Social Performance
Social - Mission Sunehra Kal
Soil and Moisture Conservation
The Soil and Moisture Conservation programme, designed to assist farmers in identified moisture-stressed districts, increased by another 26,637 hectares. Altogether 470 water harvesting structures were constructed during 2012-13. The total area covered under the watershed programme cumulatively crossed the 1,00,000 mark to reach 1,16,127 hectares.
Most of the watershed programmes are now being implemented in partnership with either NABARD or various state governments. The highlights of the partnership programmes are:
| ACTIVITY |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
CUM TO 2012-13 |
| Water Harvesting |
|
|
|
| Minor Structures (No) |
224 |
236 |
2,443 |
| Major Structures (No) |
218 |
234 |
1,698 |
| Total Structures |
442 |
470 |
4,141 |
| Watershed Area |
|
|
|
| Area Treated (Ha) |
18,231 |
21,261 |
78,661 |
| Critical Irrigation Area (Ha) |
6,761 |
5,375 |
37,466 |
| Total Watershed Area |
24,992 |
26,637 |
116,127 |
| Direct Beneficiaries (No) |
23,433 |
19,271 |
107,968 |
| Empl Mandays (Lakhs) |
7.67 |
9.21 |
35.24 |
An MoU was signed between the Government of Rajasthan, ITC Limited, and the Project Implementing Agencies (NGOs) in August, 2012, for the joint implementation of the Integrated Watershed Management Programme. The MoU covers 12,974 hectares in the districts of Bundi, Jhalawar and Pratapgarh in the e-Choupal catchment areas. With this, the total area to be brought under soil and moisture conservation through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects has increased to over 1.44 lakh hectares.
Work on the PPP projects with the state governments has been progressing well. By the close of the financial year, the PPP projects cumulatively covered over 25,174 hectares (25% of the 5-year target) in the three states, where government programmes are being implemented.
Under the NABARD partnership projects, more than 20,000 hectares have been covered todate, contributing 47% of the total target.
In line with the focus on building the capacities of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI), training programmes were organised for Gram Panchayat members, Gramsevaks and VDC members in the PPP project districts in areas such as MGNREGS, PRIs and the roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders.
The total area to be brought under soil and moisture conservation through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects has increased to over 1.44 lakh hectares
| PROGRAMME |
PERFORMANCE (Hectares) |
| |
TARGET |
ACTUALS |
ACHIEVEMENT % |
| NABARD |
43,450 |
20,328 |
47% |
| MGNREGA/IWMP/IWDP |
|
|
|
| Madhya Pradesh |
15,039 |
1,606 |
11% |
| Maharashtra |
42,971 |
15,081 |
35% |
| Rajasthan |
43,117 |
8,488 |
20% |
| Total |
144,577 |
45,502 |
31% |
Improved Agricultural Practices
In line with our objective to give a major thrust to creating a sustainable agricultural base, the year saw a significant increase in all the major interventions compared to the previous year: the number of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) increased from 37 to 162, the number of farmers covered (5,129) and the demonstration plots (4,733) grew almost three-fold and the compost units (503) nearly tripled during the year. Eighteen new Agri Business Centres (ABC) were set up during the year, taking the total to 51, to provide extension services to farmers. These centres provided agri inputs worth
Rs. 85.61 lakh to nearly 3,211 farmers.
 |
ACTIVITY |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
CUM TO 2012-13 |
 |
| Minor Irrigation |
|
|
|
| Group Irrigation (No) |
42 |
- |
497 |
| Sprinklers (No) |
121 |
34 |
804 |
| Wel Recharge |
61 |
12 |
73 |
| Sustainable Agriculture |
|
|
|
| IPNM/Varietal Demo (No of plots) |
1,668 |
4,733 |
11,648 |
| IPNM/Varietal Demo (Area-Ha) |
834 |
1,417 |
2,932 |
| Compost Units (No) |
139 |
503 |
14,446 |
| Farmer Field Schools (No) |
37 |
125 |
162 |
| Farmer Field Students (No) |
918 |
4,211 |
5,129 |
| Agri Business Centres |
|
|
|
| No of ABCs (No) |
6 |
18 |
51 |
| Farmers Serviced (No) |
3,833 |
3,211 |
11,211 |
| Value of Inputs (Rs. Lakhs) |
31 |
86 |
154 |
Social Performance
Soil and Moisture Conservation
The Soil and Moisture Conservation programme, designed to assist farmers in identified moisture-stressed districts, increased by another 26,637 hectares. Altogether 470 water harvesting structures were constructed during 2012-13. The total area covered under the watershed programme cumulatively crossed the 1,00,000 mark to reach 1,16,127 hectares.
Most of the watershed programmes are now being implemented in partnership with either NABARD or various state governments. The highlights of the partnership programmes are:
Work on the PPP projects with the state governments has been progressing well. By the close of the financial year, the PPP projects cumulatively covered over 25,174 hectares (25% of the 5-year target) in the three states, where government programmes are being implemented.
Under the NABARD partnership projects, more than 20,000 hectares have been covered todate, contributing 47% of the total target.
In line with the focus on building the capacities of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI), training programmes were organised for Gram Panchayat members, Gramsevaks and VDC members in the PPP project districts in areas such as MGNREGS, PRIs and the roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders.
Improved Agricultural Practices
In line with our objective to give a major thrust to creating a sustainable agricultural base, the year saw a significant increase in all the major interventions compared to the previous year: the number of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) increased from 37 to 162, the number of farmers covered (5,129) and the demonstration plots (4,733) grew almost three-fold and the compost units (503) nearly tripled during the year. Eighteen new Agri Business Centres (ABC) were set up during the year, taking the total to 51, to provide extension services to farmers. These centres provided agri inputs worth Rs. 85.61 lakh to nearly 3,211 farmers.