1. Powers and duties of officers and employees
The Department has on its roll, different categories of staff such as, Office Attendants, Development Assistants( DA), Development Assistant (DAW), Development Assistant (Sect) ( DAS), Officers in various grades starting from Grade A, B, C, D, E and F (Head of the Department). Powers and duties of the respective categories / grades are indicated below:
Category/
Grade |
Powers and Duties |
Remarks |
Office
Attendant |
Opening of cupboards, taking out case papers(bundles) of the DAs/officers, carrying the cases from one DA /officer to another DA / officer, carrying papers to other Departments within the premises and outside the premises, such as, RBI Office, other banks etc., keeping the papers/bundles inside the cupboard at the close of the working hours and locking the cupboards. |
|
Development
Assistant |
Inwarding the dak (incoming letters etc), despatch of letters and related work, putting up the references/ cases on routine subjects, filing papers. Maintaining various registers |
|
Development
Assistant(WP) |
Typing of letters/ notes /memorandum etc. data entry in computers. |
|
Development
Assistant(Sect) |
Take dictation and type letters/ notes, memorandum. |
|
Officer -
Grade A and B |
Putting up cases with preliminary scrutiny and facts of the cases, guiding the DAs. In case of payment to the contractors /outside parties pass payment / accounting vouchers. |
There is no strict compartmentalisation of duties among these officers. The Department follows level jumping in dealing with cases. |
Officer -
Grade C |
Further analysis of the cases put up by Gr.A, B Officers. Originate the cases depending on the importance of the cases. |
|
Officer -
Grade D |
Crystalise the ideas / notes, references put up by the down line officers. Attend meetings at Govt etc level. Give different options to facilitate decision making. |
|
Officer -
Grade E |
To facilitate the decision making by the Departmental Head, give reasoning for particular decision. |
|
Officer -
Grade F |
Take decision on various cases. Briefing the issues to the Top Management etc. |
|
2. Decision making process
References / issues received from Regional Offices, Govt. Departments or any other body or individuals are examined and decisions taken by following the broad procedure as under:
- References received are inwarded in order to maintain the record of its receipt (clerical level).
- References so received are marked to a designated officer.(Officer in Gr.A or B) who analyses the case details and puts forth all the facts of the case.
- The next higher officer (Gr. C) verifies the facts and figures and recommends the possible alternative solutions.
- The next higher officer (Gr. D) examines the various options /solutions given and also gives other options, if any.
- The next higher officer (Gr E) selects the most appropriate solution, its pros and cons and facilitates the departmental head to take a quick and appropriate decision.
- The departmental head(Gr F) once again goes through all the analysis and takes a decision. If need be, he may consult the Executive Director or Managing Director before taking the final decision.
- All important decisions, involving policy implications or financial matters, are taken by Managing Director directly or with prior consultation with Management Committee, Executive Committee or Chairman.
- Decision making and Implementation are also a joint responsibility of all the officers who have been assigned the specific job, for which detailed guidelines have been issued by the Head Office. Therefore, accountability is fixed on the officer/s who is /are responsible to implement the decision.
- Head Office monitors and supervises the tasks given to Regional Ofiices for implementation by fixing MIS, visits etc.
- Within the Department, periodic meetings are held by the Chief General Manager with the Staff members / Officers to review the performance during the month and discuss important matters relating to the functioning of the Department / pendency of the cases or any new developments.
- The Executive Director in charge of the Department holds fortnightly reviews and compliance is submitted on the Review Observations.
3. Norms set for discharge of functions
It has been the endeavour of the Department, which is being scrupulously followed, that all the references received in the Department are replied within a maximum period of one month from the date of receipt in the Department. Details of the reference received are computerised for monitoring their movement.
Acknowledgment of Reference : Within a maximum period of 7 working days
Disposal of references : Within a period of one month from the date of receipt in case of proposals complete in all respects and complying to our guidelines
So far as financial matters are concerned (sanction of grant assistance for non-farm promotional programmes), operational guidelines issued by Head Office and the delegation of sanction powers as indicated below are required to be followed by the Regional offices.
Sr. No. |
Description of activity |
Grant Assistance (ceiling) per proposal |
|
Sanction - Rural Innovation Fund(RIF) |
1 |
Funding support ( grant / loan/ other approved mode ) up to Rs 10 lakh in respect of all activities funder under RIF: |
CGM / RO In Charge on the recommendation of an inter-disciplinary Committee of in-charges of farm / Non-Farm / Micro Credit / Technical services Deptts. in ROs, within the guidelines under relevant schemes and within the budget approved by Head office. |
|
|
|
2 |
Misc. Interventions (Workshops, Seminars / Fairs / Meets / bring out literature, video-audio aids etc.) |
RO in charge: upto Rs 50,000/- per event/ programme |
3 |
Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme (REDP) |
Maximum financial support for an incentive based REDP will be Rs 1.75 lakh with training component at Rs 1.0 lakhand incentive component at Rs 75000/-. However, RO has discretion to change the proportion for justifiable reasons. |
4 |
Skill Development Programme(SDP) |
The financial support for Skill Development Programme for a minimum of 25 trainees:
Upto 2 weeks duration : Rs 35,000/-
2-3 weeks’ duration: Rs 45,000/-
4-5 weeks’ duration: Rs 85,000/-
6 weeks and above: Rs 1.20 lakh |
5 |
Rural Haat Scheme |
The maximum amount of grant support for setting up / strengthening of Rural Haat: Rs 5.0 lakh |
6 |
Release of funds for projects sanctioned |
CGM / GM/ DGM concerned in the Regional Office / Head Office will have powers to release the amount sanctioned. |
4. Refinance Disbursements (RNFS) under investment credit
The details of the disbursements of refinance under investment credit and Government sponsored programmes for various rural non farm sector activities since 1990-91 are given below:
Table 1 : Growth in refinance under RNFS
Year |
Investment credit |
Of which Rural Housing |
Swarnjayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana-- Industries, Service, Business(SGSY-ISB)
(Includes erstwhile IRDP) |
Total |
1990-91 |
80.00 |
-- |
268.00 |
348.00 |
1991-92 |
104.00 |
-- |
259.00 |
363.00 |
1992-93 |
184.00 |
-- |
244.47 |
428.47 |
1993-94 |
328.94 |
-- |
252.07 |
581.01 |
1994-95 |
411.08 |
-- |
263.68 |
674.76 |
1995-96 |
460.36 |
-- |
224.32 |
684.68 |
1996-97 |
644.68 |
-- |
246.63 |
891.31 |
1997-98 |
616.67 |
-- |
308.14 |
924.81 |
1998-99 |
653.95 |
-- |
398.85 |
1052.80 |
1999-00 |
837.42 |
-- |
345.00 |
1182.42 |
2000-01 |
1022.02 |
-- |
390.51 |
1412.53 |
2001-02 |
1615.97 |
501.86 |
290.49 |
1906.46 |
2002-03 |
2007.40 |
769.53 |
209.48 |
2216.80 |
2003-04 |
2363.22 |
1030.23 |
94.18 |
2457.40 |
2004-05 |
2542.58 |
1276.94 |
225.74 |
2768.32 |
2005-06 |
2285.98 |
1242.80 |
116.26 |
2402.24 |
2006-07 |
2265.16 |
1087.63 |
214.01 |
2479.17 |
2007-08 |
2747.95 |
876.41 |
126.16 |
2874.11 |
Cumulative disbursements upto 31 March 2008 |
21354.71 |
6785.40 |
5759.58 |
27114.29 |
Table 2 : Refinance under Investment Credit -RNFS State-wise position during 2007-08
State |
Achievement |
|
RNFS |
of which rural housing |
NEW DELHI |
15.40 |
5.43 |
HARYANA |
211.73 |
32.88 |
HIMACHAL |
28.48 |
20.85 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR |
12.83 |
0.00 |
PUNJAB |
351.08 |
227.84 |
RAJASTHAN |
171.00 |
46.15 |
ARUNACHAL |
0.00 |
0.00 |
ASSAM |
69.04 |
15.84 |
MANIPUR |
5.03 |
2.03 |
MEGHALAYA |
11.81 |
7.66 |
MIZORAM |
11.72 |
9.15 |
NAGALAND |
0.00 |
0.00 |
TRIPURA |
22.40 |
12.27 |
SIKKIM |
3.19 |
2.16 |
BIHAR |
59.59 |
10.21 |
JHARKHAND |
24.39 |
2.77 |
ORISSA |
147.96 |
79.95 |
WEST BENGAL |
336.52 |
80.22 |
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISL. |
9.25 |
2.91 |
MADHYA PRADESH. |
86.41 |
36.76 |
CHHATTISGARH |
38.12 |
9.04 |
UTTAR PRADESH |
244.00 |
32.36 |
UTTARANCHAL |
42.69 |
1.56 |
GUJARAT |
104.43 |
3.29 |
GOA |
12.25 |
0.00 |
MAHARASHTRA |
92.39 |
32.91 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
195.99 |
22.91 |
KARNATAKA |
97.80 |
26.49 |
KERALA |
235.84 |
152.16 |
PONDICHERRY |
5.19 |
0.00 |
TAMILNADU |
101.42 |
0.61 |
T O T A L |
2747.95 |
876.41 |
Table 3 : Agency wise refinance flow under RNFS investment credit
(excluding SGSY)
| Agency |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
Cumulative upto 31 March 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Banks |
531.48 |
699.78 |
966.94 |
1454.57 |
5959.52 |
|
(20.91) |
(30.61) |
(42.69) |
(0.53) |
(27.91) |
State Coop and Agri. Dev. Banks (SCARDBs) |
623.63 |
589.72 |
605.06 |
594.5 |
6191.90 |
|
(24.53) |
(25.80) |
(26.71) |
(0.22) |
(29.00) |
State Cooperative Banks |
625.8 |
533.12 |
312.90 |
278.90 |
4376.73 |
|
(24.61) |
(23.32) |
(13.81) |
(0.10) |
(20.50) |
Regional Rural Banks |
756.78 |
457.41 |
380.26 |
416.56 |
4708.20 |
|
(29.76) |
(20.01) |
(16.79) |
(0.15) |
(22.05) |
Scheduled PCBs |
4.89 |
5.95 |
0.00 |
3.42 |
118.36 |
|
(0.19) |
(0.26) |
0.00 |
(0.001) |
(0.55) |
Total |
2542.58
(100) |
2285.98
(100 ) |
2265.16
(100) |
2747.95
(100) |
21354.71
(100) |
(Figures in bracket indicate percentage share to total) |
Table 4 : Activity wise refinance flow under investment credit (RNFS) (excluding SGSY)
Activity |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
Traditional/ rural industries |
138.70
( 5.87 ) |
162.02
(6.37) |
147.20
(6.44) |
81.06
(3.58) |
37.46
(1.36) |
Agro-processing/ Agro- industries |
73.23
(3.10 ) |
47.40
(1.86) |
80.76
(3.53) |
51.38
(2.27) |
22.85
(0.83) |
Handicrafts |
29.01
(1.23) |
30.03
(1.18) |
29.61
(1.30) |
8.93
(0.39) |
9.62
(0.35) |
Handlooms |
13.89
(0.59) |
12.60
(0.50) |
14.81
(0.65) |
10.80
(0.48) |
0.22
(-) |
Engineering industries |
69.84
(2.95) |
72.69
(2.86) |
15.07
(0.66) |
8.33
(0.37) |
3.88
(0.14) |
Building/construction materials |
26.35
(1.11) |
33.90
(1.33) |
15.89
(0.70) |
11.64
(0.51) |
4.86
(0.18) |
Modern activities |
91.82
(3.89) |
99.03
(3.89) |
68.87
(3.01) |
49.52
(2.19) |
194.95
(7.09) |
Transport vehicles |
110.55
(4.68) |
119.00
(4.68) |
95.83
(4.19) |
204.19
(9.01) |
1118.62
(40.71) |
Service activities |
267.52
(11.32) |
286.16
(11.25) |
280.69
(12.27) |
327.99
(14.48) |
112.88
(4.11) |
Rural Housing |
1030.23
(43.59) |
1276.94
(50.22) |
1242.80
(54.37) |
1087.63
(48.02) |
876.41
(31.90) |
Others |
512.08
(21.67) |
403.01
(15.84) |
294.45
(12.88) |
423.69
(18.70) |
366.20
(13.33) |
Total |
2363.22
(100) |
2542.58
(100) |
2285.98
(100) |
2265.16
(100) |
2747.95
(100) |
(Figures in brackets are percentages to total) |
5. Swarojgar Credit Card (SCC) Scheme
Swarojgar Credit Card (SCC) Scheme was introduced in September 2003 for providing adequate and timely credit, i.e., working capital including consumption needs and /or block capital requirements to the small artisans, handloom weavers and other self employed persons including micro-entrepreneurs and SHGs, etc.., from the banking system in a flexible, hassle free and cost effective manner.
Table 5 : State-wise/Year-wise Target & Achievements under SCC Scheme
and Target proposed for 2008-09
Regional Office |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
|
Target |
No. of cards |
Target |
No. of cards |
Target |
No. of cards |
Target |
Andaman & Nicobar |
500 |
38 |
500 |
|
500 |
43 |
500 |
Andhra Pradesh |
75,000 |
46,040 |
75,000 |
8,000 |
55,000 |
10,322 |
50,000 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
Assam |
6,000 |
2,090 |
6,000 |
1,675 |
6,000 |
201 |
10,000 |
Bihar |
10,000 |
14,082 |
10,000 |
16,463 |
30,000 |
19,956 |
40,000 |
Chhatisgarh |
6,000 |
6,736 |
6,000 |
4,785 |
10,000 |
5,744 |
20,000 |
Goa |
1,000 |
273 |
1,000 |
228 |
1,000 |
226 |
1,000 |
Gujarat |
20,000 |
2,812 |
20,000 |
6,849 |
15,000 |
1,672 |
10,000 |
Himachal Pradesh |
4,000 |
1,634 |
4,000 |
10,677 |
10,000 |
4,406 |
15,000 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
Jharkhand |
5,000 |
1,642 |
5,000 |
2,201 |
9,000 |
2,305 |
5,000 |
Karnataka |
50,000 |
20,042 |
50,000 |
26,809 |
50,000 |
16,594 |
40,000 |
Kerala |
30,000 |
37,948 |
30,000 |
7,844 |
30,000 |
7,933 |
25,000 |
Madhya Pradesh |
20,000 |
8,511 |
20,000 |
5,440 |
15,000 |
1,058 |
15,000 |
Maharashtra |
40,000 |
4,359 |
40,000 |
6,208 |
30,000 |
607 |
15,000 |
Manipur |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
Meghalaya |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
Mizoram |
1,000 |
5 |
1,000 |
226 |
1,000 |
42 |
1,000 |
Nagaland |
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
New Delhi |
500 |
0 |
500 |
|
500 |
0 |
500 |
Orissa |
40,000 |
20,403 |
40,000 |
19,936 |
60,000 |
32,591 |
65,000 |
Punjab & Haryana |
30,000 |
28,153 |
30,000 |
32,003 |
50,000 |
18,946 |
50,000 |
Rajasthan |
20,000 |
2,742 |
20,000 |
11,494 |
25,000 |
8,220 |
30,000 |
Sikkim |
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
15 |
1,000 |
Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry |
60,000 |
9,148 |
60,000 |
14,320 |
30,000 |
3,314 |
25,000 |
Tripura |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
122 |
1,000 |
0 |
1,000 |
Uttar Pradesh |
50,000 |
62,987 |
50,000 |
21,018 |
20,000 |
4,632 |
30,000 |
Uttaranchal |
4,000 |
2,768 |
4,000 |
689 |
10,000 |
3,687 |
15,000 |
West Bengal |
20,000 |
15,681 |
20,000 |
14,454 |
30,000 |
12,782 |
30,000 |
TOTAL |
500000 |
288094 |
500000 |
211441 |
500000 |
155296 |
500000 |
Table 6 : Year wise progress of implementation of SCC Scheme
Year |
No. of SCCs issued |
Credit limit sanctioned
(Rs in crore) |
2003-04 |
28925 |
64.26 |
2004-05 |
150615 |
468.28 |
2005-06 |
288094 |
1410.65 |
2006-07 |
211441 |
756.90 |
2007-08 |
155296 |
679.26 |
Cumulative Progress
as on 31 March 2008 |
834371 |
3379.35 |
6. Promotional Programmes
(A) NABARD-SDC Rural Innovation Fund (RIF)
The RIF which was formed by merger of 2 erstwhile SDC Funds viz: Credit and Financial Services Fund ( CFSF) and Rural Promotion Corpus Fund ( RPCF) is envisaged to emerge as an instrument to try out new ideas and innovations with a scaling up potential in Farm, Non farm and Micro finance sectors, apart from supporting the ongoing promotional initiatives, with the objective of promoting livelihood opportunities and employment creation in rural areas and facilitating access to financial and business promotion services for the poor. Various initiatives taken under RIF during 2007-08 are given below.
Financial Achievements during 2007-08
The total disbursement under RIF during 2007-08 reached a level of Rs 21.71 crore; up from Rs 15.19 crore during 2006-07 registering an increase of 42.92%. The component wise expenditure incurred under RIF during 2006-07 and 2007-08 is given in the table below:
Table:7 Details of Component-wise Expenditure under RIF(2006-07 & 2007-08)
Particulars |
Disbursements |
|
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
Component –I: Innovative / Theme Based Projects |
- |
2.51
(11.6) |
Component – II: Ongoing Activities in Farm, Non-farm & Micro-finance Sectors |
15.14 |
19.11@
(88.0) |
Component – III : Action Research |
0.05 |
0.09
(0.4) |
Total |
15.19 |
21.71 |
@ Includes Rs 4.30 crore expended for RIF administration, publicity and Workshops. Figures in ( ) indicate % share.
Component- I ( Innovative Projects)
During the year, 29 innovative projects involving funding commitment of Rs 7.55 crore were sanctioned taking the cumulative total of innovative projects to 32 and the total commitment to Rs 8.19 crore.
A list of innovative projects sanctioned till 31.3.2008 is given below:
Table 8: List of projects sanctioned under the innovative component of RIF as on 31 March 2008
| Sl.No |
Name of the Project |
Champion of the Project |
State |
Amount Sanctioned (Grant/Loan) |
1 |
Converting Mango Peel Waste into organic manure |
SHARAZ Farm Academy, Hosur |
Tamil Nadu |
8.91 (Grant) |
2 |
Arecanut Leaf Plate Making in Barpetta District |
DHRITI, Guwahati |
Assam |
10.24 (Grant) |
3 |
Integrated Neem Development in Bolangir District |
Agency for Social Action(ASA), Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
23.22 (Grant) |
4 |
Contribution to Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund |
Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund, Mumbai |
All India |
500.00
(Venture Capital Contribution) |
5 |
Low Cost Rain Water Harvesting Structures |
ICAR Research Centre, Umiam, Meghalaya |
Meghalaya,
Tripura,
Nagaland,
Manipur |
10.00 (Grant) |
6 |
Stevia Tea Cottage Industry. |
Essomi Foundation Trust, Arunachal Pradesh |
Arunachal Pradesh |
17.64 (Grant) |
7 |
Cultivation, Processing and Marketing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. |
Om Shree Sai Kalyan Samiti, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh |
Uttar Pradesh |
11.47 (Grant) |
8 |
Soil Health Cards to Farmers Club Members |
ICAR Research Centre, Agartala |
Tripura |
13.37 (Grant) |
9 |
Innovative Jute Retting Project |
Manosri Tarun Bani Mandal, Kolkatta |
West Bengal |
6.098 (Grant) |
10 |
Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting Structure |
Action for Rural Development (AFORD), Manipur |
Manipur |
12.25 (Grant) |
11 |
Household Water Harvesting. |
Adarsh Mahila Mandal, Bilaspur |
Chattisgarh |
1.418 (Grant) |
12 |
Establishment of manufacturing unit for new Cotton Plucking Machines |
Mr. V.V.Bilonikar Aurangabad |
Maharashtra |
15.00 (Loan) |
13 |
Developing Rural Haats into Rural Business Hubs |
MART, New Delhi |
pan India |
16.56 (Grant) |
14 |
Preparation of Smoking Sticks from Coir Pith. |
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR, Panniyur |
Kerala |
5.50 (Grant) |
15 |
Bio-mass Gasifier using Sarpat Grass |
Ramanand Saraswathi Pustakalaya, Azamgarh |
Uttar Pradesh |
6.705 (Grant) |
16 |
Production of Fly Ash Bricks |
Technology & Action for Rural Advancement (TARA),
New Delhi |
Maharashtra |
43.74 (Grant) |
17 |
Low Cost Storage technology for table/ seed potatoes. |
Central Potato Research Station, ICAR, Shillong |
Meghalaya |
4.33 (Grant) |
18 |
Systematic Rice Intensification (SRI) – 5% model for Water harvesting. |
Centre for Action Research & Management in Developing Attitudes Knowledge & Skills in Human Resources (CARM-DAKSH), Bilaspur |
Chattisgarh |
1.20 (Grant) |
19 |
Developing Cost effective process for naturally dyed cotton yarn and integration of production of yarn, weaving and marketing of fabrics |
Charaka Women’s Multi-purpose Industrial Cooperative Society, Shimoga, Karnataka |
Karnataka |
6.00 (Grant) |
20 |
Pilot marketing of innovative fuel saving cooking stove |
Bio-Activated Energy Mission (BAE), Bangalore |
Karnataka |
4.25 (Grant) |
21 |
Promoting low cost spawn production unit and home based cultivation of mushroom through SHGs |
Social Welfare Society |
Karnataka |
3.40 (Grant) |
22 |
Setting up 5 Solar
Tunnel Dryers (STDs) in Rajasthan. |
College of Dairy and Food Science Technology,
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur |
Rajasthan |
7.60 (Grant) |
23 |
Setting up natural cold storage units for vegetables and potatoes |
Shri Arvindbhai R Patel, |
Gujarat |
5.91 (Grant) |
24 |
Product innovation involving modifications in the mechanism/ design of the conventional cotton de podding machine to improve the quality of the deshi variety of kapas (cotton) by reduction of trash content and separation of fragments of the pod thereby ensuring better colour, productivity and purity. |
Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, (ATIRA) Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
4.80 (Grant) |
25 |
Setting up demonstration units for promotion of Biomass Gas Stoves for small commercial applications in 2 villages in Gouribidanur taluk of Kolar district, Karnataka |
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Bangalore |
Karnataka |
4.26 (Grant) |
26 |
Demonstration, manufacture, installation and scaling up of bio-mass based “Earth” Stoves (Sanjha Chulha) in Mohali, Chandigarh, Punjab State. |
M/s. Nishant Bioenergy Consultancy (P) Ltd |
Punjab |
Venture-like support of 12.75 lakh towards meeting block capital requirements (repayable @ 10% of sales realization p.a.) + grant assistance amounting to 11.08 lakh for meeting (i) working capital gap, (ii) 50% of the set-up costs of briquette-making units |
27 |
Organic production of seeds and seedlings for vegetable growers in 15 villages in Pipli block of Puri district of Orissa. |
Society for Advancement of Rural Poor (SARP) |
Orissa |
6.64 (Grant) |
28 |
Development and Preparation of Bio Pesticides thru’ Self Help Groups in Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh State. |
Society for Participatory Research and Development Action (SPREDA) |
Uttar Pradesh |
8.76 (Grant) |
29 |
Popularisation and refinement of integrated disease management practices in apple nurseries in Himachal Pradesh |
IARI, Regional Station, Shimla |
Himachal Pradesh |
9.14 (Grant) |
30 |
Pilot Project for rainwater harvesting to improve sub-surface water quality and BG algae culture in rainwater harvesting structures, South 24 Paraganas Dist., West Bengal |
Beliachandi Aastha Narikalayan Kendra (BANK) |
West Bengal |
5.925 ( Grant) |
31 |
Demonstrating Innovative Low-cost Technologies for Sustainable Rural Development : Kavaraipettai |
Dr A Jagadeesh, Head, R&D, Centre for Energy and Sustainable Resources, RM Engg. College, Kavaraipettai, Tamil Nadu |
Tamil Nadu |
2.10 ( Grant) |
32 |
Integrated Development of Agriculture in the Semi-arid lateritic regions of West Bengal - Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum districts, West Bengal State |
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya |
West Bengal |
19.71 ( Grant) |
The nature of innovative projects sanctioned ranged from pure product innovations like a cotton plucking machine and an innovative jute retting process to process innovations like promoting production of bio-mass energy through Self Help Groups of the poor, promoting cost effective water harvesting structures in the North East and production and marketing of integrated natural dye based fabric through weavers’ organisation.
The stage of innovations funded also varied from developing new products/ practices to pilot testing/ demonstration of innovative projects and even commercialization of innovations already pilot tested and patented. A proposal for investing Rs 5 crore in a micro venture capital fund (Aavishkaar Micro Venture Capital Fund Ltd.) was also sanctioned during the year. The Fund is, one of the fore runner Funds in the Country with focus on investing in micro ventures mainly in agriculture and rural development projects.
The projects sanctioned during the year were fairly wide spread across the country with a number of projects emanating from the North East and other less developed regions. The State wise distribution of the innovative projects sanctioned so far, is given below:
Table 9: State wise Distribution of Innovative Projects
(position as on 31 March 2008)
State |
No of Innovative Projects sanctioned |
State |
No of Innovative Projects sanctioned |
State |
No of Innovative Projects sanctioned |
Karnataka |
4 |
Chhattisgarh |
2 |
Kerala |
1 |
Orissa |
3 |
Gujarat |
2 |
Tripura |
1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
3 |
Tamil Nadu |
2 |
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