welcome to the committee members and special invitees on the first meeting of national advisory-...
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Welcome to the Committee Members
and Special Invitees onthe First Meeting of National Advisory-
cum-Review Committeeon BRGF
BK Sinha,Director General,
National Institute of Rural DevelopmentRajanderanagar, Hyderabad
Convener of the National Advisory-cum-Review Committee on BRGF
→ to assess the extent to which the objectives of the BRGF have been fulfilled;
→ Review the quality of programme management at Central, State & District levels;
→ Assess the quality of district plans, frequently occurring deficiencies, aspects of capacity building, planning process, role or Training Support Institutions etc.
→ Adequacy of monitoring mechanism;→ Need for modification in the objectives & design of
BRGF including Blocks as units for BRGF funding;→ Any collateral issue that may arise
→ Ministry has indicated first report in 3 months;
→ Quarterly report thereafter;→ how many reports to be written;→ what would be the closure period;→ what is the life of the Committee; → in how much of time the Ministry expects
completion of the task;
→ Whether any sample survey is envisaged;→ the focus group discussions; → inviting opinion of the managers;→ Seminars/Workshops;→ Assessment of the opinion of the EPRs. MLAs
& MPs;→ Interaction with the Planning Officers,
District Magistrates, CEOs of ZPs, BDOs;
→ the drive for convergence by MoRD;→ launching of Pilot Projects;→ Creation of a National Alliance for
Convergence;→ Creation of the Institution of Lok Sewaks by
the MoRD;→ Changes in the guidelines of the MGREGS-
inclusion of the Small & Marginal Farmers;→ Large scale capacity building drive by MoRD;
→ Appraisal done by the World Bank;→ Sponsored by MoPR; → rest of the States also to be covered;→ how much reliance to be placed;→ how synergies could be built; → do we need another survey; → how does it impact our methodologies;
→ if so the universe of the survey; → size of the sample; → the method of collection & enumeration;→ collection of secondary data; → analysis of the data; → the form of analysis & presentation; → support from MoPR & CESS
→ Visit to States, districts, Blocks & Panchayats;
→ Jan Sunwais & Focus Group discussions;→ Interactions with the Panchayat officials;→ Interfacing with the EPRs of the three levels;→ Discussions with the MLAs, MPs;→ Discussion with the District Collectors &
District Officials;→ Interaction with the State Officials;→ Interaction with the Secretaries to the GoI of
the related Ministries;
→ Books and other periodicals;→ Annotated bibliographies to be prepared;→ published articles;→ other sources of ascertainment of views;→ Support of expert groups;
→ Preliminary the format;→ Putting together report writing group;→ preparation of the first draft;→ subsequent drafts of the report; → final submission; → National Seminar to test the findings;
→ Website created; www.nird.org.in/brgf → hosting on the website; www.nird.org.in → E-mail address: [email protected]→ arrangement for data collation, analysis
and preliminary findings;→ hosting on Solution Exchange; → Preliminary issues framed and circulated;
Thank You