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School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Bhopal - Summer Internship Programme 2009 1

School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, BhopalInterns of MBA Programme (Summer Internship Programme 2009)

S.No

Intern'sName

Qualification,Name of Past

Institute

Department assigned& Mentors

Work / Study assigned

1 Shri.AbhinayaAgrawal, IIT -

Kanpur

B.E. (Mech.),NIT Surat

Shri Ajit Kesari,Commissioner,

Food, Civil Supplies and

Consumer Protection

Study on ConsumerRight protection andAwareness Policies.

Executive Summary

2 Shri. ReetamBiswas, IIT -Kanpur

B.E. (Chem.Engg.),

JadavpurUniversity,

Kolkata

Shri Vivek Agarwal, MD,Shri. M.M .Nagar,

Commercial Manager,Food, Civil Supplies and

Consumer Protection

MP Warehousing andLogistics Corporation-Warehousing bestpractices with Focus onlogistics hub atPawarkheda,Hoshangabad.Executive Summary

3 Shri. NimeshR. Bhimrav,IIM - Indore

BE, Mtech(Elect. & Tele.

Commu.),Mumbai

University

Shri. K.K. Shrivastava,Sr. AO,

Food, Civil Supplies andConsumer Protection

MP State Civil SuppliesCorporation Ltd.- ACritical Study of PresentProcurement and SupplyManagement of PDS.Executive Summary

4 Shri. ShuaibAhmad, IIT -Kanpur

B.Tech(Mech.),

MANIT, Bhopal

Shri Waseem Akhtar,Commissioner, Shri R.K. Dave, Chief LandAcquisition Officer,

MP Housing Board

Study of the VariousProjects and SuggestMeasures forImprovement in

Functioning of theBoard.Executive Summary

5 Ms. JyotiBala, IIT -Kanpur

B.Tech (Chem.& Bio- Engg.),NIT, Jalandhar

Mrs Deepti GaurMukergee, ED,

Housing & Environment

A Study of Effectivenessof EnvironmentPlanning andCoordinationOrganization (EPCO)Executive Summary

6 Shri.BappadityaRoy, IIT -

Kanpur

BE (CivilEngg.),

Jadavpur

University,Kolkatta

Shri Shailendra Singh,CEO, Shri MK Acharya

GM,

Panchayat & RuralDevelopment

MP Rural RoadDevelopment Agency:Management

perspectives & timelycompletion of rural roadproject.Executive Summary


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S.No

Intern'sName


Institute



7 Shri. MineshDineshbhaiPatel, IIT -Kanpur

B.E.( IT),Gujarat

University,Ahemdabad

Shri AS Ahlawat, ShriKVS Nair, APO, ShriRajeev Saxena Shri

Raman WadhwaPanchayat & Rural

Development

Comparative study ofSwarnjayanti GramSwarogar Yogana(SGSY), MP-RLP & MP-DPIPExecutive Summary

8 Shri. ManojK. Verma, IIM- Indore

B.Tech (CS)College of

Technology,Govind BallabhPant Universiy,

Pantnagar

Shri A.K. Singh, Jt.Commissioner, NREGA,

Panchayat & RuralDevelopment

Impact analysis ofNational RuralEmploymentGuarantee Scheme(NREGS)Executive Summary

9 Shri. SureshKadam, IIT -Kanpur

BE (CS), PuneUniversity -MIT

Pune

Dr R.K. Sharma, US &CIO, Animal Husbandry

Dept., Supported byInformation Technology

Dept.

Animal HusbandryDepartment: TELEVAT:ICT enabled veterinaryservices at doorsteps ofvillagers.

Executive Summary

10 Shri. AmitKumar Pal,IIT - Kanpur

B.Tech (CS),Manit

Allahabad

Shri Vinay Thakkar,ACIO, Tribal WelfareDept., Supported by

Information TechnologyDept.

Preparation of DPR forthe deployment of IT inTribal WelfareDepartment (Hostel andAshram ManagementSystem)Executive Summary

11 Shri. ArunKumar, IIT -Kanpur

B.Tech(Metallurgy),

Punjab

EngineeringCollege,

Chandigarh

Shri R.K. Sharma,Director,

Mineral Resource Dept.

Study the Working ofDepartment andSuggest Improvements

and ways of Increasingthe Royalty.Executive Summary

12 Shri.SandeepAhuja, IIT -Kanpur

B.Tech (Elect.& Comm.),

YMCA Instituteof Engineering

Faridabad

Shri. Praveen Gangrade,Jt. Director,

Women & ChildDevelopment

Impact Analysis of LadliLaxmi Yojna and ProjectMuskan.Executive Summary

13 Shri. AchalMandaokar,IIM - Indore

Btech (Mech.)MANIT, Bhopal

Shri. Praveen Gangrade,Jt. Director,

Women & ChildDevelopment

Impact Analysis ofProject ShaktimaanExecutive Summary

14 Shri. RakeshR., IIT -Kanpur

B.Tech (Elect.& Comm.),Govt Engg.

College,Trissur, Kerala

Shri. Neeraj Dubey Addl.Dir., Shri Kumar

Saurabh, SPM, PublicHealth & Family Welfare

Department

National Rural HealthMission (NRHM) -Introducing NationalHealth Accounts (NHA)system in MP.Executive Summary


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S.No

Intern'sName


Institute



15 Shri. DarpanAggarwal, IIT- Kanpur

B.E. (Prod. &Industrial

Tech.), DelhiCollege of

Engineering

Shri. DeepakKhandekar,

Commissioner, Shri ANSarkar, Shri A SolankiIndustries Directorate

A critical Study of FourUnits of IndustriesDirectorate.Executive Summary

16 Shri. RahulSoni, IIM -Indore

BE (CS)SGSITS,

Indore, RGPV

Shri Akhilesh Argal,Director (Gov.),

SGPA

Analytical Study of theIdeas Posted on thewebsite"www.ideasforcm.in".Executive Summary

17 Shri.SiddharthBarhat, IIM -Indore

BTech (E&CE)RFEC,

Faridabad

Dr. U.C. Pandey,Director (KM), ShriSaurabh Bansal,

Programme Coordinator(KM), SGPA

A Framework forKnowledge Managementstrategies forGovernment of MadhyaPradesh with specificreference to Knowledgeand Information

Repository (KAIR)Executive Summary

18 Shri. PramodUpadhyay,IIFM-Bhopal

B.C.A., M.A.BarkutullahUniversity,

Bhopal

Shri. Ravindra NathSaxena, APCCF,

Forest Department

SWOT analysis of thecurrent structure of JointForest Management(JFM), social issues andproposal for reforms atpolicy level with specialreference to HardaDistrict.Executive Summary

19 Shri.PramendraSingh, IIFM-Bhopal

BTech(Biotech.), VIT

Vellore TN

Shri. Ravindra NathSaxena, APCCF,

Forest Department

Functioning of FDAs anddevelopment of businessplan for SMEsExecutive Summary

20 Shri. SharadBangari,IIFM-Bhopal

B.U.Sc. & A.H.,G.B.P.U.A.T.

Pantnagar

Dr. A.K. Singh, CCF(Development), Forest

Department

Critical Analysis of RehtiN.T.F.P. EnterpriseModel and to form aimproved model forForest Department.Executive Summary


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Study on Consumer Right Protection and AwarenessPolicies

Abhinaya Agrawal, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. Ajit Kesari, Commissioner,

Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection

Executive Summary

Consumers play an important role in the growth of an economy. Government needs to develop

policies for consumer satisfaction and welfare. Hence it is necessary to understand their

problems and provide solutions. This project report gives the necessary steps which can help in

consumer welfare. In order to provide a policy framework for the government a research study

on consumer rights has been conducted. After analysing the various rights provided by the

government to the consumers, the objective framework has been defined. Broadly based on six

consumer rights following five objectives has been determined for the government to work

upon:

Bringing standardisation to a wider array of products. Quantification of standards for

products.

Helping consumers making an informed choice by :

o Making Standards by which consumer can compare product and services.

o Consumer Guidance with the help of consumer help line and other mechanisms.

Enforcement of the law through grievance handling mechanisms like :

o Forums

o Consumer Help Centre

o Pre-trial mediations

Giving consumers the freedom of competitive prices.

More use of IT and web enabled services to solve consumer problems.

The report focuses upon the various steps which can be used to achieve the above objectives.

A study is performed on the existing framework of the government and recommendations are

made based upon them to further enhance the system and better achieve these objectives.

The first being standard formulation. Standards like ISI, Agmark, and Hallmark already exist in

system. But there are lot of fields which are left behind and can be beneficial for consumers in

order to protect their right of safety. A critical study is performed on the other fields where

government can play an active role to bring standardisation on a larger scale.

The role of regulatory bodies in standard formulation has been analysed. A study has been

performed on the existing regulatory bodies working in the country and the problems associated

with them.

Ignorance of consumers has been identified as a major drawback. In order to develop

awareness among the consumers recommendation is made regarding quantification of

standards and comparisons of product. Some private agencies working in the field of


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comparison of products has been analysed. Recommendation is made how government can

take it a step further and can help consumers in making an informed choice. Idea of Banners

and a dedicated website is also proposed which can help government to better keep the

consumers informed.

Consumer Helpline, a new initiative of the government is also analysed. The project is in its

incubation stage. Recommendations for the new project are made based on the problems

existing with the national consumer helpline.

In order to provide consumers with their right to redress, a study is done on consumer courts

existing in the state. Consumer Courts problems and their implications has been analyzed

based on consumer reviews and report. Recommendations are made to increase their

efficiency and increase consumer satisfaction.

Further the role of consumers in the current scenario has been defined. Recommendations on

responsibility towards safe water disposal and to endorse safer products are made.

Role of IT and web enabled services has been intertwined in the report to achieve the desired

objectives. A study is done on the working of other governments and recommendations are

made on what can be implemented in our country.

Thus the report provides a glimpse of existing consumer norms and the methods to improve

them.


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Warehousing Best Practices with Focuson Logistics Hub at Powarkheda, Hoshangabad

Reetam Biswas, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. M M Nagar, Commercial Manager

Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection

Focus of study

Wastage of food grains have been one of the major factors plaguing the Indian food market for

quite some time. It has been estimated that about 0 to 5% of actual production levels of food

grains and horticultural produce are wasted every year due to paucity of proper storage facilities

and good logistics. Moreover increased facilities in logistics and storage houses will facilitate

better markets and revenues for food grains and horticultural produce in Madhya Pradesh.

Logistics costs for almost 13-15% of the actual production costs in any segment (food grains or

other notified commodities) and improvement of logistics can save almost 25% of the total

logistics costs. In this perspective I have mainly studied on the best practices on warehousingand the features that can be included in the upcoming project of logistics hub at Powarkheda in

Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Apart from the warehousing aspects, the proposal

for building up the logistics hub at Powarkheda also include building up a Container Yard or a

Inland Container Depot, Container Freight System or basically a customs bonded warehouse, a

fully functional mandi, processing facilities for both agricultural and horticultural produce and

cold storage facilities. In this paper I have mainly studied on the warehousing practices,

features of ICD and some drawbacks of mandi operations

Methodology Adopted

For this study, as a secondary source of data I have been referring to the various websites and

web portals and research papers for obtaining information on the various aspects as mentioned

above like warehousing, ICD etc. I am also indebted to my mentor, Mr. M M Nagar, Secretariat

and Commercial Manager, MPWLC, for giving valuable insights regarding the functioning of

warehousing as well as on the developments of the logistics hub at Powarkheda. Primary

research also includes data collection from the office regarding the production levels and

market demands as well as visits to various warehouses under MPWLC like Itarsi and

Hoshangabad, Mandideep complex of Container Corporation of India, ITC office in MP Nagar

for studying about the practices adopted for the successful e-Choupal scheme etc.

Fact Findings and Recommendations

Various other types of storage have come up which are much more effective compared to

traditional go-down storage. A comparative study between the alternative forms is given in the

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Parameters Go-down storage Silo storage Rack system

Cost (inclusive ofoperating costs)

About 10% morethan Silo storage

Minimum Most Expensive (about 2-2.5 times of conventionalgo-down storage)

Space Utilization Lowest Maximum if utilizedto full capacity

More than godownstorage. Can be stored inlayers up to a height of 16 mincreasing space by 60 %.

Chemicaltreatment

Depends uponstack position; notuniform

Most easy;treatment done atsingle go savingboth cost and

More effective compared togodown storage but lessthan silo; treatment moreuniform thus reducing costs

Multi commodityeffectiveness

Present No; deposits bymultiple depositorscannot be mixed;

thus chances ofreduced spaceutilization

More effective than go downstorage.

Thus on the basis of this if bulk storage of food grains is ensured by FCI for sufficient

quantity (approx 2 million MT) the silo storage can be accommodated otherwise racked

system is preferable which will ensure that multiple deposits problem can be handled.

Mechanized rack system with all its modern equipments can also be implemented in any

of the existing warehouses under MPWLC as a pilot experiment to better understand the

pros and cons of the system. This will ensure that any operational deficiencies in rack

system can be overcome in the final project. Freight services via railways tends to be much cheaper (around 40-50% less) compared

to freight services via road. So more emphasis should be given on increasing railway

traffic thus benefitting the organization as well as the producers and distributors.

There is much demand for refrigerated vans for transportation of fruits and vegetables.

So introduction of such services through railways will be economically and logically a

viable option. Freight express carriers running @ 100 kph for a load of around 4500 MT

will decrease the turnaround time and increase revenues by as much as 24 %.

There is not much scope in domestic market for containers. Because the major

commodities that are likely to be handled are soybean DOC, wheat and rice apart from

others, containerization will be a costly proposition domestically. Containers will bemostly used for exports imports section. Use of Radio Frequency Ids will be solely at the

discretion of the exporters.

It has been observed that the transaction costs at a traditional Mandi site are much

higher compared to the schemes operated by ITC (e- Choupal scheme). The excess

transactions costs are almost in the range of 30-40% thus giving poorer yields to the

farmers. So operational functions at Mandi needs to be looked upon in details in order to

become more competitive.


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A Critical Study of Present Procurementand Supply Management of PDS

Nimesh R. Bhimrav, MBA Programme, IIM Indore

Mentor: Shri. K.K. Shrivastava, Sr. AO, MP State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department

Executive Summery

The major focus of this study is to analyse the present procurement and public distributionsystem in Madhya Pradesh, identify shortcomings and suggest suitable measures to beundertaken to make the system more transparent and more efficient.

Procurement

Shortcomings At Purchase Level

Inappropriate Identifications of farmers selling the Food grains

Problem of late Payment

At Procurement Centres

Gunny bags shortage Non-lifting of food items in time from the procurement centres

At Storage Point

Insufficient Storage capacity and improper Storage condition at Storage Centres Inadequate number of staff members Problem linked with the 1% moisture gain condition

At Milling Point Inadequate Milling capacity in Madhya Pradesh State Shorter time limit given by GOI for milling process Alteration of good quality rice with bad quality rice

Public Distribution System

According to a report of the Planning Commission, Madhya Pradesh is a state withsubstantial leakages in PDS.Shortcomings At Consumer Related Level

Errors of wrong exclusion Errors of wrong inclusion Selling of food items in open market by consumer

At Fps Level

Low coverage of fair-price shops under the PDS Bogus ration cards Poor quality of supplies Unavailability of ration at FPS


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Wrong register entries, hike in actual rates, weights & measurement problems

In Overall PDS Channel

Time occupied in distribution of food items from issue centres to FPS Shortage of food items and transportation problem Coalition between FPS owners, leads and officials

Financial and Accounting arrangements

Shortcomings Delay in payment due to variation in differential amount between provisional and final

economic cost sheets at GOI /State level

Non Provision of interest charges due to the procedural delay in advanced subsidy withGOI

Inadequate Storage period given by GOI for milling process Late Payment and time required for the settlement of claims at GOI level

Management Information and Planning SystemShortcomings

No computerized data management at issue centres and lead/link during PDS operations Time taken to share the information from FPS to food dept. is inapt Unavailability of high tech systems and software Problems due to the improper training to the employees

Study of Planning commission report and NSSO report states that shift from Universal PDS toTargeted PDS has not been successful in reducing subsidies and large BPL household indesired manner. But it can be improved by

Proper Identification of the people who are eligible for PDS items and By introducing effective, efficient and transparent delivery system

To accomplish the purpose of TPDS, accurate measure will be needed in these two areas.From the Planning Commission data, we can say that major leakages in PDS are mainly due toImproper Identification and Bogus cards (Table 3 & 7). The quality of food grains is also one ofthe major issues. So, New fresh survey is required for proper identification as the earlier surveyhas the problem of large Exclusion and Inclusion Errors due to imperfect information andinterference by vested interest groups.

To resolve the above problems, food and civil supplies department can invest in MIS andInformation communication technology (ICT) driven model, which will be helpful to wholecommunity in future. The report provides the detail about the shortcomings with suggestionsand proposed solutions for improvement. It gives cost analysis for introducing new system andthe consequent benefits.


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Study of the Various Projects and Suggest Measures forImprovement in the Functioning of the Board

Shuaib Ahmad, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. R. K. Dave, Chief Land Acquisition Officer

Madhya Pradesh Housing Board

Focus of Study

Study of the various projects of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (MPHB) and the practices

followed in two divisional offices (Division I & III) and suggest measures to improve the

functioning of the existing or the future projects of the MPHB.

Research Methodology Adopted

Primary Data Collection Methodology:

Personal interviews with Estate Manager, Divisional Accountant, Executive

Engineer, Sr. Assistant of Division I and III.

Visit to the site and personal interviews with Assistant Engineer, Sub-Engineer

and Contractor.

Information from the residents of Housing Board colony and non-Housing Board

colony.

Information from Marketing Executive, Data entry operator and some other staffs

of MPHB Head Office.

Secondary Data Collection Methodology:

Information from MP Housing Board detailed Accounting Procedure, Contractors

agreement copy, Madhya Pradesh Griha Nirman Mandal Regulations, 1998.

Visiting property fare to get the information about the cost of houses, types of

houses and other services being given by the private developers.

Visiting the Estate Office for getting info about the previously completed projects.

Information from the MP Housing Board website and other private developers

website.

Problem Identification

Major problems identified:

Delays in project and cost escalation during the project development phase.

Initial cost estimation process is not very accurate.

Demand assessment in a particular colony needs to be done in a better way.

Marketing or creating awareness about the MPHB projects need improvement.

Customers not satisfied with the service of MPHB.

Time compliance in office is not followed by employees.


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Accountability of the people responsible for timely completion of project needs to

be increased.

Some staff members seem redundant and increase the cost of expenditure on

employees.

Need to look for affordable housing rather than costly projects.

Recommendations

To reduce the delay in project development, tender approval time needs to be

reduced so that as soon as possible the construction phase can be start. This will

make possible the timely completion of project and will reduce the cost of the project

which could be increased due to price hike of various materials over the project

development phase.

Approval limit for the amount of project should be increased at each level so as to

have fast approval of project.

CSR (current schedule of rate) which is used for cost estimation needs to be updated

yearly for better initial cost estimation. And even we can divide Madhya Pradesh into

4 regions and have CSR of each region as market rate of materials and other such

things are different in different areas. It will also help in tender evaluation phase.

To assess the demand of type of houses in a particular colony, the marketing

research agency could be used. It will help in planning and layout phase and will also

help in better cash flow management.

Advertisement needs to highlight the benefits of MPHB over private builders like cost

advantage (in some cases) by showing cost per sq. ft.(over built-up area) of MPHB

and 2-3 other private developers in the same advertisement and other plus points of

the locality.

New modes of marketing like bulk sms, participation in property fare, pamphlet in

newspaper etc. should be used to reach out to the customers.

Allotted customers need to be informed about the current status of project in every

four months through email, call or sms and sending letters or a website can be

maintained for each project and user-ID and password can be used by customer to

update his/her details and see the progress of the work.

Registration form should be made available online and there should be facility for

online registration.

Electronic cards should be made for each employee with punching machine available

at each office which will automatically register the time (entry or exit) of punching. It

will help in maintaining which employee is not following usual working time in office.

Executive Engineer and supervisors need to be held accountable for cost escalation

and quality of material used in construction and it should be accounted in their

performance. No need to entertain any problem of contractors which argue that

materials prices have gone abruptly high and so there is delay in construction as they

are waiting for prices to come down. Since if there is delay in construction then

customers who are living in rented houses and have already taken loan from bank

will be charged around 12% (it may vary) from bank and since he/she is not getting

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he could have saved. Penalty on contractors for delay in constructions should be

strictly followed.

Auditors (outside MPHB) for monitoring the cost and quality of project like professors

from MANIT or other such institutions or even retired Professors of Government

Technical Colleges.

Costs of houses are high in some areas as compared to private developers which

should be taken care of while starting any project in such areas and cost should be

brought down in such areas. There are certain cadres which could be on contract basis or can be outsourced so

as to have reduction in salary expenditure and also to improve the effectiveness of

the employees I have proposed new recruitment rules which specifies the eligibility

criteria for direct recruitment and promotion at different level and also some officers

who could be taken on deputation.

Need to look for more flats based or affordable housing rather then costly

independent houses as it could accommodate more families near main city and

would also reduce cost of housing.

Proper maintenance of MP Housing Board website needs to be taken care of as it

projects the image of MPHB.


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A Study of Effectiveness of Environment Planning andCoordination Organization (EPCO)

Jyoti Bala, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. Lokendra Thakkar, Research Officer, EPCO

Housing and Environment Department

Introduction & Scope of Study

I have been assigned the department of Housing and Environment, Environment Planning andCoordination Organization (EPCO) for my summer's training. For the day to day proceedingsand guidance, I have worked with Mr. Lokendra Thakkar.

The objective of EPCO is to integrate the environmental conservation concerns into policiesand programs of different departments The purpose of my study is to understand what EPCO isdoing to attain its objective efficiently, proving beneficial to society at large and government andwhether its effectiveness can be increased by introducing some new procedures.

Methodology

To achieve my purpose, I studied EPCO as explained in the following matrix:

Waste paper recycle plant (WPR)

EPCO is planning to set up a WPR unit in its premises so as to demonstrate environmentsupported activities. In order to analyze the financial viability, EPCO got a financial reportprepared from financial consultant. The report had some missing links in terms of its economicfeasibility. I was assigned to work on that report so as to arrive at the actual financial results.

Summary of that calculation is as follows:

Cost of Production (RS/KG) 61

Value addition cost per KG @ Rs1.5 per file cover 12

Average Sale Price (RS/KG)( Rs 10 per file cover & 8

file covers per KG)

80

Total Cost of File Cover (per annum) 845335

Variousfacets of anorganization

Primary Aspects Secondary Aspects

People One to one discussion, Interpersonaldiscussions

Behavioral aspects and attitudinalaspects

Systems &Procedures

Reading files, Rules and Officecirculars

Inputs from employees/ staffreceived through discussions

OrganizationCulture

Personal observations Inputs from employees/ staff

Projects In depth study of ongoing projects viz :1. Waste Paper Recycle Unit2. Climate Change

Focused discussion on the status ofprevious projects,Their outputs


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Sales (per annum) 1080000

Profit (per annum) 234665

Provision for Taxes (30% of Profit) 70399

Net Profit 164265

There were some assumptions we followed while doing these calculations: 8 File Covers will be made out of one Kg of Pulp produced Unit can be in profit in virtual terms if we add up environmental cost as opportunity cost The working force will consist of 7 members.

There will be 300 working days in a year. The plant capacity utilization will be approx 90%. The final product produced will consist of only file cover. The profits can be increased by producing some other finished products( For this we

need to do some changes in blended raw material ratio)

Analysis done on the basis of waste paper recycle unit project:

The process while performing the project is as follows:

Top Down Approach

Ideal procedure to be followed should be:

Bottom Up Approach:

Proper survey ofthe projectconcept / Needassessment

Defined mission,vision

DefinedGoals,Purpose,Activities andOutputs

Project execution,ManagingInformation System

MonitoringandEvaluation

Project Planningin terms ofRealisticTimelines &Cost

FurtherExpansion

ProjectInitiation asper the topmanagementorders

QuiteEnthusiasticinitially

Delaysbecause oflack of properinformationand planning

Confusions

Non starterof Projects

Projects

Requirementsdefined again


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Recommendations

1. A detailed cost analysis is needed to determine the actual cost of the project which alsoincludes the opportunity cost of setting this plant. Though the project is not beneficial intangible sense, but by adding opportunity cost in terms of environment conservation, itwill be highly beneficial to the society. In the present scenario, where the world isspending a lot amount of money to save the environment, these types of projects shouldbe highly supported.

2. While marketing the finished products of this plant, make people aware that though theymight have to pay little bit more as compared to virgin paper but they will be in benefit invirtual terms and also will help in preserving the environment.

3. Instead of directly selling in the market, management of the plant can tie up with someexporters and get the orders from them and plan their production. By doing this, therewill no piling up of finished goods and considerable profit margin can be earned.

4. Some grants or subsidies can be requested from government in order to spend more onvalue addition so as to produce market demanded products.

5. EPCO can consider having discussion with some top management institutes in India to

make the plant more efficient while maintaining its objectives as in the present recessionscenario, top management students are more inclined to take charge of new startupsand make them a profitable entity.

Climate Change

I studied about climate change in detail and tried to learn what EPCO is doing to adapt andmitigate it.I prepared two presentations on that learning to exhibit in the World Environment Day Seminararranged by EPCO. I also did SWOT analysis of the project.

Recommendations

1. Madhya Pradesh is rich in terms of solar energy. Almost, people are blessed with brightsunrays here. So, EPCO and government of MP can think to make use of this renewablesource of energy to a large scale to produce electricity so as to reduce the consumptionof water.

2. Decentralization of rights/responsibilities over natural resources and common property,to local communities and panchayat institutions

3. Try to involve communities, independent experts/NGOs, and others to maximum extent.4. Some steps like banning of white uniforms in schools indirectly can help to save some

amount of water.

Learning

Based on all my learning's from these projects and work culture in EPCO, I tried to relate someHuman Resource management concepts to EPCO work culture. Maslow Hierarchy of Needsmodel has defined some levels of needs which are required in the organization culture tomotivate employees. What I found out during understanding of EPCO work culture, first threelevels of needs (as shown in the fig (Annexure1) i.e. physiological, safety and social needs)were present in the culture but to some extent there were absence of last two levels ofneeds.EPCO can use TheoryYto some extentto improve employee motivation


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Decentralization and Delegation EPCO should decentralize control and authority to therelevant persons who are working in their respective projects.

Job Enlargement - Broadening the scope of an employee's job adds variety andopportunities to satisfy ego needs.

Participative Management - Consulting employees in the decision making process tapstheir creative capacity and provides them with some control over their work environment.

Performance Appraisals - Having the employee set objectives and participate in theprocess of evaluating how well they were met.

Based on my study, it can be said that EPCO is working effectively to conserve environmentand can increase its efficiency by adapting some of the methods suggested above. Also, ifthe department like EPCO continues to produce effective results, it could well serve as arole model for other states of our country for working particularly in the direction ofenvironment conservation.

Annexure

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs model

Physiological needs

Thirst

Hunger

Safety needs

Personal security

Financial security Health and well-being

Safety net against accidents/illness

Social Needs

To escape loneliness

Love and be loved

Gain a sense of belon in

EsteemSelf-respect

Self-actualization


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Management Perspectives & Timely Completion for RuralRoads

Bappaditya Roy, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur,

Mentors: Shri M.K. Acharya GM (Technical) and Shri Y.C. Sharma, Manager (Admin.)

Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority

Introduction

The objective of this study is to find out the reasons that attribute to the delay in target

achievement for completion of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads. The focus

of the study is to streamline the processes being followed by Madhya Pradesh Rural Road

Development Authority (MPRRDA) to avoid manageable delays completion time. The optimum

time period for completion of a package after tendering it to the contractors is generally 12

months. But in reality, it is found that the actual completion time is 17 to 18 months in most of

the cases. The reasons for such delays are multifold and addressing such problems through

proper project management system is the objective of this study.

Methodology

Primary Data Collection Methodology:

Personal interviews with GM (Tech), Manager (Admin), Manager (IT), GM, AM, DM,

ADM, Data Entry Operator, Sub Engineer, Lab Asst.

Visit to the site, independent interviews with contractors, consultants and technical

agency.

Secondary Data Collection Methodology:

Information from PMGSY Guideline document, Operations Manual, DPR, Monthly OMS

report, Appraisal Reports, MPRRDA website etc.


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Problem Identification

The reasons that contribute to the delay in PMGSY scheme in Madhya Pradesh are as in thefollowing table:

ISSUES REMARKS

DPRPREPARATION

IMPROPER BYDPRCONSULTANTS

A lot many cases have arrived in the past where the DPR prepared bythe consultants were not accurate. This makes it inevitable to make

changes in the DPR and redesign according to the field conditionsduring the execution phase at site.

DELAY DUEUNAVAILABILITY

OF LAND

The PMGSY guidelines do not give any instruction for acquisition ofland from the villagers, and so, in certain cases, the acquisition of landtakes a long time than expected, as it depends on willingly donation ofland by the villagers.

PERMISSIONSFROM FORESTDEPT (MPFD),

ELECTRICITYBOARD (MPEB),

WATERRESOURCE DEPT

(MPWRD)

If the land on which road is to be constructed falls within an identifiedforest land, often, obtaining NOC takes as long as 6 months to 1 yeardue to manifold reasons.

Again, due to construction of roads, pole alignment has to be done tomeet minimum height requirements as per MPEB. A lot of delay occursfor all such works.If the proposed road passes over a canal, obtaining NOC fromMPWRD is a stringent process and takes long time.

DELAY INSANCTIONING

AND APPROVALFROM STA AND

NRRDA

Since only two professors are appointed per STA (3 STAs in MP) forscrutiny of DPRs, there is clash with their academic schedule andhence scrutiny of DPRs is delayed.Work permit from NRRDA comes in patches only when a suddenvolume of work comes to them from two-three different states.

NO STIPULATEDANNUAL

CALENDAR FORPMGSY

For those work orders which come in May, June or August, contractorsare not ready to bid in that time since their money gets blocked aswork cannot be started in the rainy season. There is no particularannual schedule in PMGSY scheme so that rainy season can beutilized in doing indoor office work so that a three month delay is notencountered.

PROCUREMENTOF MINERALS

Obtaining NOC from the concerned district collector is a long termcomplicated process even after royalty payment and hence delayswork.

ISSUES INCONTRACTORMANAGEMENT

The minimum qualifications (of machinery, labour) of the contractors asstipulated in PMGSY guideline document and tender invitationdocument are not always met with.

INCOMPETENTQUALITY CHECKCONSULTANTS

Separate QC consultants do the supervision and control. Often the QCconsultants are not competent enough and do not cooperate well withthe contractors. Issues occur also due to conflict between the PIUengineers and the quality control contractors.


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Recommended Project Management Plan

PROJECT MGMT.UNITS

PROPOSITIONS

IIMPLEMENTATIONPLAN: ANNUAL

CALENDAR

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2

RISK ASSESSMENTAND PLANNING

Developing Contingency Plan:

Appoint same consultant for preparing DPR in planningphase and for supervising work and quality checks in executionphase.

Form a high empowered Committee comprising ofrepresentatives from MPRRDA, MPFD, MPWRD and MPEB toquicken decisions regarding permission of land.

Proposals for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS):After preparation of PPR in about 20 days, a tripartite meeting

has to be arranged at the PIU office consisting the localPanchayats for the road concerned, the consultant staff and thePIU staff.

After the submission of the Final DPR to the PIU, there shouldbe checks conducted by the PIU staff for 5 days on theaccuracy of the maps, Reduced Levels, excavation estimates andthe quality parameters.

ProposalsbyendofOctober

SanctioninglatestbyJan/Feb

TenderingbyendofMarch

Earthwork&GSBb June

CDwork,redesigninginRainySeason

ProposalsbyendofMa

SanctioningbyAug/September

TenderingbyendofOctober

Earthwork&GSBb Januar

Majorworkcompletionby

nextJune


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DEVELOPINGIMPLEMENTATION

PLAN

Appoint retired professors for scrutiny of DPRs instead ofregular professors so that there is no clash with their academiccalendar.

Send bulk proposals to NRRDA as per annual calendar forsanctioning.

SCHEDULING

AON Diagram showing Critical Path Method Scheduling of thefollowing activities (each node signifies completion of activity):A: Roads identified B: DPR preparation startsC: Sanctioning by STA MPRRDA NRRDA & permit toMPRRDAD: Tendering process starts E: Permissions from FD, MPEB,MPWRDF: Land availability from villagers G: Start of work at site

PROPOSALS FORCONTROL

MEASURES

Include in Tender Document the following clauses:

1. Agreement regarding acquirement of Mineral materials.Since the contractor already pays royalty to the Government, leasefor acquiring minerals should be sanctioned during bid.2. Minimum qualification of self owned Bituminous Plant forthe contractor along with other criteria.

HUMANRESOURCE

MANEGEMENT

1. Keep rewards for contractors with timely completion. This willlead to incentive-based motivation.2. Direct communication channel between DPR Consultants PIU Contractors. This helps in synergizing the vendors involved

in planning and execution phase.


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Comparative Study of SGSY, MP-RLP & MP-DPIP inMadhya Pradesh

Minesh Dineshbhai Patel, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. A. S. Ahlawat, Director, Rural Employment

Panchayat & Rural Development Department

Executive Summary

Despite efforts made over the past few decades, rural poverty in India continues to besignificant. The number of rural poor has remained more or less static, and is estimated to bearound a quarter of a billion persons. To address the situation, the government has decided torestructure and amalgamate its existing rural self-employment programmes. A new programmeknown as "Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana" (SGSY) has been launched from April 1999.

The scheme aims at establishing a large number of micro enterprises in the rural areas,utilizing the SHG-Bank credit-linkage model, covering 30% of the rural poor in eachdevelopment block in the next five years provided sufficient funds are available. The significant

aspect of the scheme is that it aims to bring every assisted family above the poverty line inthree years, by creating a monthly income from the activity undertaken of not less than 2,000rupees net of repayment of the bank loan.

The scheme also aims to cover 30% of the rural poor in each block in the next five yearsprovided enough funds are available. At least 50% of the beneficiaries of this scheme will beScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 40% women and 3% disabled. All beneficiaries are tobe drawn from families who are below-the-poverty-line (BPL), identified through a BPL census,and the percentages referred to above are based on this BPL population. The quotas seek toensure that the scheme benefits less advantaged members within the BPL community, if notthe poorest of the poor.

The Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (MPRLP) has committed itself toeliminating rural poverty by empowering the rural poor. The project seeks to encourage thepoverty-ridden rural families especially in tribal regions to lead a decisive fight against poverty.The voluntary participation of the poor in decision making process relating to rural livelihoodsinitiatives encouraged in the first phase from June 2004 to June 2007 has made a desirableimpact on rural scenario. Second phase for 2007-2012 has begun from July 01, 2007. Theincreasing confidence of the poor people to overcome poverty is being harnessedconstructively to promote joint actions against long existing rural poverty. The MPRLP hasadopted a bottom-up approach to poverty reduction. The MPRLP has unrolled village-specificlivelihoods promotion plans with active cooperation and support from the institution of GramSabha or Village Assembly, which holds constitutional status. The most vibrant democratic

institution at the grassroots level, the Gram Sabha is central to the Project. Close partnershipswith targeted rural communities through Gram Sabhas, the administration, management andneed-based utilization of Gram Kosh or Village Fund by the Gram Sabha have developed aprofound understanding among the rural poor about various dimensions of the rural poverty.Strengthening of Gram Sabhas on all aspects of development planning and management ofresources goes on simultaneously. In the role of a committed facilitator, the Project has madewell-contemplated attempts to inspire and guide community-driven micro enterprises,collective actions by the needy groups and also individual pursuits in the tribal pockets.


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Consequently, the focused communities now manifest their firm determination to defeatpoverty in myriad ways.

District Poverty Initiative Project

The last few years have seen a number of powerful and innovative thrusts towards communityempowerment, local self-Government and decentralization of decision-making especially at thegrass-roots level. A number of lessons have been learnt from the successes and problems of

these efforts.

DPIP consolidates these lessons and evolves a philosophy for development that builds aroundideas such as:

Participation Empowerment Process orientation Decentralization Learning Transparency Collaboration

The DPIP programme, which focused its activities in over 2900 villages in 14 northern districtsof MP, will alleviate poverty by improving the capacity and opportunities for poor anddisadvantaged people with special focus on women.To achieve this objective the project would:

Empower active groups of disadvantaged people. Create income security opportunities for the rural poor, and Promote more effective and accountable village institutions including the Gram

Panchayats Encourage effective demand based approaches for development.

Objectives

To study the current status these schemes, targets achieved right from implementation &compare with mother scheme SGSY,

To study effectiveness of these schemes for infrastructure development in rural areas ofMadhya Pradesh,

To study advantages/disadvantages of these schemes in different districts & reasons tofind why SGSY is lacking behind in the districts where MPRLP & MPDIP are workingsuccessfully.

To study reasons for non recovery of funds or defaulters in Micro Finance.

Steps / Methodology followed

1. Visit the following districts to study the Scheme shown against them:

Chhatrapur District to study SGSY, Shivpuri District to study MP- DPIP & Shahdol District to study MP-RLP

2. Prepare basic questionnaire and conduct with target group.3. Study implementation issues, processes of these schemes,4. Recommendation or remedial steps based on study conducted,5. District level SWOT analysis & compare backward district with urban areas,


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6. Norms defined by different banks like NABARD, RBI etc & alternatives channels ofMicro Finance,

7. Different aspects of marketing like quality control, price determination & standardizationof the products,

8. Small study to strengthen SHGs in SGSY,

Recommendations

Build flexibility into the implementation of the SGSY, document innovations, and facilitateexperience sharing / benchmarking of best practices among SHGs, Implement a Knowledge Management through developing online portal/application to

monitor SGSY. Modules can be developed for online submission ofapplication/approval.

NGO associated with SHGs must be monitored thoroughly because NGO may be profitoriented.

SHGs linked with government schemes like NREGA, MDM must get paymentperiodically.

Grass root level person like PRERAK in SGSY, Village Resource Person in DPIP andLivelihood Promoter in MP-RLP must get monthly honorarium. If it is not possible to getthe same from project they can avail through local authority like Gram Sabha, Village

Development Committee. SHG must not depend solely on one activity & try to diversify their activities. E.g. SHGS

associated with MDM are idle right now. (Diversification is the mantra of corporate also.) Automated tools/ software packages can be procured to determine optimal quantity by

inserting inputs like raw material cost, labor, rent, desired margin, demand etc. I have not found a single beneficiary of all the schemes who has effectively used

insurance. Effective insurance/ risk management is needed because poor have verylittle risk bearing capability. (e.g. in the case of livestock)

Tie up with corporate under Public Private Partnership which is part of Corporate SocialResponsibility.

Unemployment, illiteracy & poverty are co-related to each other. Rural development is a

mission which requires co-ordination of all departments ( i.e. Health Department, YouthDepartment, Forest Department, Education Department, Agriculture Department)andprojects/schemes/yojanas (i.e. MDM, NREGS, launched by government). AgricultureDepartment and Education Department have crucial role to play.

I have found disappointed faces due to delayed rain. Since majority beneficiaries of allschemes are dependent on agriculture, agriculture department has to play crucial role inrural development. If agriculture is disturbed, no one scheme will work effectively.(neither SGSY nor MP-DPIP not MP-RLP).

Youth community of rural people must be diverted for creative work through counselingbecause many youth have left their study in early 20s and migrated for labour work toout of the state. Nevertheless, their labour work is totally risk oriented whetherassociated with carpenting, welding, cement industry or chemical industry.


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Impact Analysis of National Rural Employment GuaranteeAgency (NREGA)

Manoj K. Verma, MBA Programme, IIM Indore

Mentor: Shri. A.K. Singh, Jt. Commissioner, NREGA

Department of Panchayat & Rural Development

Executive Summary

The Major focus of the project is to do system requirement study (SRS) for MIS of NREGS-MP.

This includes understanding NREGS, Current MIS and identifying functional requirement of

NREGS. During the project, major drawbacks in current MIS are identified. Functional

requirements, along with technological options, were identified and discussed.

Current System

NREGA

Overview of NREGA Salient Feature of NREGA

CURRENT MIS

Present methodology adopted in MIS entry Analysis of Current system

o Duplicity of work

o Burden on village Secretary

o Delay in Bank Payment

o Pay Slip not given to labourers

o

Banks overburden with NREGA accountso Inconsistency in master data

o Social audit not practiced properly

o MIS not integrated with work flow of NREGA

o Lack of infrastructure to support NREGA

o False entry in Job cards

o Complications in MIS Software

o Lack of training in NREGA offline software

o Lack of planning at district/Block level

o Increase women participation in NREGA

o Increase participation of wage labourers

Proposed MIS

Functional Requirements

The following modules are identified during project study

Work Module: This module contains functions related to work identification, execution andcompletion.


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Labour Module: All functional requirements related to labour related functions are identifiedin this module.

Fund Flow: Functions related to fund flow at various levels.

Audit

Social Audit

Public Grievance Redressal

Procurement System

Beneficiary Module

Labour Budget

Exit Protocol

Data Collection

Data uploading

Software maintenance at Block/District

Personnel Information System

Work Site facilities

Non-Functional Requirement

These non-functional requirements are identified for MIS:

Usability

Reliability

Maintainability

Supportability

Interface

Legal

Security

Technology Options for Implementation

The following options are identified which can be used in implementing proposed MIS:

SMS based system

PDA based biometric system

Geographical Information system

Satellite Communication (SATCom)

Time and Motion study

The proposed system is viable as some portions are implemented in State AP and is working.

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TELEVET: ICT Enabled Veterinary Services at Doorstep ofVillagers

Suresh Kadam, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Dr. R.K. Sharma, Under Secretary & Chief Information OfficerDepartment of Animal Husbandry

Supported by: Shri. Anurag Jain, Secretary, Information Technology Department

Introduction

Under the NeGP (National e-Governance Plan), Madhya Pradesh is implementing a numberof e-Governance initiatives. In addition to the MMPs (Mission Mode Projects) mentioned in theNeGP, MP (Madhya Pradesh) is planning for IT implementation in other departments of majorimportance to the state. Animal Husbandry is one such department. An e-Governance initiativeTELEVET will be undertaken in the Animal Husbandry department.

Need for TELEVET

Animal Census of 2007 shows 292.8 lakh livestock in the state. This will requires at least 5855institutions (as per National Commission on Agriculture) to provide proper veterinary services.But the Animal Husbandry as of now is short with 3483 institutions. It also lack with 4527B.V. Sc and AH. This has resulted in the poor veterinary services at the remote locations in thestate. Figure 1 explains how it cost the farmers.

Figure 1: Current Scenario of Veterinary Services in the State

TELEVET

TELEVET Project aims to provide door step veterinary services to the citizens. This will bepossible by providing PDAs to the Paravets. Paravets are the combination of Gau-Sevak(Trained under Gau Sevak Yojan: 18300 in number) and Assistant Veterinary Field Officers(4000 in number) and Laptops to the doctors at the block level. TELEVET will provide onlineconsultancy to the citizens. Figure 2 shows a functional diagram for the TELEVET.


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Figure 2: TELEVET functional diagram

TELEVET Benefits

From To

Economic Benefits

Cost to Citizen 300 Rs. 50 Rs.

Travel Distance 30 Km. 1 Km

Service Time 6 Hrs. 1 Hr.

Social Benefits

Stress to citizen & doctors High Medium

Empowerment Low High

Self Employment -- Increase

TELEVET Objective

Providing on-sight consultancy to owner of the sick animal within a stipulated time in

project area.

Reducing mortality of the livestock in project area.

Creating a disease free zone in order to strengthen vertical linkage between primary

producers and marketing agencies or partners within a year.

Increasing margin of profit by reducing cost on health coverage


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Preparation of DPR for the deployment of IT in TribalWelfare Department

(Hostel and Ashram Management System)

Amit Kumar Pal, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. Vinay Thakker, ACIO, Tribal Welfare Department

Supported by: Shri. Anurag Jain, Secretary, Information Technology Department

Executive Summary

Information technology has changed the way India lives. It is no longer limited to cities and

elites, rather with internet connections growing and revolutions in mobile and communication

sector it is trying to reach the last man of our country. Government sector has also been no

exception. Many states came up with innovative ways to use ICT to make its functioning

efficient and transparent but the initiatives were differentiated and lacked a comprehensive

outlook.

Government of India came up with NeGP to address the common needs of all the states.

Under this, state MMP were identified which were common to all states. These states MMP

were limited and could not cater to all areas where role of ICT is necessary for any given state.

Madhya Pradesh is a state with approximately 20% of its total population as schedule tribes.

Tribal welfare department of GoMP works for the social and economical development of tribal

people. Education is one such mean by which department of Tribal welfare is trying to empower

community of Tribal people. Government manages more than 2200 Hostels and Ashrams

where children of tribal community can live and learn. This Hostels and Ashrams accommodate

nearly 1 lakh students of the community. Government spends huge amount of money annually

to maintain these Hostels and Ashrams and providing necessary utilities to students residing inthese Hostels and Ashrams. Management of these Hostels/Ashrams is a huge challenge for the

Tribal welfare Department of GoMP.

Hostel and Ashram Management System (HAMS) is an initiative in this direction which uses

ICT to manage various Hostels/Ashrams in Madhya Pradesh. I developed a report on HAMS.

This report is a Detail Project Report (DPR) which details the plan, expenses, strategies, cost,

risks involved and the challenges in developing a system like HAMS which tries to make all the

information related to Hostels/Ashrams online.

Report is divided into two parts

Part one gives a brief about Madhya Pradesh its geographical profile, demographic profile,

advantageous and disadvantageous state of MP has over other states, brief about the tribal

welfare department, brief about the Hostels and Ashrams existing in the state of Madhya

Pradesh, a brief about HAMS and the stake holders involved. Part two gives details about the

project, problems the project is going to address, effects project will have on its stake holders,

project timelines, project costing and sources of funding, project details and the implementation


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model which needs to be followed for successful execution. This report details suggestion

which if followed can lead to the objective of Tribal welfare department providing transparent

and responsive services to Tribal students.

This report has been prepared after rigorous brain storming with officials of Tribal Welfare

Department and officials of school of good governance. I have tried to make the most of these

officials experiences and advices and include them in the report. I also had discussions with my

friends so that we can come up fresh ideas to achieve our objective.

Finally I would suggest while taking a big project like HAMS contingencies are bound to occur

so changes from the suggested path should always be welcomed after rigorous brain storming

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Study the Working of Department and SuggestImprovements and ways of Increasing the Royalty

Arun Kumar, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. R.K. Sharma, Director

Mineral Resources Department

Executive Summary

Mineral resources play a very important role in a country's or state's economy. MineralResources department of Madhya Pradesh has generated the revenue of approx RS 1361 Cr inthe year of 2008-09. Aim of the project is to study the working of department and suggestimprovements and to suggest the ways of increasing the Royalty.

The methodology adopted for conducting the study is personal interview. Secondary data wasalso analyzed to study the working of department. SIPOC method was adopted to study thesuppliers, inputs, outputs and customers of the process. These inputs and outputs were thenanalyzed individually by collecting the data from the department. Analyzing the data and the

process through detailed process maps identified various problems and defects in the workingof department.

The overall working of the department is smooth and well managed but the department isusing the old and conventional methods for exploration work. There is also a significant gapbetween the required resources and available resources for smooth working of department.

The first part of the report is focused on prospecting process. Detailed analysis of process isdone by making the process map and through SIPOC. In second part monitoring process isstudied detail through SIPOC. Input Output analysis of both the processes is done.

In next part the inputs required for prospecting and monitoring process are analyzed bycollecting the data from the department. Various HR issues like demotivation and lack of

interest in work are discussed.

Present situation of resources required for working in the department is analyzed by collectingthe data from the department. Various problems because of present situation like Unhealthyrecords at district level, Irregular Monitoring, Information leakage, Irregular physical assessmentof minerals and thefts are identified which further lead to decrease in revenue.

In the last part Recommendations for increase in royalty are given like making a flying squad,compulsory regular physical assessment at district level and setting up check posts aroundmajor cities for stopping the theft of minor minerals is given. Regular audits should also be doneat departmental level to check the working of the department.

This is also observed that the department is using the old and conventional techniques forexploration work. All the work is done manually which is time consuming and has a chance oferror example making the maps by hand. Various technological solutions like GPS, software formaking maps, using digital planimeter etc are suggested for making the exploration work fastand more accurate.


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Impact Analysis of Ladli Lakshmi Yojna andProject Muskan

Sandeep Ahuja, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. Praveen Gangrade, Jt. Director

Directorate of Women & Child Development

Focus of Study

To assess the impact of the policies, following points were needed to be done in order:- Understanding the scheme design both in terms of its operation and its objectives.- Assessing its implementation on ground level, meaning thereby, whether the

operation on ground complies with the guidelines provided for implementing thescheme.

- Analysing the awareness of the policy in the targeted segment of population.- Assessing the impact of the policy, whether it fulfils the objectives laid down

completely or partly.

Methodology

The methodology used to achieve above stated objectives:- Studied the policy documents and other literature and talked to people already

working on them to understand the policies.- Visited some of the blocks like Kesla, Itarasi, Hoshangabad, Ganjbasoda, Vidisha,

Shivpuri to meet some of the beneficiaries and interview them and assessing theawareness and impact.

- Discussed the findings with my mentor and then analysed them keeping in mindthe guidelines and objectives of the policy.

- Operational shortcomings identified and recommendations to rectify them have

been provided in the report.

Findings and Recommendations

Following are some of the findings in the analysis of project undertaken. These have beendivided in two parts; first, findings about Ladli Lakshmi Yojna have been provided and Second,Project Muskaan.

Ladli Lakshmi Yojna

First of all, there are some deficiencies in the scheme formulation which have to be taken care

of, like it is not clearly mentioned in the scheme that

- If the girl is born after the second marriage of one of its parents; will she beeligible to get benefit of the scheme.

- If mother dies after giving birth to a girl child and father wants to get benefit of thescheme whether hell have to adopt family planning or not is not clear. And sameis applicable the other way round also, if father expires and mother goes forsecond marriage.


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Then, there are some operational shortcomings that have been identified. Some of them arelike:

- Maintaining records for such a long time.- Need of dedicated manpower for a number of processes involved in the scheme

from verifying applications, applying for NSCs, to distributing NSCs andmaintaining record.

- To advertise and aware people in a proper manner as a lot of people still doubtthe credentials of the scheme.

Recommendations have been provided to rectify above posed challenges and an impactanalysis is also provided in the report. Some of the recommendations are given below:

- A study of controversial cases needs to be made and scheme needs amendmentson basis of that.

- Computers to be installed at block level to store data for a long period of time.- Operators also need to be recruited at block level that can operate computers.- Counselling camps to be organized where potential beneficiaries should be made

aware of the scheme in a well mannered way.- Success stories should be advertised more which can appeal people to benefit

from the scheme.- Anganwadi workers need to be empowered for any scheme to be successful atvillage/tribal level.

Project Muskaan

After studying the format of the scheme and analysing reports from various camps organized inpast few months, following recommendations have been made.

- Turn out for any camp is huge and number of doctors that visit these camps arevery few, all of the patients cannot be examined properly. So, area covered in thecamp should be kept small or the camps can be extended from a single day to

two days for some areas where we have observed a large number of severepatients who require blood tests and close examination.

- As the village areas are quite conservative and ladies dont prefer to get examinedby male doctors; more number of female doctors should be assigned for campsbecause there are more ladies and children than men who are examined in thecamps.

- Few resources available during camps with respect to the turn up. This has to beimproved otherwise these camps are of little use as just referring patients to thehospitals is not our objective.

Report also include an analysis of the study conducted in various districts and highlightsawareness of the schemes and their impact.


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Impact Analysis of Project Shaktimaan

Achal Mandaokar, MBA Programme, IIM Indore

Mentor: Shri. Praveen Gangrade, Jt. Director

Directorate of Women & Child Welfare

Executive Summary

The main aim of this study is to determine the issues concerned with malnutrition, its causes

and how to eradicate it. In Madhya Pradesh the rate of malnutrition is 47.38 percent and rate of

severe malnutrition is 0.78 according to the data collected in 2007. To eradicate malnutrition in

a stepwise manner completely from the state, the state women and child development

department decided to start its own unique scheme for eradication of malnutrition namely

project Shaktimaan.

In this report I have identified the issues related to project shaktimaan and also related to

malnutrition. On basis of these issues I have made some recommendations that are workable

and would help in smoother functioning of the Anganwadi.

Problems identified for the study

Duration for which children stay at the anganwadi

Inability to keep the children engaged

No Proper hygienic conditions in the anganwadi

Lack of appreciation

Use of Anganwadi hand-pump by the people of village

Animals drinking water at the anganwadis hand-pump site

Lack of proper fuel used for cooking

Lack of cooking utensils Anganwadis being run at workers place

Training review

Some villages are inaccessible

Inflationary pressures

Lack of personal hygiene

Parents not concerned

Infrastructure problems

Lack of pre-school kits

These issues have been addressed in this report and recommendations have been madeaccordingly.


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Introducing National Health Account (NHA) Systemin Madhya Pradesh

Rakesh R, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentor: Shri. Kumar Saurabh, State Program Manager, NRHM

Department of Public Health and Family Welfare

Introduction

In the year 2005 India joined a group of developed and developing countries in creating Health

Accounts and produced NHA for the year 2001-02. It was produced by the ministry of Health

and Family Welfare, Government of India in collaboration with WHO India country office. But

the attempt to develop health accounts at the state level in India has not been very rigorous.

Although some attempts have been made in some states like Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra

Pradesh, Orissa and Karnataka, it has not been on a large scale. The present project can be

considered as an innovative one as under this study an attempt is being made to giverecommendations for developing health accounts for the state of Madhya Pradesh for the first

time.

National Health Accounts are a set of accounts that describe all expenditure flows within the

health sector, both governmental and non-governmental. In short, they describe:

Where does the money come from? (Sources of funding)

Where does the money go? (Uses of funds)

The aim of compiling National Health Accounts is to achieve a comprehensive and consistent

synthesis of health related activities.

Health care resources are fundamental in health care provision. To provide health care a

substantial number of health care resources need to be brought together to deliver a wide

spectrum of different service outputs. The health sector is a complex sector providing a service

that is an important social issue. Health care resources are scarce and decisions regarding the

most efficient use of these resources need to be based on good information of expenditure in

the health sector. Developing NHA is an important step to make better use of health care

resources and essential for measuring performance of the health care system. To reach and

measure policy goals in the health sector, such as equity, the information obtained by creating

National Health Accounts is needed.

The recommendations are the initial step in implementing the health accounts in the state of

Madhya Pradesh. It will guide the policy makers in setting up State Health Accounts. Also care

is taken to describe the different stages in implementing the health accounts. As in every

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Methodology

Most of the recommendations in this study are based on the secondary data available. Rather

the effort in this project has been to identify as many secondary data as available as possible.

This is because data collection and analysis forms a very important part of the creation of

National Health Accounts. Collecting data for missing parts by conducting surveys and other

means is costly and time consuming. It can prolong the creation of NHA. So one should be

hundred percent sure that the data that is being collected through these methods are not

already available.

WHO, WB and USAID have compiled a guide for creating National Health Accounts for low

and middle income countries, which have been referenced for making the recommendations

standard and comparable with other health accounts. The guide contains many tried and tested

tools that can be adopted while taking into consideration the unique characteristics of the state

of Madhya Pradesh.

Recommendations

A summary of the recommendations for setting up an NHA cell in MP is captured in this

section. NHA-Harvard methodology, one of the three methods of creating NHA, has beendeveloped to suit low and middle income countries and hence suitable for the state of Madhya

Pradesh. The recommendations in this study are being made based on the NHA-Harvard

Methodology. Since the state is new to the system of NHA, it would always be good to conduct

a workshop on NHA to create an awareness and necessity among the policy makers and

administrators. The state can seek the aid of external agencies for implementing the project.

There are many international agencies like EU, WB etc who have sponsored the NHA activities

in the world.

The project can be set up as an exclusive department with experts from ministry of finance

and health so that political and institutional interference can be minimized. A coordination

committee consisting of officials from stakeholder departments should be formed to ensure

coordination among them. The stake holder institutions include ministries of health, finance, the

national sample survey organization (NSSO), academic groups and consumer organizations.

It is always better to start with a frame work so that we will get to know how to proceed in

different stages. The preliminary frame work would be a primary sketch of the state's health

system. The sketch would give who all are the actors in state health system, who are benefiting

from them, what is their coverage etc. care must be taken on what should be included in the

health accounts. The ambiguity goes back to the notion that virtually all activity affects health in

some way, and it is reflected in the unclear border between the health system and the social

services system. The health accounts should decide on what should be included and not and

arrive at a consensus before starting the project and it should be followed throughout the

project as well as every year otherwise the report would be inconsistent and cannot be

compared.

ICHA (International Classification for Health Accounts) schemes with certain modifications

according to the state's needs are used to categorize various actors in the health care system -

financing source, financing agents, providers and beneficiaries - and the resources used to


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generate goods and services provided. The classification scheme needs to be mutually

exclusive and exhaustive. Once the entities are classified next step is the creation of health

accounts table. The tables are formed as a matrix of any of the two dimensions described

above.

Some of the Health Accounts Tables that can be formed are

1) Health expenditure by type of financing agent and type of provider (FAxP)

2) Health expenditure by financing source and type of financing agent (FSxFA)

3) Tables showing the distribution of health spending among population.

Once the framework for the states health account is made, the next step is to assemble a

database for populating the health accounts table. For this a solid understanding of the

characteristics and dependability of the underlying data is important. It is always better to spend

considerable amount of time finding, analyzing and comparing sources of data so that it best

captures the health system we are dealing with. The best way to start the data collection

process would be to look for off the shelf data. Existing reports and various statistical reports

can be excellent sources of data. But care must be taken to ensure that the quality and

relevance of those data. If data is not available suitable surveys should be conducted to collect

those data.

In Madhya Pradesh the data regarding the government entities are available in public domain

in the form of budgetary documents. But for the private entities the data collection is

cumbersome and tedious. But a lot of secondary data are available which if modified and

adjusted can cater to the need of Madhya Pradesh. Some of them include the household

expenditure data compiled by NSSO, insurance premium collected by insurance companies

given in the annual report of IRDA, ESIC data, tax returns etc. An illustration of how those data

can be used effectively is given in the main report. A lot of data can also be collected by

collaborating with research and educational institutions.

The third stage in implementing national health accounts (NHA) is converting the data

collected to health account tables. The first step involves filling up different categories of one of

the entities. Usual practice is to fill up the financing agent table. After that FSxFA and FAxP

tables are created. Detailed description of how to create those tables using T-Accounts is given

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A critical Study of Four Units ofIndustries Directorate

Darpan Aggarwal, MBA Programme, IIT Kanpur

Mentors: Shri. A.N. Sarkar, GM, AKVN, Shri. A. Solanki, GM, MPLUN

Supported by: Shri. Deepak Khandekar, Commissioner, Industries Directorate

Summary

A total of four departments have been assigned within the timeframe of two months as part of

the study. These departments are Audyogic Kendra Vikas Nigam (AKVN), Madhya Pradesh

Laghu Udyog Nigam (MPLUN), Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (TRIFAC) and

Industries Directorate.

AKVN Objective

In the first department which is Audyogic Kendra Vikas Nigam (AKVN), I was assigned the

feasibility study to come up with the Common Facility Centre (CFC) in the Raisen district of MP,for the industrial cluster available in the Mandideep. Currently, many units located in Mandideep

area dont have in-house capacities to cater to all the requirements for their business

operations. So, they have to outsource some of these jobs to the other areas like Faridabad,

Dewas etc. As the requirements are very discrete with lots of uncertainties associated

according to the type of order received by the unit, it is not viable for the units to purchase the

costly machineries for those jobs. But the industrial cluster as a whole have a lot of similar sorts

of individual demands which might have the potential to generate a collective demand within

this cluster. So, a better option would be if a Common Facility Centre could be built up having

the required machineries and manpower to cater to the jobs being outsourced. As a consultant,

I had to do a preliminary study about the viability of CFC.

Methodology

The methodology involved preparing a questionnaire (which has been appended in the report)

and eliciting the responses by having interviews with the unit heads/managers of the units in

Mandideep area. After getting the responses, I collated them and did a brief observatory

analysis about the viability of CFC. The main problems which I faced during the study were,

lack of coordination between the departments, lack of planning as there was no dedicated

vehicle and officer who could get me to the various units for the visit purposes. Again there was

election time during my tenure for CFC study, so I could not get as many interviews as I would

have liked to. There were lots of findings which have been provided in the report. Still the

preliminary study was satisfactory for me and I have made the recommendations in the final

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Recommendations for Mandideep units

Unit owners are not happy about certain cesses and taxes like export tax. Some units

were particularly unhappy about some additional cess on DG sets which could be

reduced to make it level playing field with the competitive industry and areas.

Beverage industries in the area want the government to take some measures to build up

common treatment plants so that water can be recycled.

Now due to increased standards for the water quality, beverage industry has to maintaina proper check on the water quality. For this purpose, they have to get the water

samples tested at locations like Delhi and Mumbai. If government can think forward for

such a project to setup the labs, it might be of great help to them.

Recommendations and Observations about AKVN

There is a lot of tacit knowledge available with the officials in the AKVN centre, with most

of the officials having a know-how of the actual dynamics at play and the problems and

opportunities lying inside. But that need to be brought in front which will help the state to

make its industries more efficient.

There is a lot of formality work, which keeps a lot of human resources bounded within the

framework of those formalities.

There must be a central process to channelize the regular paperwork, which is just not

confined to the AKVN centre but also to all the areas under AKVN. The processes must

be streamlined in such a way so as to reduce the excess travelling expenses of the

department resources. Sometimes, for the same work the officials have to make multiple

visits because of lack of coordination with the other department. All these processes can

be made more hassle free by implementing internet computers in the district and tehsil

level offices.

Government should also look towards digitalization of the historical records and new

records too which will reduce excessive paperwork.

MPLUN Objective

The second Department for the study was Small Scale Industries centre which is known by the

name of Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam (MPLUN). The project assigned to me here was

to study the e-Procurement process for the various tendering processes and suggest the

recommendations to improve the processes.

Methodology

For this purpose, the methodology adopted was to talk to various officials in the LUN centre, to

talk to the software developers (associated with the software company C1 India Pvt. Ltd.) of the

e-procurement processes, and to talk to some of the units who are filling the tendering

processes. The objective to find out the benefits they perceive through e-procurement

processes instead to traditional processes and the various concerns they have with the

department and difficulties they

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