rejuvenation of rural livelihoods post lockdown
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LENOVO SELF RELIANT INITIATIVES THROUGH JOINT ACTION | HO: 4, COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTRE, ANUPAM APARTMENTS, SAIDULLAJAB, MB ROAD, NEW DELHI 110068
Rejuvenation of rural livelihoods post lockdown
Table of Contents Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
About SRIJAN ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Vision Statement of SRIJAN ...................................................................................................................... 3
Mission Statement .................................................................................................................................... 3
Membership in Policy Making Bodies and Policy Change Initiatives: ....................................................... 4
NGO- NGO Collaborations: ....................................................................................................................... 4
Project Locations and project interventions since 2000, .......................................................................... 5
Board of Trustee ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Annual Turnover of the Organization (Past 3 Financial years) ................................................................. 7
SRIJAN’s response so far on COVID – 19 ....................................................................................................... 7
Current situation in the project area of SRIJAN ............................................................................................ 8
Proposed intervention .................................................................................................................................. 9
Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Agriculture Based interventions ............................................................................................................. 10
Livestock rearing (Goats, Poultry, milch animals) ................................................................................... 10
Policy levels interventions ...................................................................................................................... 10
Access to finance to revive FPOs business .............................................................................................. 10
Beneficiary profile ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Estimated budget ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Expected outcomes ..................................................................................................................................... 12
TABLE 1: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................. 3
TABLE 2: INFORMATION ON VARIOUS PROJECTS AND INTERVENTIONS ............................................................................................ 6
TABLE 3: BOARD OF TRUSTEE ............................................................................................................................................... 7
TABLE 4: TURNOVER FOR THREE YEARS TILL 2017-18................................................................................................................ 7
TABLE 5: TARGETED OUTREACH ........................................................................................................................................... 11
TABLE 6: ESTIMATED BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Overview In wake of the 4 phases of the lock down imposed by the central government throughout the
country due to outbreak of COVID – 19 pandemics, the economic activities of entire population
have come to a halt. The Rural population is the worst hit as it is always suffering from lack of
liquid cash to sustain themselves or savings to see them through the pandemic. They are
economically insecure and have no regular source of income. Entire country has witnessed return
of migrant workers from one place to other. A large contingent of migrant workers who are usually
engaged as daily wage earners had returned to their native places in the beginning of the lockdown
itself. Most of them have returned in to the rural areas. The entire population is under strict watch
of Government and many of them were under self-quarantine. Locally also there are large numbers
of daily wage earners who are not getting work during the lock down hence their incomes have
dried up. Besides the daily wage earners there are other vulnerable segments in the villages like
small and marginal farmers, women headed households and specially-abled persons. Situation can
further aggravate once monsoon season begins. Local administration and health functionaries are
doing an excellent job but they still need support from the civil society on the ground.
As SRIJAN is operational in the states of MP, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and UP, we can sense that
the rural households will face grave situation even after the lockdown is lifted permanently due to
the stoppage of economic activities for such a long time. Economic losses will be unbearable for
the farmers, daily wage earners and other such vulnerable households who were already living on
hands to mouth. Even after the lockdown is lifted the migrant workers may not receive immediate
work at their native place and also they will not be able to travel back to their workplaces from
where they have left. Slowing economy will not ensure enough work generation for daily wage
earning.
Considering the above circumstances SRIJAN proposes a project to address the deteriorating
livelihoods of the rural households that are bearing the brunt of the lockdown. The interventions
will be carried out to address the cash needs and rejuvenating the livelihoods of the rural
households and its sustainability. It will include facilitating and ensuring smooth functioning of
agriculture activities, livestock rearing and wage labour.
About SRIJAN SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) is a public charitable trust registered on
27th January 2000. SRIJAN is a grassroots implementation organization implementing projects of
rural development with aim to improve the social and economic status of rural families. SRIJAN
is currently working in 15 backward districts of five states in India- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana. SRIJAN also works as resource support organisation in
Assam, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on externally-aided projects and with state governments.
Particulars Details
Name of Organization Self-Reliant Initiative through Joint Action
(SRIJAN)
Legal Entity Public Charitable Trust
Registration No DIT (E)/200-2001/3-2600/2000/282
80 G DIT (E) 2008-2009/S-2600/3128
FCRA 231660276
PAN No AABTS7533H
Address: 1st Floor, Anupam
Apartments, 4, Community
Shopping Center
Saidullajab, Mehrauli Badarpur Road,
New Delhi Phone: 011- 41664521
Email: [email protected]
Chief Executive Officer Prasanna Khemaria
Email:
Mobile No: +91
8989792160
+91 7999932140 Table 1: Organization information
Vision Statement of SRIJAN
SRIJAN wishes to see wellbeing of the poor and ensure dignity of all in our society, in the context
of multidimensional poverty and wish to “Make Rural Community Self-Reliant and Live with
Dignity”
Mission Statement
To empower 100,000 rural poor families by increasing their annual income by Rs. 50,000 by 2020,
through SRIJAN’s unique livelihoods cluster approach, also by enhancing their capacity to
demand and access public resources they are entitled to.
Membership in Policy Making Bodies and Policy Change Initiatives:
Govt-NGO Collaboration is an important piece of development strategy. Membership in policy
making bodies and some policy advocacy initiatives are:
1. Advisory Council on Farm and Non-Farm Livelihoods: Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India: July, 2017
2. Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India: Building Sustainable Livelihoods
of the Poor through MGNREGA - A Manual for Panchayati Raj Institutions and Gram
Sabha members, commissioned by Ministry of Rural Development, with financial support
of UNDP. (June 2013).
3. National Advisory Council recommendations for Human Resource Strategies and Policies
for Enhancing Institutional Capacity in Flagship Programmes (Sent to Prime Minister’s
Office, July 2013).
4. Ministry of Rural Development. Institutional Architecture and Human Resources, Chapter
4, of Operational Guidelines, MGNREGA, 4th Edition. Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India. 2012.
5. Ministry of Rural Development. Institutional Structure and HR Policy of National Mission
Management Unit for National Rural Livelihoods Mission. Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India. 2011.
NGO- NGO Collaborations:
A firm believer of NGO-NGO collaborations, SRIJAN is also part of many CSO platforms like
Bundelkhand Sustainable Development Forum (BSDF) and Madhya Pradesh Sustainable
Development Initiative (MP-SDI). SRIJAN also promoted forum named Rajasthan Nari Shakti
Sangathan (RNSS) in Rajasthan and promoted strong national platforms like Women’s Federation
of India.
Project Locations and project interventions since 2000,
SRIJAN is implementing community development projects in the rural geographies since last 19
years. At present, we are working on 20 projects from various government, CSR, and other
philanthropic donors across 8 states. A glimpse of current work in given below
State Major Themes Funding Partners Geographies
Madhya Pradesh-
since 2000
Community Institutions,
Smallholder Horticulture
Program
NABARD, Azim
Premji
Philanthropic Initiatives
, MPDPIP, MRLP
Chhindwara, Anuppur,
Tikamgarh
Agriculture Mahindra & Mahindra Tikamgarh, Sagar
Value-addition in NTFP,
fruits
and marketing
Ford Foundation Chhindwara,
Tikamgarh,
Anuppur
Public Health National Health
Mission
Anuppur
Organic Cotton WWF-India Chhindwara
Mobilization of
community and federation
of SHGs for rights and
entitlements under
MGNREGA
Caritas India : PACS
Programme
Sagar
Formation of SHGs and
federations
Tejaswini Rural
Women
Emp. Program
Tikamgargh
Natural Resource
Management
(BIWAL)
Hindustan Unilever
Foundation
Bundelkhand
Vikalp- Alternative
Livelihoods through
NRM, Agriculture and
Value Chain
Pernord Richard Shivpuri
Chhattisgarh- since
2012
Horticulture, Community
institutions
APPI Koriya
Natural Resource
Management
Mega-watershed
Program
(BRLF)
Koriya
Rajasthan- since
2002
Farmer Producer
Organization, Agriculture
and Livestock
based livelihood programs
RACP- World Bank Tonk
Community Institutions,
Horticulture
APPI, Tata Trusts Pali, Pratapgarh
Odisha- since 2010 Marketing of perishables Moody’s Analytics
CSR
Angul
Uttar Pradesh- since
2015
Technical Support Agency
for the State Rural
Livelihood
Mission
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
76 blocks
Maharashtra- 2018 NTFP processing and
value-
chain development
Maharashtra State
Rural
Livelihood Mission
Beed, Gadhchiroli,
Nandurbar
Telangana- 2018 NTFP processing Society for Elimination
of
Rural Poverty
Mahbubnagar
Table 2: Information on various projects and interventions
Board of Trustee
SRIJAN Board members provide policy direction and governance to the organization. They meet
minimum thrice a year. Following eminent persons are our Board Members.
Ms. Rohini Somanathan Chair, Professor, Delhi School of Economics, Visiting
Faculty, Harvard University
Ms. Rekha Masilamani Former Division Chief, USAID, Public Health and Nutrition
Mr. Ajay Mehta Ex-Chairman, Seva Mandir
Mr. C Babu Joseph Former, Executive Trustee, Axis Bank Foundation
Mr. Rohit Bhasin. Chartered Accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Sushil Ramola (founder B-Able)
Ms. Priyanka Singh Ex- Executive Director, Seva Mandir, Currently with
Interglobe Pvt. Ltd.)
Table 3: Board of Trustee
Annual Turnover of the Organization (Past 3 Financial years)
Type of Fund 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1 Corporate 6,90,22,260 6,33,28,411 12,56,04,749
2 Govt of MP -- -- 15,00,000
3 Govt of Rajasthan 73,51,565 85,86,962 36,60,978
4 Govt. Dev. Institutions 2,28,19,360 1,22,34,844 9,51,932
5 Others 86,47,999 94,07,220 99,23,095
6 Foreign Contribution 3,25,16,825 5,57,79,687 9,17,55,607
(figures in Rs.) 14,03,58,009 14,93,37,124 23,33,96,361
Table 4: Turnover for three years till 2017-18
SRIJAN’s response so far on COVID – 19 Most of the villages where SRIJAN has its presence are represented by traditional communities.
Among the sections or communities who have most severely felt a sense of exclusion and
alienation are the tribal and the socially disadvantaged, who perform poorly on every indicator of
well-being, whether it is poverty, health or education. These regions or pockets have not only gaps
of development but also gaps in governance i.e. poor implementation of schemes. This pandemic
being an unprecedented one, the response action of Govt, is moving at a very fast pace. SRIJAN,
is working hand in hand with the local communities and the administration.
1. Given the kind of outreach and social mobilization in the villages, our team, Village
resource persons, Community resource persons, along with panchayat representatives and
Govt. functionaries are constantly in touch with the communities and taking a close view
of the families coming back to villages and needing quarantine services.
2. Compiling and sharing the data for the migrant’s families to district administration
3. SRIJAN team is actively involved in various response actions, through women collectives
and guiding them through modes of communication like WhatsApp, phones.
4. Accessing the needs to the socially disadvantaged communities /women/young girls and
reporting back to the district administration, so that immediate support in
kind and/or cash can be provided.
5. The Communities based organizations/women collectives have taken charge to make the
communities aware about provisions of the Govt. for COVID-19
6. Strengthening the dissemination of the supplies – food hygiene related
7. Addressing the situations of public fear, misinformation and engagement with the farmers
through digital media
8. Ensuring the last mile delivery of services – Awareness and Supplies
9. Assessing the urgent needs of the farmers post pandemic – Input, custom hiring, etc.,
10. Our team is constantly working at the policy level to initiate policy changes which can
benefit the rural communities at this hour of crisis – MGNREGA guidelines etc.
Current situation in the project area of SRIJAN The COVID-19 pandemic scare has kept the Government on its toes. Government has put its
machineries to make people aware about the signs, symptoms and danger of COVID-19. The
health workers are working dawn to dusk, making the communities aware about the preventative
measures through various means- digital, phones, community radios etc.
While the Government is trying to ensure enough steps to prevent coronavirus from entering the
rural landscape, the risk of infestation is heightened after the reverse migration happening to the
villages post lock down. While it is true that the villages in India have not reported any major
outbreak yet, but if it spreads like an epidemic, our rural public healthcare will not be able to
potentially manage such an outbreak.
SRIJAN, with its outreach to more than 100,000 families, across 4 states and 1260 villages, has
been striving hard complimenting Governments effort in making rural communities aware about
various safety mechanisms, Govt. Provisions.
SRIJAN team is working hand in hand with the district administration and the cutting edge
functionaries of the Villages.
Challenges in the livelihoods of the rural Communities post lockdown 4.0
1. With the migrants coming back to their native villages the hey have lost their livelihood
and also work is hardly available for them in their native states.
2. The local markets are still limited due to which any agriculture or livestock produce is not
being sold. The perishable items like vegetables are getting affected due to that.
3. Harvesting crops is also difficult due to restricted movement and lack of equipment.
4. In case of many commodities processing is needed but access to processing units is getting
difficult.
5. Procurement of quality inputs for agriculture for the Kharif season is difficult.
6. The Farmers have lack of liquid cash that could be used for procuring available inputs for
the Kharif season that is coming.
7. The prices of many of the cash crops including vegetables have drastically fallen down.
Also it is difficult to sell produce from the livestock.
8. The FPOs being promoted by SRIJAN have incurred losses to a great deal.
Proposed intervention
Objectives
1. Generate cash income for small and marginal farmers through cash crop cultivation
2. Generate cash income through enhance productivity of livestock and building market
linkages
3. Facilitate wage labour through MGNREGA by supporting the Gram Panchayats
Agriculture Based interventions
SRIJAN would focus on the generating cash through cash crops and long term crops for sustaining
the livelihood and making it more robust.
1. Selection of crops that will be profitable in the coming season.
2. Facilitating timely supply of Inputs for Kharif season like seeds, fertilisers, custom hiring
services through Farmer producer organisations, collectives etc.
3. Promote Kitchen Garden/vegetable cultivation for households on a minimum of 5
Decimals of homestead land
4. Critical support during harvesting and selling of the produce
5. Making arrangement for processing and selling the perishable items like vegetables
6. Facilitate access to markets
Livestock rearing (Goats, Poultry, milch animals)
SRIJAN will intervene in the productivity increase and facilitate market linkages for the existing
livestock produce of the target families and generate revenue for further propagating livestock
activities of the family. This intervention will be based on provisioning for inputs that will ensure
nutrition, health (vaccinations and medications) and productivity enhancement of the available
livestock. Market linkages will be facilitated through the community institutions promoted by
SRIJAN including the FPOs.
Policy levels interventions
Advocacy for introducing policy changes benefiting / securing livelihoods of the poor –
amendments in MGNREGA wages, developing sustainable livelihoods under MGNREGA etc.
We will pursue the authorities and the Gram Panchayats to open up more work in the villages
through MGNREGA so that immediate employment is generated in the local area itself and
immediate payments are made to the workers so that immediate cash needs can be addressed.
SRIJAN will also facilitate the process of generating job cards for those who have don’t have it.
Access to finance to revive FPOs business
As FPOs are based upon the equity generated by the producers’ they need to be infused with
working capital to begin functioning, cover the operating costs, procurements and do more
business in the market. SRIJAN will facilitate the FPOs in access to finance through the various
schemes announced by the Government in the recent COVID – 19 economic relief package.
Beneficiary profile The beneficiaries will be the small and marginal farmers in the rural households from the
operational villages of SRIJAN in the states of MP, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh. A total of 10000
beneficiaries will be targeted.
States Number of
Districts
Number of
Blocks
Number of
Gram
Panchayats
Number of
Villages
Number of
Households
Madhya Pradesh 10 25 404 655 6000
Rajasthan 6 11 176 630 3500
Chhattisgarh 1 2 30 83 500
Total 21 47 670 1475 10000 Table 5: Targeted outreach
Estimated budget An investment of roughly Rs 3000 per beneficiary will be made over a period of two years. This
will include the agri input costs, material and labor cost. Expected investment including HR cost
admin cost will be to the tune of 4.08 crores. The HR costs include all the direct field engagements
as well as inputs into policy advocacy interventions for MGNREGA, interaction with stakeholders
S
No
Particulars Unit Rate Quantity Seasons
/Months
Amount Percentage
of total
cost
1 Agri input cost
(seeds,
fertilizers,
manures,
Insecticides
and pesticides
etc.)
Per
head
800 10000 2 ₹ 1,60,00,000 39%
2 Input costs for
livestock
(fodder,
nutrition
supplements,
vaccines,
Per
head
400 10000 2 ₹ 80,00,000 20%
medications
etc.)
3 Staff cost
(contribution to
staff salary,
CRP/VRP
honorarium)
Lump
sum
600000 1 24 ₹ 1,44,00,000 35%
4 Administrative
costs (Office
rent, electricity,
maintenance)
Lump
sum
100000 1 24 ₹ 24,00,000 6%
Total ₹ 4,08,00,000
Table 6: Estimated budget
Expected outcomes 1. Increased cash income of a minimum of 10000 Rs in the hands of the farmers affected by
the lockdown.
2. Linkages with stakeholders and Govt. functionaries responsible for the COVID relief
economic package.
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