july 2013 - National Institute of Rural Development

NIRD Programme Ignites Passion to Serve the Rural PoorParticipants at the programme on from different States participated. rural people in their service areas.r u r a l c r e d i t m a n a g e m e n t Slides-show and power-point Similarly, providing income modelsconducted during July 8-12presentations through relevant by encouraging growing ofdiscussed several subjects relatingmovie documentaries of success vegetables through scientificto SHG movements, functions ofstories from various States were method, mini dairy farm unitsSHG Federations, emergingpresented. The seminar provided establishment of schemesmodels in agriculture, financialan impetus to participants to work motivated participants to do muchanalysis and project appraisal, NPAwith dedication in their respective more in their area of operations.and recovery management inrural branches to initiate major Participants were delighted to seeagricultural finance, effect of minorbreakthroughs in disbursement of for themselves the empowermentirrigation on agriculture, financingrural credit under various of women through SHG activities inanimal husbandry schemes andgovernment sponsored schemes. the Shadnagar Mandal.revised procedures of KCC, JLC,GCC as well as finances to warebyDr.B.K.Swain, Professor andThe field trip to the Shadnagar The programme was coordinatedhousing projects. As many as 17 Mandal in the Ranga Reddy Districtagriculture field officers of Canara was a unique experience for all theHead of the Centre for Rural CreditBank working exclusively in rural officials. It was an eye openingand Development Banking, withand semi-urban bank branchesthe support of Project Consultantsstrategy to alleviate poverty riddenengaged in the Centre.NIRD Research Project Yielding Positive ResultsJULY 2013The CHRD-Action Research Project making. Participants were taughtof NIRD on Self-Help Groups every aspect of the activity in detailC o n v e r g e n c e w i t h A n i m a l with practical preparation of theHusbandry activities in Ipperu Gram products. Participants werePa n c h a y a t , K u d a i r M a n d a l , educated to explore the marketAnantapur district, AP, is reaping linkages, reliable local agencies torich dividends, thanks to the various have required material etc. Thetraining programmes for capacity t r a i n e e s w e re g i v e n s o m ebuilding of the SHG Groups assignments to-do during theparticipation certificate on theirco-ordinated by the Action training programme. With thesuccessful completion of theirResearch Team. Headed by knowledge acquired from thetraining programme.Dr. Gyanmudra, Project Director. training, the trainees were able toPeople are evincing keen interest in make the products on their own The main objective of the trainingthe training programmes. with confidence. programme was to give skill-basedtraining in their interested areas likeIn this process NIRD extended a A n o t h e r s i x - d a y t r a i n i n gH a n d - m a d e P a p e r B a g s .training programme on “Home- programme on Handmade PaperParticipants were taught to utilisebased Products” for CHRD Action Bags from 25 to 31 May 2013 at RTP,the opportunity to learn technicalgroup at RTP, NIRD, Hyderabad from NIRD was coordinated by CHRDaspectsinvolved in making14 May to 18 June, 2013. The AR. The training programme wast h e v a r i o u s p r o d u c t s a n dprogramme was aimed at ensuring attended by unemployed youthin making the paper bags,the participants to learn the from three villages (Antaragana,approximate cost of the finishedrequired skills in their interested Ipperu and P. Nagireddypalle) ofproducts, the reliable price at whichareas of home-based products like I p p e r u G r a m P a n c h a y a t ,the finished product to be sold outpin oil making, acid making, K u d a i r m a n d a l , A n a n t a p u rand sources of loan facility fromagarbathi making and candle district. Participants were givenlocal banks.