MAJOR ACTIVITIES
of NCHSE:
The Organisation has six divisions of activity:
Research and Socio-economic Surveys
division.
Project Implementation division.
Training division
Monitoring and Evaluation division.
Computers and Information
Technology Applications division.
Consumer Grievances Redressal
division
The Centre has so far implemented about 200 projects in
various districts of Madhya Pradesh and in other states, which include
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
The work done by each of these divisions is briefly outlined
below:
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1. Research
Studies and Socio-economic Surveys
NCHSE has carried out a research study on the “Documentation
of Human Rights and Citizens’ Entitlement” under an assignment from the Ford
Foundation,
Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons
Due to Construction of Major Dams.
Documentation of Bonded Labour and
its Abolition
Documentation on Special Problems of
Women and Their Rights.
Human Rights and Citizens
Entitlements in Protection of Environment.
Status of Women and Children in M.P.
Study of Pattern and Problems of
Migration of Tribal Women Workers.
Access to Education in
Law Relating to Employment of
Children.
Access to Municipal Services.
Some of the recent activities
include:
The study of “Economic analysis of MP-DPIP sub
projects in 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh” assigned by MP-DPIP
It would be of significance to note that the study of “Economic analysis of MP-DPIP sub projects in 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh” assigned by MP-DPIP to the organization with the following objectives:
1. To do ex-post economic analysis of specific activities (check dam, lift irrigation, hand pump, rural road, dairy, fish pond, forest nursery) so as to help the projects in preparation of Implementation Completion Report (ICR).
2. To provide a compendium of activity based analysis which could be used to shortlist a more focused list of activities for scaling up on cluster basis in the proposed second phase of the project.
The study pointed out that to what an extent poverty removal with the
support of this programme could be possible may be an academic exercise but the
rural communities, by and large, have considered it as the programme of their
willingness and choice. The possible activities which can be of use in
promoting rural areas are:
v Farm based initiatives-
(i) Increase in irrigation facilities through renovation and newly constructed water bodies, tube wells, dug wells and lift irrigation schemes as on the watershed approach.
(ii) Promotion of horticulture, floriculture, progressive farming, organic farming, vegetable cultivation, nursery, agro-forestry, etc.
v
Introduction
of producer companies- to facilitate PPP as sustainable livelihood opportunities to boost activities
of seeds and seeds production programme, fertilizers, pesticides, organic
manure, agricultural equipments, marketing linkages, technical guidance and
distribution of dividends.
v Promotion of dairy, goatry and fishery.
v
Establishment
of trading activities - grocery, cloth, cosmetic, shoes, cement,
fertilizers, auto parts, etc.
v Carrying out of rental services- through tent house, thresher, mixture, jeep, auto, centering, seed drill & tractor, cold storages, ware house, chilling plant, etc.
v Utility Services – band baja, welding, bicycle repair, photocopy, hotel, tea stall, STD-PCO, saloon, tailoring, light decoration, soil excavation, boring machine, etc.
v Value addition – Flour mill, moti manka, terracotta, bamboo craft, pulse mill, spiller, fabrication, agarbatti making, bag making, readymade, handloom and handicraft items, small scale industries, etc.
UN-HABITAT supported study of
Citizen’s Report Card for four major towns – Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and
Gwalior of M.P
The Citizen Report Card on quality of urban basic services on water supply, sanitation and solid waste disposal in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur & Gwalior
Recently, NCHSE completed UN-HABITAT supported study of Citizen’s Report
Card for four major towns –
Citizen’s
perceptions about the delivery of the services
|
City |
Urban Basic Services |
Number of responses |
Households those rated services as very
good, good and average |
||||
|
Very
good |
Good |
Average |
Poor |
Very
Poor |
|||
|
|
Water Supply |
0 |
182 |
669 |
339 |
73 |
67.3 |
|
Sanitation |
66 |
123 |
712 |
336 |
26 |
71.3 |
|
|
Solid Waste Management |
54 |
239 |
645 |
221 |
104 |
74.3 |
|
|
|
Water Supply |
116 |
531 |
474 |
75 |
35 |
91.0 |
|
Sanitation |
110 |
520 |
534 |
137 |
140 |
94.5 |
|
|
Solid Waste Management |
102 |
618 |
356 |
104 |
51 |
87.4 |
|
|
|
Water Supply |
8 |
152 |
524 |
94 |
20 |
89.4 |
|
Sanitation |
8 |
93 |
391 |
226 |
80 |
61.6 |
|
|
Solid Waste Management |
9 |
66 |
388 |
251 |
84 |
58.0 |
|
|
|
Water Supply |
40 |
142 |
355 |
87 |
84 |
75.8 |
|
Sanitation |
7 |
57 |
405 |
140 |
99 |
66.2 |
|
|
Solid Waste Management |
20 |
95 |
358 |
135 |
100 |
66.8 |
|
Looking at the findings of the study, UN-HABITAT assigned another study
to assess improvement in service delivery and satisfaction levels of citizens
regarding the services of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management.
Further, based on the process and techniques used for preparing the CRCs in the
four cities, a manual will also be developed.
The main objectives
of the proposed assignment given to the Centre are:
1.
Assess quality
of urban basic service delivery and citizens satisfaction levels for the same
in the cities of
2.
Develop city
specific CRCs; and
3.
Develop a
manual for preparing CRC on urban services to facilitate the process of
preparing CRCs in other urban areas in
___________________Photographs related with the programme:_____________________
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2. Implementation of development projects in rural
and urban areas:
The largest programme presently under implementation by
NCHSE is Watershed Development under the Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission- a
focussed development initiative of the Govt. of M.P. Projects under this
programme are being implemented in the districts of Jhabua, Dhar, Ujjain,
Shajapur, Sehore, Vidisha and Hoshangabad in 15 development blocks covering 124
villages. In all 112 micro and 17-milli watershed projects have been taken up.
The total area in these projects is 60,904 Ha. An area of 39,263.78 Ha. Has
been treated due to which there has been a 48% increase in irrigated area.
Under afforestation approximately 19.10 lakhs plants have been planted. Under
the community organisation part of the watershed projects 508 women saving
groups have been formed, having a membership of 5819 women. These group members
have collected along with other contribution a sum of Rs. 46.00 lakhs. Loan
facility available to these SHGs from bank is Rs.46.00 lakhs and total amount
circulated by SHG members for various activities is Rs.1.87 crores. The percentage
of recovery of the loans is very high of about 95 to 98%.
For the purpose of watershed planning and implementation, a
Geographical Information System (GIS) has been used wherein the planning and
development of micro watershed is carried out with the help of a software
WATMAN developed by the center’s computer wing. The designing of this software
was sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics (now Ministry of Information
Technology), Government of
Statistical coverage of NCHSE Watershed Development
Projects:
Number of Districts under Watershed
Development:
7
Number of Development Blocks
covered:
15
Number of Milli Watershed
Projects:
17
Number of Micro Watershed
Projects:
112
Number of villages
covered:
124
Area covered under
implementation:
60904 Ha.
(more than 30,000 ha. area has been already treated
under watershed management and has been handed over to village communities)
Number of Watershed
Committees:
112
Total area treated so far against
implementation area:
39,263.78 Ha.
Percentage increase in irrigated
area:
48%
Live plantation carried
out:
19,09,573 plants.
Number of Women Saving Groups
(WSG):
508
Total number of members under
WSG:
5819
Deposited amount by WSG:
Rs.46,00,000.00
Loan facility available to SHG from
banks:
Rs. 46,00,000.00
Total amount circulated by SHG
members:
Rs.1,87,00,000.00
Percentage of recovery of loans as
to
date:
95-98%
Afforestation Activity:
Afforestation is one of the main activities of the
organisation, since last 15 years. Tree planting has been mainly confined to areas
outside the Government Forests.
Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP):
Under the scheme of Central Rural Sanitation Programme
(CRSP) a project for the construction of 196 low cost latrines in eight
villages of Jhabua block of Jhabua district has been successfully completed
with the financial support of CAPART and the local community.
UNDP Biogas Project in Ghoradongri Block, Betul District:
This project covers seven villages and has resulted in the
construction of about a hundred biogas plants. The project is
significantly different from others of its kind because the project provides
for supply of pressure cookers, which reduce cooking time and save fuel. The
women are trained to use and maintain the gas plants and the pressure cookers.
A natural fall-out of the project is saving of fuel wood and
the time spent on collecting it, a clean fuel source and saving of labour. The
project is replicated in Vidisha district through local efforts.
World Food Programme Project:
A couple of projects under the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) are being implemented in Jhabua and Hoshangabad districts. This
programme facilitates micro planning and participatory development of selected
tribal forest villages. NCHSE has taken up village Badlipada of Jhabua
district and village Dodi of Hoshangabad district under this programme.
Community organisation and economic progress with the support of village
development committees are the thrust points of the programme objective. In village
Dodi there are 78 families out of which 62 families are landowners. Total
geographical area of the village is 121.87 ha. Prior to the project only 90.6
ha. land was cultivated. There was no irrigation at all. Through
construction of one earthen structure and deepening of four wells, 118.00 ha.
of land has become irrigated and all the 62 families have benefited. Remaining
16 landless families have got benefits from other income generating activities.
Before completion of this project, village development committee set out the
rules for maintenance of the physical assets created under the project. On
completion of the project, the village development committee has started taking
care of all the activities themselves. In village Badlipada, the villagers protected
360 ha. of forest waste land (a hill piece of land) for fodder development.
Women empowerment has been sought to be achieved through forming self help
groups. Five women self help group were formed, with 54 members.
These groups are regularly saving money in the saving fund and are utilising
the amount for giving loans within the group for various small needs of the
members. Out of 54 group members, 24 women were engaged in various income
generating programmes. Presently NCHSE is implementing WFP programme in two
villages Koyadhariya and Amba of Jhabua district. In these villages
social mobilization is one of the major activities. Under this a large
number of people are associated with the programme of using organic manure and
non-conventional energy sources like biogas. This reflects the peoples'
participation in the development process. Giving up of liquor consumption,
reduction in the number of child marriages, promotion of education, health and
hygiene is not only very much appreciated by villagers but they are also taking
initiatives in these activities.
CASA Project:
A process oriented integrated socio-economic development of
selected tribal villages through peoples' participation in Jhabua district has
been financed by CASA (Church's Auxiliary Society for Action). The project
focuses on:
Improving the status of living conditions of the village
through health and sanitation measures. Training programmes are
being organised for women groups and Traditional Birth Attendant
(Dai) teaching them safe delivery methods.
A number of night classes are organised in nine project
villages of Jhabua district. The basic objective of the project is to educate
people informally. To achieve this goal there are a number of night
classes for adults and children. These classes are held in the 9 project
villages. Presently out of total 817 persons, 304 female and 337
male and 176 children are attending the night classes. Prior to project
there were 303 boys and 148 girls enrolled in the local schools. Presently in
all 637 boys and 371 girls are attending school.
An unique feature of this project has been to bring the
people/community together through organising cultural activities. To enable
them to think and try to solve their social problems by themselves, the
cultural activity is perhaps the best source. Street plays and various
competitions designed to build up a positive attitude in matters of importance
are successful instruments of social engineering. There have been direct
results of such cultural activities viz. reduction in the number of child
marriages, controlling the dowry amounts, etc.
From the point of view of sustainability an apex body has
been constituted. The committee members are nominated by the villagers of the
nine villages under the project. These members elect the President and the
Secretary of this body. This apex body functions with the object of
solving the local problems with the support of the community and the government
agencies.
CAPART Project:
Integrated socio-economic development of five selected
villages of Jhabua block of Jhabua district is sponsored by CAPART (Council for
Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology),
Large scale of people's participation reflects their close
association with the developmental activities. Now villagers understand the
importance of Gram Sabha and more and more people attend meetings.
Through soil and water conservation treatment there has been
an absolute increase in cultivated area by 79.82 ha. Absolute increase in
irrigated area is 111.50 ha. Water level has increased by 3-4 feet in the
post monsoon season. There has been reduction in the degree of migration.
Reduction in the practice of bonded labour has also been witnessed.
Watershed development committee introduced a distribution
system for fuel and fodder in the village.
Now people are more aware of the need for sanitation, which
has been demonstrated through construction of low cost toilets, soak pits,
NADEP, smokeless chulhas and simple health and hygiene related habits.
Increase in the awareness on the health front is demonstrated by 100 per cent
child immunization coverage and increase in accepting family planning methods.
12 informal literacy classes are conducted to educate the villagers of the
project villages.
28 women SHGs having 251 members have been formed in the
project villages. Out of these 121 members are engaged in 10 various income
generating activities. The SHGs successfully deal with the necessary banking
jobs and attend the group meetings regularly. Proceedings of the meeting
are duly written without any extraneous influence.
AHVY Project
Baba Ambedkar Hasthashilpa Vikas Yojana (AHVY) sanctioned by the Development Commissioner, Handicraft, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, New Delhi. This project has an objective of training , development & promotion of bamboo crafts, bead work, tribal garments, terra-cotta and tribal doll making. Under this project the Jhabua Centre has procured about 8 machines for wood work and bamboo crafts which are under operation in Jhabua. Training programmes have been organised for 240 artisan members of the 22 Self Help Groups which are doing activities in production of various craft articles and the Centre is involved in marketing of these products through various linkages and famous exhibition-cum-sale & fairs at different places.
The Development Commissioner Handicraft, Government of India, Ministry of Textiles has also supported in a major way for the creation of a Craft Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Jhabua which train local artisans in various crafts as mentioned above by the expert designers. The CFC building has been constructed in the NCHSE Campus at Barkheda, Kalyanpura of Distt. Jhabua.
Construction of women and child-care centre for GAIL:
Adding another dimension to the domain of NCHSE activities, a Herculean task of constructing a women and child-care hospital in Jhabua was taken up.
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has
presence in Jhabua and they have carried out several people oriented welfare
activities involving NCHSE.
Similarly this mission of introducing a health care centre in district H.Q. of Jhabua was taken up assigning the task to NCHSE. Jhabua lacks the health facilities, whereas the majority of population is the poor tribal people who have no choice but carrying on with their old traditional methods of approaching ojhas (witchcraft) for treatment
NCHSE took challenge and has completed construction of this hospital now ready with ultra modern facilities in the heartland of the district. This has certainly come like a boon for the people of Jhabua.
It is a thirty-bedded
hospital and has two core departments – gynaecology and pediatrics. It has been
constructed adjacent to the Government District.
The whole project, right from acquisition of land to finishing the construction and hand over was completed in a record time of just five months. Organized work and efficient management was the principle followed and that is how this huge task was successfully accomplished.
Construction work in Ujjain
GAIL also engaged NCHSE for design and construction work
of an important square in
GAIL also entrusted another major work of constructing a
school, a connecting road for villages. Construction of a check dam and
providing drinking water facility in selected villages of Mahidpur block of
CHC Project:
Poverty alleviation through vocational training of tribal
women in poultry at ‘Saheli Cluster’, Kesla Block, Hoshangabad District,
Poultry activity as a source of sustainable
livelihood for 94 women from Nine SHGs of villages Ghograraiyat , Saheli,
Moorpani, Taku and
Mandikho.
Each woman member is able to have a net income of Rs 20,000/- to Rs 30,000/- in
a year . Their net earnings would be more
than double
once they pay outstanding loans received from banks to establish their
vocation. Banks have given Rs 33 lacs as loans
including Rs
7.70 lacs subsidy under SGSY.
The importance of 35 days skill upgrading training in
poultry activity as available from Canadian High Commission Project.
Financial support for women members below poverty
line under Swarna Jayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY).
Availability of marketing support in nearby areas.
NCHSE is supporting opening of 4 retail shops to SHG members to provide stable
and
appropriate
marketing support
NCHSE’s role to facilitate poultry activity including
construction of sheds, availability of raw material, technical guidance,
marketing, etc.
The
production of feed at NCHSEs feed unit Ghograraiyat has helped to provide feed
at reasonable prices on time.
Building of confidence of women members.
Swashakti Project:
Low profile but sustainable SHGs engaged in poultry activity
A special reference need to be mentioned about 58 SHGs in Kesla block of Hoshangabad district where SHGs have been formed under Swashakti Project sponsored by Ministry of Women Child Development, Government of India with the help of financial assistance from World Bank (IDA) (International Development Association) and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development). This project of Women SHGs, initiated since March, 2001 has provided much needed support for women empowerment by way of social mobilisation and economic development. Representatives of World Bank have highly appreciated the efforts which have brought a change in livelihood and capacity building of women SHGs.
The project
implementation recently undertaken:
Watershed
Watershed development programme, throughout the
country, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, has been considered to provide
solution to the increasing environmental crisis arising out of depletion of
forest, non-suitability of agriculture especially in the areas bereft of
irrigation or experiencing scanty or irregular rainfall, inadequacy to meet
rising demand of fuel and fodder, reduction of underground water level, loss of
moisture and nutrients as a result of rainwater runoff, soil erosion, breaking
of rural communities as a result of vested politics.
In the year 2009-10, NCHSE expanded its domain of
watershed projects with the coming of new projects under the scheme of MGNREGA
covered by RGM, NVDA (CAT/CA) and MPRLP. An area of 64278.764 ha. is to be
covered in 12 blocks of Dhar, Jhabua, Hoshangabad, Harda, Sehore, Alirajpur and
Barwani districts by NCHSE. These watershed projects include 18 mili watersheds
covering of 116 villages from 7 districts. The implementation of watershed
projects worth Rs. 49.68 crores by NCHSE in the coming time is expected to
bring much needed benefits to area and its people.
Total number of mili-watersheds and their details
under various schemes
|
Name of scheme |
Name of districts |
No. of blocks |
No. of mili- watersheds |
Total area under mili-watershed |
|
NREGS-watershed |
Dhar, Jhabua, Hoshangabad |
4 |
4 |
22637.000 |
|
NVDA (CAT/CA) watershed |
Harda, Sehore, Dhar |
5 |
11 (sub-mili watersheds) |
22207.420 |
|
MPRLP (NREGS) watershed |
Alirajpur, Barwani, Dhar |
3 |
3 |
14434.344 |
|
Total |
|
12 |
18 |
64278.764 |
In the preparation of detailed project reports (DPRs) while using net planning and GIS, an extraneous exercise has been carried out for the entire village community and the micro watershed area. This exercise, well supported by the technical computer wing of NCHSE in coordination with the field officers, has really helped to measure the potential of ground for an appropriate strategy designed to meet the opportunity and challenges of watershed management. It would not only help to successfully implement Action Plan but also to monitor regularly to get corrections in strategies whenever needed.
NCHSE has completed 83 micro
watershed projects covering an area of 45366.37 ha. from the districts of
Jhabua, Dhar,
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An
account of watershed development programmes being implemented by NCHSE |
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|
S. No |
Name of District / Block |
Sponsor/ Scheme |
No.of Mili Watershed |
Period of Implementation |
Area (in Ha.) |
No. of Micro watersheds |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
JHABUA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Jhabua |
CASA |
5E2A7A |
1997-2001 |
415.36 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Jhabua |
RGM – IWDP |
5E2A6B |
1997-2003 |
4478.36 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Jhabua |
RGM – EAS |
5E2A7A |
1997-2003 |
2684.54 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Jhabua |
CAPART |
5E2A7A |
1999-2005 |
1821.38 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
Jhabua |
WFP |
5E2A7B |
1999-2006 |
265.85 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
DHAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sardarpur |
RGM-DPAP/ EAS |
5E2C7D01-02 |
1996-2001 |
8979.00 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
Tarana |
RGM
– EAS |
2D3E4R |
1997-2003 |
2969.00 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
Khachrode |
RGM
– EAS |
2D4C6O |
1997-2003 |
2290.00 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Badnagar |
RGM
– EAS |
2D4D6C |
1997-2003 |
1809.00 |
5 |
|
11 |
SEHORE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Icchhawar |
Sehore |
2DIE5E |
1997-2003 |
2249.88 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VIDISHA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
(i) Nateran |
RGM
– EAS |
2V2H2E |
1997-2003 |
2733.50 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
(ii) Vidihsa |
RGM
– EAS |
2C2G5G |
1997-2003 |
2181.50 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
(iii) Sironj |
RGM – IWDP |
E2C2G5G |
2001-2006 |
2425.00 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
(iv)
Gyaraspur |
RGM
– EAS |
2C2G5G |
2001-2006 |
2367.00 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
HOSHANGABAD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kesla |
RGM
– EAS |
5D5A2B |
1997-2003 |
4097.00 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
45366.37 |
83 |
Pictorial view of completed watershed
projects of NCHSE
Livelihood
Promotion
NCHSE successfully completed the activities of livelihood promotion in clusters of Alirajpur and Barwani during the period from August, 2005 to June, 2008 with the following components:
§ Watershed and agricultural development.
§ Community forest management.
§ Micro enterprises.
§ Livestock, fisheries and poultry.
§ Support to migrant labour.
§ Improving access to information.
The activities of livelihood promotion with Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Promotion (MPRLP) in Madhya Pradesh is further continued for the period commencing from July, 2008 to June, 2012 in districts of Jhabua, Alirajpur and Barwani in selected 5 clusters with the following components:
1. Strengthening of gram sabhas and community organization.
2. Agriculture and livestock.
3. Micro finance.
4. Micro entrepreneurship development and non forest produce.
5. Land, water and vegetation.
6. Gender and social security.
Implementation of livelihood promotion projects by NCHSE
|
Name of the project |
Name of block |
No. of villages |
No. of families |
|
MPRLP South-I cluster Alirajpur |
Alirajpur |
10 |
1869 |
|
MPRLP South-II cluster Alirajpur |
Alirajpur |
12 |
1916 |
|
MPRLP in Bamaniya block of Jhabua district |
Bamaniya |
15 |
1473 |
|
MPRLP in Dhanora cluster of Barwani district. |
Sendhwa |
13 |
4633 |
|
MPRLP in Chachariya cluster of Barwani district. |
Sendhwa |
14 |
2610 |
One of the most interesting and encouraging aspect of these initiatives of livelihood promotion is that a significant improvement in economic condition of target group families has emerged as evident below:
Change in
economic status of families in Alirajpur cluster South-I.
|
Category |
Number of families |
Percentage change |
|
|
Earlier position |
Present position |
||
|
Rich |
416 |
603 |
(+) 45% |
|
Medium |
629 |
768 |
(+) 22% |
|
Poor |
783 |
475 |
(-) 39% |
|
Very poor |
41 |
23 |
(-) 44% |
Change in economic
status of families in Alirajpur cluster South-II.
|
Category |
Number of families |
Percentage change |
|
|
Earlier position |
Present position |
||
|
Rich |
477 |
701 |
(+) 47% |
|
Medium |
630 |
631 |
- |
|
Poor |
648 |
472 |
(-) 27% |
|
Very poor |
161 |
112 |
(-) 30% |
Change in economic status of families in Dhanora cluster of Barwani
district.
|
Category |
Number of families |
Percentage change |
|
|
Earlier position |
Present position |
||
|
Rich |
376 |
521 |
(+) 39% |
|
Medium |
1212 |
2922 |
(+) 141% |
|
Poor |
3020 |
1190 |
(-) 61% |
|
Very poor |
25 |
- |
100% |
Change in economic status of families in Chachariya cluster of Barwani
district.
|
Category |
Number of families |
Percentage change |
|
|
Earlier position |
Present position |
||
|
Rich |
190 |
210 |
(+) 11% |
|
Medium |
588 |
990 |
(+) 68% |
|
Poor |
1143 |
747 |
(-) 35% |
|
Very poor |
52 |
26 |
(-) 50% |
Change in economic status of families in Bamaniya cluster of Jhabua
district.
|
Category |
Number of families |
Percentage change |
|
|
Earlier position |
Present position |
||
|
Rich |
44 |
44 |
- |
|
Medium |
264 |
507 |
(+) 92% |
|
Poor |
1099 |
881 |
(-) 20% |
|
Very poor |
66 |
41 |
(-) 38% |
This all could be achieved due to an all round performance of the field staff, overwhelming response of the community.
Performance indicators
In all the 5 clusters from the districts of Alirajpur, Barwani and Jhabua, review of the progress of PFTs of NCHSE have been carried out by state monitoring committee constituted by MPRLP.
Alirajpur cluster
(South-I) of Alirajpur district
|
S. No. |
Description of the activities |
Grade A/B/C/D |
|
1. |
Gram sabha swashaktikaran |
A |
|
2. |
Small scale development |
A |
|
3. |
Livestock development |
A |
|
4. |
Agriculture development |
A |
|
5. |
Micro Finance |
A |
|
6. |
Gender and Social security |
A |
Urad seed
distribution Groundnut
production
in Ramsingh ki
Chowki Alirajpur cluster (South-II) of Alirajpur district
|
S. No. |
Description of the activities |
Grade |
|
1. |
Gram sabha swashaktikaran |
A |
|
2. |
Small scale development |
A |
|
3. |
Livestock development |
A |
|
4. |
Agriculture development |
A |
|
5. |
Micro Finance |
A |
|
6. |
Gender and Social security |
A |
Cheque distribution by MLA Vegetable
cultivation, Village Lakhankot
Dhanora cluster of
Barwani district
|
S. No. |
Description of the activities |
Number |
Target |
Grade |
|
1. |
Gram sabha swashaktikaran |
585 |
585 |
A |
|
2. |
Small scale development |
85 |
85 |
A |
|
3. |
Livestock development |
1429 |
1420 |
A |
|
4. |
Agriculture development |
889 |
889 |
A |
|
5. |
Micro Finance |
372 |
394 |
A |
|
6. |
Gender and Social security |
1380 |
1597 |
B |
Vegetable
cultivation, village Chitrai Turmeric cultivation, village
Jhirijamli
Chachariya cluster of Barwani district
|
S. No. |
Description of the activities |
Number |
Target |
Grade |
|
1. |
Gram sabha swashaktikaran |
186 |
182 |
|
|
2. |
Small scale development |
84 |
72 |
|
|
3. |
Livestock development |
97 |
67 |
|
|
4. |
Agriculture development |
88 |
88 |
|
|
5. |
Micro Finance |
350 |
333 |
|
|
6. |
Gender and Social security |
450 |
434 |
|
Diesel pump set,
village – Kotikiradi Flour mill, village- Chilaraiya
Bamaniya cluster of
Jhabua district
|
S. No. |
Description of the activities |
Grade |
|
1. |
Gram sabha swashaktikaran (Meeting) |
B |
|
2. |
Small scale development (No. of Beneficiaries) |
B |
|
3. |
Livestock development (No. of Beneficiaries) |
B |
|
4. |
Agriculture development |
B |
|
5. |
Micro Finance |
Grading awaited |
|
6. |
Gender and Social security |
B |
Grocery shop, block Bamaniya Bio-gas plant, block Bamaniya
Targeted Intervention of female sex workers
NCHSE’s project of Targeted Intervention of female sex workers in
Wise
Water Management (WWM)
While continuing with the importance given
to water conservation under its watershed projects, NCHSE strengthened its
association with Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) under GAILs corporate
social responsibility. The initiative included Wise Water Management
(WWM)/Water re-use system for boys and girls ashrams located at Tarana block of
The responses of the students were exemplary as they were able to express the models of the development in a more effective manner. The shows, role plays and the learnings which students exhibited to the local people, parents, teachers, GAIL officials and NCHSE branch staff, it left no doubt in the minds of all concerned with the future of water that the students are, perhaps, the most powerful agents to meet the future challenge of water crisis.
Encouraged with the results of
these two 
projects of WWM, GAIL authorities requested
NCHSE to replicate these models in other ashram schools. The new proposed
projects on similar lines submitted by NCHSE to GAIL corporate social
responsibility are given below:
1.
Rain water harvesting, water recharging and grey water
reuse of Shashkiya Pratibhavan Aawasiya Kanya Chatravas, Lalpur,
2.
Rain water harvesting, water recharging and grey water
reuse of Shashkiya Pratibhavan Aawasiya Balak Chatravas, Lalpur,
3.
Rain water harvesting, water recharging and grey water
reuse of Balak Utkrista Shiksha Kendra Chatravas, Saver road,
Creation of social infrastructure
Construction is not the agenda of NCHSE but looking at the importance of social infrastructure needed at some of the places where NCHSE has its offices. NCHSE unlike the construction agents (Contractors), with an objective of social service, has rendered support in the creation of 30 bedded maternity and child care hospital at Jhabua as sponsored by GAIL to NCHSE in the year 2005. Construction of college building at Tarana of Ujjain district is completed in the year 2009-10. These works have been highly appreciated by the users, community, district administration, functionaries and local representatives.
Recently, NCHSE has completed the
construction of Bal Sanrakshan Grah (Community hall) at
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R.R. Nigoskar Memorial Rolling Trophy
In recognition of excellent performance in rural development projects of the Centre, R.R. Nigoskar Memorial Rolling Trophy is being instituted as a joint initiative of Nigoskar’s family and NCHSE since 2009. The trophy in the year 2009 was given to Shri R.C. Boriwal and his team members for carrying out excellent work under MPRLP Livelihood project in Alirajpur district. The basic idea of selection rested with the following points:-
i) Accessibility to the project area,
ii) Leadership qualities,
iii) Observance of timeline,
iv) Inspection reports and sustainability.
The function regarding the Rolling Trophy was organized on 19th December 2009 being the birth day of late Shri R.R. Nigoskar. The Rolling Trophy would again be given to the selected project team for carrying out the excellent work on 19th December, 2010.
Dr. M.N.Buch, Chairman, NCHSE
addressing on the occasion of R.R.Nigoskar Memorial Rolling Trophy
Shri R.C.Boriwal receiving the Trophy from
Dr. M.N.Buch on 19th December 2009.
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There are 4 Well equipped training centres of NCHSE, located
in three districts :-
1. Distt.
Jhabua
-
Gramin Nirmiti Kendra, Mojipada, Jhabua
2. Distt. Jhabua - Rural Training Centre (RTC), Barkheda, Near Kalyanpura, Teh. & Distt. Jhabua
3. Distt.
Hoshangabad- Rural Training Centre(RTC), Kesla, Tehsil Itarsi,
Distt. Hoshangabad.
4. Distt.
Gramin Nirmiti Kendra is a production centre of low cost
building material where following items produce : Cement Solid Bricks, Paving
cell, ventilation, Smokeless chulha, Stop dam gates, Kavelu, Road side display
board etc. In this centre we have all related machine & blocks. We provide
mason training also at this centre.
RTC Barkheda, & RTC Kesla are NCHSEs rural training
centre where from trainings with demonstration, lodging & boarding for
rural persons are provided. Some training units are regularly run by both
centres like : Low cost Building Material production unit, Handloom Unit,
Carpentry Unit, Iron Fabrication Unit, Handicraft Common Facility Centre etc.,
we have also for demonstration of Poultry, Nursery, NADEP, Vermi-compost,
Bio-Gas, Low cost latrine in the training centre premises itself. We have
adjoining areas for field visit of trainees. We can show all rural development
activities in this area some examples are : Afforestation work, Silvi-pasture
work, Soil Conservation work, Water Harvesting Structures, Horticulture &
Vegetable growing with the use of bio-fertilizers, Nursery raising, SHGs and
theirs various Income Generating
Activities.
Distt. Bhopal Centre is well equipped and well furnished
centre where we provide knowledge based delivery of lectures in different
issues/topics for NGOs & various government deptts. We have a GIS cell in
computer division of the head office where we provide GIS application training
for students, NGOs, and various government departments as per their field need.
We have a high-tech studio for video-conferencing supported by ISRO with V-SAT
etc.
Workshops,
Training, capacity building and extension activities in recent year:
Training
The training wing of
NCHSE is active for the last 15 years and has successfully completed sizable
number of workshops and training programmes for NGO representatives, master
trainers, middle level government programme functionaries, panchayat level
functionaries, members of civil society, local people, women SHG members, user
group members, etc. The centre has also organised a number of workshops,
seminars and consultation meets at the state level. NCHSE organises these
programmes at Bhopal headquarter and at its rural training centres located at
NCHSE branch offices of Kalyanpura (Dist. Jhabua) and Kesla (Dist. Hoshangabad)
with the help of its available infrastructure, technical support and resource
persons. In case of National level and State level workshops, venues are
arranged on hired basis.
One of the notable features of conducting trainings by NCHSE is sharing
of practical experiences and exposure visits. A few of the important training
programmes conducted by NCHSE are:
1.
Organising regularly training programmes for the
representatives of watershed committees, user groups, self help groups, local
people, panchayat functionaries, NGO representatives for effective
implementation of watershed development programme under the projects of Rajiv
Gandhi Watershed Mission, CAPART, World Food Programme, CASA, etc. from 1997
onwards.
2.
Holding of trainings to strengthen the capacity
building of the women self help group members for group formation, leadership
development, empowerment, social equity, record keeping, micro finance, income
generation programmes, etc.
3.
Conducted seven vocational training courses of
poultry rearing each of 35 days for the benefit of women entrepreneurs in Kesla
block of Hoshangabad district (M.P.) under a programme of Canadian High Commission,
4.
Carrying out of training programmes of total
sanitation on a regular basis in 12 districts of western Madhya Pradesh with
the support of UNICEF and WALMI.
5.
Training for empowering youth for geo-informatics
and participation for local area development (EYGIPLAD) for central region
(Phanda block) - a joint venture of NCHSE and WALMI.
The capacity building and extension
NCHSE
completed an important assignment from UNICEF regarding Sustainable SSHE, TSC
and Fluoride Mitigation in Jhabua district and its replication in
· Fluoride mitigation through water source management, alternate water supplementary nutrition and awareness generation.
· Sustainable development of villages in context of water and sanitation.
· To increase availability of safe water in SC/ST pre-dominated areas through various water conservation techniques and water quality monitoring techniques.
· Generation of awareness amongst women and girls for menstrual hygiene.
Quite a meaningful activities based on baseline survey report, quantitative chemical risk assessment (QCRA), capacity building and awareness raising activities, distribution of seed kits, use of grey water by the households in kitchen gardens, testing of drinking water sources, cultural porgrammes, documentation and development of IEC material, were taken to achieve the objectives of the project along with training programmes that included:
i. Training programme of SHG groups, VWSC members, teachers, anganwadi workers and other stakeholders at the village level.
ii. Training programme of hostels, ashrams, children, wardens and peons for operation and maintenances of WWM activities.
iii. Zilla panchayat supported training programme for TSC and solid liquid waste management.
iv. Exposure visits.
v. Two days training programme on sanitary napkins.
vi. Training programme on fluoride mitigation, save water and hygiene/cleanliness mission.
vii. Training programme on water quality monitoring and use of safe drinking water.
viii. Training programme on wise water management and total sanitation campaign (TSC).
ix. Training programme on nirmal puraskar.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Outcome
of various activities
\\S.No. |
Activities |
Outcomes |
|
1. |
Distribution of seed kit |
1.
Villagers are raising vegetables and taking balance
food diet for flurosis mitigation. 2. Villagers are collecting and storing dry leaves of Cassiatora. 3. They are using dry leaves of Cassiatora in their food. |
|
2. |
Use of grey water by the villagers in kitchen garden |
Three-fourth of the villagers have developed the system for reuse of grey water in the kitchen gardens. The villagers have adopted the use of green leafy vegetables which has helped in the prevention of flurosis. |
|
3. |
Testing of all drinking water sources for fluoride concentration in project villages. |
1. The results of 109 samples from Jhabua were received, out of which, 35 water sources are affected with concentration of fluoride with more than 1.5 ppm. 2.
The results of 32 samples from |
|
4. |
Cultural programmes |
1. Children have started taking care of health and hygiene. They are supporting promotion of TSC programme at village level. 2. Increase in confidence to construct toilet, bathroom and WRS under TSC programme. |
|
5. |
Documentation and development of IEC material. |
1. Easy to collect, store, prepare vegetable and consume in food of Cassiatora (Puadia) leaves. 2. Disseminating message of integrated flurosis mitigation. |
IT & GIS Training:
The GIS training activities were also conducted by the NCHSE GIS team for the students of MVM and Govt. Girls’ Colleges. The activity offers about 1 month part time training on GIS usage and applications. The Geography, Geology students are mainly benefited from these courses. Besides, research scholars of various academic institutions also got registered with NCHSE from time to time during the year for carrying out Internships related with their post-graduate programmes. Thus such academic activities were also undertaken by NCHSE this year. The earlier pass outs and trainees also have got jobs in different government and private projects, for which they feel grateful to NCHSE.
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4. Monitoring and Evaluation of Programmes
A large number of monitoring and evaluation studies have
been carried out in NCHSE under assignments from government departments, public
sector undertakings and local bodies. Prominent amongst these are:
Evaluation of Minimum Basic Services
of the Municipal Corporation of
Concurrent Evaluation of all Rural
Development Programmes viz. NREP, IRDP, Rural Water Supply Scheme, DPAP and
Jawahar Awas Yojana.
Study and Evaluation of Indira Awas
Yojana. This study was carried out in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana and Karnataka under an assignment from Ministry
of Rural Development, Government of India,
Evaluation of Step Up / Step Up in
selected towns of Madhya Pradesh - assigned by Ministry of Urban Development,
Government of India,
Concurrent Evaluation of NWDB
projects in ten districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Evaluation study of IWDP
project in Mhow and
Evaluation of Implementation of
Ceiling of Agricultural lands in the State of
Evaluation study of TRYSEM in Madhya
Pradesh.
Survey of Cash distribution scheme
in selected districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Evaluation Study of Grant in Aid
projects under NAEB in the states of Gujrat and Maharastra
Mid term evaluation of 25
micro-watershed of Zila Panchayat Bastar in Chattisgarh.
NCHSE is presently engaged in an important study assigned by Planning Commission, regarding 14 major development programmes of Govt. of India in 5 districts of Chhattisgarh state affected by Left Wing Extremism. These districts are Bastar, Kanker, Dantewada, Surguja and Rajnandgaon. The evaluation of these programmes is expected to provide interesting findings. The programmes covered under the study are:
o
Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
o
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
o
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
o Integrated Child Development Scheme.
o
Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.
o
National
Rural Health
o
Backward Regions Grant Fund.
o
Implementation
of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of
o
o
Rajiv Gandhi
National Drinking Water
o
Targeted
Public Distribution System.
o
Indira Awas
Yojana.
o
State Level
any Development/Welfare Programme especially for the benefit of LWE affected
districts.
Skill Development Programme in LWE affected
Districts.
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5. Computers
and IT Application Division:
In NCHSE, computers have been used right from the inception
of the institution. It developed most of its resources through funds available
within the centre, which were augmented through financial assistance from IDBI
(Industrial Development Bank of
Today the Unit specialises in the area of GIS applications.
A sub unit called "GIS Application Cell" has been established under
special funding from Ministry of I.T., Govt. of India. This Unit has the
following resources :
Hardware :
Computers : A series of high performance Pentiums with special
configurations for large data and images handling capacity.
Digitiser : The cell has capacity to Digitise maps of size as
large as A0.
Optical Scanner : To enable on screen vectorisation the cell has in-house scanning facility. The cell also has graphic treatment facility on computer for quality improvement of map images.
Plotter : High quality multi-colour large size plotter is
available for printing of maps. Plotting of large maps can be produced with
extreme precision and superior quality. Even the original maps can be printed
with enlargement or reduction to any desired dimensions.
Software :
GIS : Standard GIS software packages are put to use
for generation of maps. All kinds of maps with any complex level of information
and details can be produced with high quality. The capabilities are very strong
at processing and integration of maps, spatial analyses and map merging,
meeting high cartographic standards etc.
Remote Sensing Interpretation Software: Advanced facility of
Digital Remote Sensed Data Interpretation and Analysis is available,
which accommodates national and international Remote Sensed data.
'WATMAN' Package:
NCHSE has developed 'WATMAN' a software package under a
special assignment from Ministry of IT, Government of India. The package is
highly useful for watershed management activities, especially for
planning. The unique feature of the package is that it combines the
technical and scientific information about the watershed areas with the
people's requirement. This is the first ever package which acts as a
guiding tool for evolving a suitable action plan where the field requirements
are given due weightage and, thus, the grass root level workers also find it of
great assistance in their field work. It may be worth-mentioning here
that the package actually consists of "software and written
documentation", where the latter helps the user to systematically carry
out data collection and interpretation exercises and also guides as to how the
software should be used, and the former (i.e. software) helps execute some very
complex processes of altering scales and bringing the information down to the
field useable levels. The software also contains support material for
educating field personnel at points, as well as, includes some multimedia
clippings for explaining to the villagers about the importance of technical
intervention in the watershed development activities.
The package is supplied along with some other useful
material such as guide books for data collection, interpretation and
recommendations on subjects like forestry, soil conservation and land
development, water, livestock and socio-economic activities. The centre
also provides a couple of video presentations for education and awareness
regarding watershed activities for use of villagers, which can be very useful
during the course of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) sessions.
This division is fully equipped for the following types of work:
Digitisation: Facility exists for in-house vectorisation of maps. Both the
equipment and the manpower are attuned to the task of digitisation of maps with
utmost precision and quality. The maps of any size and variety can be
vectorised.
Software development: User oriented application software
development on GIS and CAD platform is performed for specified
disciplines for mechanising the large processes. Watershed and Natural Resource
Planning related solutions are available.
Training: Routine and special courses on GIS fundamentals, operations and
concepts of Applications are regularly organised for sponsored
candidates and individuals.
Remote sensing interpretation: Visual and digital interpretation of
remote sensing products is also carried out by the Cell. Thematic maps are
prepared, based upon the imageries, and are converted into the digital form for
analyses and other GIS related works.
Map preparation: The task of thematic map generation is performed by the
Cell. By linking the area information and details to the location map, presentable
maps containing these features are prepared. Quality maps are generated
for various natural resources and socio-economic details.
Watershed development planning: GIS is being applied to Watershed
Development Planning in an unique manner. The work includes map preparation on
multiple themes to do with Natural Resources Socio- economic details, etc.
These themes are superimposed and merged for further analysis. The task of
identifying treatment of area and locating the suitable sites is undertaken along
with peoples' participation.
The second exercise of direct application of transfer of
technology is the establishment of a computer enabled centre called “Samadhan
Kendra” which is visualised as a computer application centre to be established
at the Panchayat level to serve a cluster of villages within the Panchayat area
and subsequently getting linked to the district and higher levels.
The working of a 'Samadhan Kendra' in such a village would
reveal the importance of work being
carried out
at the village level and would serve as an instrument for providing the “RIGHT
OF INFORMATION” to the common villager.
Multimedia Presentations: Several educational modules have
been produced covering the items such as Introduction to Watershed and its
various components, Soil & Water Conservation activities, Watershed
development and GIS supported planning, etc. The details are given below:
Watershed “Ek Parichay”
Basic details of Watershed (Duration: 8 min.)
Micro-watershed Development Planning through
GIS Use of GIS in
Watershed: A case study (Duration: 10 min.)
Watershed programmes its components and
activities Set of presentations on
Watershed, (Duration: 20 min.)
Video documentation of field activities of NCHSE Detailed coverage of various watershed and field activities of NCHSE (Duration:20 min.)
Awhaan (vkOgku) SHG
activities of Women (Duration: 30 min.)
Preparation of Health Information Management System
Madhya Pradesh is a populous State with a large number of villages. Access to health facilities is very poor and the government’s infrastructure is also limited and does not match the requirement any way. The health services also are not effective because of large geographic dimensions, poor connectivity and disproportionate deployment of manpower and resources.
The Department of Family Welfare and Public Health, Government of M. P, manages these services through a large infrastructure spread over across the State. It runs several family welfare programmes involving heavy funds and large resources. But, it is unable to exercise effective control over the activities as it lacks the exact information about its own infrastructure and activities. Unfortunately, neither such information is readily available nor there is any defined mechanism to maintain such vast information about the entire machinery.
DANIDA, the Danish International Development Agency has been supporting Department of Health on resource development, training, family welfare (especially women and child) activities etc. It completed its tenure of stay in Madhya Pradesh in December 2004.
DANIDA and Health Department’s higher authorities felt the strong need of compilation of up-to-date information from the field and realized this as the basic necessity to manage the huge infrastructure and the services associated. It was decided to develop a multifaceted database for the entire State covering information on health infrastructure, services, family programmes and the indicators of its impact. The information items to include were chosen as detailed information of all types of health service providers (individuals like qualified, nonqualified and traditional practitioners and government and private institutions) information on women such as pregnancy registration, ANCs, delivery, etc., information on children like births, birth rates, immunization etc.
The challenge was to cover the entire state, all its villages and towns and it called for a very large primary survey for getting the information from the very source in the field. NCHSE was invited to do the job which included carrying out the entire survey, computerization of the information, linking it to village maps and finally formulate a Geographic Information System on Health.
Since the DANIDA had a schedule of closing its operations in December 2004 and whereas the work was assigned only in the month of April 2004, there was extreme time pressure to accomplish the whole task without any time delays. The mandate was to cover 48 districts – nearly 54000 villages and 329 towns – big or small, accessible or inaccessible.
NCHSE started the work with activities pertaining to data collection from the field which involved pin pointed planning about the field coverage, deployment of field staff along with their orientation training, conducting survey, supervision of field work, compilation of data and scrutiny and quality checks. In subsequent phase, the data entry and validation activities were managed, and a narrative database of all the information was created which was linked to maps of villages, yielding a GIS. To make it easy to use the information for the Health Department’s field functionaries, a special software was created for accessing and working with database. The package works on MapInfo.
All the components of the project – the survey, the data entry and the mapping, were simultaneously carried out by separate teams in full consonance amongst themselves to produce the desired outputs in time. The final product was delivered to the department along with installations of the package done at every Block Medical Office.
Special training was also imparted to each and every concerned staff of the department such as B.M.O., District Resource Person, CMO, etc. with a view to give them essential knowledge about features and capabilities of the package.
The Department of Health might be the only organization, which now possesses all relevant information, in the form of package commissioned at all the basic field offices and with the fully trained manpower to use it.
DANIDA has awarded to
NCHSE a special certificate of accomplishment of having completed this nearly
impossible task satisfactorily, punctually and with high quality.
Rural ICT networking – Gyan Sanchar
NCHSE is managing another prestigious project on Rural
Communication network established by the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA). CIDA, IBM and their Indian counterpart BSNL appointed
NCHSE as the local service provider for the project of ICT application in M.
P. The project pilot has been located at Hoshangabad (in Babai Tehsil)
and Harda districts (in Khirkia Tehsil). The project offers rural connectivity
through Information and Communications Technology (ICT) linking over 30 centres
in villages. There are latest and modern IT and electronic equipment
deployed at these centres called Gyan Sanchar Kendras.
The main objective of the project is to disseminate
knowledge and useful information to villagers through modern means available
right in villages. Special portal based services are provided such as
accessing mandi rates, weather forecast, knowledge on latest agricultural
practices, animal husbandry, etc. E-governance services are also enabled
via the network on issue of khasra nakal (land records), grievance redressal,
application for income and domicile certificate, etc. Besides, there is a
special broadband-based facility of video conferencing with about 12 villages
for direct interaction between government officials and villagers. The
Kendras also offer IT training to village youths and children. The
project emphasises ensuring benefits to women and people from backward
classes. The project has succeeded in obtaining participation of various
government and private organizations for supporting or sponsoring various
services; these include District Administration, Department of Agriculture,
Veterinary, Health, NCDEX, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Co. Ltd.,
State Bank of India, Emami products, Videocon etc. Thus many services
other than those based on ICT are also offered by the Kendras.
The Kendras are run by a local person whose selection is
done on recommendation of Village Panchayats. Rigorous training on IT
skills, communications, account keeping etc. has been given to them so that
they are able to manage Kendras independently.
Today, the Kendras are serving the village population same
as information kiosks in an urban centre would do. People of all ages,
come to the Centre and are taking advantage of the facilities. The
villagers are given services on charge basis, which helps raise necessary
income for the Kendras to run.
NCHSE’s role is to provide backend support to the
Kendras. The training, mentoring and assistance for technical maintenance
are arranged by NCHSE. Liaisoning with sponsors and government
departments is also done so as to ensure that services are run smoothly.
Even the marketing and publicity support is provided to these Kendras. In
other words, NCHSE is playing role of a friend, philosopher and guide to the
operators.
This is first ever such
a big venture which BSNL and NCHSE together are trying to nurture. There are
plans to expand the network to other districts and states also.
The recent
activities of NCHSE IT division
NCHSE IT Division undertook varied activities in the past year including both the GIS and Software Development related ones on one hand and the GIS Training and VRC Telecast on the other.
NCHSE carried out the most
prestigious and technically, a modern application project of GIS that was
sponsored by Swedish Research Council,
Dr. Vinod Diwan and Dr.
Ayesha De Costa of DANIDA, after their resumption at
The work included primary data collection for all the Health Services providers i.e. Govt. and Private Doctors, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Pathologies and Diagnostic Centres and Chemists also. The data was also computerized and brought onto the GIS platform with clear marking of all the health infrastructure and service points. Extensive use of Large Scale Remote Sensing Data, GPS etc. was made in the project, and it was the first experience of work of this type and dimensions for NCHSE.
The work was successfully accomplished in about 10 months time and all outputs were handed over to the client. The output GIS now shows the full fledged data base on city maps along with their precise locations, which was the key feature of the project. The data is also usable as a first reference directory of health providers in the city. But, it being a research project, the Swedish counterparts have somehow restricted any commercial use of the same for the time being.
The next useful activity undertaken by NCHSE was related with software development for the DFID body MPTAST which monitors the NRHM programmes in Madhya Pradesh. To assist the data retrieval and monitoring activities, software was required by them to be made web enabled after making necessary changes both from the conversion to web formats and from the reporting, analysis aspects also. The software was developed in a period of about six months and after ensuring its security audits and approvals for hosting it on NIC server, the final outputs had been handed over to MPTAST. The related training part and help desk support is currently going on in NCHSE.
Video-conference services
established by NCHSE through support of ISRO were also put to highly productive
use this year, when the prestigious academic institution of the country - the
NCERT, through its Vocational Training Centre PSSCIVE, approached NCHSE to
telecast their series of programmes on vocational career guidance and counseling
for the rural youths. The programmes,
about 6 in number, proved a great success as the children were exposed to such
type of knowledge that was never available to them in village areas. The
experts, as many as about 10, directly addressed the students of 10th
to 12th classes through each of these dedicated sessions of career
guidance, when the students along with their school teachers or principals
learnt many new things through this very interactive programme. The programmes were
entirely under financial sponsorship from PSSCIVE and, therefore, it also
proved to be a productive activity for the NCHSE’s VRC operators from the angle
of revenue generation. The overall performance of NCHSE and these programmes
were highly admired by PSSCIVE and NCERT as also the local media of both
Hoshangabad and
The NCHSE IT department also did receive several works on account of GIS mapping for the watershed programmes planning, many of which were given by the Implementation wing of NCHSE under the requirement of their different projects. The GIS services of NCHSE have gained enough popularity and many direct approaches are observed from all over from districts and NGOs. The NCHSE GIS portal www.mpgis.co.nr also attracts people from other parts of the country who ever put their search in Google etc. and they start writing or contacting us for research works, post-study projects and for seeking our GIS products and services also.
WALMI and Watershed
Mission also had given two small but special assignments to NCHSE for Watershed
Monitoring using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques. These were also first works
of this kind ever undertaken by the
NABARD had entrusted two different assignments to NCHSE, one related to GIS based software for Wadi programme monitoring and the other related with actual data generation for periodic reporting of progress of works by NGOs on Wadi programmes given to them by NABARD. The sensitive component of false or mis-reporting by field partners of NABARD are supervised and verified through the use of GIS and Remote Sensed data through the solutions provided by NCHSE. The outputs were highly appreciated by NABARD Regional Office Bhopal and also, they had demonstrated the same before the Head Office of NABARD, Mumbai. Some regular assignments have been promised by NABARD to NCHSE of data generation and assistance for monitoring exercises on the basis of success of these programmes.
NABARD again extended
their support for conducting Video-conference based Training Programmes through
the Ujjain VRC network and assignment has been received at the Ujjain VRC
centre, where NCHSE, Bhopal shall act as partner organiser with M/s Human
Welfare Soc. who are the managers of VRC Ujjain. This programme envisages
organizing several skill development and training programmes for the SHGs and
entrepreneurs across the
The GIS training activities were also conducted by the NCHSE GIS team for the students of MVM and Govt. Girls’ Colleges. The activity offers about 1 month part time training on GIS usage and applications. The Geography, Geology students are mainly benefited from these courses. Besides, research scholars of various academic institutions also got registered with NCHSE from time to time during the year for carrying out Internships related with their post-graduate programmes. Thus such academic activities were also undertaken by NCHSE this year. The earlier pass outs and trainees also have got jobs in different government and private projects, for which they feel grateful to NCHSE.
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6. Consumer Protection and Citizen's Entitlements:
There is a great deal of exploitation of consumers by unscrupulous
traders and service providers. The main reasons for this exploitation are lack
of knowledge on the part of consumers and the absence of an organisation to
protect their interests. As a part of its effort to promote citizens'
entitlements, the National Centre for Human Settlements and Environment has
established a “Citizen's Entitlement Division”, with focus on consumer
protection. In addition to this a District Consumer Information Centre (DCIC)
was sanctioned by the Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and
Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs, New Delhi for a total
amount of Rs.5.00 lakhs in July 2001 in a building owned by NCHSE in its
campus, at Girish Kunj, Bhopal.
The Centre regularly organises training programmes,
information dissemination camps, seminars and workshops and supports these
activities through distribution of leaflets, folders, newsletters, etc. There
is also a counseling service available in the Centre. On an average the
Citizen's Entitlement Division deals with about five complaints a day. Apart
from giving advice to the complainants the Centre also acts a representative of
the consumers in the consumers courts in selected cases.
The Centre has tried to carry the message of citizen's
entitlements to institutions such as schools and colleges and it has also set
up a network of consumer organisations functioning in Madhya Pradesh. The
centre has carried out six awareness camps in the various slums of
District
Consumer Information Centre
The DCIC of NCHSE is functional since 2001 which takes care of consumer grievances at large. It finds a special place in NCHSE. The main functions of DCIC are as under:
1. Proper guidance and counselling to aggrieved consumers.
2. Protecting interests of the consumers and get them relief through initiating correspondence to the service providers, shops, dealers, etc.
3. Registering the cases of consumers in the Consumer Redressal Forum and pursuing it with the competent authorities (apex bodies), if needed.
4. Information, dissemination and general awareness to the consumers about their rights and responsibilities.
During 2009, 39 cases were received in DCIC, out of which 25 cases were disposed of, 35 cases have been received up to October, 2010 and 15 cases were finally disposed of and the rest cases are going on. The important achievements during 2010 are -
a) Release of Salary / Honorarium from Government offices pending for more than 3 years.
b) Non-refund of fees / security deposit by the private technical institutions yet to be settled though the Regulatory Committee has ordered the concerned institutions are to refund the fees / caution money etc. to students.
c) We are fighting a case with M.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission about non-systematic of billing, abrupt charges, etc. The M.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission has registered our case and further processing has been taken up by M.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission. The result is awaited.
d)
Some of the Housing Board cases regarding use of
sub-standard material, delay in given possession of flats, etc are pending with
the District Consumer Redressal Forum,
e) Non-refund of money by Travel Agency on account of rescheduling of flight, non-replacement of electric part of split AC are some of the cases in which the DCIC is directly dealing with the company and hopeful to get these replacement / refund of money etc. very soon.
The DCIC has a Consumer Advocacy Group is registered under Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, M.P.E.R.C and Consumer Coordination Council as all India registered body for consumer protection. The DCIC is actively participated in the workshop organized by the TRAI from time to time as well as it is also participating in consumer awareness programme organized by the M.P.S.E.R.C. The DCIC is invariably invited by the State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department in their programmes like International Consumer Day on 15th March and National Consumer Right Day on 24th December.
This
Centre is also invited in the meeting related to consumers by concerned
departments of the State Government.
Recently the DCIC has been associated with Consumer Advocacy Centre
established at
7. OTHER ACTIVITIES: RELATED TO ART:
Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki music festival
With the support
of South Central Zone Cultural Centre and music lovers of
Sunil Kant Gupta at Pt. Jitendra
Abhisheki festival on 14th June, 2009.
Sumedha Desai making presentation for
Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki festival on 13th June, 2009.