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Safe drinking water and basicsanitation are of crucial importanceto the preservation of human health,especially among children. Sanitationand clean drinking water arecomplementary to each other. Thereis a great truth in the saying: ‘wateris life; and sanitation is a way of life’.

Drinking Water

Providing safe and adequate drinkingwater for all, at all times in rural Indiais the vision of the Ministry of DrinkingWater and Sanitation (MDWS) of theGovernment of India (GoI).Accordingly, it works with an outcomebudget of ensuring before 2022 thatat least 90% of rural households areprovided with piped water supply; atleast 80% of rural households havepiped water supply with a householdconnection; less than 10% use publictaps and less than 10% use handpumps or other safe and adequateprivate water sources. The drinkingwater quantity to be supplied tohouseholds in rural areas has alsobeen enhanced from the previous 40lpcd / 55 lpcd to 70 lpcd. Governmentof India started financially supportingdrinking water supply programmes ina significant way since IV Five YearPlan, which until then was financedby the respective States. And theamount of funds spent by theGovernment of India especially in theX, XI, and XII Five Year Plans is manytimes more compared to the previousplans. However the fact remains thatas on 31.12.2013, about 43% of therural population has had access topiped water supply. About 70% of therural population has had access tosafe source of drinking water within adistance less than 1000 metres. Therest are either partially covered or

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have drinking water sources withchemical contamination. Going bynumber, out of the 16,92,251habitations in the country, the onespartially covered are 4,48,439(as of2013-14), and habitations with qualityproblems are 82,794.

The number of villages with pipedwater supply and number ofhouseholds with yard taps are on theincrease, while the number of handpumps and common water collectionpoints in many villages are comingdown. The focus is on providingdrinking water facility, especially pipedwater supply to Gram Panchayats thathave achieved open-defecation-freestatus on priority basis; providingsupport and environment forpanchayati raj institutions and localcommunities to manage their owndrinking water sources and systemsin their villages.This is an encouragingdevelopment. However, the issue ofsource sustainability, problems ofwater quality and water contaminationrelated issues are mounting due to theculture of excessive dependence ongroundwater.

There are large inter-State variationsin the coverage of households withpiped water supply. The percentageof piped water supply varies from 2.6in Bihar to 95.20 in Chandigarh. Thereare 6 States, viz. Bihar, Jharkhand,Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh andMadhya Pradesh (in order ofappearance) that have less than 10%coverage of households with pipedwater supply. States / UTs viz.Chandigarh, Puducherry, HimachalPradesh, Daman Diu, Sikkim, andTamil Nadu (in order ofappearance)have piped water supplyin the range of 80% to 95%.

Sanitation

Swachh Bharat Mission (G)announced on 2 October 2014 is quitedifferent from the previous efforts ofrural sanitation promotion. In thesense, it has made sanitation apeople’s movement.

The government has announced thatit would spend about ` 2 lakh croreon building more than 111 milliontoilets, and invited contributions to anew ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ (CleanIndia Fund) from corporate houses aswell.

The NIRD&PR has planned a seriesof training programmes, andworkshops on Swachh Bharat Missionas part of training calendar 2015-16.The workshops will help generateideas to achieve Clean India, and thetraining programmes to motivate andfamiliarse the participants with bestpractices and innovative ideas to workwith communities. Swachhata actionis undertaken in Action Research andAdopted Villages of the Institute.Besides Swachh Bharat in action,NIRD&PR is involved in developmentof models and systems for solid andliquid waste management. There arepractitioner consultations conductedfor being able to cull good practicesfor dissemination. There is casestudy series done of the successfulGram Panchayats wherever thecommunity / Government / NGOshave done extraordinary work thatcan be replicated in other parts of thecountry. A Handbook on Solid WasteManagement in Rural Areas is beingprepared, which shall introduce to theGPs the scientific ways of managingdomestic waste at local level.

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� India’s Drinking Water and SanitationChallenges

� National Innovation Abhinav Award toNIRD&PR

� National Workshop on Gender Budgeting inRural Development

� Horizontal Learning of Practices onDevelopment Governance

� Planning Participatory Watershed Projectsfor Sustainable Income Generation in IWMP

� Micro-enterprise Development and Recov-ery Management

� Website Design and Development forInformation Dissemination

� ICT Applications for Management of RuralDevelopment Programmes

� Behaviour Change Communication for RuralSanitation Professionals under SwachhBharat Abhiyan

� International Conference on Labour andEmployment Issues in the Context ofEmerging Rural-Urban Continuum

� National Seminar On GeoinformaticsApplications in Rural Development

� NIRD&PR-CIRDAP CollaborativeInternational Training Programme on ICTApplications for Rural Development

� International Training Programme onManagement of Rural Credit for PovertyAlleviation

� Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) inRural Development

� Celebration of International Women's Day

� Book Release by NIRD&PR

� Drinking Water and Sanitation in India:Physical Achievements

NIRD&PR has been awarded National Innovation AbhinavAward for Innovations in Integrated Watershed ManagementProgramme(IWMP) through Geoinformatics Applications onFeb 19,2015 at New Delhi by Honorable Union Minister ofRural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water andSanitation, Shri Choudhary Birendra Singh. It was inrecognition of Geoinformatics Technology innovationsthrough web based Watershed Estimation, e-DPR, GeoHydrology Model, watershed monitoring, impact assessmentstudies etc., and was awarded in a function organised bythe Department of Land Resources, Ministry of RuralDevelopment, Government of India, Dr M V Rao, DirectorGeneral, NIRD&PR and Dr V Madhava Rao, Professor &Head (CGARD) received the Award.

National Innovation AbhinavAward to NIRD&PR

National Workshop on GenderBudgeting in Rural Development

Centre for Women Development & GenderStudies(CWD&GS) , NIRD&PR, Hyderabad organised aNational Workshop on Gender Budgeting in RuralDevelopment for Officers of North Eastern States atNIRD&PR , NERC, Guwahati during 25-27 February,2015.The programme was sponsored by Ministry of Women andChildren, Government of India.

The main objectives of the workshop were to develop anunderstanding of the concept and importance of gender in

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rural development and genderbudgeting and to develop skills inapplication of tools and techniquesof gender budgeting.

Altogether 27 participants drawn fromRural Development and PanchayatiRaj departments attended theworkshop. They represented sixStates namely, Arunachal Pradesh(4), Assam(13), Manipur(1),Meghalaya(2), Nagaland(6), andSikkim(1).

Dr.R.M.Pant, Director, NERC,Guwahati, while inaugurating theworkshop dwelt upon the need forimproved understanding of genderissues and emphasised theapplication of gender budgeting inrural development and panchayatiraj. The contents of the workshopincluded viz. Gender Issues in RD -Gender Perspectives in preparing

Horizontal Learning of Practices on Development Governance

Horizontal Learning of Practices onDevelopment Governance wasorganised by CHRD from February23-27, 2015 at NIRD&PR. Twentyfive participants from eight Statesparticipated in the programme. Theflagship schemes such as SAGY,SBA and MGNREGA were dealt with.Devolution index and challenges inmaking model villages were alsodiscussed. A field visit to Anakapurvillage, Nizamabad district wasanother learning event. Theparticipants discussed with theSarpanch and appreciated thecontribution of Gram Panchayat inraising resources. The waste towealth project of KurudampalayamPanchayat, Coimbatore district andwomen empowerment successfullycarried out by Gaziapur Panchayat,West Bengal were eye openeramongst peer group. As a result of

horizontal learning facilitated by theprogramme, the participants left withimmense satisfaction ofunderstanding their role andresponsibilities as public servantsthrough representative democracy

budget and budget analysis;Overview and tools and techniquesof Gender Budgeting, PRIs andgender budgeting, planning for GBat district level. The workshop wasconducted using participatorymethods which included lecture-cum

discussions, group discussions andgames.

Dr.C.S.Singhal, Professor & Headand Dr.K.K.Bhattacharjee, Faculty,NIRD&PR, NERC coordinated theWorkshop.

and thereby to prove themselvesas able leaders of developmentGovernance. Dr. Sarumathy,Dr.Gyanmudra & Dr. Sucharita Pujariof CHRD organised the programme.

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Planning Participatory Watershed Projects for SustainableIncome Generation in IWMP

A training programme on “PlanningParticipatory Watershed Projects forSustainable Income Generation inIWMP” was organised at NIRD&PR,Hyderabad during February 23 - 27,2015. A total of 23 participantsattended the programme whoincluded senior and middle levelofficials including two womenparticipants. The main objectives ofthe programme were to i) tofamiliarise the participants with theparticipatory approach in planningwatershed projects; ii) to acquaintthem with effective water and landconservation practices underwatershed projects; and iii) to explorethe efficient resource-use options forsustainable income generation. Thedeliberations covered IWMPConcepts and ProgrammeManagement; Technical Planning andParticipatory Approaches; Agriculture,Allied, Non-agricultural Micro-E x t e r p r i s e s ; P o s t - P r o j e c tArrangements, Livelihoods, Markets

and Technology. The programmeprovided maximum number of hands-on-sessions to expose the participantsto various topics such asConvergence of IWMP with otherNRM Programmes, post-projectarrangements in IWMP, productiveenhancement through soil and waterconservation, governance issues,

gender participation in PlanningWatershed Programmes etc.

The programme was coordinated byDr. Siddayya, Head i/c (CWLR) andDr. Ch. Radhika Rani, AssistantProfessor of Centre for Water andLand Resources (CWLR), NIRD&PR.

Micro-enterprise Development and Recovery Management

The captioned training programmefor rural bank officials was conductedfrom 16 to 20 February, 2015 at ETCRaigunj in North Dinajpur district ofWest Bengal. The programme wasattended by 24 participants drawnfrom the rural branches of theBangiya Gramin Bank, DistrictCentral Cooperative Bank of DinajpurDistrict and other commercial banks.

The coverage of the programmeincluded SHGs, bank linkageprocedures, problems in delivery ofrural credit, expectation of ruralborrowers from the bankers.

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Website Design and Development forInformation Dissemination

A training programme on WebsiteDesign and Development forDissemination of DevelopmentInformation was organised atNIRD&PR–NERC, Guwahatiduring February 9-13, 2015. Theobjectives of the programme wereto develop the skills of theparticipants in effective design anddevelopment of websites, to orientthem in content development andorganisation, and to impart hands-on training in designing variousinformation services fordissemination of developmentinformation. A total of 17participants attended theprogramme. The programmecovered various softwares used inthe design and development ofwebsites viz. Microsoft FrontPage,MS Publisher, Adobe Photoshop,etc. Other topics covered includedwebsite domain name registration,updating and maintenance ofwebsites including security, designand development of informationproducts and services andorganisation and dissemination

of information. The programmebeing technical in nature, themethodology included lecture-cum-demonstrations followed by hands-on practice sessions. Participantswere asked to design websites andinformation products using all thesoftware included in the programme.At the end of the programme, theparticipants presented the websitesdesigned by them and variousaspects to further improve the designand contents were discussed. In their

feedback, the participantsexpressed that the skills ofwebsite design and developmentof information services acquiredduring the training will help themin effectively disseminating theinformation.

The programme was coordinatedby Dr. Anil Takalkar, AssociateProfessor & Head andDr. T. Ramadevi, DocumentationOfficer, CMRD, NIRD&PR.

Extensive coverage of bank-linkageprocedures were made throughslides, power-point presentationsand relevant movies documentingthe success stories from variousStates. The participants wereexcited to work in their respectiverural branches to initiate a majorbreakthrough in the disbursementof rural credit under NRLM schemein the northern part of the State ofWest Bengal. The field tr ip tonearby blocks in the North Dinajpurdistrict was a unique experience for

all the Bankers. Though the debt-ridden poor entrepreneurs are yetto be financed by the bankers, itwas observed that there existample scope to promote carpetweaving as it is not only profitablebut also have enormous capacityfor employment generation.Similarly, promoting earthen pots inanother village was identified as apotential activity for incomegeneration. Likewise, production ofnutrit ious baby foods underIntegrated Child Development

Scheme was another activity whichmotivated the officials to implementthe model among the SHGsoperating in their operational areas.

The programme was coordinatedby Dr.B.K.Swain, Professor andHead of the Centre for Rural Creditand Development Banking,NIRD&PR and Ms. SusmitaChowdhury, Senior Facultymember of SIPRD, Kalyani, WestBengal.

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The Centre for InformationTechnology (CIT) organised atraining programme on “ICTApplications for Management ofRural Development Programmes”during January 19-23, 2015NIRD&PR, Hyderabad. 33pa r t i c i pa n t s r e p r e s e n t i n gdepartments of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, SIRDs , DRDA,Zilla Parishad, Kudumbasree,Watersheds, Forests & Environment,and Animal Husbandry departmentsattended the programme. They weredrawn from 12 States namely,Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, J & K,Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, TamilNadu, Uttar Pradesh and WestBengal. The main focus of theprogramme was to sensitise thefunctionaries of rural developmentand line departments to the potentialof ICTs, e-governance, Geo-Informatics, monitoring & evaluation,and project management in effectivemanagement of rural developmentprogrammes. Besides, it was aimedat providing skills in development ofInformation Systems.

A field visit to District WaterManagement Agency (DWMA)Mahboobnagar was organised toprovide insights into variousintricacies in managing ruraldevelopment programmes at thegrassroots level. The participantsinteracted with the officialsconcerned with MGNREGA, IAY,IWMP and SHGs and. They alsointeracted with members of District

level federation of SHGs. Theprogramme was well received andthe participants indicated theirreadiness to apply the learnings fromtraining to the programmes / projectbeing handled by them. Theprogramme was coordinated byShri G V Satya Narayana, SeniorAssistant Professor and Dr. P SatishChandra, Head (CIT) of Centre forInformation Technology, NIRD&PR.

Behaviour Change Communication for Rural SanitationProfessionals under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The Centre for Rural Infrastructure(CRI) conducted an off-campustraining programme on ‘BehaviourChange Communication for RuralSanitation Professionals underSwachh Bharat Abhiyan’ during5 to 9 January, 2015, at StateInstitute of Rural Development andPanchayati Raj (SIPRD), Kalyani,

West Bengal. Twenty participantsfrom SBA State Mission Offices ofWest Bengal and Madhya Pradeshattended the programme. Besidesthe theoretical and experientialcomponents of the programme, theaction component of the programmeimpressed the participants.

Swachh Action: Straight in front of theSIPRD entrance (for about 4 metresbreadth X 100 metres length) localshop keepers had dumped wastesfor more than 10 – 12 years. NIRD-PR Course Director from CRI alongwith SIPRD faculty took the initiativeto clean up the place on their own.Deployed three tractors and over

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10 men for 3 days and neatly cleanedup the place. The place was cleanbefore the training came to close on9 January, 2015. They could seesome local boys playing cricket in thatplace the day training drew to a close.

The participants appreciatedNIRD&PR for walking the talk. Thefaculty and staff of SIPRD includingAdditional Director and localresidents highly appreciated for‘doing’ rather than merely ‘talking’.

This ‘action component of thetraining’ definitely added weight to theimpact of the training. The AdditionalDirector, SIPRD reminded: ‘Oneounce of practice is worth tonnes ofpreaching’.

S. R. Sankaran Chair (Rural Labour)at NIRD&PR organised a three-dayInternational Conference on ‘Labourand Employment Issues in theContext of Emerging Rural-UrbanContinuum’, during 12-14 March,2015. The main objective of theConference was to have a holisticunderstanding of the changing rural-urban linkages in the context ofstructural transformation that istaking place in developing countriesincluding India.

Prof. H. R. Hashim, an eminenteconomist of India delivered theInaugural Address. Prof. JanBreman, Honorary Fellow, Institute ofSocial Science, The Hague,delivered the Keynote Address. TheInaugural Session was chaired byProf. R. Radhakrishna, a notedeconomist and Chairman, AdvisoryCommittee, S. R Sankaran Chair.Dr. M.V. Rao, Director General,NIRD&PR gave the welcome

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address, and Kailash Sarap,Professor, Sankaran Chair, briefedabout the Conference. Prof. AshwaniSaith, Professor, Institute of SocialSciences, The Hague delivered thevaledictory address whereas Prof.Shiela Bhall chaired the valedictorysession.

Dr. M. V. Rao, while welcoming thedelegates, pointed out that rural-urban distinction is becoming blurredover the years. The increasingmechanisation of agriculture hasbeen leading to transfer of labourfrom rural to urban areas. While theimplementation of MGNREGS isreducing the out-migration from ruralareas, it could not check moving outof the younger generation.

Prof. S. R. Hashim said that the initialgrowth strategy of India could notgenerate much employmentopportunities in industrial sector asexpected to make use of rural surpluslabour. Growth of urbanisation hasbeen very slow in India. There hasbeen a policy bias in favour of ruralareas especially in terms of povertyalleviation measures. He pointed outthat the movement of people fromrural areas including the rural poor

to urban areas has aggravated theurban poverty due to lack of basicamenities and decent jobs. Urbanareas are becoming dumping yardsand urban poverty a spillover of ruralone. Sometimes the economicconditions of migrant people in urbanspaces are relatively better than non-migrant ones.

Prof. Jan Breman in his keynoteaddress said that as far as the issuesof migration are concerned, the focushas been on rural-urban migrationsidelining the rural-to-rural migration.He pointed out the underestimationof migrant labourers in many of themacro surveys. Most of migrantlabourers are being engaged ininformal sector as the formal industryis unable to provide sufficientemployment opportunities.Increasing rural inequality, owing todispossession of poor is a factorcompelling the rural out-migration.

Valedictory address by Prof. AshwaniSaith was on ‘the collectivefoundations of market success-viewing Chinese development froman Indian perspective. While Indiaand China had similarity in theirsocio-economic characteristics

including economic growth and percapita income till late 1970s, thedevelopment paths followed sincethen in both countries led toincreasing divergence betweenthem. He attributed the China’ssuccess to its collectivist and socialistmodel of development strategy.

There were five Technical Sessionsalong with a Panel DiscussionSession. More than two dozenpresentations were made bydistinguished scholars and promisingyoung researchers during theConference. Scholars from Chinashared their country’s experiencesand Prof. Rizwanul Islam made apresentation on Bangladesh. Severaldistinguished scholars from abroadnamely, Prof. Judith Heyer, Prof.Gerry Rodgers, Prof. JenineRodgers, Prof. Sonalde Desai andProf. Kunal Sen, and those from Indiasuch as Prof. Shiela Bhalla, Prof. T.Papola, Prof. Alakh Sharmaparticipated in the deliberations ondifferent themes of the Conference.The Panel Discussion has broughtout some of the burning issues andchallenges of Rural-UrbanContinuum.

National Seminar On Geoinformatics Applications inRural Development

A National Seminar on“Geoinformatics Applications inRural Development” wasorganised during 26-27 March,2015 at NIRD&PR, with an aimto discuss the most recentinnovations, trends, concerns andsolutions adopted in the field,emerging trends, experiences inProgrammes and Policies ofRural Development usingGeospatial Technologies and its

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Management, Rurbanisation, SocialSector Development, InfrastructureDevelopment, Environmental ImpactAssessment, DecentralisedGovernance, Spatial DecisionSupport System and DisasterManagement. There were 60Technical Papers presented as partof the deliberations. The SeniorScientists from NRSC, INCOIS andProfessors from IITB, AndhraUniversity, Sambalpur University andVIT chaired the Technical Sessionsand moderated the presentations.

An Exhibition was organised byGeospatial Industry, Applicationdevelopers and professionals duringthe Seminar. NRSC-Bhuvan, Surveyof India, ESRI India, AMIGO Optima,SKYRAX India, SKYMAP Global,CELKON and Adopto GeoInformatics participated in the event.The Exhibition highlighted the latesttechnology trends, Instruments andapplications in Rural Development.Live demonstrations were organisedon the use of technologies andinstruments including Mobileapplications and Drone.

The Concluding Session waschaired by Shri S M Vijayanand,Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Govt.of India and Director General,NIRD&PR. The Seminar Reportwas presented by Dr. V MadhavaRao highlighting the proceedingsduring the two day deliberations.Seminar Proceedings wasreleased by Shri S M Vijayanand.In his Valedictory AddressShri Vijayanand appreciated theefforts of CGARD in orgnisingNational Seminars on regularbasis and documentingall geospatial technologyapplications in rural developmentsector in the country.

The Seminar was organised bythe Faculty, CGARD, NIRD&PRnamely, Dr V Madhava Rao,Professor & Head, Dr P KesavaRao, Shri T Phanindra Kumar,Shri D S R Murthy and Dr PammiRaj Kumar, Assistant Professorsof CGARD. Shri K Rajeswar,Team Leader (IT) also assisted inweb based online uploading ofabstracts and technical papers’uploading of the Seminar.

applications. The participantsincluded DevelopmentFunctionaries, Policy Makers,Scientists, Researchers,Academia, Project Directors fromNGOs, Panchayati RajFunctionaries and Practitionersfrom Rural Development Industry.Dr V Madhava Rao, Professor &Head, CGARD delivered theWelcome Address. The Seminarwas inaugurated by Dr. P GDiwakar, Deputy Director (RemoteSensing Application Area),National Remote Sensing Centre,Department of Space, ISROand was presided over bySmt. Chanda Pandit, Registrar &Director (Admn.), NIRD&PR.

Eminent Geospatial Expertsdelivered keynote addresses onvarious themes of the seminar.These included Dr. K S Rajan,Professor, IIIT, Hyderabad, onOpen Source Geo-spatialApplication Software for RuralDevelopment; Dr. CD Reddy,Professor, IIGM, Mumbaion GNSS Applications inRural Development andShri T Gangadhara Rao, Director(Tech.), RSI Soft. Tech. on“Mapping with Villages usingUAVs”.

The Seminar had eight TechnicalSessions viz., Natural Resource

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NIRD&PR-CIRDAP Collaborative International TrainingProgramme on ICT Applications for Rural Development

NIRD&PR-CIRDAP CollaborativeInternational Training Programme onICT Applications for RuralDevelopment which was sponsoredby the Ministry of Rural Development,Government of India was conductedat the Institute during March 09-18,2015.

18 participants from 11 CIRDAPMember Countries including sixwomen took advantage of theprogramme. The participants weresenior officials with variedbackground in the fields ofAgriculture, Rural Development,Information Technology, AgrarianReforms, Cooperation, etc. The mainfocus was on the application of ICTs,its interventions in RuralDevelopment covering key areassuch as e-Governance Projects, Roleof Software Technology Parks,Recent Trends in Networks, ICTInnovations in Health, InnovativeLearning Solutions for MassEducation, Rice KnowledgeManagement Portal, PaymentDisbursements through SMARTCards, Geo-Informatics Applicationsin Rural Development, e-Marketing ofAgricultural Products, Rice Portal,InDG Portal, Vikaspedia and DataCentre, etc.

Dr. M V Rao, Director General,NIRD&PR in his inaugural addressstressed the need for better utilisationof modern technologies and said thatIndia in this direction has adoptedmany best practices in varied sectorswhich can be replicated in CMCs.

The Resource Persons / Expertshave not only explained the newtechnologies and best practicesevolved from time to time but alsogiven lucid examples / case studiesfollowed by demo / live Audio /Presentations concerning nationaland international scenarios. After thesession / discussions, theparticipants were provided ampleopportunity to get their doubtsclarified. The theory-cum-practicalorientation of the programme helpedthe participants to have a completeunderstanding of the techniques andalso the utility of each of theseapplications in respective domains.

Dr. Alvin. W Yeo, Director, Instituteof Social Informatics, University ofMalaysia addressed on SocialInformatics and Livelihoods -Malaysian experience.

The participants were taken tovarious Service Centres including,NIC, STPI, NISG, C-DAC, etc., in andaround Hyderabad city. With a view

to acquainting the participants withthe field level exposure, a two-dayStudy Tour was arranged to ICRISAT,STPI, CARE Foundation and Wi-Finetwork based pest control of CDACwith ISRO in the nearby village to getfirst hand information about theactivities and technologies beingadopted at the grassroots level in thearea of agriculture.

Dr. Cecep Effendi, Director General,CIRDAP gave the Valedictoryaddress and interacted with theparticipants. He elicited informationpertaining to the usefulness andrelevance of the programme from thedelegates. What impressed uponhim was embedded ICT Applicationsthat is receiving priority role in everyfield throughout the globe andmaking significant strides. Convincedwith the feedback, he informed thatCIRDAP would continue to organisecollaborative programmes in thefuture on most relevant and demandbased to cater to the requirements

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of CMCs. Dr. Vasanthi Rajendran,Director (ICD), CIRDAP played keyrole for the successful conduct of theprogramme and thanked DG,NIRD&PR, DG, CIRDAP and Ministryof Rural Development, Governmentof India for sponsoring theprogramme.

The participants appreciated theprogramme design, content, readingmaterial, sequencing of sessions,lecture-cum-demos delivered by the

resource persons, case studies,exposure visits including culturalprogramme etc. As regards mostpreferred themes, the participantsexpressed that e-Governance,SMART Cards, Innovative Solutionsin Mass Education, In DG Portal,Rice Portal, Tele-Medicine,Knowledge Park are some of thetopics / subjects which impressedthem and were ready to carry backhome for their work environment.They thanked the Ministry of Rural

International Training Programme on Management of Rural Credit for Poverty Alleviation

The International TrainingProgramme on “Management ofRural Credit for PovertyAlleviation”, sponsored byMinistry of External Affairs,Government of India wasorganised from 2 to 29 March,2015.

Seventeen participants from 13countries, namely Algeria,Bangladesh, Ghana, Iraq,Jordan, Malaysia, Niger, Peru,Srilanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Syriaand Yemen attended theprogramme. The programme wasaimed at enhancing theknowledge and skills of theparticipants of developingcountries in the field ofmicrocredit. The main objectivesof the programme were: i) tofacilitate the participants’understanding on importance ofmicro-credit in alleviating povertyii) to provide a platform to theparticipants of member countriesto share their experiences and

success stories of microcreditactivities of their countries iii) toequip the participants for successfullaunching and managing micro-enterprises and forming saving andcredit groups and iv) to shareexperiences of India in rural creditmanagement

The course was designed to givemaximum exposure to theparticipants on various issues ofrural development in general and

microcredit in particular.Sessions on important topicswere taken by experiencedfaculties of NIRD&PR and guestfaculties from outside on subjectslike Rural Development: IndianExperience, MicrofinanceDevelopment: Bangladesh JointLiability Model on CreditProvisions, Livelihood Options indeveloping countries, RuralTechnologies, Gender issues in

Development, Government of Indiaand DG, CIRDAP for providing theman opportunity to attend this veryuseful programme in India.

The programme was coordinatedby Dr. P Satish Chandra andShri G V Satya Narayana of Centrefor Information Technology of theInstitute. Dr. Vasanthi Rajendrancoordinated programme on behalf ofCIRDAP.

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Microfinance, Social Mobilisation,Federating SHGs, etc.

As part of the programme, theparticipants were taken on astudy tour to Bidar in Karnatakafor four days. The participantswere exposed to MFIs which areworking in various blocks forempowering SHG members. Theparticipants visited SHGs and gotfirst-hand information about thegroup meetings, book keeping,loan collection and repaymentprocedures followed in the groupincluding the process of decisionmakings. They were exposed togroups which were engaged inbusiness and agriculture relatedactivities. The participantsenquired about the raw materials

and marketing of finished productsand the role of MFI in providingsupport services like procurement ofraw materials, availability of timelycredit and marketing of products.They were also exposed to a skillbased training programmeconducted by the District CentralCooperative Bank (DCCB), Bidar forthe self-group members. Theparticipants interacted with thegroup members. They also visitedDCCB Head Office and Rural Self-Employment Training Institute(R-SETI) Bidar and had discussionswith Director and trainees on theeffectiveness of various self-employment training programmes.Besides, the participants had theopportunity to visit Mailoor PrimaryAgricultural Cooperative Society and

various Self-help Groups atHalbarga and gained practicalexperiences of functioning of jointliability groups, procedures ofrecord keeping, working of smallsugar mills and baby food units.

During the last week of thetraining programme theparticipants presented reports onthe field visits. This was followedby discussion on the scope ofmicrofinance activities in theircountries and prepration of planfor follow-up. The programmewas coordinated by Dr.B.K.Swain,Professor and Head, Centre forRural Credit and DevelopmentBanking (CRCDB) and supportedby Project Consultants working inthe Centre.

The Centre for Equity and SocialDevelopment of the Instituteorganised a training programmeon “Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR) in RuralDevelopment” during March 23 –27, 2015. The course wasattended by 47 personsrepresented by civil societyorganisations, NGOs, TataInstitute of Social Sciences andCentral Public SectorUndertakings (CPUs) like ONGC,BHEL, Air India, CoachingShipyard Limited etc. Theparticipants of the course weretaken for field visit to see CSRprogrammes supported by Tech-Mahindra Pratham institute. Inaddition, the participants were

engaged in panel discussions with the representatives of Akshayapatra(ISKCON), Tech-Mahindra and Reddy labs. The course was directed byDr.R.R. Prasad, Prof. & Head (CESD) assisted by Dr. R. Murugesan,Associate Professor (CESD) and Dr. R.K. Shrivastava, Adjunct Faculty.

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Dr.M.V.Rao, Director General,NIRD&PR earlier in his welcomeaddress hailed the excellent workdone by Ms Lakshmi Kantam, MsGeeta Vardan, both distinguishedscientists and the invited guests andstated that they are the role modelsfor women to emulate consideringtheir success story. Dr Rao, whilereferring to the guests said that it isthe "story of inspiration" as each oneof them proved themselves to bringprosperity and confidence not only inthemselves but in around many morefellow women.

Ms N Annapurneswari, a successfulentrepreneur from Dowleswaram,Rajamundry district, AndhraPradesh, while sharing her successstory said that she is providingtraining on dress designing andfashion technology to womentrainees and running a garment unitin her residence and providingemployment to good number ofwomen at her unit.

Among others who shared theirsuccess stories include Ms. Chintala

Varalaxmi, Sangareddy Mandal,Ms T.Uma Devi, Nizamabad,MsMutabai, Zilla Samakhya, Medakdistrict, Telangana State Ms R.Shrimal Sonal, Dhandhuka,Ahmedabad and MsParvathamma, a fisher woman,Gopalpur, Odisha. Every successstory shared by these women wasinspiration for all.

Dr M.V.Rao, Director General, andMrs. Padmasri, President, HarithaMahila Mandali, NIRD&PRhonoured the guests bypresentation of shawl andmemento as a mark of respect fortheir valuable service to thenation. Faculty and staff,NIRD&PR, members of HarithaMahila Mandali and NFDB officersand staff graced the occasion.

Dr.C.S.Singhal, Dr Lakhan Singh,Prof & Head and AssistantProfessor, respectively, Centre forWomen Development & GenderStudies, & Dr Aruna Jayamani,Assistant Professor, CPME,NIRD&PR coordinated theprogramme.

Celebration of International Women's Day

Women from rural areas whoclimbed to the top from the lowestrung of the ladder were thecynosure of all eyes at theInternational Women’s DayCelebrations on March 10,2015 atNIRD&PR. Dr. M. LakshmiKantam, Director , CSIR, IndianInstitute of Chemical Technology,Ms Geeta Vardan, Director,Advanced Data ResearchInstitute of ISRO, Hyderabad andsix women entrepreneurs trainedin RSETI, Community Resourcepersons, and fisher womenshared their experience on theoccasion.

Dr M.Lakshmi Kantam in heraddress dwelt upon her journeyto become a top scientist. Sheexplained several technologicalinnovations developed by CSIR-IICT for garbage disposal,drinking water purification,sericulture, rice bran oil andseveral useful drugs developedfor the benefit of rural people. Sheadvised to have determination,sustained efforts and hard workfor success in life. Dr GeetaVardan, a distinguished scientistholding a senior position, whilesharing her experience stated thatthere was no genderdiscrimination in her organisationand she attributed the credit to thehard work for her success. Shedwelt upon the satellitetechnology developed byDepartment of Space - ADRIN-ISRO which is being usedextensively for development ofcommunication , health servicesin anterior area.

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Dr Gyanmudra, Project Leader andteam members Dr Sarumathy andDr RP Achari of the Institute initiatedin 2012 an action research project onEnhancing SHG Movement forLivelihood Promotion in Anantapurdistrict of Andhra Pradesh. Theproject brought out significantchanges at the field level. Thepublication is a compilation of theworks done at village level. Team hasput continuous efforts to make thevillages empowered and to be amodel village for neighbouringvillages. The process and outcomereflected in the study are importantfor the policy makers to make newchanges. The project has brought outinspirational changes in the rural

1. Book on Action Research: Enhancing SHG Movement for Livelihood Promotion in Anantapur

District of Andhra Pradesh 2. Right to Education: Challenges and Strategies

Book Release by NIRD&PR

areas especially for women. Theother book edited by Dr M Sarumathyand Dr Gyanmudra, on Right toEducation: Challenges andStrategies is a compilation of paperspresented by scholars, professionals

and academicians in the NationalLevel Seminar held at NIRD&PRduring 2013. The books werereleased on 10 March 2015 on theeve of International Women’s’ Daycelebrations in the Institute.

Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water, All-India - 2011

Total Rural Total Rural

Total Number of Households 246692667 167826730 100.0 100.0

Tap water 107407176 51705165 43.5 30.8

Tap water from treated source 78873488 29969145 32.0 17.9

Tap water from un-treated source 28533688 21736020 11.6 13.0

Well 27185276 22333658 11.0 13.3

Covered well 3895409 2591028 1.6 1.5

Un-covered well 23289867 19742630 9.4 11.8

Handpump 82599531 73245349 33.5 43.6

Tubewell/Borehole 20916074 13898837 8.5 8.3

Spring 1314556 1184498 0.5 0.7

River / Canal 1550549 1412565 0.6 0.8

Tank /Pond/Lake 2075181 1771796 0.8 1.1

Other sources 3644324 2274862 1.5 1.4

Source: www.censusindia.gov.in.

Absolute number Percentage

Drinking Water and Sanitation in India: Physical Achievements

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National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati RajRajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030

Phone : (040) 24008473, Fax : (040) 24008473E-mail : ciec@nird.gov.in, Website : www.nird.org.in

Director General : Dr. M. V. Rao, IAS

Editor: Dr. Anil Takalkar, Associate Professor and Head, CMRD, Asst. Editor : Dr. K. Papamma

Photographs : P. Subrahmanyam; Cover Design : V. G. Bhat: Published by Dr. Anil Takalkar, Associate Professor & Head, CMRD

on behalf of the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030

and printed at Vaishnavi Laser Graphics, Hyderabad.

Sanitation in India: Physical Achievements

1 2001-2002 638680 75065 16636 0 638680 10210 512 674

1 2001-2002 638680 75065 16636 0 638680 10210 512 674

2 2002-2003 596380 72499 29628 0 596380 9313 428 979

3 2003-2004 5503024 1553772 481483 633986 6137010 68085 1580 9526

4 2004-2005 2885604 865885 232288 1696679 4582283 55226 1623 10259

5 2005-2006 4080490 895334 368225 5090917 9171407 88092 2697 36057

6 2006-2007 4771876 1056224 589845 4928504 9700380 131542 2953 53126

7 2007-2008 5763430 1283089 844346 5764460 11527890 236259 3006 86489

8 2008-2009 5570899 1272974 785527 5694983 11265882 253004 3245 68995

9 2009-2010 5869608 1217219 908516 6538170 12407778 144480 2230 66227

10 2010-2011 6155933 1391628 907120 6087798 12243731 105509 3377 50823

11 2011-2012 4734816 1129472 745967 4064048 8798864 122471 2547 28409

12 2012-2013 2919819 704437 337332 1639343 4559162 76396 1995 36677

13 2013-2014 2553571 528332 386810 2422723 4976294 37696 1530 22318

14 2014-2015 3045948 765009 439309 2809718 5855666 25267 1109 8380

15 2015-2016 776 142 97 1232 2008 0 0 0

S.No. FinanceYear

IHHL BPL IHHL APL TotalIHHL(APL+

BPL)

SchoolToilets

SanitaryComplex

AnganwadiToilets

TotalSTSCTotal

IHHL: Individual Household Latrine, BPL: Below Poverty Line; APL: Above Poverty LineSource: http://tsc.gov.in