Yojana Banao Abhiyan, 2015-16
हमारी योजना, हमारा विकास
A people’s campaign to plan for MGNREGA, 14th Finance Commission
grants to Gram Panchayats and other development programmes
Yojana Banao Abhiyan - Objectives
• Preparation of participatory village-level plans for livelihoods enhancement
based on integrated natural resource management (INRM) principles and
for improving basic services of all villages in Jharkhand
• Intensive livelihood planning of extremely vulnerable families
• Preparation of comprehensive Gram Panchayat Development Plans based
on Village Development Plans prepared by Gram Sabhas
• Implementation of plans through MGNREGA, 14th Finance Commission
grants to Gram Panchayats and convergence with line departments
• Preparation of plans for utilisation of 14th Finance Commission grants to
Gram Panchayats for 2015-16 and 2016-17 for improving/constructing
school buildings and anganwadi centres, drinking water systems,
community toilets, playgrounds etc
• Activating Gram Panchayats and unlocking Panchayat Bhavans by triggering
decentralisation of planning processes
Yojana Banao Abhiyan - Structure
• Gram Panchayats leading all Gram Panchayat-level activities
• In each Gram Panchayat, planning being facilitated by a
Panchayat Planning Team comprising of the Gram Rozgar
Sewak, two Ward Members and two community planners
• Panchayat Planning Teams being trained and supported by
the State Resource Team members of the district comprising of civil society members, CFT members, JSLPS
officers, government officials and functionaries, PMRDFs,
PRI trainers and IWMP officials
• Women collective members supporting Gram Panchayats in
awareness generation and participatory planning exercises
• Steering Committees formed at block and district levels for
coordinating and monitoring Abhiyan activities
Key facets of the Abhiyan
Jan Abhiyan
Priority of the political leadership
Steering platform comprising Panchayati
Raj, MGNREGA Cell and JSLPS
Convergence with line departments
Workshops with various stakeholders
Large-scale capacity building programmes
Wide media coverage
Mobilisation activities
• Series of meetings with civil society
representatives, women collective representatives,
University Vice Chancellors, media etc
• Weekly state-level media briefings
• Radio jingles and TV announcements in local
languages
• Participation of Hon’ble MLAs and MPs in Abhiyan
activities across the state
• Large-scale rallies, jaagrukta rath, miking, wall
writing, hoardings, posters etc across the state
• Orientation of field level Mediapersons
Capacity building and orientation events
Types of event
Number
of events
Number of
persons
trained
5-days state-level training for state resource team members
15
700
One-day orientation of BDOs, BPOs and BPROs
5
650
5-days block-level training for Panchayat Planning Teams
400
22010
Training Events
Workshops
State-level launching workshop and orientation of DCs and
DDCs
1
District-level launching workshop
24
Block-level launching workshop
259
Block-level orientation workshop with women collectives
259
Block-level orientation workshop with all Gram Panchayat
representatives
259
Monitoring and
Hand-holding Structure
Thematic support mechanism
• Detailed modules and presentations prepared for each activity, to
ensure standardisation of information dissemination
• Simple checklists prepared for monitoring quality of activities
• Hand-holding support to blocks and district by state Abhiyan
team
• Regularly seeking qualitative feedback from state resource team
members
• Dedicated state-level helpline setup for Abhiyan
• Google group, facebook page, and website created for
dissemination of information
• Abhiyan handbook distributed to each Panchayat Planning team
member
• Large-scale distribution of Abhiyan flyer and primer on
MGNREGA
Monitoring Mechanism
• Weekly meeting of Panchayati Raj department,
MGNREGA Cell and JSLPS, under the chairpersonship of
Principal Secretary, RDD to review the progress of the
Abhiyan
• Weekly micro-detailed task-responsibility list prepared
and followed
• District-level civil society monitors appointed for
qualitative monitoring of activities
• Departmental Secretaries nominated for district-level
monitoring
• Weekly reporting formats prepared for blocks and
districts
Monitoring Mechanisms
• Divisional WhatsApp groups comprising of
district and block administration and local
state resource team members setup for easy
dissemination of information
• Core Abhiyan Team tasked to monitor at
district level more intensively
• Random calls to BDOs/BPOs/SRTs etc.
• Follow Up through multiple media
Ongoing activities
of the Abhiyan
Panchayat-level workshop on the Abhiyan
Meeting amongst Gram Panchayat representatives, members of
women collectives (SHG, VO, Federation), civil society organisation
representatives and Panchayat Planning Team to discuss about the
Abhiyan in the Panchayat Bhawan
Three Day Hamletlevel Planning
Process
First Day: Hamlet-level discussion
Discussion on livelihoods, natural resources, basic services,
MGNREGA, utilisation of 14th FC grants to be given to Gram
Panchayats and participatory planning with villagers.
Social Mapping
Mapping of social structure,
basic services (and issues)
etc. Identification of workers
without job cards and/or
bank account.
Livelihood discussion with vulnerable households
Intensive discussion with vulnerable households on livelihoods
Second Day: Resource Mapping
Mapping of natural
resources of the village
(like forest, land, river
etc) and identification of
a few land patches
which have land of
vulnerable households
or
requires
INRM
treatment
Transect Walk
Identification of issues in the land patches
and accordingly selecting schemes
Budget estimation and plan documentation
Panchayat Planning Team to prepare labour
budget and document all proposed schemes
Third Day: Household Livelihood Survey of
vulnerable families
Survey on livelihoods with households having
three or more deprivation criteria as per SECC
Tola Sabha for plan finalisation
Prioiritisation of all identified schemes as per labour
budget and needs of the hamlet
Gram Panchayat Executive Committee Meeting
Meeting in the Panchayat Bhavan to discuss and compile
schemes approved by the gram sabha and prepare the
“Gram Panchayat Development Plan”
Expected Outcomes
• Preparation of MGNREGA labour budget for 2016-17 based on people’s demand
for employment
• Preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan for enhancing livelihoods,
generating employment, improving access to irrigation and strengthening basic
services in all villages and Gram Panchayats of the state
• Immense potential of reduction of rural poverty by implementation of the
planned schemes
• Skill enhancement of more than 20,000 people in participatory planning, INRM
technologies and MGNREGA processes
• Creation of a “State Resource Team” for providing technical support to Gram
Panchayats and helping people access their entitlements
• Strengthening democratic decentralization by increasing people’s participation
in local governance
• Providing the newly elected Gram Panchayats with a ready “task list” for the
coming years
Learnings
• Orientation of BDOs/BPOs is necessary
• Careful selection of Panchayat Planning Team
members
• More orientation of Panchayat Representatives
needed
• Monitoring mechanisms are critical to health of
Abhiyan
• Political will is needed
• Sensitization for priority to water conservation
works is necessary