Non Farm Livelihoods -AP model

B. Ravi Shankar, State Project Manager (Non Farm- Livelihoods)

bravishankar_2000@yahoo.com984 9900 750

SERP, Hyderabad.

Mandal Samakhyas and V.Os plan and implement the various

project components– Each Mandal is divided into three Clusters of 10-12 habitations.– A development professional, called Community Coordinator (CC) is

placed in each Cluster. S/he stays in her cluster.– SERP selects and trains them. After completion of

training, they are contracted by the MS and are accountable to MS.

– M.S responsible for social mobilisation, institution building and funding the microplans of S.H.Gs/V.Os from C.I.F

– Micro credit plans are evolved by the S.H.Gs in each village. These plans are funded by their own savings, CIF fund and Bank Linkage.

– V.Os responsible for appraising the microplans and recommending them to M.S for financing from C.I.F

– V.Os appraise microplans and also finance them from the recycled C.I.F

C.B.Os implement the projectA.P Federation Model

SHGs

•Thrift and credit activities

•Monitoring group performance

•Micro Credit Planning•Household inv plans

• E.C -2 from each S.H.G, 5 Office bearers

•Strengthening of SHGs

•Arrange line of credit to the SHGs

•Social action

•Village development

•Marketing and food security

•Support activists – 3 -5

• E.C -2 from each V.O, 5 Office bearers

•Support to VOs

•Secure linkage with Govt. Depts.

fin institutions, markets

•Auditing of the groups

•Micro Finance functions

10 - 15

SHGs SHGs SHGsSHGs SHGs

V.O

150 -200

MMS

4000 6000 -

Z S200,000400,000

Village Organization

Mandal Samakhya

Zilla Samakhya

SELF HELP GROUPS

Human resource support to C.B.Os

SHGs SHGs SHGs SHGsSHGs SHGs

V.O

MMS

On rolls of V.O and paid by V.O• V.O bookkeeper – 1• Community activist – 1• Paraprofessionals

(3 – 5 youth per village)

Vety, Health, Agri, Marketing, Forest

Produce, etc.

Training support by project

On the rolls of M.S• 3 Community coordinators/1 mandal coordinator• 3 master bookkeepers (1 now)• 1 training coordinator ( • 3 – 5 community resource persons

10 – 15 members in each group

Paid by the SHG MembersOne bookkeeper for 4 – 5 groups ( 4 – 5 youth/ village)

Impacts of social mobilization – organizing the poor

– Participatory identification of poor

– Focus on poorest of poor

– 97% of rural poor households organized

– 1.06 cr women organised into 9.78 lakh S.H.Gs

– 34,000 VOs, 1098 MSs (607 self sustaining) and 22 Z.Ss formed

– 1,80,000 village level para-professionals working for the S.H.Gs and V.Os and paid by them

– 12,000 community resource persons fuelling the social mobilisation process

– In the last 5 years 2.1% of the poor are coming out of poverty in the state every year.

SERP’s other sectors• Capacity building is constant process – this happens at Village, Mandal, State level- in Institution building,

leadership, bookkeeping, health, gender, procurement, insurance, livelihoods. Most of the time by CRPs. • SHG bank linkage program- 7000-9000cr /yr. [$6.5 bill- $1.7 bill] (Interest subsidy scheme as encouragement for

prompt payment, Bank CRPs to help). Rs 3000 cr is the groups own savings. It lends, and recovers. • Procurement agriculture and forest products by Community –by Village Level CBOs- Paddy, Pulses, NTFP, Maize

etc. – seasonal employment, profits to cbos, savings to farmers, quality culture to the women members, 1250 village level procurement centres, 4 lakh mt. 415 cr this yr. Till dt24.83 lakhs mt, 2001.62cr to benf-14.53 lakhs benf. 186cr benf to farmers, 27cr commission to cbo 2001-2010.

• Health-Nutrition centers at CBO level for pregnant and lactating mothers- 1100 VO -94.7% babies born are above 2.7 kg wt. The Nutrition centres work run on Enterprise Mode. Millennium Development Goals.

• Insurance- 45 lakhs women have co contributory pension Rs 500/month & 90 lakhs have micro insurance.• Gender discrimination- sensitization of community by Gender Resource Groups, court cases, etc.• Disability- PWD are formed into groups and financial help, livelihood support, corrective surgeries, pension are

extended• Community Managed sustainable agriculture- Non pesticide and intensive natural agriculture by poor in the

villages- 36x36, SRI cultivation etc – raise in agriculture income, natural products, 17 lakh acres covered till dt.• Dairy- Village level procurement centers run by SHG members, Sub block level Procurement centers – reaching 3

lakhs lts • Education- Early childhood education – Bridge schools- 17500 children mainstreamed, Corporate Education for

weaker section- 19370 benefitted. 46 into IIT, 1067 into National Institute of Tech, 4700 into engineering colleges• POP strategy 5.7 lakhs are still pop. – intensive strategy- all out support.

5.PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT AS A MEANS TO OVERCOME POVERTY

• Providing jobs to the poor has been identified as a fastest means to bring poor out of poverty.

• Few streams have be identified for intervention- Construction sector, Hospitality, Customer Relationship Mgt(Retail sector), Security services, Automobile repairs, Health areas, Textiles, Computers etc.

• Last year 70,000 wage employment in organised sector were created. 4000 in the 1st year it started.

• More 2.35 lakhs youth are now in organised sector jobs.

Non Farm livelihoods

• NRLM drought proofing strategy- support village/ mandal level micro enterprises

• Census mode –all enterprises recorded- address, sector, subsector, person employed, products manufactured, turnover of the unit, and support needed.

• 12 major Livelihood sectors and 98 subsector have emerged

• 1.30 lakhs individual, family or group enterprises recorded.

Textiles Handi-craftsFood

ProductsJewelers

Chemical & Mineral

Agro/horti Based

Forest Based

Leather FisheriesElectrical & Electronics

Toys Others

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Handloom WoodPickles (Veg)

MetalSoaps, Surf & Detergents

DalLeaf Plates &

CupsBags, Purses,

beltsAquariums

making & fish Decorative Bulbs Soft Paper Plates

Garments Metal Pickles

(Non veg)Stone Paints Sugar Cane Tamarind Foot Wear Seedling  Sound system Wood Tent &supply services

Powerlooms Art Works Bakery Items Gems Agarbatti PaddyHerbal

ProductsCobbler  Fingerlings  Dish services Leather Drama troop

Embroidary  Clay products Milk products  Pearls Candles Chilli powder  Fruits Dry Fish  All electrical services  Clay Orchestra

Lace Work Leather products

Range of food products

(Swagruha)

Imitation jewellary

 Fire works  Garlic paste Bamboo products

 Net repair  TV & VCD repair leather  Plastic Wire Bags

Zari, ZardojiAli & Hand workFlower Vase

Making  Hot chips  

 Phenyl &acid Making

 Haldi powder(turmeric)

 Cane products

   Boat making   Plaster of

parisMat weaving

Bathick  Hats Making Puffed rice

(murmuralu)   Vibuthi Vundalu Mango jelly  Brooms    Boat repair     Plastic Decorative items

KalamkariStreet food

vendors 

 Cumcum & Bindi making

 Chikki making          Coconut Products (Door

Mats,Ropes, Mattres, Yarn)

Jute Products       Orugulu(dried

vegetables, fruits)          Stationary

Value added cloth products Cashew Vathula Tayari

Computerized Embroidery Nursery razingSheet Metal Works (Iron, Aluminum & Bronze etc.,)

Banjara Cloth works Salt Making Feed mixing plants

Painting work sarees Lamination

Blanket making

Others Others Others Others Others Others Others Others Others Others Others Others

MOJOR NON FARM SECTORS & SUBSECTORS

TEXTILES [ 5449 units ]

HANDICRAFTS [4764 units]

FOOD PRODUCTS [3104 units]

JEWELLERY [188 unit] ]

CHEMICAL & MINERAL [ 442 units]

FOREST BASED [3869 units]

LEATHER [463 units]

FISHERIES [642 units]

ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS [362 units]

TOYS [174 units]

Support to Non Farm Livelihood units

These are existing units in the state of AP. The support required are:- • Training in Technical and Management Skills (30%)• Infrastructure like buildings, work sheds (15%)• Better tools and Machinery (25%)• Credit support (40%)• Marketing support like sales, branding, packaging (60%)• Other support – human resource, tax returns, quality,

environment issue etc.

Next 3 yrs way forward• Register the enterprises as – Sole proprietary concerns, partnership

firms, cooperatives or private Ltd companies• Open bank accounts & ensure credit supply• Handholding by sector specialist Knowledge partners- NGOs,

Private companies with support from govt dept etc.• Skill up gradation/ Enterprise trg – Rseti will be used.• Marketing help- packing, branding, Market Intelligence etc. • Infra help from different departments- Handicrafts, Handlooms,

food processing, forest, fisheries etc• Draught proofing the poor, create village level wealth, alternative to

agriculture, Employment at village level. • Employment of 10 lakhs more persons.

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