SOIL Report 2008 - ACCESS Development Services

Chapter V20. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), GoI (2008b): Agenda and discussion points for Reviewmeeting on SGSY, Surajkund.21. National Institute of Rural Development (2006): National Study on SGSY: A Process Study, Centrefor Self Employment and Enterprises, NIRD, Hyderabad.22. Pathak, D. C. and S. K. Pant (2006): “Micro Finance Matters…? Impact Evaluation of SGSY: ACase Study of Jaunpur District”, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.23. Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme (PACS) (2007): “Status of NREGA Implementation2006-07: Second Monitoring Report of PACS”, Development Alternatives, New Delhi.24. Rao, Jaithirth (2007): Waste-fare State, Indian Express, 6 September.25. Sainath P. (2008): NREGA: A Fine Balance, The Hindu, 2 June.26. Siddhartha and Anish Vanaik (2008): CAG Report on NREGA: Fact and Fiction, Economic andPolitical Weekly, Mumbai, 21 June.27. Tankha, Ajay (2001), “Community Organisation in Microfinance: The Role of Self-Help Groups inPoverty Alleviation and Rural Transformation”, Paper presented at the Workshop on Rural Transformationin India: The Role of Non-Farm Sector, organised by the Planning Commission, DFID,Institute for Human Development and The World Bank, September 19-21, New Delhi.iSAPAP was implemented in about 700 villages in three districts with the main focus of capacity building of women’s SHGs through thrift andcredit, and development of 250 self-managed Village Organizations (VOs) and 20 Mandal Samakhyas (MSs). The project had developed theconcept of Community Based Convergent Services (CBCS) approach by which development programs like literacy, preventive health care, girlchild education, elimination of child labor etc. were dovetailed to the thrift and credit activities undertaken by SHGs.iiThe Rural Poverty Reduction Project goes beyond the District Poverty Initiative Project, including an expansion of the geographic area from sixdistricts to the entire state and a sharper focus on the poorer and more vulnerable members of rural communities.iiiAndhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Project (APRPRP) became effective on April 1, 2003 and covers 594 backward mandals in 16 districtsof the State and 5.7 million families. This project’s duration is until September 2008.ivThe SGSY fund is given as a grant to Mandal Samakhyas to enable them to lend to eligible Village Organizations and SHGs. Based on the microplans, the entitlement of SHGs is determined, SGSY funds are released to Mandal Samakhyas which in turn will release them to SHGs as a loanthrough Village Organizations. On repayment, the amount will be given as a loan to other SHGs. This way it is ensured that the SGSY fund staysin the mandal and it can be accessed in multiple doses by more and more SHGs.vSHGs have Rs.2395 crores as a corpus as of March 2008.viPavala vaddi is an initiative of the State Government wherein the government has provided budgetary allocation to reduce of cost of funds toSHGs.viiRealising the need for capable human resources to implement the programme, the project adopted a detailed process for selection of staff forthe PFTs and did not rely on routine deputation from line departments. More than 90 percent of PFTs are of Government and the rest are ofNGOs. A strong orientation was given to the PFTs on the facilitation role to be played by them.viiiFive clusters have been initiated for five different activities. The agriculture cluster has been formally registered as producers company and buyback agreement with ITC has been tied.130