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Chapter 2Policy, Legislation and Regulationo Thrift of Rs 844.37 Cro Internal lending amounting to Rs.2139.07 Cro 82,760 NHGs linked with banks under linkage banking Scheme and assessed funds worth Rs.437.73 Cro 656348 Children have been grouped into 37005 Balasabhaso 28707 loans have been sanctioned under the Bhavanashree microhousing scheme amountingto Rs 159.71 Cro 44638 acres of land brought under cultivation with the involvement of 2,34,812 families in820 Grama panchayats through lease land farming.o 2552 Group and 972 Individual enterprises started under Rural Micro enterprises (RME)Programme; Grant worth Rs. 13.48 Cr given.o 845 Group and 240 individual innovative enterprises started under Yuvashree (50K)programme for youth in 18-35 age group, grants worth Rs. 2.07 Cro Asraya - Destitute identification, Rehabilitation and monitoring (DIRM) Programmelaunched in 604 Grama Panchayaths and 16 Municipalitieso Launched self sufficient, Self-reliant and sustainable CDS Programme (S3 CDS) for modelbuilding in 227 Grama panchayatso SJSRY - under USEP (Urban Self Employment Programme), 22,801 individual and 1,565group enterprises were setup benefiting 34,304 people.o 27,467 houses have been sanctioned under the VAMBAY(Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana) topoor families in 54 ULBs across the stateo 155 Clean Kerala Business units for solid waste management have been setup.o 1406 Women from the Kudumbashree CBOs elected to the Local Self GovernmentInstitutions in the recent Electionso SAMAGRA-Kudumbashree has started the extensive programme “Samagra-” LocalProduction Marketing Network which aims at high income generation. Projects in 7 districtsare on the anvil.In terms of poverty reduction, decentralisation has certain definite advantages which areevident from practice. They are -1. Resources have flowed into every nook and corner with earmarking of funds for thedisadvantaged groups2. The outreach of developmental services has improved a lot.3. There is less of sectoralism in decentralised programmes. Greater convergence hascontributed to reducing the ratchet effect of poverty. Local Governments particularly VillagePanchayats, tend to view problems holistically.4. There is great realism in tackling problems of poverty. The problem of poverty is perceivedin its stark reality.5. The innumerable opportunities for participation which has been structured into Kerala'sdecentralisation process has helped the poor in gaining confidence and in moving from lowerlevels of participation into higher forms of direct social action like management of facilities,creation of demand for services and so on.6. The participation of people has definitely improved accountability. Decentralisation affordsopportunities to the poor to grow in strength by continuous participation, constant observation
Environmental Assessment ReportKerala Local Government Strengthening Projectof the exercise of power and accessing more information. As barriers are weaker in the localsituation, the poor can hope to break them with some effort.There have also been certain problems, which are enumerated below:1. The outliers like Scheduled Tribes are still to gain from decentralisation.2. The poorest among the poor need social safety nets particularly for food and healthemergencies. This cannot be provided by local governments.3. The management of services particularly health and education has not been more efficientthan before and these services have direct implications for poverty reduction.4. The flow of bank credit into local schemes for poverty reduction has been rather limitedresulting more from bankers' reluctance to deal with local governments than frominadequacies of project formulation. This has resulted in higher subsidies.5. In a State like Kerala where the number of educated poor is very high there is an inherentlimitation in local government action against it. Linkage with job markets through skillupgradation or identification of self employment opportunities or small scale productionactivities with assured markets are all functions which can be done better at higher levels.Thus the problem of vertical integration of anti poverty programmes is a crucial one. Antipovertyinitiatives at the local level seem to be characterized by incrementalism and there is aclear need for a long range vision to reduce poverty.2.3.3.10. Watershed Development ProgrammesAttappady Environmental Conservation and Wasteland Development Project : AttappadyHills Area Development Society (AHADS) is implementing this project. The JBIC assistedExternal Aided Project was extended up to 2010 based on the Rationalized FinalImplementation Plan (RFIP). This project aims at: Afforestation, Production of Seedlings,Production of fencing posts, Conservation of Forest land, Conservation of Check Dams,Construction of Contour bunds, Construction of drainage canals, Construction of Pits &Structures, and Employment Generation.Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP)/HARIYALI (State Share 8.33%): Theschemes aim at empowering the Panchayat Raj institutions, both financially andadministratively, in the implementation of watershed development programmes. Mainobjectives of this scheme are the following.Harvesting every drop of rainwater for drinking water supply, irrigation, pasturedevelopment, fisheries, plantations including horticulture and floriculture, etc.Employment generation, poverty alleviation, community empowerment and developmentof human and biological resources of the rural areas.Mitigating the adverse effects of extreme climatic conditions, such as, drought anddesertification on crops, human and livestock population, etc.Restoring ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing natural resources,i.e., land, water, vegetative cover especially plantations.Encouraging village community towards sustained community action for the operation andmaintenance of assets created and further development of the potential of the naturalresources in the watershed.84
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