Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

promotion of micro- enterprises and will work as a Revolving Fund. The SHGs will
utilize this fund either for a joint IGA or individual activities within a group.
Most of the proposed project interventions are land based, thus to provide benefits to
the SHGs including poorest of poor, special activities have to be thought so that the
project interventions do not profit only the landed and affluent sections of the
community. This is also a mechanism to involve these people with the implementation
of the project, who may otherwise remain indifferent.
Working capital will be used to assist identified groups for purchase of goods and
equipment if required. This will be utilized jointly and individually as per the group’s
decision. Apart from this, adequate Entrepreneurship Development Trainings and skill
trainings for production will be conducted. It will enable them to enhance their
capacity for income generation programs.
Social Mobilization / formation of Community Group: This project aims at a multi
dimensional approach for decentralized watershed development, catering to a major
part of rural Uttarakhand. The theme of the project is to evoke and involve
communities through PRIs, for the implementation of this project and its further
sustenance.
The communities are actually the first vehicles or mode of contact with the watershed.
The relationship of people and the natural resources are interwoven, integrating
different components such as soil, water, biomass, livestock etc. on a day-to-day
basis in order to sustain their lives. The status of a watershed at any point in time is a
reflection of people's needs and their dependence on the land for their livelihood.
Thus community members are prime stake holders in any watershed endeavor. The
hilly communities have been managing their natural resources from time immemorial
to fetch their needs within a framework of practices and wisdom and their economy is
essentially thriving on watershed produces, therefore genuine involvement of local
people in managing and improving the condition of the watershed is essential if their
living conditions are to be positively improved.
This plan orients around the community, its wisdom, participation and harmonious use
of existing natural resources. The community living in the micro watershed will be
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