Fiscal year 2010/11 - Poverty Alleviation Fund, Nepal

Table 2: CO registration, CO Agreement and Sub-project Agreement
FY 2010/11
Cumulative
Categories
No. of Regd. COs
Agreement
No. of Regd. COs
Agreement
No. of COs No. Of Agreement No. of COs No. Of Agreement
Mountain 611 519 590 2,007 1,862 2,100
Hills 1367 1,149 1,309 9,653 8,818 10,198
Terai 1,066 1,144 1,229 5,773 5,698 5,888
Innovative Districts 26 20 20 465 441 492
Grand total 3,070 2,832 3,148 17,898 16,819 18,678
In the case of income generation, the most demanded activities from the community are related to agriculture, livestock, cottage industries, trade and
skill based services. Similarly, infrastructure sub-projects are related to micro-irrigation, link road, culvert/bridge, ropeway, electricity/micro-hydro,
water mill, water supply, sanitation, school and health post building, among others.
Table 3: PAF investment to the Community Sub -projects
Categories
FY 2010/11(Million Rs.)
Cumulative (Million Rs.)
IG Infra Total IG Infra Total
Mountain 191.812 59.104 250.916 919.531 189.628 1,109.159
Hills 451.545 194.918 646.462 3,640.130 1,350.903 4,997.322
Terai 614.779 90.399 705.177 2,535.484 341.379 2,871.525
Innovative Districts 6.023 0 6.023 153.826 51.475 205.302
Grand total 1,264.157 344.421 1,608.578 7,248.973 1,933.386 9,183.310
Till the end of previous FY 2009/10, agreements were made with 13,987 COs amounting to Rs. 7,574m while during the reporting year alone additional
2,832 COs signed agreement amounting to 1,608m. Therefore in cumulative terms, agreements were made with 16,819 COs amounting Rs. 9,183m
till the end of reporting year i.e. FY 2010/11. Details are illustrated in Annex 2, Annex 3, Annex 4 and Annex 5. PAF coverage in Terai border VDCs and
Karnali region is given in Annex 6 and Annex 7.
1.2. Programme Cost Sharing (Investment—IG Vs Infra, PAF Vs Community)
PAF alone has invested Rs. 1,263m in IG activities during the reporting year against the total cumulative investment of Rs. 7,248m till the end of the
reporting year. In the case of Infra. schemes, PAF invested 344m during the reporting year while cumulative investment has remained at Rs. 1933m.
Overall, out of the total PAF investment, 79 per cent has been made in income generating sub-projects and 21 per cent has been funneled in infrastructure
related sub-projects.
In terms of region-wise investment, PAF has invested the highest amount for IG sub-projects in hilly region, followed by Terai, mountain and innovative
districts. Similar investment trends is maintained in infra sub-projects as well (See in chart).
In cumulative average, community sharing is 15 per cent (13 per cent in cash and 2 per cent in kind) of the total sub-project cost whereas others, mainly
the VDCs and DDCs, have shared 1 per cent of the total sub-project cost. In total, PAF has invested 80 per cent of the community sub-projects cost.
chart 1: PAF Investment Income Generation Vs Infrastructure
chart 2: PAF Investment
Amount
21%
4,500,000,000
4,000,000,000
3,500,000,000
IG
PAF (INFRA)
PAF (IG)
3,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
INFRA
IG
79%
1,000,000,000
500,000,000
0
IG
INFRA
INFRA
Hill Mountain Terai
Region
6 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (2010/2011)