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Annual Report 2010-11

26 Years in Service of Rural India

ANNUAL REPORT2010-11

Society For Rural IndustrialisationBehind Doctors Colony, Bariatu,Ranchi-834009 (Jharkhand)Tel. : +91-0651-6452751, 6572139E-mail : [email protected]/[email protected] : www.sriranchi.org

CONTENTS

Chairman's Address 1

Technology Innovation and Modification 4

Technology for Marginal Farmers 7

Technology for Rural Professionals 9

Technology for Village Women 12

Report on Financial & Administrative Status 15


Annual Report Annual Report 2010-112010-11


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Man, created as His image,

is an expression of the

Infinite Compassion of

God. We cannot ask for

more than this Infinity.

The society is stratified,

many continue to suffer

indignity. Many call this as unjust act of

God. SRI finds it as the loving hand of the

Father to teach and guide us to learn and

act befitting His image. It is our

opportunity to show that with our body

and soul, we can also represent the

Infinite Compassion. Society for Rural

Industrialisation is not a group of people,

it is a passion, it is a compassionate

communication.

Industrialisation to SRI is not establishing

commercial production and service

enterprises. This represents learning and

thinking humane system. It respects

c u s t o m s a n d t r a d i t i o n s , b u t

simultaneously and consciously searches

for deeper understanding and alternative

approaches. SRI believes that this urge

only has transformed the hunter-

gatherers to its modern state.

We, who created SRI, were not driven by

charity and philanthropy. We judged that

the greatest challenge and opportunity

that our Creator has offered us is to

demonstrate that we can also bring hope

and joy to people who are ignored by

others. Rabindranath Tagore, the poet,

expressed this arrogant humility, saying :

Ye, the Lord of the universe, without me,

Your Love would have become futile .

We decided to concentrate on the Tribal

community, living in the forest enveloped

villages of South Bihar, now named as

Jharkhand State. Generations of neglect

has the impact on their physical and

mental health. They are Nature dependent

with minimized need, sustainability is

their living philosophy. Individual

freedom is extremely important, more

than individual prosperity. They can not

adopt the life of modern society. Their

areas are mineral rich and hence they

suffer multiple displacements. They

submit to external pressures, and without

confrontation, move out to new areas.

We, at SRI find them beautiful and believe

that we can help. We were aware that the

pressure of Time will force them to change

and we wanted to prepare them for the new

world. We were also aware that modern

communication facilities will infuse a new

level of desire to the new generation, and if

they can not reach the desire level, the

youth will rebel and bring unhappiness.

They do not possess the tenacity to

become successful entrepreneurs. Hence

SRI decided to focus on infusing higher

A 25–year journey along Compassion wayA reflection by

Dr. A. K. Basu, Chairman, SRI




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skills which will help them to access

emerg ing opportuni t ies . SRI was

established in 1984 with the single

objective of providing training on skill to

the school drop out, tribal village youth.

The task was not simple, nor straight. The

trainer to communicate new technology

was not available. SRI trained trainers

from among tribal youth for the task. The

courses followed by other Skill training

institutions on a given trade and the

schedules they adopt were not fitting.

Hence new courses had to be worked out.

It was found that learning a skill will not

ensure that the trainee will be able to fit

himself in the new work environment.

Time will be by clock and not by season or

by sunrise- sunset. Hence they have to be

given the practice of managing time. SRI

adopted Institutional training, with rigid

time control as an integral part of Skill

training. It was evident that they will have

to negotiate with non-tribals, and interact

with traders and shop keepers. The

institutional training had to create space

for this.

One of the biggest hurdles that SRI had to

cross was their weak concentration and

low time of attention. The world of modern

education only recently identified a

learning weakness due to a handicap

termed as Social Backwardness. SRI had

to solve the problem through Work

–centered education. Cost of residential

training was a severe difficulty. The

courses had to be of 3-month duration

only. The institute schedule was laid from

6am to 9 pm with time for games, cultural

activities, management of daily life in a

group, interacting with market, besides

the hardware and software components

related to the trade. Fearing loss of skill if

there is no work opportunity on return to

the village, each trainee had to be provided

with adequate tools to start trade practice,

even without payment.

SRI, at the start, had only the zeal and the

dedication for the mission. It was the

generosity of several donors, from within

and outside India that helped to create the

infrastructure. Till date, more than10,000

tribal youths are trained. 67% practice the

newly acquired skill on part-or full-time

basis. Others have improved life because

of their advanced outlook. Many are

recognized as balanced community

leaders.

The pioneering work of SRI to promote

Skill improvement as the first step to

overcome technological backwardness

and poverty has been recognized recently.

A National Council has been set up to

promote skill training. One essential

condition is placement guarantee. Our

target group will not fit as the placement

means urban orientation .SRI would like

to adhere to the chosen target group. We

h a v e t o s e a r c h s u p p o r t f r o m

compassionate groups, who would find a

humane compulsion to help our singular

effort.

We are in serious financial crisis. Our

salary structure is the lowest in this area,

if not in whole of India. Two years back,


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when about 20% inflation of essential

commodities hit us, we decided to reduce

our intake. This was seriously objected to

by our Tribal trainers. During this time

the tribal youth finally lost their cool and

took up arms against the prevailing

system. We knew that not one of our ex-

trainee had taken up the path of violence

and we all, including the trainers felt that

it is our moral and ethical duty not to block

the one only route for the abandoned tribal

youth to move up in a non-violent way. SRI

sustained it quota of trainees

We realize that the training and

residential infrastructure at SRI campus

is in constant use for the last 25 years and

these urgently need repair and upgrading

.Specially the hostel toilet area needs

immediate attention. The electrical wiring

is in tatters and must be replaced, along

with water pipe lines. An enlarged dining

hall has to be erected quickly to face the

next monsoon. From our own effort

during the last two years, we have

upgraded training facilities of Mechanical

and Civil Engineering sections and added

the new Green Energy Division.

In spite of the desperate financial

situation, some of us who founded SRI do

not despair nor are we ready to give up .In

the past, when we had an empty coffer and

nothing to show, we tasted the water of

human compassion. We have worked hard

to justify the confidence of many on us and

on our approach. We believe, again

quoting Tagore, that it is not only

destructive, but also a sin to lose faith on

the fountain of human kindness.

We live with love and hope.

Dr. A. K. Basu




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1. Sanitary Napkin

Low cost Sanitary Napkin mainly for use in

rural area was developed by SRI, with

support from the Department of Science

and Technology, Government of India in

late 90’s. Over the years a lot of changes

have taken place in the material, and

structure of the pads. In order to keep pace

with this technological change, SRI

initiated a project, with support from

Rourkela Steel Plant and Department of

Science and Technology, for upgrading

the pads. Three main parameters were

considered e.g. absorption characteristic,

dryness and cost.

Original pads were made of surgical cotton

as absorbent and cotton gauze was used

as the holder. Different materials were

evaluated and wood pulp was found to be

the best option. The surgical gauze was

replaced by Non-woven fabric. Two

different versions were developed, one was

Pads with belts and the other was of belt-

less variety. Both the varieties were

subjected to extensive field trial and final

p r oduc t was s t anda rd i z ed a f t e r

addressing the problems identified during

trial.

New equipments were developed for

producing these pads.

The main equipments were Carding

machine and Pad Press. This technology is

being offered as a package which includes

Technology Innovation and Modification

training on Health & Hygiene and

Production process. Complete set of

equipment for production will also be a

part of this package along with their

installation and commissioning at site.

Due to use of new material the cost of these

Napkins has reduced by about 30%.

2. Lac Processing Station

Lac processing station designed earlier for

carrying out three operations e.g.

scrapping, separating and washing was a

hand operated manual machine. For

reducing drudgery and increasing

productivity the machine was redesigned.

In the new design hand operation was

converted to foot operation. Power

operation option using electric motor was

also incorporated for use in areas where

electrical power is available. Conversion

to foot operation helped in reducing the

drudgery to a very large extent. This

project was supported by NRDC.

3. Diesel Substitute

Bio-diesel is an issue under intense

advertisement. Planning Commission led

the national effort to replace 8 to 10%

diesel by Jatropa oil. Jatropa is an

imported, modified Castor, and grows well

in the rain-fed forests of Brazil. Jatropa oil

is processed in giant refineries and added

to diesel in small percentage.

At SRI we looked at the problem from two

angles.


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a) We tried to grow Jatropa on waste

land with monsoon irrigation. It failed. We

concluded that Jatropa is a crop that

requires irrigation support which, in turn,

calls for agriculture land. This is not a

viable proposition.

b) Adding a part of Jatropa oil to diesel

makes no change in the market supply

situation of diesel as far as villages are

concerned.

The research aimed at getting rid of Diesel

and fully substituting it with locally

available oil from forest grown oil seeds. In

Jharkhand, Karanj and Mahua are two

plants which are not promoted by the

forest department for their low wood

value. Tribal people revere both. Karanj oil

is used for lighting earthen lamps and for

medicinal purposes. Its cake is in great

demand, and is an excellent white ant

repellent. The cake is used extensively in

potato cultivation. The only other

commercial use of the oil is for making

industrial lubricants (high temperature

grease).

Mahua is an interesting plant. Its flower is

sweet. It is collected by tribal women who

sell them mainly for making country

liquor. Some are used as cattle feed. Some

are used as food supplement. The seed

contains oil used for cosmetics and in

limited quantity for cooking. The oil cake

is used in fishery.

It was found that in some areas Karanj oil

is available in large quantity and can be

tried as substitute for diesel. Karanj oil

was doped with Diesel in different

percentage for operating a diesel engine.

The change observed was marginal. The

breakthrough came when the engine was

operated with preheated Karanj oil, fully

replacing diesel. The performance

changed radically. Karanj heated to a

critical temperature gave 20% better oil

efficiency (KWH/lit. of oil) and 35% better

energy efficiency (KWH output/KWH

energy input) as compared to diesel.

The experiment was also conducted with

Mahua oil and same phenomenon was

observed. Since Mahua oil is available in

limited quantity and is used as cooking oil

in some areas and in industries for making

soap, it was not adopted as diesel

substitute.

Both experiments show that a normal

Diesel-Generator set can be run with

these oils if preheated to a correct

temperature and can fully substitute

diesel oil. This phenomenon must be

common with many naturally grown oil

seeds in various parts of India and

outside.

The higher energy efficiency leads to

drastic fall in pollution of the exhaust. The

exhaust heat is used to preheat the

incoming oil. Necessary equipment is

being designed.

We believe that for commercial uses in

villages, this substitute will be the final

solution. As an important side effect, we

can earn large carbon credit if a

forestation with Karanj is taken up on a

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4. Agriculture in weak monsoon year

Tradition bound farmers in eastern part of

India depend heavily on monsoon based

rice cultivation. Every year in some

pockets the rain is less than what is

needed, but in many areas the time of rain

does not match the need. Thus overall

productivity of rice remains low, far below

that of China, USA and many countries in

the South-east Asia. SRI technology for

rice cultivation is a proven alternative and

is being adopted in several low rain upland

areas.

We realized that even in the so-called

drought years, there is some rain and this

should be sufficient to grow alternative

cash crop which will enable farmers to buy

rice.

This experiment has been conducted for

tomato as an alternative rainy season

crop. Unlike the specified practice of

supporting the plant on sticks for higher

yield, it was decided to keep them growing

on the ground as creeper. We estimated

that such a procedure will provide a cover

for the soil and will enable retention of

moisture.

The experiment was conducted on a poor

soil in the campus and the yield was 40

kg/dec. Yield per plant was found to vary

between 200 gm and 2 kg. It was definitely

far less than winter crop, but the steady

high price during this period, averaging

Rs. 10/- per kg, brought an income nearly

twice that of the normal crop cultivated

during Ravi season. One needs about 800

kg tomato to earn sufficiently to buy the

annual rice for a family.

On the same field tomato was tried as a

winter crop. Subtracting the input cost

net income in both came to Rs. 25,000/-

per acre in upper most dry land.

In another experiment, a small shed-

house was used to produce Dhania

(Coriander) leaves. Every 25-28 days a

crop was harvested. The small water

requirement could be met from rain water

harvested in plastic tanks.

5. LED Home Light

Based on user feedback, the charging

station has been modified for easier

maintenance and better protection of the

battery. A new 14 volt acid cell has been

developed with the help of a local producer

to replace. 2 + 12 volt combination and

some of the lamp hardware have been

ruggedized.


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Program at Angara

SRI feels that fishery has great potential.

Within the structure of SRI, a major

decision has been taken to strengthen,

Rural Technology Park at Angara so that it

covers three areas :

a) Alternative agriculture

b) Scientific fish cultivation

c) Organizing marginal farmers

Market access

At Angara, with a support from

Welthungerhilf and networked by Center

for World Solidarity, a project has been

undertaken to create market access to

farmers. The project covers two villages,

Jarga and Paika. 20 Women’s groups have

joined to form a large Federation. A

Farmer’s club has been established to

provide correct inputs, help marketing

and offer farm equipment services on loan

f rom a Common Fac i l i t y Cent re

established at Jarga. A wood gas based

station has been commissioned to provide

electricity.

During the year, 5 ponds have been

renovated. Weeders, sprayers and other

equipments are being used by farmers

quite extensively.

Alternative Agriculture

Six different varieties of fruit trees namely

Mango, Guava, Papaya, Chikku, Lemon

and Amla have been planted by 40 farmers

of Jarga & Paika villages.

SRI technology on experimental basis,

Technology for Marginal Farmers

have been taken up by 37 farmers of these

villages on very small upland plots. In

spite of the erratic rain, the yield is 2 to 3

times more than the normal.

Under this intervention, effort was made

to produce value added crop. In these two

villages 40 farmers, rather reluctantly,

agreed to try rainy season tomato. Though

the production was not much and

consumed within the family, the farmers

are now aware of the economic advantage.

In these two villages 25 farmers cultivated

this crop on a total area of 0.60 acre, which

yielded 2107 kg and was sold for Rs.

19,270.00 (Rs. 32116/- per acre) with 3

months efforts.

Aquaculture

For the first time in this area, a fish

nursery has been established. One lakh

spawn stocked in the nursery yielded

more than 40,000 fry which was

purchased by 15 farmers.

Washer Pump

Washer pump developed by SRI has been

installed in a well at Jarga village of

Angara. It is being used by 50 families for

household water. Waste & spillage is used

for small vegetable garden.

Program at Purulia, W. Bengal

At village Kaparra, through a support from

NABARD the women took the lead to bring

about a change. This year there was no

rain and rice crop failed totally. For

mitigating this, 72 families took up tomato




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cultivation and sold 28.63 MT for Rs. 1.30

lakh. Later they went in for Cucumber and

sold 31.45 MT for Rs. 0.9 lakh. The plant

nursery was women’s initiative which

produced 54,000 tomato seedlings. This

project came out with a clear picture

regarding the mechanism adopted by

exploitative market system w.r.t. poor

farmers.

Sales reached the peak from 19th

November to 17th December. Price which

was steadily rising from Rs. 5/- to Rs. 10/-

per kg from 3rd to 15th November,

suddenly jumped down to Rs. 2.60/kg.

This is manipulation. Since the collectors

knew the product volume in next one

month, they crushed the price ruthlessly.

The price rose slowly to Rs.10/kg, and at

th e end the a v e rage p r i c e was

Rs.5.82/kg.During the whole period of 1

month 20 days, the tomato price in

Purulia market never came down below

Rs. 30/- per kg.

We tried to convince the producers to sell

directly in the market which they refused.

Their argument was that earlier times

when they were in difficulty, only the

middlemen rescued them and stood by

them. Now that they have produced and

sold tomato for the first time before winter,

the major benefit should go to the

middlemen. This must be a new learning

for the market driven world of today

Program at Pakur and Sahibgunj

Monsoon was erratic. The option was

fishery, absurd as it may sound. A nursery

with brick lining to reduce seepage was

built. The pond was used to train farmers

on short duration fishery in seasonal

ponds. Out of 3.2 lakh spawn, 1.14 lakh

fry was distributed among 40 trained

farmers. On an average 1000 kg/acre was

the output. Depending on the volume of

water, the farmers retrieved fish in various

sizes, keeping a watch on B.O.D. In 4

months, the nursery pond owner sold fish

worth Rs. 3000/-, besides fry. Most of the

fish grown was consumed within the

families and friends.

Training of farmers

SRI Technology : 47 (Purulia)

Vermi Composting : 52 (Purulia)

Off season Tomato

cultivation : 50 (Ranchi)

Fish Nursery : 04

Pond Management : 55


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1. Training in Service Sector

SRI has been conducting vocational

training in different skill modules since its

inception. This year 316 persons have

received training in following skill

modules given in Table - I.

These youth were sponsored by different

organizations. Gram Uthan Kendra,

Gumla sponsored 110 youths followed by

50 by SAIL, Ranchi, 25 by Arcelor Mittal

and 14 from Purulia under NABARD

Project.

The education level of these trainees

continues to show the urgent need of skill

training at both High and Higher

Secondary schools. The table below gives

the picture.

Technology for Rural Professionals

Education level of Service Trainees

Class VIII to X : 116 (36.71)

School Pass : 117 (37.03)

Intermediate Pass : 077 (24.37)

Graduate : 006 (1.90)

Total : 316 (100)

We continue to plead with State

governments to replace so called Work

Education Program and introduce at least

one skill course in each High School.

Realizing fund limitations to run Skill

Training Courses, SRI advocates for

following 3 courses, one for each school.

a) Agriculture and related issues

b) Engineering Services

c) Social Services

Service 12 week 6 week 4 week

Carpentry 23

Mason 17 10

Electronics & Electrical 49 18

Motor cycle 69

Diesel Engine - Pump 15

Fabrication 26

Bamboo craft 05

Agro equipments 22

Diesel Pump - Generator 10

House-keeping (women) 46

Mushroom (Seed to product) 06

Total 199 22 95

Table - I : Details of Skill Modules




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Thus a cluster of 3 High Schools can cover

all the need to start with. One teacher

trainer per school is needed. Students of

Class-X can act as trainer-helper in Class-

IX. Services offered by the Skill centers

can earn the maintenance of the section as

well as a small income to Trainer-teacher

and Trainer-helper.

Each course has 6 hrs for 30 weeks each

year. A student in one school can opt for a

course in another school within the

cluster.

Feedback from Service Trainees

Out of 199 trainees who underwent 12

weeks training, 50 trainees sponsored by

SAIL, Ranchi were provided with follow up

support for 9 months. By the end of this

handholding period, 41 trainees out of 50

were gainfully employed.

All 15 youths sponsored by Gram Uthan

Kendra, Gumla for Mason training got

engaged immediately after the training.

Training for Women

Few women participate in these vocational

courses. A very large numbers of women

from villages are working in adjacent cities

as house helpers and equally large

number migrate to large cities. A course

was des i gned t o t ra in them as

housekeepers thereby improving their

employability and reducing vulnerability.

The course inc luded e l ementary

maintenance of electrical, mechanical and

sanitary fittings as well as proper

handling of kitchen gadgets. It also

included health hygiene and cleaning,

preparation of hygienic food for elders and

children. Entitlement was also a part of

this module.

2. Production Training

Residential Short Courses on Sanitary

Napkin Production was conducted for 399

women and adolescents. The details is

given in Table-II.

Sponsor Number Trained

Saraikela 23

NABARD , Purulia Project 25

Gondia Maharastra 03

Kasturba Gandhi Awasia Vidyalaysa Bundu, Tamar, Sonahatu, Silli 120

Krisi Gram Vikas Kendra 11

Rourkela Steel Plant 17

Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra 35

COMPASSION East India, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong districts of

West Bengal and Cuttack, Gajapati, Bhubaneswar districts of Odissa 155

SAIL, Raw Material Division, Kiriburu 10

Total 399

Table - II : Details of Sanitary Napkin Training


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Use of Sanitary napkin is becoming

popular among rural women specially

adolescents. Although several State

governments are adopting projects to

subsidize Sanitary napkins so that even

the poor can buy them, the approach of

SRI covers a wider range of objectives.

Cervical hygiene is the central issue, but

production by women gives them a broad

sense of hygiene. Several social taboos are

addressed. Table-II shows the wide spread

of the technology so far.

Training on Food Processing

Food Processing is a widely preferred skill

by village women. It gives them economic

gain, introduces ‘good food’ concept and

hence helps hygiene of person and home.

Mostly this skill is offered in fields through

different projects.

Since SRI is constantly introducing and

improving new products and equipments,

some women are needed within the

Institute to help the scientists and

engineers to develop truly women friendly

systems. This year 11 women were

involved through a 1 week Co-learning

course on some of the new products. .


The continuous effort of SRI to innovate

and popularize new technologies for village

women received a National acclaim.

Department of Science & Technology,

Government of India selected SRI for the

National Award for Women’s Development

through Application of Science &

Technology for the year 2009.

Technology for Village Women

The inspiring citation reads

To recognize more than two decades of outstanding contribution made by the

organization towards empowerment of rural women in tribal areas of Jharkhand

through gender specific & location relevant interventions which can be adopted,

owned and managed by them. The mainstay of the efforts of the organization has been

the firm belief that science and technology is key to economic empowerment at the

grass roots and that genetic technologies have to be adapted for use through grass

root level innovations which keep in view both the financial and social constraints of

rural women. Technology innovation which have impacted the lives of rural women

providing both enhanced income generation and drudgery reduction are washer

pumps for lifting water from deep wells, Women friendly multi functional lac

processing station for production of value added product and cost effective health and

Hygiene products. These S & T based programmes enhance employability of women,

reduce drudgery and improve their overall quality of life with an aim to introduce a

system that ensures sustained growth and improvement in the quality of the life of the

rural poor and tribal community in Jharkhand.

We are grateful to the Department. We now

feel more assured that our program of

enabling Kishori (Adolescent girls) to take

the responsibility of leadership for social

health management will also become a

National program soon. Kishori, we

believe, is a huge untapped energy which

can peacefully move the society itself if

encouraged & supported.

1. Women’s enablementprogram at Angara, Ranchi

It will not be far from truth that every



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woman in Angara Block belongs to at least

one Self-Help group. But many groups die

within a short time. To overcome this

problem, SRI has initiated systematic

enablement process to enable the SHGs to

stand on their own strength. In two

villages Jarga and Paika 20 SHGs have

formed a federation. The members were

trained to frame the structure, rules &

regulations. The members have contacted

Co-operative department at Ranchi and

want to register themselves as a

Cooperative.


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The federation has selected two women to

run Muri (Puffed rice) making machine.

One SHG at Jarga has applied to run a

Public Distribution system. Another

group selected one woman to act as vendor

for home light.

The women supported the concept of

Farmer’s club with Central Agriculture

Services, and rightly enrolled themselves

as members in this hitherto all-male

domain.

2. Women Leadership Program

Women as Leaders for village development

Kapara is a village in Purulia district of

West Bengal. It has 201 families, 27 are

marginal farmers, 2 are small farmer and

the rest are landless labour. All belong to

Santhali community. Agriculture is rainy

season rice cultivation. Income from

migration is the only source of livelihood.

The village has no school, no health

facility, no post office, no drinking water,

and no irrigation.

NABARD assisted a program for the

development of this village through

innovative method under the leadership of

village women. Time allocated was 12

months.

This village has only 13 women including 6

school going girls who have studied up to

class VIII. Two ladies from adjacent areas

agreed to act as Field Supervisor. SRI and

MNEBI provided technical back-up.

These few women came to Ranchi and were

technically trained to make data based

planning and create organization of

women. During this training itself, they

could work out accurate demographic

data, and approximate positioning of the

habitats.

It was planned that the village should be

divided into 4 tolas, each having a Tola

Development Councils (TDC) of 40-50

women . TDC be ing the c o r e o f

development initiative, the trained

members were needed to organize others.

This was done without any difficulty.

During training at SRI, rice business

emerged as the only opportunity. To

ensure good rice production, the plan was

that each family will dig a small rain water

collection hole and SRI will provide a

plastic lining for them.

The women mobilized 125 families who

dug the storages.

They organized the community for rice

business.

Then the draught hit the village. There was

no chance of rice cultivation and families

planned to migrate. The women stood

firm, convinced the people to stay back

and fight.

Alternative agriculture was adopted by 71

families. The women led from front,

producing 54,000 tomato seedlings.

Details of this work are already presented

in the section on Marginal farmers.

3. Project Kishori(Adolescent Girl's Programme)

Project Kishori is one of the most

important and futuristic project of SRI

supported by Rourkela Steel Plant. The




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one year project supported by Rourkela

Steel Plant ended in June 2010. The

project had two components :

a) To create 10 new Women’s Resource

Centre for Empowering Adolescent girls.

b) To strengthen existing 10 WRCs for

self-sustenance.

For each new WRC, 4 women were selected

out of a group of 7 to be trained as Master

Trainer for the adolescent girls.

The training had six modules : Three on

leadership, health and hygiene, and

entitlement. The other three were on

technology. The project was evaluated by

ex t e rna l e xpe r t , who conc luded

“Considering the influence this project

has on adolescents and women, it is

desirable to replicate the model in more

villages. Effort should be made to make

the WRCs self sufficient. This can be done

only if WRCs are further developed as

knowledge based service centers for

villages”.

174 Girls were trained in the 10 new WRCs

and all are practicing the technical trades

in the WRC. However 18 among them have

started own business, 14 on chulha

making and 4 on Mushroom & Food

processing. The list is given in Table-III.

The old 10 WRCs sold Rs. 45,860.00 worth

of various products and made a net profit

of Rs. 8830.00. They are taking help of 20

adolescent girls in the work.

Improved chulha is becoming popular,

mainly because its fabrication and

maintenance are within the skills of

women. Thus the tradition that chulha is

the exclusive technology domain for

village women, is supported. This year 16

more women were trained to meet the

market demand.

4. Women En te rp r i s e &

Income Generation

6 trained groups in West Bengal and 4 in

Orissa have set up Sanitary Napkin

production units. Necessary equipment

for this has been supplied by SRI.

5 women owned home light enterprises

were set up to prov ide assured

illumination by LED lamps for study in

100 households.

1. Bishra Jamsera

2. Bishra Jobaghat

3. Bishra Jobapanposh

4. Bishra Pograbahal

5. Bishra Dalposh

6. Bishra Bijadih

7. Bishra Kapatmunda

8. Kuarmunda Jagdishpur

9. Kuarmunda Lodsera

10. Rajgangpur Laying RS Colony

Table - III : List of New WRCs

Sl. No. Block Village Sl. No. Block Village


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This year Ms. Rini Sinha, Mr Sandip

Kumar Gupta, Mr. J. P. Moyalan and Mr.

Rohit Srivastava left SRI. Mr. M. R.

Goswami (Mech. Engg.) from National

Project Construction Corporation and

Abhijit Group has taken over the

responsibility of guiding Technology for

Rural Professional.

The Council held three meetings on

17.04.2010, 04.09.2010 & 07.03.2011.

Members present in the meeting were 10,

06 & 08 respectively.

Report on Financial & Administrative Status

thIn 44 meeting of the Council a decision

was taken to introduce four category of

membership e.g. Honorary Member,

Member, Associate Member and Donor

Member.

At present the following are regular

members of SRI Council.

Accounts

To provide a clear picture about the health

of finance, the income & expenditure are

shown in 3 separate sections.

1. Institutional Training & Workshops (all in Rs. lakh)

Head Income Head Expenditure

Individual Donors 4.04 Manpower 42.56

NGOs 17.53 Food, Material, Tools for trainees 19.10

Corporate 10.89 Energy & Security 5.13

State Agencies 2.19 Travel/Transport 5.43

From Projects 18.34 Communication/Stationary 0.69

Capital Assets 1.30

Guest & Entertainment 0.31

Miscellaneous 0.58

Total 52.99 Total 75.10

Thus there is a substantial deficit of Rs. 22.10 lakh out of which the capital equipments

came from last year’s grant.

We find that this year 199 candidates came for 12 week training. If we can fulfil our target

of 300, another Rs. 15 lakh would have added to the income. This however would have

only marginally affected the direct cost on trainees, and not any other expenses.

However total Energy & Security charges for the campus are included here. One can

think of proportionate allocation.

However, one point is clear. We must aim to earn Rs. 65 lakh from training activities.




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2. Research, Consultancy & Administration (all in Rs. lakh)

Income Expenses

DST Core : 13.70 DST Core : 16.02

NRDC : 1.00 Research & Consultancy : 5.68

Receipts & Products : 4.06 Administration : 11.20

Consultancy : 0.13

O/H from Projects : 9.15

Total : 28.04 Total : 32.90

Here the expenses are balanced as the apparent deficit will be substantially made

up from the balance receivable from Core Support Grant.

3. Field Project (all in Rs. lakh)

Opening Received Total Total Exp.balance during year

NABARD, Kolkata – 5.40 5.40 7.74

TERI, New Delhi – 9.00 9.00 11.38

CWS-Market Access 6.36 5.74 12.10 6.94

CWS-VET – 2.96 2.96 2.04

ICAR-NAIP 1.74 9.92 11.66 9.41

RSP-WRC – 10.93 10.93 6.18

RSP-Sanitary Napkin – 0.70 0.70 1.16

SGSY-Khunti – 5.00 5.00 5.81

DST-Power Generator – 7.22 7.22 2.62

NCRI-VET – 2.50 2.50 2.36

Total 8.10 59.37 67.47 55.64

From the project expenses Rs. 18.34 lakh and Rs. 9.15 lakh that is total Rs. 27.49

lakh is for manpower and management, which is just about 50% of the total expenditure.

The other 50% is spent directly on the beneficiaries. This is pretty good work.


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