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ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - 2009
Initiating change
SCRIA
Contents
Director’s Report
Our Initiatives
Finances
SCRIA at a glance
About SCRIA
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Svashaasan: Self governance
Samridhi: Promotion of rural livelihoods
Khori Shop
Sampada Prakritik: Natural resources
Staff training
Publications
Supportive services
Networking & Alliance Building
Audit Report
Balance Sheet
Income & Expenditure Account
Resources Summary
The Organization
General Body Members
Governing Body Members
Aims
SCRIA’s Team
Organigram
SCRIA, Khori 123101, District Rewari, Haryana
Sunder Lal - Director, May 2009
Senoo Rawat
Senoo, Mahinder
Women & men leading change in SCRIA’s outreachvillages
Our Vision
Our Mission
Focus
Area of Outreach
Sustainable rural development by rural
communities
SCRIA’s focus is on working with
communities to develop appropriate messages
and a meaningful relationship as partners in
progress. We believe in participatory
approach for effective & sustainable
development in rural areas. People from
outreach area especially women are involved
at every stage of the development process -
from problem identification & needs
assessment to project formulation,
implementation, monitoring & evaluation. This
leads to long-term efficiency, cost sharing,
self-reliance, grass root initiative and finally to
enhanced village level organizational
capacities. The increased level of awareness
among people also results in meaningful
utilization of various development schemes.
In the reporting period the outreach districts
were Rewari, Mahendergarh, Jhajjar in southern
Haryana and Alwar, Bikaner, Churu in northern
Rajasthan. The whole region is semi arid while
Bikaner & Churu are arid. It is interspersed with
sand dunes and barren hillocks of Aravali
ranges. In this semi arid zone, days are warm
and nights are cool, with the maximum
temperature rising upto 51 deg. C. in summer
Building capacities of rural communities for
their active & meaningful participation in self
governance processes for inclusive &
accountable governance
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and plunging to 0 deg. C. in winter. The rate
of depletion of natural resources in the region
is many times greater than the rate of
repletion. Aravali ranges used to act as a
natural barrier against desertification, but the
rapid increase in the rate of deforestation and
mining activities poses a serious threat of
desertification.
In 1979 a small group of social activists
initiated an integrated development program,
in consensus with national development
policies, for Khori village, of Rewari district in
the state of Haryana. The region is the most
backward in the state.
Today, SCRIA, Social Centre for Rural
Initiatives and Advancement, works in over
1800 villages in southern Haryana and
northern Rajasthan for a comprehensive and
sustainable development of villages; tackling
the root causes of poverty and inequity and
helping people to create self reliant and
sustainable societies.
As true social change cannot be expected to
take place with the participation of only half
the population, SCRIA, in a patriarchic society,
mainly works with women from socially and
economically disadvantaged rural communities
by facilitating women groups for meaningful
participation in social, political and economic
development process.
Over the years SCRIA has assisted voluntary
groups in Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh and Assam to initiate
development work in the villages of their
region.
Our History
Director’s Report
With this 30 annual report of SCRIA, Ishare physical and financial report with all. Duringthe reporting year with prices of essentialcommodities on an unprecedented high the ruralcommunity experienced economically hard times.In this, the policy shift from agriculture tomanufacturing and services sector was veryapparent. Food security for all and livelihoodopportunities for rural community needs to be in thecenter of national and state planning with adequaterequired resources to boost agricultural & its alliedservices, as in rural areas livelihood of 70%population depends on it. Assuring livelihoodopportunities in rural areas is a huge task for formaland informal sectors but a comprehensive & timelyplan will go a long way in addressing the issue.
Another major concern is the minimal participationof people in governance at all levels and negligibleaccountability and answerability in public works.Problems relating to delivery of public schemes &services are mounting alongwith rampantcorruption, which recently prompted Rahul Gandhito state that, “for every Rs.10 of development only10 paisa is reaching the people”.
Our interventions during the year remainedfocused in perspective to current challenges.SCRIA continued with capacity building of ruralcommunities so as to enable them to govern theirnatural and livelihood resources in a sustainablemanner. SCRIAalso focused on providing enablingsupport to citizens & their groups. We encouragedthem to play significant roles in making institutionsand processes of governance and developmentaccountable, inclusive & responsive.
In the coming year SCRIA will continue withenabling support for making our society a betterplace for all. I take this opportunity to sincerelyexpress my gratitude for the support & cooperationof all helping us in our endeavor. Citizenvolunteers, especially women, from our outreachdeserve special thanks for their extra ordinaryefforts in mobilizing women & society at large formaking governance accountable, inclusive andresponsive to citizens.
Sunder LalDirector - SCRIA
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Our InitiativesTo bring qualitative & quantitative improvement in the lives of millions in this country the
citizens must transform from being passive recipients to initiators and managers of
governance & development processes. A basic prerequisite of this is the capacity of
people to identify and articulate their own problems, find ways to tackle them, generate -
mobilize resources for initiating & implementing it to meet their objectives. For this
purpose SCRIA facilitates the process of women and men, belonging to different caste
and communities, organizing themselves into groups. These citizens’ groups then act as
initiators of local initiatives. In all initiatives supported by SCRIA the groups, especially
women groups, participate in problem identification, needs assessment, action plan
formulation, selection of beneficiaries, implementation and monitoring evaluation. All the
groups are part of a three tier federating
structure that is actively involved in decision-
making processes for every development
program undertaken. Sustainability,
community’s commitment and ownership in
initiatives is further fortified by cost sharing,
which also leads to accountability and probity
in public work. The outreach villages have
been divided into clusters and the programs
are carried out cluster wise. In concurrence
with the national policies and problems of the
region SCRIA has organized its’ work around
key initiatives of governance, livelihood &
natural resources management.
In an extremely limiting patriarchal society where women have been forever within the homesteads, their sitting
together with men in the village chaupal, common meeting place, is unthinkable and any such thoughts are
considered as blasphemous BUT in SCRIA’s outreach villages women holding discussion with men in chaupal
is a common occurrence! [Above – Gram Sabha in progress in village Khari Chabri, district Chuu, Rajasthan]
Svashaasan Self governance
Sulochna belongs to a family that is socially
& economically disadvantaged. With herhusband, 2 children & elderly inlaws she livedin a hut in Bhojawaas village of Mahendergarhdistrict in Haryana. For many years she hadbeen trying for subsidized housing under IndiraAwas Yojna but every time her request wasrejected. She raised the matter in her group’smonthly meeting where she was advised toseek the reason for rejection under Right toInformation Act. So she filed an application.Immediately after filing application she wasinformed that she has been selected forsubsidized housing. Similarly in village RataKalan 3 families too got subsidized housingafter they sought information on beneficiary
Vision
Mission
Development initiatives
Inclusive and accountable governance
Social & political empowerment ofwomenfor social political & economic justice
in decision making processes of governance
Organizing women for social politicaleconomic justice
Mobilizing men & youth for social changePromote participation of women, men and
youth in governance processes
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selection, whereas 5 women groups in Churudistrict got work on a water pipelinecompleted within three weeks that wasstalled for more than two months. There aremany instances whereby groups, facilitatedby SCRIA, through the help of RTI got justbenefits, delayed projects completed &exposed cases of outright fraud andembezzlement in public works, some of whichare now being pursued in court. Right toInformation Act is helping the voiceless in justsolution to their problems & for managingaccountability in public works. In thereporting year alone SCRIA facilitated morethan 800 applications that sought informationfrom public officials on Gram Sabha meetings,working of NREGS, development workundertaken in villages, functioning of publicschools, encroachment on commons, socialsecurity programs, subsidized ration,allotment of housing plots, drinking watersupply, etc. Nearly 60% of the applicantsreceived satisfactory replies, 30% approachedappellate authorities, 2% have their case atState Commission level while 8% ‘lostinterest’ in pursuing the matter. Group actionby women & youth in outreach area is anorm. Such local initiatives are forinclusiveness & accountability in governance& in public schemes like NREGS, actionagainst gender violence, meaningfulfunctioning of public services & institutions,creation of community based assets andmanagement of common resources.
SCRIA, since 1979, in a traditionally limitingand rigid patriarchal society is striving forwomen to have an equal & a stronger voicein the social, political, economicdevelopmental processes. We also activelypromote women’s role in governance atvarious levels and facilitate means for apolitically enlightened & active cardre of
Outreach villages 1897
Sangathans 775
Members 8010
Capacity building activities
-Workshops/trainings 140
-citizen’s dialogues 14
-study tour 7
-campaigns 9
Right to Information camps 12
Sakriya Manch 159
Mahila Mela 4
Federation 8
Sabhas by federations 26
Initiatives by Shakti Parishad 67
Outreach & events facilitated in 2008 - 09
women to participate as citizens or enter thesystem & bring about a meaningful change.We undertake capacity building in a holisticway through trainings, back up supportsystems, institutionalization of social systems,enabling environment for greater gendersensitive delivery of services, developing ofmulti-stakeholder partnerships and throughconstituency building so that women are ableto articulate their voice and participate ingovernance process. The impact of capacitybuilding over the years is very apparent onwomen & reflects significantly in the wayGram Sabhas & Panchayats have beenactivated, social issues concerning women aretackled, dilapidated and deficient publicservices/ facilities are forced to deliver &public authorities are compelled to be moreresponsible towards their duties. Members ofSCRIA supported people’s institutions have inways influenced the functioning, strategy &decisions of state & district administration. Atdistrict levels, there is a palpable increase inresponsiveness among officials towardscitizens’ needs though things have not yetreached a stage where the administration isovertly proactive regarding inclusiveness oraccountability in governance & development.
Against odds a group of 11 women leadersfrom different villages of outreach cametogether 13 years ago for helping womenvictims of domestic or gender violence, socialintolerance, economic injustice etc.. Theycalled themselves Shakti Parishad. TheParishad acts as a pressure group to secureimmediate relief and justice for the victim.They lobby with pertinent administrativebodies, legal offices, social and politicalinstitutions. SCRIA provides supportiveservices to the Parishad and facilitatesspecialized training for members on legalissues, acts of law affecting women, legalprocess & procedures, role of Panchayat&various government agencies involved etc..Today Parishad has 116 members in outreachdistricts and has assisted women in more than16 dozen instances of which 47 requiredmajor interventions. To financially assistvictims Parishad has initiated a fund calledShakti Kosh. Donations from SCRIA’s staff,women, volunteers & others have made thiskosh possible. Parishad has responsibility forits upkeep and management.
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Satya of village Titarpur in Rewari district ofHaryana belongs to an agrarian community.Her family of four owns a field of less thanone acre. In a semi arid region with one majorcrop & the agricultural output barelysurpassing the input cost life was one longstory of scarcities and hardships for Satya’sfamily. On top of all this when her husbandtook to alcohol life became a daily struggle forsurvival. Satya tried to work as a laborer but inthe village availability of work was irregularand payment erratic. Satya was keen onraising cattle but did not have the means tobuy one. Once during a village campaign foractivating citizens’ participation in governanceprocesses Satya met women volunteers whowere members of SCRIA facilitated womengroups. During a discourse with them Satyalearnt about SCRIA’s livelihood program.Impressed, she shared it with other similarlyplaced women in her village and contactedSCRIA’s team for facilitating a women’s groupin Titarpur. After initial capacity buildingwomen started thrift. Few months later Satyatook a loan of Rs.2000 from her group forpurchasing fertilizer and seeds. This impressedher husband who then later let her manage thesale of crop. From crop sale Satya repaid herloan to the group and borrowed Rs.7000 fromSCRIA for a buffalo. Within a year proceedsfrom the sale of milk & butter oil enabled herto purchase another buffalo. With two buffalosat home she used milk from one for family’suse. A steady income motivated her to buy atempo for her husband. She used her savings
Vision
Mission
Development initiatives
Economic empowerment of women & youth
- Provide opportunity to women for microenterprise and entrepreneurship- Promote craft persons & craft in the region
- Promotion of rural entrepreneur- Micro credit support for livelihood enterprise- Organize rural craftsperson & craft- Promote fair trade
and another loan from SCRIA for the purpose.Today, Satya has cattle and an income from it,her husband is gainfully employed & has alsoshunned alcohol, children attend private schoolin the village, family’s food intake hasimproved qualitatively and they have means toaccess private medical care. All this has givenSatya immense confidence in her self and herabilities. Today she is very active in socialpolitical initiatives in her village and insurrounding areas too. In the reporting yearshe was selected to represent her cluster inthe district level apex federating body ofwomen groups.
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Samridhi Livelihood
Detail of outreach and financial assistance facilitated upto March 2009
Villages reached 529 499 Livestock 9504 1683 63463000 14706000Villages left 34 39 Trading 1581 411 120548000 3923000Sangathans 759 686 Production 650 222 5482735 2158000Sang. discontinued 39 79 Service based 958 275 6671500 3177400No. of loans 15615 3688 Agriculture 1005 203 7065500 1943000Amount disbursed 108,394,735 31,775,400 Housing 914 386 8823500 4331000Interest cumfacilitation cost 10% Rain water tanks 175 53 2044500 762000Loan recovery 81,338,009 29,027,722 Family w/cs 348 292 1540500 1467000On time 97% 96% Biogas plant 6 - 21000 -Repayment rate 100% 100% Education 159 63 342000 176500Savings w/ groups 16,150,730 3,939,200 Technical trg. 287 83 742200 221900Members 7976 8232 Domestic use 28 17 121500 119000Members left 429 709
No. or Amount Type of loans No. Amount1995 - 08 2008 - 09 1995 - 08 2008 - 09 1995 - 08 2008 - 09
Total 15615 3688 108372735 31775400
There are many Satya’s with inspirationalstories in the villages of SCRIA’s outreach. Ina semi arid - arid agrarian region wherelivelihood is dependent on the vagaries ofmonsoon, land holding is highly fragmentedand suitable employment lacks, opportunitiesfor a regular & sustainable source of incometo the needy is a necessity. As elsewhere inthe rural patriarchal society here too womendo not have any say over financial & economicaffairs of family and society, men control it all.Perceiving this SCRIA has been promotingrural enterprise & entrepreneurship amongwomen for the past 25 years.
Samridhi program of SCRIA facilitates microenterprise program through capacity buildingand credit support to members of womenSangathans. All Sangathans undergo a fourstage capacity building training for enhancinggroup management skills and accountingcapabilities for efficient fund management inthe group. Credit is forwarded by SCRIA tomembers through Sangathans and savings arecollected and managed by Sangathansthemselves. Few year ago Samridhi startedSakriya Siksha scholarship for providinginterest free loans for education and technicaltraining, especially for girls. The responsetowards scholarship loans is overwhelming.
To promote local craft persons & their craftSCRIA provides management, technical &financial support on a need basis in productdevelopment, design diversification, qualitycontrol, procurement and processing of rawmaterial at fair prices, designing improvedequipment. Marketing too has been one of thesignificant support provided by SCRIA but inthe reporting year we partially withdrew ourmarketing services and from March 31, 2009have altogether stopped it. In the next yearwe will review our marketing support that hadbeen ongoing for of 26 years and intend tostart with a fresh and innovative strategy forsupporting craftpersons.
All activities of Samridhi program arefacilitated through a decentralized decisionmaking process wherein members of womengroups are involved in policy & implementationdecisions through a three tier federatingstructure at village, block & district levels. Alldecisions regarding the management ofSamridhi’s initiatives, interest rate - loan types -etc., are taken by the Federation. In thereporting year there were four district levelfederations with 686 groups as its members.
It all began in 1982 with women seekingincome-generating work, which they could doin their own homes. Punja Durry weaving, oncehallmark of the region, nearly extinct craft bythen was rediscovered. This economicempowerment initiative met with such atremendous response that an urgent need wasfelt to market the products in a more formal -organized manner. Thus wasestablished to promote producers of beatenbrass & copper ware, block printing, tie dye,wood ware & decorative items whilecircumventing expensive middlemen. Theprogram encouraged environmentally friendlyprocessing & production methods.
supported programs in rural areas ina two-fold manner, firstly it paid prices toproducers that were complimentary to risingprice index while providing free of cost skillupgradation, designing & product developmenttraining to producers; secondly, all profits fromthe sale went to economic, social & politicalempowerment programs. After 26 years, on 31March 2009 downed its shutter. Asmentioned earlier, SCRIA in the next year willreview its marketing policy and will plan for
future. As SCRIA has also beenvery actively promoting self-marketing byartisans for many years, the response to whichhas been encouraging, in the next year we willfocus on this only.
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Sampada Prakritik Natural Resources
The group decided to rehabilitate the derelictvillage pond and contacted SCRIA for support.A plan accordingly was drawn up. The groupshared the plan with people in the village butgot a luke warm response. Undeterred, Lalita,the group leader, along with other membersand their families initiated desilting work inMay 2008. After a week few other womenfrom the village joined them. Slowly more &more people got involved in the work withsome contributing either in cash, material or byproviding the facility of a tractor. Within onemonth the pond was desilted, its retainingwalls & bund mended, silt catcher - inlets &spillway ready and all dirty water inletsdiverted away from it. Renovated pond has awater holding capacity of 7,000,000 liters.Next to the pond there are 2 wells that arerecharged by the pond. The wells are the onlysource of potable water in the village. Afterlast monsoon Narayanpur families & theirlivestock benefited for more than nine months.Now just before monsoon the water level inthe pond is very low but it suffices forlivestock. In this initiative the community ofNarayanpur contributed more than 40% of thetotal cost in cash & kind while SCRIAfacilitated the remaining cost.
Buoyed by the success Lalita & other membersof the group constructed one rain-harvestingtank and two ground water recharging systemsin the village school that is next to the pond.The rainwater collection system, promoted bySCRIA, is a traditional one with modificationslike filter and silt catcher but the ground waterrecharge technique has been evolved recently.Unlike the usual practice of using open wells orrecharge bores for direct recharging of watertable, we adopting extreme caution, havedeveloped a system consisting of recharge pits- very similar to regular soak pits – debris filter& silt catchers so as to minimize the chancesof ground water contamination through
Vision
Mission
Development initiatives
Effective and sustainable natural resourcemanagement
Empowerment of village communities forefficient management of water, soil,vegetation, fodder & fuel
- Promote water harvesting & prudent usagepractices- Soil conservation, improved dry landagricultural practices- Vegetation, plantation & regeneration
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Narayanpur is a small village of 200 families indistrict Rewari of Haryana. For many yearspotable water in the village was suppliedthrough pipeline from village Punsika 5 kmsaway. In 2007 the alarming drop in groundwater level due to over extraction, provokedthe people of Punsika to fiercely refuse sharingof ‘their groundwater’ with other villages.People & livestock of Narayanpur’s 200families were left high & dry, literally for therewas no other source of potable water in thevillage. Numerous complaints to concernedauthorities & Panchayat resulted in one or twotankers supplying water every day. But thiswas not enough & barely met the needs.
Fed up with non-responsiveness of officials &representatives alike the nine members ofSCRIA facilitated women’s group decided totake matter into their own hands and vowedto look for a solution that would make thevillage self dependant for its water needs.
indiscriminate recharge. Water recharging isan emerging concept in the region and thetechnique promoted is totally new. Till now20 groundwater recharging systems havebeen made in 18 villages with a combinedwater recharging capacity of 4.3 million liters.
Since 1980 SCRIA has been making effortsfor empowering village communities throughcapacity building & infrastructuredevelopment for an effective and sustainablenatural resource management. For thispurpose training, sensitization campaigns,organizing people for participation in decision-making processes, multi stakeholderpartnerships and open forums for dialogue arefacilitated. No infrastructure developmentinitiative is facilitated without the activeparticipation of all stakeholders, especiallywomen. Women groups are exclusivelyinvolved right from program conception &planning stage, are responsible for the workplan, purchasing of material, selection ofpeople to be involved in work, managementof day to day work [with technical assistancefrom our team] and post completion care.Men are involved in supportive role.
Harvesting rainwater for drinking & otherpurposes is being promoted by SCRIA since1983. In outreach areas of Rajasthan, whichhas a rich tradition of harvesting rainwater,we have been intensively working for therevival of traditional rainwater managementstructures and practices for storage & inagriculture. For this repair - renovation ofvillage ponds, promotion of coveredtraditional rainwater storage structures withtheir own structured catchment surface called“tankaas”, revival of slope bunding called“Kanabundi” – moisture based farming anddeveloping pastures in common land throughmoisture harvesting technique of “Chowkabundi” is being facilitated. For the purpose wepromote low cost structures, provide financialassistance & technical training. People in ouroutreach areas in southern Haryana too arebeing motivated to adopt these practices.
During the reporting year intensive initiativesfocused on capacity building & infrastructuredevelopment. We organized interactive eventson traditional water harvesting practices,sustainable use of water; sanitation;management of waste water; regeneration –
management – sustainable use of commonresources; traditional & improved cultivationpractices; seed treatment; bio pesticides; agroforestry; vegetable & fodder cropping; andlivestock management. We also supportedinitiatives for sanitation, rain harvesting andimproved agriculture methods in outreachvillages.
To effectively address the issue of energycrisis in rural India SCRIA encourages adoptionof alternate energy sources. Since 1984 weare promoting and popularizing non -conventional energy sources like biogas plantsto provide clean, healthy, environmentallyfriendly fuel and nitrogen rich organic manureto the people. Over the years SCRIA hasfacilitated construction of more than 500plants. In order to overcome the problems oftraditional biogas systems, such asconstruction, maintenance, dependence oncattle dung, high water requirement andintensive labor input for daily operation, weundertook an experiment to evolve animproved biogas system with simple pit design,use of agricultural waste as feed material andbatch feeding to reduce daily labor input. Thisbiogas system is called
is another source ofenergy that we promote actively especiallyamong institutional setup In the reporting yearSCRIA installed a 1kwp solar energy system atits headquarter. Efforts are on to shift energydependence on solar.
Alternate Energy
Khori Model Biogas
System. Solar energy
Focused villages 188
General outreach villages 1131Capacity building activities- workshops/ trainings 53- citizens’dialogues 8- study tour 5- campaigns 4- public hearing 1
Talai - ponds 4
Tanka - Rain water harvesting tanks 148
Groundwater recharging system 7
Wastewater management 5
Kana bundi on farm slopes [hac.] 222
Chowka bundi in pastureland [hac.] 12
Improved cultivation [hac.] 57
Organic composting 26
Family w/c 378
Agro forestry [villages] 21
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Outreach, events, resources facilitated in 2008- 09
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Staff Training
Supportive Services
This year too SCRIA’s team attendednumerous regional, national & internationalmeetings, workshops, training programs andprotest campaigns related to Geneticallymodified crops, citizens’ role in inclusive &accountable governance, gender issues,changing role of non profit sector, rainharvesting, waste management, sanitation,livelihood, micro enterprise development,micro credit, traditional agricultural practices,etc.. SCRIA too organized workshops &interface on varied developmental issues. 24one - day workshops and 3 two daysworkshop/ trainings were held for programteam members in which issues related tofacilitation oriented field trainings, interactivelearning process, self development, economicempowerment of women, electoral process &model code of conduct, review & monitoringof community based programs, planning fornatural resources management andparticipatory impact monitoring were takenup for discourse in detail.
For objective oriented functioning of anorganization, an effective and efficientsupportive service is a necessity. At SCRIAthe two main portals of supportive services,accounts & administration constantlyendeavor to provide proficient service. To
meet the evolving challenges of transparency
& accountability the whole accounting process
has been computerized. SCRIA has an
operational guideline for finance management
that takes into account the accepted national/
international standards of accounts/ finance
management and the upkeep of inventory,
stock & assets. To fulfill its obligation towards
accountability to public SCRIA held its annual
social audit in 4 places of its outreach & in the
reporting year nominated its Head
Administration as Public Information Associate.
With the objective of a meaningful larger
impact for policy influence and advocacy we
are actively networking & alliance building with
like-minded organizations, groups, federations
and intellectuals within the region as well as at
national level on primary issues like water,
governance and livelihood. For this purpose 1
state level campaign, 2 state level and 3
regional workshops were organized on issues
related to citizens’ and governance.
Over the years SCRIA has been bringing out
various publications for information
dissemination. In the reporting year the
following was published -
Networking & AllianceBuilding
Publications
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1 Book We, the women English
2 Book Harvesting Rain- A timeless tradition English
3 Book The Catalysts English
4 Booklet Rashtriya Grameen Rozgaar Karyakram [NREGS] Hindi
5 Posters 6 - on the issue of Gram Sabhas role in PRI & self governance Hindi
process, Gram Panchayat, gender sensitization, inclusive governance,
rain water harvesting, sanitation, traditional agriculatural practices
6 Handbills 10 - on issues related to self governance, inclusive governance, Hindi
Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat, gender sensitization, Right to
Information Act & BPL survey, rain water harvesting, sanitation,
traditional agriculatural practices
7 Newsletter Svashaasan - governance, published bi monthly Hindi
8 Report Self Governing Livelihoods - SCRIA's annual report for 2007-2008English
9 Messages - On issues related to self governance, inclusive governance, Gram Haryanvi &
Audio-Video Sabha, Gram Panchayat, gender sensitization, Right to Information Marwaari
Act, BPL survey, rain water harvesting, sanitation, traditional
agriculatural practices
10 Film Breaking silence-Taking share in governance English
Todi chuppi shaasan mein li hissedari Hindi
Kind of Issue Language
publication
Audit Report
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M/S PANKAJ MAN SINGH & CO.Chartered Accountants
The DirectorSOCIAL CENTRE for RURAL INITIATIVE and ADVANCEMENTKhori 123101, District Rewari, Haryana - INDIA
We have audited the attached Balance Sheet – Consolidated, of SOCIAL CENTRE for RURALINITIATIVE and ADVANCEMENT, Khori 123101, District Rewari, Haryana - INDIA as at 31 March2009 and also the Income & Expenditure Account / Receipt & Payment Account for the year endedon that date annexed thereto. The financial statements are the responsibility of the Management ofthe Institution and we are responsible for the opinion on these financial statements based on ouraudit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. Thestandards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe financial statements are free of material misstatement. The audit includes examining, on a testbasis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing theaccounting principles used and significant estimates made by the management, as well as evaluatingthe overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basisfor our opinion.
We report the following material observations / comments / discrepancies / inconsistencies that mayaffect the true and fair character of the financial statements: NIL
Subject to above, we report thata The Balance Sheet and the Income & Expenditure Account / Receipt & Payment Account are in
agreement with the books of account maintained by the Institution.b We have obtained all the information and explanation that to the best of our knowledge and belief
were necessary for the purposes of the audit.c In our opinion, the Institution has kept proper books of account so far as appears from our
examination of the books.d In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us the
said accounts read with notes thereon, give true and fair view.I In the case of Balance Sheet of the state of the affairs of the Institution as at 31 March 2009II In the case of Income & Expenditure Account of the excess of income over expenditure of the
Institution for the year ended on 31 March 2009.III All the figures shown in Balance Sheet are in Indian Rupees
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Place: KhoriDate: 28.05.2009
For M/S PANKAJ MAN SINGH & COChartered Accountants
PANKAJ SHARMA, FCA, DISA (ICAI)Partner
Membership No. 096728
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Balance Sheet [Consolidated]
LIABILITES
Capital Fund
Grant committed for next year
Revolving Funds
Staff Social Security Fund
HFHI Revolving Fund
Sales Tax payable
Income & Expenditure A/c
Total
Opening Balance as on 01.04.2008
Add : Addition during the year
Less : Sale / damage during the year
SSSF - I
SSSF - II
Opening Balance as on 01.04.200
Add : Excess of income over expenditure
during the year
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SCHEDULE
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B
F
G
AMOUNT in Rs.
14,113,967.44
8,811,635.03
211,771.18
1,286,143.67
1,000,630.80
1,978,462.00
7,215.00
818,109.76
8,826,593.53
136,860.00
151,818.50
121,572.60
879,058.20
810,088.06
8,021.70
Incharge Accounts Head - Administration
Place : Khori Date : 28.05.2009
Income & Expenditure Accountsfor the year ended on MARCH 31st, 2009
PANKAJ MANSINGH & CO.
CharteredAccountants
EXPENDITURE INCOMEAMOUNT AMOUNTSCHEDULE
Expenditure other than grant C
Transfer to Revolving Funds to MaintainInflation 8,67,707.00
Transfer to Balance Sheet 8,021.70
Excess of income over expenditure
Incharge Accounts
Head - Administration
Place : KhoriDate : 28.05.2009
Pankaj Sharma, FCA, DISA (ICA)Partner, Membership No. 096728
Director, SCRIA
Income other than grant C 3,159,075.63
SCHEDULE
2,283,346.93
875,728 70.
Total 3,159,075.63 3,159,075.63
Signed as per our separate audit
Signed as per our separate audit report of even date attached herewith
Chartered AccountantsPANKAJ MAN SINGH & CO.
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as on 31st March, 2009
ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS
Traditional Craft Display Items
Advance / Imprest / Loan
Security [Telephone & LPG]
Cash & Bank Balance
Opening Balance as on 01.04.200
Add : Addition during the year
Less : Sale / damage during the year
Cash in hand
Cash at bank
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SCHEDULE
A
D
E
H
8,811,635.03
120,982.00
1,615,956.01
7,053.00
3,558,341.40
AMOUNT in Rs.
8,826,593.53
136,860.00
151,818.50
49,290.39
3,509,051.01
report of even date attached herewith
Pankaj Sharma, FCA, DISA (ICA)Partner, Membership No. 096728 Director, SCRIA
Resources Summary
Resources during 2008 - 2009 Resources utilization in 2008 - 2009
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Local contribution
62.03
Foreign contribution
37.97
Total 14,113,967.44
Social politicalempowerment
30%
Economicempowerment
26.9%
Naturalresources
mgmt.42%
Communityresource
support 9%
SCRIA at a glance
Vision
Mission
Outreach
Sustainable rural development by ruralcommunities
Building capacities of rural communities fortheir active & meaningful participation in selfgovernance processes
Over 1800 villages in the districts of Rewari,Mohindergarh, Jhajhhar in Southern Haryanaand Alwar, Bikaner, Churu in NorthernRajasthan in north west India
No. of villages reached by March 2009
Development Issues-Self & inclusive governance – Facilitatingwomen, men & youth for participation ingovernance and developmental processes-Economic empowermentNatural resource management-
No. of people reached by March 2009[in thousands]
★ We gratefully acknowledge the support of more than 12000 voluntary
community motivators without whose selfless devotion the mission would
be incomplete
Development Initiatives
Partners in Progress
Svashaasan – Self Governance
Samridhi - Livelihood
Sampada Prakritik - Natural Resources
Women for social & economicjustice
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Women in self governance processesMen & youth mobilization for goodgovernance & social change
Promotion of rural entrepreneurshipMicro Credit programPromotion of rural craftspersonFair tradeSupporting higher & technical educationamong rural youth
Water harvesting, conservation and groundwater rechargingSoil conservation and vegetation promotionVegetation - plantation & regenerationnvironmental sanitation
Alternate energy - extension & research
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12000 volunteers in 730 villages Asahi IndiaAustralian High Commission British High
Commission Canadian High CommissionCanadian Hunger Foundation CAPARTCanadian International Development AgencyDepartment of Science & Technology District
Rural Development Agency CTM - ItalyEmbassy of Federal Republic of GermanyEmbassy of Japan Embassy of SwedenEuropean Union Friedrich Ebert StiftungGerman Agro Action GTZ Habitat for
Humanity International helpage Indian Councilfor Agricultural Research Indo Global SocialService Society Industrial Development Bank ofIndia Ministry of Environment & Forest
Ministry of Non Conventional Energy SourcesMinistry of Panchayati Raj Ministry of Rural
Development Misereor NABARD One Village- U.K. Oxfam - U.K. Rachna Club – Japan
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh Rotary India WaterConservation Trust Royal Norwegian Embassy
Small Industries Development Bank of IndiaSolidar’ Monde Swedish International
Development Agency UNDP youthreach
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SampadaPrakritik
893
Samridhi578
Svashasan1872
Svashasan232.3
SampadaPrakritik
134
Samridhi22.62
The Organization
General Body Members
Governing Body Members
Registration Act
Date of Registration
Registration No.
Foundation Year
Chief Functionary
Operational Area
Headquarter
Main office Rajasthan
Sources of Grant
Mr. Avadhesh Kumar, President -
Mr. N. S. Rao, Vice
Dr. L.P. Bharara, Member
Dr. Abdul Aziz, Member
Mr. Jagjit Singh, Member
Mr. R. Bhattacharji, Member
Mr. Sunder Lal, Director
Mr. Avadhesh Kumar, President
Mr. N. S. Rao, Vice President
Dr. L.P. Bharara, Member
Dr. Abdul Aziz, Member
Mr. Jagjit Singh, Member
Mr. R. Bhattacharji, Member
Mr. Sunder Lal, Director
President
Mr. Sudarshan Synghal, Member
Social Centre for Rural Initiative andAdvancement [SCRIA] www.scria.org
[email protected] [email protected]
Indian Societies Registration Actof 1860
31. 07. 1992618
June, 1979Sunder Lal, Director
Haryana & RajasthanKhori 123101, District Rewari,
HaryanaDerajsar 331022,
Ratangarh, District Churu, Rajasthan
Govt. of India/ State Govt,National/International Development Agencies,Local Contributions, Donations
2 Nav Vihar, SirShadi Lal Road, Rewari 123401, Haryana
17/399 ChopasaniHousing Board, Jodhpur, 342008, Rajasthan
MSEDS, Bisru Punhana,District Mewat, Haryana 122508
Krishna Nagar, Col.Maha Singh Chowk, Rewari 1230401,Haryana
- D 1008, New FriendsColony, New Delhi - 110065
- Khori Centre, Khori123101, Distt. Rewari, Haryana
A 16 PundrikVihar, Pritampura, New Delhi - 110034
2 Nav Vihar, Sir ShadiLal Road, Rewari 123401, Haryana
17/399 ChopasaniHousing Board, Jodhpur, 342008, Rajasthan
MSEDS, Bisru Punhana,District Mewat, Haryana 122508
Krishna Nagar, Col.Maha Singh Chowk, Rewari-123401, Haryana
- D 1008, New FriendsColony, New Delhi - 110065
- Khori Centre, Khori123101, Distt. Rewari, Haryana
A 16 PundrikVihar, Pritampura, New Delhi-110034
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- C 3/8,Safdarjung Dev. Area, New Delhi 110016
About SCRIAAims
SCRIA's TeamDirector cum Head Programs
Head Administration
Program Team
Administration Team
Incharge Accounts
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establish, maintain a Social Work Centre & itsbranches for rural development purpose at places asmay be decided by the governing body of the Centre
undertake all or any agricultural, medical,educational & other services conducive to the aims& objects of the Centre on no profit no loss basis
promote village groups, organizations &institutions undertake integrated rural developmentalternatives in rural areas of our country which areconsistent with national & regional policies of thegovernmentbring social change through economic changeassist or take assistance from and collaborate with
other institutions involved in similar activitiesestablish and maintain schools, libraries, research
centers, exhibition halls, laboratories, technicaltraining centers etc. for attaining SCRIA's aim
develop areas of co-operation & understandingamong various voluntary agencies, organizations,associations, institutes, groups and individuals whoare involved in rural developmental activities
educate member organizations for developingalternate, innovative low cost methods ofintegrated rural development, to integrate furthersuch activities and plans for unified joint actions &programs
undertake activities to promote innovation &research related to rural development
become self supporting (generate enough incomegiving these services on a no profit no loss basis)
Rakesh
Sunder Lal
Narender Kumar
Mohinder/ Satbir/ Hansraj/Bajrang/ Sumer/ Rahul/ Prem/ Ramchander/Sheila/ Supyar/ Inderchand/ Ramswaroop/Puran/Tejram/ Jaiprakash/ Navneet/ Shivkaran/Lekhram
Manoj/ Ranbhir/ Ramkaran/Krishan/ Uday/ Sheokaran/ Bina/ Revati/ Kamla/Phep/ Gopal/ Sunita/ Jaswant
Kumar
General BodyI
Governing BodyI
Director
Head Programs HeadAdministration InchargeI Accounts
Program teamsat Khori at Derajsar Administration Coordinators- Team leaders of 3 programs Supportive team- Field Coordinators- Field Volunteers at every operational village
Organigram
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SOCIAL CENTRE FOR RURAL INITIATIVE & ADVANCEMENTHead Quarter - Khori 123101, District Rewari, Haryana, IndiaMain Office Rajasthan - Derajsar 331022, Ratangarh, District Churu, Rajasthan, Indiahttp://www.scria.org Email - [email protected]
Khori Center Actively Concentrates on
organizing women for a meaningful partnership in development through political empowerment &participation in governance processessocial empowerment of women and other Gram Sabha members for social justice & local initiativedemystification and dissemination of information related to various issues, laws, legal processes &procedures and public schemespromotion of livelihood activities among low and marginal income familiespromoting higher and technical education among rural youthwater harvesting conservation and ground water rechargingsoil conservation and vegetation promotionenvironmental sanitationpromotion of appropriate technologydevelopment training to members fo various voluntary organizations
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