No
1. If Yes
a. Have you received the total amount: Yes / No
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b. Instalments Received No. :
Total Amount:
i. Instalment 1: Year
Amount
ii. Instalment 2: Year
Amount
iii. Instalment 3: Year
Amount
iv. Instalment 4: Year
Amount
2. If No:
a. Level of Construction
i. Plinth
ii. Lintel
iii. Above Lintel Level
b. Have you received the total amount: Yes / No
c. Instalments Received Number:
Total Amount:
i. Instalment 1: Year
Amount
ii. Instalment 2: Year
Amount
iii. Instalment 3: Year
Amount
iv. Instalment 4: Year
Amount
6. If doesn’t own Pucca House
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a. Have you receive IAY Support: Yes / No
i. If Yes
1. Year of Grant:
Amount of Grant:
a. Level of Construction
i. Plinth
ii. Lintel
iii. Above Lintel Level
b. Instalments Received No. :
Total Amount:
i. Instalment 1: Year
Amount
ii. Instalment 2: Year
Amount
iii. Instalment 3: Year
Amount
iv. Instalment 4: Year
Amount
ii. If No
1. Are you on the waiting list? Yes / No / Don’t Know
2. Do you know that there is a waiting list? Yes/No
3. Have you seen the IAY Waiting List? Yes / No
4. Were you part of any Gram Sabha where IAY selection was discussed: Yes/No
iii. Is the Household Eligible for IAY as per Criteria: Yes / No
(refer the eligibility pamphlet in the BPT Kit)
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Note: Physical Visit to Household is essential only if the Household has No Pucca House, Not received any support from IAY, and Not on the
Waiting List
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NSAP Survey Format for identified Poor Households
Secondary
List of NSAP beneficiaries
information
provided
to
BPT:
1. Name of Head of the Household
2. Master Form Number: State: District:
3. Job Card Number:
Block:
GP:
Ward:
SECC No.:
4. Does anyone in the household receive any NSAP Pension: Yes / No
5. If Yes (BPT to cross check the name of the person against the name in the list of NSAP beneficiaries provided in the tool kit)
Name
Sex
Age
Category
Amount per Month
Last Month in
which
Pension
received
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6. If No, details of anyone who is considered eligible by the Household* (BPT to cross check eligibility criteria of both central and state
pension schemes based on NSAP information provided in tool kit)
Name
Sex
Age
Category
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Annexure 14
Gram Panchayat Rural Development Plan
Gram Panchayat Name:
Date of ward/hamlet sabha:
Total no of members present:
Village name:
Ward no:
Male:
Female
MGNREGS
Present outcomes of the social map, seasonality map and the demand estimation of the vulnerable households. Along with the demand estimation, the
community and individual works that are the outcome of the resource map, transect walk and household livelihood plans need to be listed and
presented to the Gram Sabha for prioritization. This may be tabulated as follows:
Community works
Priority
Nature of work
No
Details (place,sizeetc)
Expected
outcomes/benefits
Expected persondays No of vulnerable
to be generated
HH to benefit
Individual beneficiary work
Priority
Nature of work
No
Details(place,sizeetc)
Expected
outcomes/benefits
Expected persondays Vulnerable
to be generated
group category
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NRLM
Present the works to be taken up to augment livelihood for vulnerable households. The summary and list of works will be presented in the Gram
Sabha and included in the list of MGNREGS works to be taken up. This is also for the knowledge of the Village Organisations to track and follow
the execution of these livelihood plans.
NSAP
The list of eligible and excluded beneficiaries is to be read out and presented in the Gram Sabha.
IAY
The list of beneficiaries is to be read out in the Gram Sabha along with the permanent waiting list and the list of excluded and eligible beneficiaries.
DDU-GKY
The list of households surveyed is to be read out in the Gram Sabha as well as the number of people who have opted for skilling.
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Annexure 15 – Convergent Planning Matrix
MGNREGS
NRLM
DDU-GKY
NSAP
IAY
Deliverables/Outcomes
Labour Budget for
2532 blocks with
GP wise list of
works arrived at
through
participatory
planning
and
demand
estimation
of
vulnerable
households
Household
livelihood plans for
households
identified
through
SECC
(automatic
inclusion
and
deprived
households)
+
works identified for
these households as
part
of
either
MGNREGS plan or
micro credit plan.
Information
on
skilling
opportunities
available
for
MGNREGS workers.
LIFE
survey
for
SECC
HH's
(automatic
inclusions
and
deprived
households).
Verification
of
existing
beneficiary list and
Gram
Panchayat
wise
list
of
excluded
eligible
beneficiaries
Verification
of
existing
beneficiary list
Timeline
MGNREGS
NRLM
DDU-GKY
NSAP
IAY
MoRD governance
committee
to
follow up
Nominate COO/SPM
livelihoods to the
steering committee.
NRLM to internally
deliberate and issue
guidelines on how
they
expect
to
benefit from the
IPPE and how the
field officers must
take part.
No role
No role
No role
SNO to follow up
No role
No role
No role
No role
Activity
Roll Out
10th August
Identification
SNO
of
14th August
Identification
DNO
of
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21st
August
Formation of Block
Resource Team
Charge Officer by
MGNREGS
to
select
as
per
guidelines
21st
August
MoRD
States
Submit
points
VC
with
agenda
24th
August
Selection of Block
Planning Team
Charge Officer by
MGNREGS
to
select
as
per
guidelines. Liaise
with
NGOs
to
provide their field
staff / CRPs to be
part of BPTs.
31st
August
Begin wall paintings
+ drive to have job
cards
and
pass
books with workers
Wall
painting
format in manual
(guideline
with
cost norms to be
issued)
Training at State
level
to
Block
Resource Team
Trainers
from
MGNREGS State
Resource Pool +
CSO attachment
provided
by
MGNREGS
By
5th
Spetember
Charge Officer by
NRLM to select as
per
guidelines.
Livelihood specialist
to be provided for
all blocks.
No members
BRT
Submit
points
Submit
points
agenda
Charge Officer by
NRLM to select as
per guidelines using
area co-ordinators,
village
organisations
and
SHGs. - Nominate
experienced
livelihoods
CRPs/ACs/CMs etc
who have expertise
on
livelihood
planning. Build up a
cadre
of
IPPE
specialists in the
SHGs.
in
agenda
No members
BRT
Submit
points
in
No members in
BRT
agenda
Submit agenda
points
No members in BPT
No members
BPT
in
No members in
BPT
No wall paintings.
No wall paintings
Wall
painting
format in manual
(guideline
with
cost norms to be
issued)
Wall
painting
format
in
manual
(guideline with
cost norms to
be issued)
Trainers from NRLM
to be provided
No trainers
No trainers
No trainers
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By
18th
September
Training to Block
Planning Teams
Responsible
to
deliver training
Responsible
to
deliver
training.
Take lead in NRLM
Blocks by the IPPE
specialist CRPs
By
25th
September
BPT tool kits with all
information to be
ready
PO required to
provide material
BMMU required to
provide material
DDU-GKY
to
provide material
Provide lists
Provide lists
Prepared
by
Charge
Officer
and handed to
BPT,
BMMU,
NSAP and IAY
officials
BMMU
to
communicate
to
area
coordinators
and
others.
Disseminate
planning
calendar
through
VO/SHG
meetings. Advance
visioning meetings
in SHGs on better
livelihoods
and
what
livelihoods
assets are needed
by each member.
Develop and publish
the hamlet wise
planning schedule.
No role
Department
to
communicate
to
all functionaries
Department to
communicate to
all functionaries
Provide information
Provide information
Desk to receive
applications
Desk
information
SHGs to participate
and
mobilise
workers
for
participatory
planning.
Discussion
social map
Discussion during
social map
Discussion
during
social
map
By
31st
September
Gram
Panchayat
wise
Planning
Calendar
No responsibility in
training
No
responsibility
in training
No
responsibility in
training
IPPE Activities
2nd
October
October
November
Gram
Sabha
to
launch campaign
Participatory
Planning
Provide
information
+
Desk for job card
applications
BPT uses all tools
to arrive at list of
works
for
MGNREGS
(community and
individual)
during
for
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By
31st
December
Household
survey
(vulnerable HH's)
MGNREGS
demand
No role
No role
No role
HLP (SECC HH's)
List of works for
MGNREGS
Livelihood plan +
list of works for
MCP
LIFE format
NSAP
lists
applications
+
IAY
lists
applications
+
Gram
Sabha
to
prioritise works +
data
entry
of
formats
Prioritisation
of
community
and
individual works
+ desk for job
card applications
SHGs to participate
and
mobilise
workers to attend.
No role
Desk to receive
applications
Desk
information
for
Format A
Format B
Format C
Format D
Format D
No role
Formats
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