DHALAI DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ACTION PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT ON CONVERGENCE UNDER MGNREGA DURING THE FY 2015-16 [Year] L Government of Tripura office of the District programme coordinator (District Magistrate & Coilector) Dha la i District, Jawa ha rnagar Phone: 0382G-2O7 21_4, FAX: O3g 26_267 E-Ma il: dmdha la [email protected] F. 3 ( 1_56-2 2) / DM(D)/ M G N RE;N/ W 2I5 March 31,,2015 To The Additional secretary to the Government of Tripura, Rural Development Department, Agartala Subject: - Submission of Modified Action Plan on Convergence lnitiatives under MGNREGS during the Fy 201.5_1,6 Sir, ln pursuance of the Dhalai District-level Meeting held by Shri V. K. Bahuguna, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Forest, Animal Resources Dev. Departments, on 27 .03.2015 in respect of finalization of the Convergence plan under MGNREGS, I would like to submit herewith a modified Action plan specifying financial implications for the convergence initiatives to be undertaken under MGNREGS during the FY 2OtS-1,6 in Dhalai district. This Action Plan will substitute the provisional Action Plans submitted earlier. Yours Enclosure : As stated above /\iY"6\ \irely, (Dr. Milind Ramte(e, tAS) District Progra m me Coord inator District Magistrate & Collector Dhalai District, Jawaha rnagar MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 1. Introduction : 1.1. The convergence framework conceptualized in the MGNREGA mandates creation of a synergistic framework for optimal and productive utilization of resources available under various development schemes to expand the economic base of rural livelihood opportunities on a sustainable scale. Convergence evolves through pragmatic planning and implementation processes that inevitably require continuous, focused engagement of stakeholder agencies for creation of the requisite economic assets that can eventually be leveraged to elevate household income earnings. 1.2. In context of Dhalai District, convergence plan entails a conspicuous emphasis on plantation and other gainful primary sector activities like rearing poultry chicks that take into perspective local topographical features, climatic conditions, extent of poverty and backwardness, workforce characteristics and their skill, scope for capacity development, availability of plantation materials and other essential inputs, marketing opportunities and profitability, together with collateral ecological benefits to be accrued – so as the outcome of such convergence activities eventually ensures a decent income level and living standard for the stakeholder families. Instead of a piecemeal approach, the convergence plan of the District seeks to unify and direct the flow of resources of MGNREGS and other Departmental Schemes to enduringly fasten the targeted beneficiary families with the contemplated economic activities. 1.3. The District is also poised to provide an ever more impetus to the coveted goal of open defecation free (ODF) villages, with intensified efforts being put in to construct household sanitation facilities coupled with built-in provisions for water-storages, without which such toilet units would lapse predictably into disuse and redundancy. 1.4. The plan also aspires to convert the component of solid liquid waste management into a veritable economic venture for self help groups by setting up of vermi-compost units. Manure yields of such units would be ploughed back as inputs for plantations – whether raised in convergence mode or as standalone MGNREGS plantations. 2. Modalities for Convergence : 2.1. All the convergence initiatives would be within the ambit and avowed objectives of the MGNREGA. 1 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 2.2. Financial resources and wherever necessary, technical expertise of Line Departments would be utilized utilized. 2.3. Line Departments would also be assigned as PIA in implementation of the convergence initiatives. 3. Strategy and Approach : 3.1. In the Dhalai Distr District ict Level Meeting held on 11.02.2015, 11.02.2015 presided over by the Hon’ble Sabhadhipati of Dhalai Zilla Parishad and attended by all the Hon’ble Chairpersons of Panchayat Samitis and BACs, BDOs, and Line Department Officials, it was decided that various income generating gen plantations would be provided to about 2500 poor tribal and non-tribal non families having MGNREGA Job Cards. 3.2. While selecting the prospective beneficiaries of such income generating plantations, preference was intended to be given to the Jhumia families famili in bordering areas, in keeping with the direction issued by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in the meeting conducted at Gandacherra on 27th and 28th December, 2015. Instructions were accordingly issued to all the RD Blocks for selection of beneficiaries and inclusion of the plantations into the respective Shelf of Projects of MGNREGA for the FY 2015 2015-16. 16. 3.3. Accordingly all the RD Blocks of Dhalai District have meanwhile selected beneficiaries. 3.4. The kinds and extent of plantations to be raised have been conceptualized ized taking into consideration the availability of saplings/plants, capabilities of Line Departments, preferences of the prospective beneficiaries, extent of water availability vis vis-à-vis vis plant endurance, and scope of marketing linkages. 4. Convergence initiative with Horticulture Department Schemes : 4.1 Areca nut Plantation : The areca nut palm is the source of common chewing nut, popularly known as betel nut or Supari. In India it is extensively used by large sections of people and is very much linked with religious practices. India is the largest producer of areca nut and at the same time largest consumer also. Areca nut is well-suited well for the temperature and rainfall conditions of Dhalai District. The plant is known for its adaptability to a varying soil and rainfall conditions like in the areas receiving annual rainfall of 750 mm in Maidan parts of Karnataka to 4,500 mm in Malnadareas of 2 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 Karnataka. Being sturdy and enduring in nature, and with minimal requirements of irrigation and nurturing, areca nut cultivation turns out to be a natural and prudent choice for convergence activities in Dhalai District. What makes it more economically rewarding is the existence of ready markets in neighboring Assam, and as much marketability in other states too. Areca nut plants form non-invasive canopy, paving way for other short-term intercrops like papaya, etc. to be grown up alongside, exerting a multiplier effect on income earnings of the households opting for areca nut plantations. 4.1.1. Composition of the planned convergence initiatives in Areca nut Plantations: Name of Block Total Cost of Plantations 100 100 40 20 Total Number of Areca nut plants/saplings needed @ 1500 plants for each beneficiary (to be provided by Horticulture Department as per the decision) (3) 1,50,000 1,50,000 60,000 30,000 Salema DurgaChowmuhuni Chawmanu Dumbur-nagar 50 100 TOTAL (1) Manu Ambassa Raishyabari Ganganagar Number of beneficiary families already selected by the Blocks to provide Areca nut Plantation @ 0.5 ha of RoFR/Jote land Technical Convergence Capacity Building Convergence (4) Rs.60 lakh Rs.60 lakh Rs.24 lakh Rs.12 lakh Financial Convergence in the form of cost of seedplants/ saplings and fertilizers to be borne by Horticulture Dept. as per the decision (5) Rs.15 lakh Rs.15 lakh Rs.6 lakh Rs.3 lakh (6) Technical guidance to be provided by Horticulture Dept. (7) Training of beneficiary households for capacity development to be imparted by Horticulture Dept 75,000 1,50,000 Rs.30 lakh Rs.60 lakh Rs.7.50 lakh Rs.15 lakh Do Do 50 50 75,000 75,000 Rs.30 lakh Rs.30 lakh Rs.7.50 lakh Rs.7.50 lakh 510 7,65,000 Rs.426 lakh Rs.76.50 lakh (2) 4.2. Pineapple plantation : Like areca nut, pineapple is also highly remunerative cultivation, and is well-suited to the local climatic conditions of Dhalai District. With assured market and consumer demands, pineapple cultivation has always been considered to be a means of earning sustainable income. With advent of technologies like staggering of plantations through 3 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 application of growth stimulating hormones, people are increasingly being drawn to staggered mode of plantations for it affords them to reap unseasonal harvests that would fetch them higher high market price, particularly during festive seasons. 4.2.1. Composition of the planned convergence initiatives in Pineapple Plantations: Plantations: Name of Block (1) Manu Ambassa Raishyabari Ganganagar Salema DurgaChowmuhuni Chawmanu Dumburnagar TOTAL Number of beneficiary families already selected by the Blocks to provide Areca nut Plantation @ 0.5 to 1.0 ha of RoFR/Jote land @ 25000 pine apple plants (2) 50 56 40 50 45 Total Number of suckers needed @ 25000 pine apple plants for each beneficiary Total Cost of Plantations Financial Convergence in the form of cost of suckers and fertilizers to be borne by Horticulture Dept. as per the decision Technical Convergence Capacity Building Convergence (3) 12,50,000 14,000,00 10,00,000 12,50,000 11,25,000 22,50,000 (4) Rs.50 lakh Rs.56 lakh Rs.40 lakh Rs.50 lakh Rs.45 lakh Rs.90 lakh (5) Rs.12.50 lakh Rs.14 lakh Rs.10 lakh Rs.12.50 lakh Rs.11.25 lakh Rs.22.50 lakh (6) Technical guidance to be provided by Horticulture Dept. (7) Training of beneficiary households for capacity development to be imparted by Horticulture Dept 75 150 18,75,000 37,50,000 Rs.75 lakh Rs.150 lakh Rs.18.75 lakh Rs.37.50 lakh 556 139,00,000 Rs.556 lakh Rs.139 lakh 90 5. Convergence initiative with Forest Department Schemes : Following are enunciation of the convergence activities that would be taken up in conjunction with the Forest Department on a cost-sharing sharing basis. The convergence would be based on the premise that expenditures on account of material inputs like plants/saplings/suckers/fencing etc., would be borne out of the corpus of forest department schemes, while the attendant wage expenditures enditures would be sourced to MGNREGS. 4 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 5.1 Composition of the Convergence Initiatives with Forest Dept. : Physical Target Total project cost Forest Departmental Share (Rs. in lakhs) MGNREGA Share (Rs. in lakhs) PIA Item Quant um in area Creation and maintenance of 2015 & 2014 bamboo and other plantation like jackfruit/pine-apple etc on RoFR land & Forest land 203.5 53.02920 8.49120 44.53800 Creation and maintenance of hill top plantation 20 10.65 2.20 8.45 Road side plantation 8 14.55600 0.26400 14.29200 River bank plantation 7 11.55000 0.52500 11.02500 90000 5.11200 0.26500 4.84700 1 5.55 0.55 5.00 100.44720 12.29520 88.15200 120 38.39280 5.94 32.45280 River bank plantation 4 3.82980 0.30 3.52980 Agro-forestry 10 6.74750 1.8475 4.90 Sub-total (DFO, Manu): 48.97010 8.08750 40.88260 Grand-total (Forest): 149.41730 20.38270 129.03460 DFO, Ambassa Raising of DCPN nursery Development of Longtharai Eco-park Sub-total (DFO, Ambassa): Bamboo plantation & SMC 6 DFO, Manu Quantum in nos. 6. Convergence with Animal Resource Development Department for setting up of Brooder Houses and other relevant activities : Chick brooder houses are considered instrumental in augmenting production of eggs and number of poultry birds. Chicks are housed until they are about six weeks old, after which they no longer need the amiable heated environs maintained in brooder houses. During their housing in brooder houses, chicks are administered 5 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 all the required vaccinations, medicines and fed with balanced diet, which help them grow up fast in healthy conditions. Poultry farms are generally inclined to source their requirements from such brooder houses, since the birds are generally found to be disease-free, and therefore mortality chances remain thin. In Dhalai District, there is still a gap of availability of eggs as against per capita demand. In terms of per capita availability of eggs, Dhalai District is still perched at a lower position than that of the State Average. Therefore, Hon’ble Chief Minister had asked to lay greater emphasis on setting up at least 4-5 Brooder houses in each block area, to increase productivity of poultry-meat and eggs that constitute vital nutritional sources. The estimated cost for construction of one brooder house (2000 chicks capacity) works out to be Rs.12.00 lakh as per the standard estimate of ARD Department. Out of Rs. 12.00 lakh, Rs. 04.00 lakh per brooder house can be drawn from MGNREGA (@Rs.0.40 lakh per beneficiary) considering the brooder house to be operated by a SHG comprised of 10 women members. The residual requirement of Rs.08.00 lakh per brooder house will be pooled from ARD Department @Rs.1.00 lakh and @Rs.7.00 lakh from BADP/BRGF. Construction of brooder houses will be carried out by RD Department. Initial chicks (2000 number) and their feed, vaccinations/medicines will be provided by ARD Department free of cost for each brooder house. Location of brooder houses and NRLM compliant women SHG groups are being selected by the concerned RD Blocks as per their allocation. Training for rearing chicks to the SHG group members will be imparted by ARD Department under BADP/BRGF capacity building fund at the disposal of DM & Collector, Dhalai, in the month of April, 2015 onwards. Efforts will also be made to make available some seed money to all these SHG groups through DRDA, Dhalai, so that they may be able to manage initial financial requirements. 6.1. Composition of the Convergence Convergence Activities to be undertaken along with ARD Department during the FY 20152015-16 are as follows:follows:- Total project cost ARDD Departmental Share (Rs. in lakhs) MGNREGA/BADP/ BRGF /Interest-Fund Share (Rs. in lakhs) 1.15725 0.01500 1.14225 Physical Target Item Development of perennial pasture plots in farmer's land under JFMC Quantum in area Quantum in nos. 0.04 3 6 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 Cultivation of perennial fodder crop in farmer's land/RoFR land 0.08 80 9.41200 0.80000 8.61200 Cultivation of perennial fodder crop (cumbo napier) in farmer's land 0.12 280 25.09400 2.00000 23.09400 0.24 103 12.61185 0.47700 12.13485 0.16 3 0.70395 0.06000 0.64395 150 5.37000 0.03750 5.33250 Cultivation of perennial tuber crop (tapioca) for raising cutting multipication centre in farmer's land Cultivation of perennial fodder crop (cumbo napier) for raising cutting multipication centre in farmer's land Cultivation of azolla(as animal feed supplement) of specification 2m x 2m x 0.2m Non-RoFR total: 0.64 619 54.34905 3.3895 50.95955 Development of perennial pasture plots in farmer's land under JFMC 0.04 2 0.77105 0.01 0.76105 Cultivation of perennial fodder crop in farmer's land/RoFR land 0.08 20 2.173 0.02 2.153 Cultivation of perennial fodder crop (cumbo napier) in farmer's land 0.12 70 5.783 0.45 5.333 Cultivation of perennial tuber crop (tapioca) for raising cutting multipication centre in farmer's land 0.24 102 12.3729 0.468 11.9049 0.16 2 0.4693 0.04 0.4293 20 0.0716 0.0005 0.0711 216 21.64085 0.9885 20.65235 Cultivation of perennial fodder crop (cumbo napier) for raising cutting multipication centre in farmer's land Cultivation of azolla(as animal feed supplement) of specification 2m x 2m x 0.2m RoFR total: 0.64 7 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 Construction of poultry shelter (Block level brodder house) 0 25 328.50 18.75 309.75 Construction of cattle shelter in farmer's house 0 11 13.77904 6.60000 7.17904 Construction of poultry shelter in farmer's house 0 13 6.17838 0.31200 5.86638 Construction of piggery shelter in farmer's house 0 13 9.03500 0.91000 8.12500 Construction of goat shelter in farmer's house 0 13 6.12430 0.91000 5.21430 Non-RoFR total: 0 75 363.6167 27.482 336.1347 Construction of poultry shelter (Block level brooder house) 0 1 13.14 0.75 12.39 Construction of cattle shelter in farmer's house 0 10 12.52640 6.00 6.52640 Construction of poultry shelter in farmer's house 0 65 30.98190 1.65 29.33190 Construction of piggery shelter in farmer's house 0 65 45.17500 4.55 40.62500 Construction of goat shelter in farmer's house 0 65 30.62150 4.55 26.07150 0 206 132.44480 17.50 114.94480 1.28 1116 572.05142 49.36 522.69142 RoFR total: Grand Total : 8 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 7. Convergence in Fishery Activities : Fish are a renewable resource: if well managed they can provide sustained benefits to society in the form of food, f nourishment, revenue and jobs. Following is an outline of the convergence activities planned to be undertaken during the FY 2015 2015-16 along with the Fisheries Department Department. Physical target Item Creation of new water bodies Reclamation of water bodies Total Total project cost Fishery Departmental Share (Rs. in lakhs) MGNREGA Share (Rs. in lakhs) Quantum in area Quantum in nos. 11.28 113 186.08159 13.33006 172.75153 16.34 164 143.97221 19.2815 124.69071 27.62 277 330.05380 32.61156 297.44224 8. Convergence in Agricultural Activities : Agriculture constitutes the mainstay of an agrarian economy, and so is it in case of Dhalai. The convergence activities planned to be undertaken durin duringg the FY 2015-16 2015 in agriculture sector in conjunction with the Agriculture Department are delineated below. Physical target Item Land management including levelling, clearing of jungle/stubbles etc Quantum in area Quantum in nos. 1000 0 Total project cost Agriculture Departmental Share (Rs. in lakhs) MGNREGA Share (Rs. in lakhs) 674.41 19.48 654.93 9 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT Construction of water storage structure on flat or tilla land Total 2015-16 0 50 30.25400 2.59100 27.66300 1000 50 704.66400 22.07100 682.59300 9. Other Convergence Initiatives : In addition, Horticulture Department will also be taking up other plantations under MGNREGA convergence such as Orange, Lemon, Mausambi, Beetle-Nut etc., as per the number of beneficiaries selected by the various RD Blocks, with provisions for gap filling. Operation and maintenance of all these Plantations will also be undertaken with 10 percent operation and maintenance fund permissible under MGNREGA in the next two-three years in order to ensure better survival rate of the plants. All the plantations will be undertaken on cluster mode, with provision built into estimate itself for proper fencing thereof. The primary objective behind all the convergence initiatives outlined above is to provide sustainable income generating generating opportunities to more or less 2500 poor families (mostly Jhumia families) families) by raising plantations on their RoFR/Jote RoFR/Jote land during the course of the FY 20152015-16 by leveraging the MGNREGA Convergence Initiatives under Dhalai District in order to provide them sustainable income in future. 10 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 10. Synopsis of the Financial Convergence between between MGNREGS and Line Department Schemes : Sl. No. Name of Department Total project cost 1 2 4 Departmental Share (Rs. in lakhs) 5 1 Fisheries 330.05380 32.61156 297.44224 2 Agriculture 704.66400 22.07100 682.59300 3 ARDD 572.05142 49.36 522.69142 4 Horticulture 982.00 215.50 766.50 5 Forest 149.41730 20.38270 129.03460 2742.18652 344.92526 2404.26126 Grand-total : MGNREGA Share (Rs. in lakhs) 6 11 MGNREGS CONVERGENCE PLAN OF DHALAI DISTRICT 2015-16 12
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