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SIR DORABJI TATA TRUST ANDTHE ALLIED TRUSTS

ANNUAL REPORT2013-2014

Making a

difference

This year is the 175th birth centenary of Jamsetji Tata, the Settlor of the first of the Tata Trusts and the Founder of the Tata group. While the philanthropic space has changed since Jamsetji Tata established the JN Tata Endowment, his guiding principles have endured through the years. The Trusts are committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities they serve, particularly the disadvantaged and underprivileged, and focused on supporting initiatives that will make a sustainable impact.

We stand convinced that knowledge and technology are powerful tools which can be effectively deployed to address many of the development issues faced by India. By benchmarking against global best practises, our endeavour is to serve the communities in the most effective and efficient manner.

During the year, the Trusts in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, worked towards setting up the Tata Centre for Technology & Design in the IIT campus. The prime objective of the Centre is to develop and design affordable technology to serve the needs of resource constrained economies like India.

To help alleviate malnutrition, a critical issue affecting over 40% of the children in India, the Trusts as part of their nutrition initiatives extended grant support for a midday meal programme aimed at making available hygienically prepared nutritious meals to school children, using specialised technology. This support supplements the Trusts’ work in demonstrating efficacy specific nutrition inputs, such as crèches for children under three years of age, in making an immediate, if limited, impact on the lives of children in need.

At the other end of the population spectrum are the aged who are affected in large numbers by Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. It is a devastating geriatric condition which encompasses memory loss, cognitive dysfunction, mood swings and behavioural changes leading to progressive decline in the quality of life until death. While there is no cure available currently, the Institute of Science, Bengaluru, seeded by Jamsetji Tata, is engaged in multi-disciplinary research in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and the Trusts have extended significant grant support for the programme.

In the field of arts and culture, it is a matter of pride that with contribution from the Trusts, the Aga Khan Culture Trust completed the restoration of Humayun’s Tomb and the monument was dedicated to the nation by Hon’ble Prime Minister in October2013.

The Trusts have continued their engagement in other development sectors focusing on social inclusion to make them sustainable and affordable, and partnering with the government for greater impact. While many projects supported by the Trusts have made significant contribution to the society in the specific areas they worked in, the Trusts realise the need to shift from vertical project mode to comprehensive engagement with communities for effecting a sustained improvement in the quality of their lives.

Going forward, the Trusts will be working on redefining their philanthropic approach with a view to making it relevant and responsive to the current needs of society while remaining within the mandate established by the Settlors.

The Trusts are embarking on a major health initiative with specific focus on malnutrition. The issue of malnutrition hampers the living potential of millions of individuals over multiple generations and hence requires immediate attention as well as concerted action by all stakeholders. Addressing issues relating to stunting, wasting and anemia amongst infants, children, pregnant and lactating mothers, the Trusts have begun work on a number of initiatives in the high burden districts of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha with an overall endeavor to improve maternal and child health in those regions. These initiatives are being developed, designed and implemented in partnership with State Governments, leading Developmental agencies and Community Based Organizations. Going forward, these interventions will be scaled up to touch millions of lives in the most high burden districts across the country.

I thank the staff, external consultants as well as the many partner organisations of the Trusts for their continuing teamwork and collaboration with the Trusts, and in helping make a difference to the lives of many.

Ratan N TataChairman

CHAIRMAN’SMESSAgE

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Tribal farmers building a diversion based irrigation system – Society for Rural & Urban Joint Activities (Srujan), Gadchiroli in Maharashtra

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05 Our Trustees

06 The Team

08 Celebrating the legacy of Jamsetji Tata

56 Medical

58 Education and Travel

46 Reaching out

53 Foundations of knowledge and research

48 Working together to make a difference

14 An overview

16 Bundelkhand

22 Chattisgarh

28 Eastern Uttar Pradesh

32 Jharkhand

36 Northeast India

40 South Odisha

60 An overview

63 Funds disbursed since inception

64 Financial Statements of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

66 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Allied Trusts

10 Our philanthropic initiatives

ABOUT US

TRIBUTE

INDIvIDUAL gRANTS

OTHER pROJECTS

INSTITUTIONS

pARTNER ORgANISATIONS

REgIONAL HIgHLIgHTS

FINANCIALS

YEAR IN REvIEw

CONTENTS

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Promoting cultivation of Kalanamak variety of rice – Shohratgarh Environmental Society, Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh

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ABOUT US: OUR TRUSTEES

Mr RN Tata, Chairman

Mr NA Soonawala

Dr (Ms) A Patel

Ms D Jejeebhoy

Mr RK Krishna Kumar

Mr AN Singh, Trustee & Advisor

Prof MS Valiathan (till February, 2014)

Mr VR Mehta

Dr E Sreedharan

Mr R Venkataramanan, Executive Trustee

The JN Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians

Prof SM Chitre

Mr SN Batliwalla

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

Lady Tata Memorial Trust

Mr FK Kavarana, Chairman

Dr PB Desai

Mr SN Batliwalla

Mr AN Singh

Mr M Chandy

RD Tata Trust


Mr NA Soonawala

Mr RK Krishna Kumar

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

Tata Education Trust


Mr RK Krishna Kumar

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

Tata Social Welfare Trust


Mr RK Krishna Kumar

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

The JRD and Thelma J Tata Trust


Dr (Ms) S Chitnis

Dr (Ms) A Desai

Mr AN Singh

Mr FN Petit

Mr R Venkataramanan

The JRD Tata Trust


Mr NA Soonawala

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

Jamsetji Tata Trust


Mr NA Soonawala

Mr RK Krishna Kumar

Mr AN Singh

Mr R Venkataramanan

SIR DORABJI TATA TRUST THE AllIED TRUSTS

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ABOUT US: THE TEAM

Ms Rukshana Savaksha Ms Nayantara Sabavala

Mr Sanjiv Phansalkar

Ms Kamal Titina

Ms Kashmira Meherji

Mr Kumar Chaitanya

Ms Kumudini Todankar

Ms Martha Ferrao

Ms Perrcis Majoo

Mr Yezad Siganporia

Mr Abhay Gandhe

Ms Amina Charania

Mr Bhaskar Mittra (on deputation since 30.09.2012)

Mr Biswanath Sinha

Mr Govind Madhav

Ms Jayeeta Chowdhury

Mr Jitendra Nayak

Ms Niyati Mehta

Ms Poornima Dore

Ms Ratna Mathur *

Ms Rukmini Datta

Ms Saraswati Padmanabhan

Ms Tasneem Raja

SECRETARY AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

ACCOUNTS, INDIvIDUAl GRANTS & ADMINISTRATIvE TEAM

PROGRAMME TEAM

The Programme Associates and Support Staff have also collectively contributed towards the Trusts’ vision of constructive philanthropy

(*Resigned during the year.)

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Dr Nawaz Mody Mulla & Mulla, Craigie Blunt & Caroe, Mumbai

Bombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 001

ICICI Bank, Mumbai

Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Mumbai

Mr Fershoger GuardJayantilal Thakkar & Company, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai

Aneja Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai

ADvISOR (JN TATA ENDOWMENT) lEGAl ADvISORS

REGISTERED OFFICE

BANKERS

SECRETARY (lADY TATA MEMORIAl TRUST) STATUTORY AUDITORS

INTERNAl AUDITORS

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TRIBUTE: CELEBRATINg THE LEgACY OF JAMSETJI TATA

Illustration by Javed Mulani

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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an industrialist, humanist, nationalist and a nation builder.

He was born on March 3, 1839, in Navsari in Gujarat, into a family of priests, the eldest child of Nusserwanji Tata. His father moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to do business and when Jamsetji was 13 he joined his father and enrolled at Elphinstone College, from where he passed out in 1858 as a ‘green scholar’ (the equivalent of today’s graduate). He joined his father’s business gaining knowledge about commodities and markets, trading and banking. In 1868, at the age of 29, he started a private trading firm called Tata and Sons, thus laying the foundation of what is now known as the Tata group. He built his business on five core values – Integrity; Understanding; Excellence; Unity; and Responsibility. These values continue to direct the growth and business of the Tata group.

Jamsetji believed in nation building and sought to give India what he felt was necessary for its economic progress – a steel plant and ‘clean, cheap, abundant power’ – hydroelectricity. His dreams were realised by his sons when the Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel) was set up in 1907 and Tata Power in 1910.

His legacy

“There is one kind of charity common enough among us… It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor, and heals the sick. I am far from decrying the noble spirit which seeks to help a poor or suffering fellow being… [However] what advances a nation or a community is not so much to prop up its weakest and most helpless members, but to lift up the best and the most gifted, so as to make them of the greatest service to the country.” – Jamsetji Tata

Jamsetji’s ideas and vision went beyond business. He was a philanthropist who believed in selfless giving and his philosophy of constructive philanthropy became a tradition for the Tata group.

He realised that India needed a technologically proficient generation and established the JN Tata Endowment for Higher Education in 1892.

Another of his dreams was that India should have an institution of advanced scientific education and research. In 1898, he pledged ` 3 million – half of his personal fortune – towards setting it up. The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), helped to create and nurture India’s atomic energy programme and space programme. It also enabled Cv Raman to undertake research in light scattering, which eventually won him the Nobel Prize in 1930.

Carrying on the legacy

“The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation. The whole of that wealth is held in trust for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle is thus complete. What came from the people has gone back to the people many times over.” – JRD Tata

Jamsetji Tata’s sons, Dorabji and Ratanji, inherited his spirit of selflessness and nationalism and developed it even further. They set up trusts using their own finances. Dorabji left most of his personal wealth (around ` 10 million) to the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, registered a few months before his death. The Sir Ratan Tata Trust was established in 1919 in accordance with Ratanji’s will. Other trusts have been set up at different times to support charitable causes.

These philanthropic trusts have created national institutions in science and technology, medical research with a special focus on cancer research, diagnosis and treatment, social studies and the performing arts. They also support organisations working in areas impacting social and sustainable development such as management of natural resources, education, healthcare, environment and livelihood.

Jamsetji’s vision, his philosophy and values continue to guide the Trusts in their endeavour to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the people they touch.

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YEAR IN REvIEw: OUR pHILANTHROpIC INITIATIvES

Participatory planning for management of community forest – Society for Rural & Initiatives in Sustainable & Holistic Themes in India (SRISHTI), Gadchiroli in Maharashtra

This report presents the activities of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts during the financial year 2013-2014.

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Grants, collectively made by the Trusts, to institutions, non-government organisations (NGOs) and individuals

` 3,717.98 million

2013-2014 2012-2013

` 2,847.03 million

Break-up of grants in 2013-2014

Grants given to Indian and foreign universities, academic institutions and NGOs.

The grants to NGOs were given for implementing specific projects under six portfolios: Natural Resources Management and Rural livelihoods; Education; Health; Urban Poverty and livelihoods; Media, Art and Culture; and Civil Society, Governance and Human Rights.

` 3,490.83 million

Grants given by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust to individuals to partially support the cost of hospitalisation and treatment.

` 26.12 million

Scholarships, means-based grants and travel grants given by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, JRD Tata Trust, Jamsetji Tata Trust, lady Tata Memorial Trust and JN Tata Endowment for Higher Education of Indians, to students for education.

` 201.04 million

A training programme facilitated by Paralegal volunteers – Paryavaran Evam Prodyogiki Utthan Samiti (PEPUS), Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh

learning to harvest Bamboo scientifically – Uttarapath Sewa Sanstha, Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand

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During the year the Trusts made three large grants.

Amount ` 550 million ` 752.08 million ` 942 million

Period Over 5 years. Over 5 ½ years. Over 5 years.

NGO/Institution The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru.

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Purpose To help strengthen and expand their operations.

To pursue research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Towards the establishment of the Tata Centre for Technology and Design.

About the project

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements India’s largest NGO-led mid-day meal programme in partnership with the Government of India and nine state governments. The objective is to improve the health of children by providing nutritious and hygienically cooked food.

The Trusts are supporting Akshaya Patra in extending the reach to 5 million children; strengthening the food creation process; improving food safety and quality; reducing cook-to-consumption time; enhancing nutritional value of the food; and increasing operational efficiency.

It is estimated that AD will affect over 30 million people worldwide by 2030. There is no treatment currently available for curing the disease, slowing the progression or for providing prophylaxis.

The research proposes to explore a paradigm shift in the way AD is approached, from a late life disease to a disease of adult onset with late life clinical manifestations.

The Trusts in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, have taken the initial step towards setting the Tata Centre for Technology and Design, to develop a post graduate scholastic and research programme in India.

The centres will engage in post graduate teaching and research in thematic areas such as food and agriculture; energy; water; healthcare; housing/infrastructure and environmental sustainability.

A high level of hygiene maintained while preparing the meals – Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru

The nutritiously cooked food benefits the children – Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru

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Support for art and culture

The historical and social relevance of ancient texts and buildings help in developing a stronger connect with the present. The Trusts support projects that protect, conserve and restore India’s cultural and folklore heritage as well as ancient and dying art forms. This year, among the many projects supported by the Trusts were the restoration of Humanyun’s Tomb in Delhi and the exhibition of the Cyrus Cylinder in Mumbai.

Restoration of Humayum’s Tomb, Delhi

The restoration of the 16th century Humayun’s tomb in Delhi, implemented by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and supported by the Trusts,was completed during the year.

The project, the single largest public private partnership in the country, had a unique craft-based approach

Humayun’s Tomb post the restoration

to conservation and highlighted the importance of engaging local communities in conservation work.

The Cyrus Cylinder

Another noteworthy initiative during the year was the exhibition of the Cyrus Cylinder.

With the support of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, and Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, the international exhibition titled ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ was held at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMvS) Museum in Mumbai from December 21, 2013 to February 25, 2014. The Cyrus Cylinder is significant because of the inscription in Babylonian cuneiform, of an account by Cyrus, king of Persia (559-530 BC) of his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of Nabonidus, the last Babylonian king. The object, loaned from the British Museum, has often been described as the ‘first charter of human rights’.

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REgIONAL HIgHLIgHTS: AN OvERvIEw

Tribal families reaping the benefits of diversion based irrigation system – Pragati, Koraput in Odisha

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A sustainable society is one in which the needs of all are met. However various factors such as limited natural resources, poor infrastructure, social inequalities and exclusions, and socio-political factors result in unequal development and in many instances skewed development towards one part of society. Women, in particular, and people belonging to disadvantaged social groups or living in difficult terrains, tend to be left out of mainstream development.

The Trusts have been supporting organisations, working with such socially or spatially disadvantaged people in the implementation of projects in individual portfolios that enable them, give them opportunities and help make a difference to their lives.

Recognising the need to make a greater impact on the overall quality of the life of disadvantaged people, the Trusts are now engaging to support multi-thematic development work in specific compact geographies.

Six regions have been identified based on the extent and impact of underdevelopment in that region – South Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Northeast, Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh – and the Trusts have increased their support to NGOs working in these regions in 2013-2014.

Currently the intensity of work and length of engagement is varied in these regions. The focus includes partnering with the government for different projects, wider mobilisation and sector reform efforts. It is intended that over a period of time the Trusts will identify compact clusters of contiguous blocks or sub-districts in these regions for an intensive multi-thematic development support.

The reach and highlights of the Trusts’ engagement in these regions in 2013-2014 is presented in the following pages.

Women entrepreneurs creating high quality embroidered fabrics – ladakh Environment and Health Organization (lEHO), leh in Jammu & Kashmir

learning improved farming methods at high altitudes in the Himalayas – ladakh Environment and Health Organization (lEHO), leh in Jammu & Kashmir

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BUNDELkHAND

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Rajasthan

Chhattis

garh

Bundelkhand

Developing a community farm pond for water conservation – Society for Pragati Bharat, lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh

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About the region

Bundelkhand is a semi-arid region in the north central part of India. It has 13 districts which are spread between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The region covers a large plateau; the undulating terrain is interspersed with ravines and rocky outcrops. There is very little forest cover except in the districts of Panna and Sagar.

There are a multitude of castes and communities; however the proportion of scheduled castes (20 percent) and scheduled tribes (15 percent) is comparatively high. Historically this section of the population has always been marginalised, a victim of a highly oppressive feudal system. Their condition started improving slowly after independence and now their land rights are gradually being recognised. In Uttar Pradesh, for example, the government has allotted land to people from the scheduled castes. However the degraded condition of the land and soil resources, coupled with the lack of irrigation facilities and knowledge about technology has resulted in food insecurity.

The region is also one of the poorest areas in the country with a majority of its rural settlements lacking critical resources. very low rainfall and the variable pattern makes agriculture in this area a precarious livelihood; the average food grain productivity is a mere 11.4 quintals per ha. With this inhospitable terrain and conditions, the area has a population density of about 200 persons/sq. km, which is low compared to India’s overall population density of 360 persons/sq.km. The lack of a viable livelihood through agriculture has led to distress migration to urban centres like Delhi in search of unskilled labour opportunities. There is also high illiteracy among women and severe malnutrition among children.

With such appalling socio-economic conditions, a need was felt for a strategic intervention in the areas of livelihood, health and education. Due to the high structural inequalities these will have to be tackled by

creating and demonstrating alternative developmental models which are relevant in the local context. The existing local voluntary sector is very small and scattered, hence there is a need to strengthen local civil society organisations.

INDICATORS NUMBERS

Infant mortality ratio 66Child sex ratio 913Female literacy 58%Per capita consumption expense

` 1,048 per month

Houses with clean drinking water within 100 mtrs

40%

Key development indicators

Enhancing productivity of wheat crop – Gramonnati Sansthan, Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh

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Current engagement

The Trusts, in the past and currently, support projects in the areas of natural resource management, livelihood, migration, health, education and civil society capacity building. Currently the grants-supported work is spread across eight contiguous districts.

The interventions on Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and goat development have worked well, and together have reached out to more than 10,000 households through 21 partner NGOs. Some of the key partners in this initiative are Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan (ABSSS), Self-Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action (SRIJAN), Society for Pragati Bharat and Margshree Charitable Trust. The models and results have been appreciated by the local government authorities; the models are now being followed in their own programmes. While there are opportunities for replication, the challenges continue to be in mobilising communities and developing self-replicable models rather than continually depending on external aid.

Another major initiative has been the promotion of functional literacy among women. Cumulatively, 15,000 women in lalitpur and Chitrakoot districts have been reached out to through two organisations. It is heartening to note that many of these women are from the Dalit community.

Strong capacity building measures are being taken up for local and small organisations in the region especially in Uttar Pradesh. This has helped them in developing their systems as well as firming up their vision and mission. These organisations can be expected to contribute significantly to the development of the region.

Migration due to livelihood distress is a pressing issue in the Bundelkhand region. About 1,700 migrants and their families are being helped through a grant to Samarthan for accessing various government services. The organisation also facilitates registration and legal aid.

The health initiatives of the Trusts have recently started and will be addressing issues of maternal and child health through community-led action.

Women learning at a literacy centre – Nirantar Trust, lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh

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Key projects

Integrated Natural Resource Management

long term drought mitigation is a need since, for a majority of the people, their livelihood is linked to the land. A large proportion of the scheduled caste population, who were once landless bonded labourers, have received land rights from the state governments. However, it has been observed that most of them were not able to cultivate their land due to soil erosion had degraded its quality.

To resolve this issue, an approach called Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) has been adopted wherein the marginal lands are given with soil conservation treatments, especially farm bunding and excavation of farm ponds. This has made the lands cultivable, and increased ground water recharge and the water availability in ponds and wells. The entire treatment is linked to the changes in farming systems – paddy is cultivated in the submerged parts of the plot and crops like pigeon pea, trees and fodder grasses are cultivated on farm bunds. The increased availability of water has helped increase yield and reduce irrigation cost.

The INRM approach has been developed through the technical knowledge of Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), and has been implemented by 17 community-based organisations. While the majority of the NGOs were new to this thematic area, together they have been able to reach out to more than 2,000 households. By increasing the cropping intensity as well as productivity, the annual agricultural income of each participating household has increased by ` 18,000 within a year.

Women’s Literacy

For the women in Chitrakoot (most of whom are from the marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities), education, and the confidence that comes with it, has become a strong weapon to overcome the disadvantages they face. These women are members of the women’s literacy programme of the Trusts, through its partner organisation vanangana.

The Trusts have supported a contextually developed programme for women’s literacy and empowerment, in partnership with the Nirantar Trust as a technical resource partner. The programme which started in Bundelkhand

five years ago, has brought about functional literacy, health awareness, financial literacy and mobility to more than 20,000 women, and has had a profound and positive effect on their lives.

The women bring out a weekly rural newspaper called Khabar Lahariya, which is written, edited, illustrated, produced and marketed by them. The newspaper which began in 2002, now has six editions and reaches over 80,000 readers in 600 villages every week.

One of the many success stories is Phulwa Devi, an illiterate woman with four sons and three daughters. When she learnt about the literacy classes in the village, she enrolled herself and her two daughters-in-law. She then ensured the construction of a pond in her village, applying the numeracy and literacy skills the learning centre had equipped her with. She also mobilised women to take part in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) and today she is a state level MNREGA committee member. Women like Phulwa Devi have become role models as they have not only developed literacy skills but also leadership qualities through this programme.

Goats are an important source of livelihood for women – Grameen Development Services (GDS), lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh

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Integrating small ruminants in farming systems – Grameen Development Services (GDS), lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh

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Fellowships for Development Action

Bundelkhand has a large dedicated rural university with a development-oriented vision – The Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya vishwavidyalaya offers courses in the fields of social work, rural management and rural development and arms graduates with specialised potential to contribute to rural development work in the region. There is also a group of NGOs who are working committedly for the marginalised communities in the region. Most of the NGOs however are small and working with limited resources and in small geographies. Despite the presence of many facilitating civil society agencies, there is no effective synergy among civil society actors for concerted action for the development of the region.

The Trusts, through a recently launched initiative, are supporting social work graduates of Chitrakoot University through fellowships, and mentoring and motivating them to engage in systematic, rural grassroots work in the region. The mentoring will be done by Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situation (SATHI) UP, an organisation dedicated to capacity building of small NGOs in Uttar Pradesh. The span of coverage of the Fellowship support includes development theory, practice, and the ability to respond to the contextual reality of Bundelkhand, which might extend to establishing an organisation and overseeing its practice. This will be done through handholding and practical application assignments in partnership with local NGOs. Engaging the University’s research faculty on community development issues, revising the University’s curriculum as deemed fit and helping strengthen fieldwork components of current students are other elements of this initiative.

Future plans

The Trusts plan to further their interventions in Bundelkhand by taking a multi-thematic and convergent approach. Moving from the traditional philanthropic approach, the Trusts will take up a goal-centric approach and will aim to impact the lives of one million people, focusing on the marginalised sections of society. The efforts will be directed towards developing replicable interventions, influencing developmental policies, mobilising communities and promoting civil society action. These actions are expected to bring in community ownership of the developmental process.

In the area of livelihoods interventions, INRM and livestock development will continue but with a new focus on promoting entrepreneurship and developing credit-based models, so that these can be replicated on a larger scale and become sustainable in the long run. Community mobilisation, another aspect of natural resource management, will be further developed through community action plans.

To solve the complex problem of rural poverty, it is critical to focus on bettering the quality of healthcare and education. Improving functional literacy of women will remain on the agenda and new projects will be taken up to improve student learning levels and mainstream school dropout children through the Doosra Dashak model. As Bundelkhand has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, important interventions in maternal and child health will be promoted in the region through community-based organisations.

A strong and vibrant civil society can fast track developmental action. In Bundelkhand, the thrust will be on capacity building of existing and newly developed civil society organisations so that they are run more professionally. There is also dire need for attracting young talent in this region for taking up developmental work. The fellowships to such graduates will help in fulfilling this need.

Developing a pomegranate nursery for plantation establishment – Self Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action (SRIJAN), Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh

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CHHATTISgARH

Odisha

MadhyaPradesh

Maharashtra

Jharkhand

Telagana

Koriya SurajpurBalrampur

Surguja Jashpur

Rajgarh

Korba

Bemetara

RaipurDurg

BalodDhamtari

Gariabandh

Kanker

Narayanpurkondagaon

BastarBijapurDantewadi

Rajnandgaon

Balodabazar

Mahasamund

Janjgir-Champa

BilaspurMungeli

Kabirdham

Facilitating horticulture development for tribal farmers – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh

Sukma

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About the region

Chhattisgarh gained statehood in 2000 and currently has 27 districts. It is surrounded by Uttar Pradesh in the north; Jharkhand in the northeast; Odisha in the east; Andhra Pradesh in the south; Maharashtra in the west; and Madhya Pradesh in the northwest. The north and south parts of the state are hilly while the central part is fertile land. About 44 percent of the state is covered by moist and deciduous forests of the Eastern Highlands Forests.

Chhattisgarh is primarily a rural state with only 20 percent of the population residing in urban areas. With the exception of the hilly states of the north-east, Chhattisgarh has one of highest percentage of scheduled tribe (ST) population within a state, accounting for about 10 percent of the STs in India. Scheduled castes (SC) and STs together constitute more than 50 percent of the state’s population. The tribals mainly inhabit the dense forests of Bastar and other districts of south Chhattisgarh. Given that more than 50 percent of the state’s population comprises STs and SCs, the high incidence of income poverty among them is a matter of serious concern.

The main livelihood of the villagers is agriculture and agriculture-based small industry. The majority of the farmers are still practicing the traditional methods of cultivation, resulting in low growth rates and productivity.

Current engagement

The current presence of the Trusts in Chhattisgarh is thin. However, based on the need of the local population, systemic lacunae, and existing knowledge and experience, there are two potential district clusters that can be developed as state sub plans for integrated development.

Key projects

Samerth Trust, Bilaspur

The Achanakmar region in Chhattisgarh is the most deprived in terms of all development indices. It extends into Madhya Pradesh and comprises of four blocks in Bilaspur district. The area is hilly, interspersed with dense forests of the Achanakmar sanctuary. It is inhabited by several indigenous tribes – predominantly Baigas, a primitive tribal group who are extremely destitute. The scattered habitations, exclusion from other communities and inaccessibility of the region has kept them from joining most government services.

The state has one of the lowest standard of living in India as per the Income Index (0.127). The literacy rate is just below the national average. Bastar and Dantewada in south Chhattisgarh are the most illiterate districts and the student drop out ratio is the highest among all districts.

INDICATORS NUMBERS

Sex ratio 964Female literacy 60.59%Infant mortality rate 48Maternal mortality rate 269Access to safe drinking water 948 (rural) and 936

(urban) per 1000 households

Sufficient drinking water round the year

804 (rural) and 841 (urban) per 1000 households


Helping farmers conserve traditional crop varieties – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh

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The Trusts have partnered with Samerth Trust for reaching out to Baiga children and adolescents through the life-span approach. Beginning with a pilot in 2008, the partnership has succeeded in supporting the education of more than 2,000 children in the Bilaspur district. A strong team of Balmitras use teaching methods from Mobile Crèche and the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET).

Working extensively with very young children, before they begin schooling, more than 1,800 children have been impacted.

With the initial support from their Saarthi centres that helped children bridge the learning gap, they have succeeded in admitting more than 700 never-enrolled and drop-out children in government schools.

They have also provided remedial education support to 1,150 children under ‘Samtulyata Abhiyan’ for classes 5, 8 and 10.

The Samerth Trust is also working with communities to enable and empower them to participate in the education of children. The Balmitras have facilitated formation of school management committees in 30 schools with tribal parents, and provided them training on the Right to Education Act. The organisation also use kala-jatthas (gathering of artists and artisans) and bal melas (fairs for children) to promote education and engage with children.

Skill Development – Don Bosco (DB Tech)

The Urban Poverty and livelihood portfolio has partnered with DB Tech Society, a leading skill training provider, to help increase the accessibility of skill training to youth residing in remote parts of India.

Along with increasing access to learning for youth belonging to the left Wing Extremism region, the project focuses on providing skill training within the services, technical and health sector. It also ensures employment opportunities within and outside the region through effective networking with corporate and industry associations.

Using a hub and spoke model, the focus is on training marginalised youth with a view to preparing them for local employment opportunities. The efforts are to establish centres at block levels (spoke) which will be coordinated through the district centres (hub). The model is unique in itself as it increases access to remote locations. Spoke centres, usually located at block level, operate on a rotational basis increasing the coverage within the region, whereas a hub centre operates on a fixed basis in a district headquarters and offers advance training in entrepreneurship to those willing and having the ability to start their own business. To ensure the productivity of entrepreneurship

Women at a self help group meeting – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh

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Encouraging farmers to grow millet – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh

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training the project will also support potential entrepreneurs with access to finance either through bank loans or revolving fund supported by the Trusts, or both.

The project is being implemented at three locations – Jumaikela in district Jashpur; Kodra in district Bastar; and Sonarpal in district Surguja. The aim is to reach out to 1,350 youth from these three districts in the next three years.

Ramkrishna Sarada Ashram, Bastar

The project, initiated in 2011, is located in the Naxalite area. There is scarcity of government-run programmes in this part of Chattisgarh. The Trusts are supporting a safe motherhood initiative that uses technology-driven integrated development. Covering a population of 60,000, the programme has been directly impacting 35,000 people. By setting up village-based clinics and linking them with mobile health units, they have reached out to many women who otherwise would not have received any healthcare. Over 8,000 patients have attended the clinic; more than 640 pregnant women have registered of whom 10 percent were high-risk and admitted to a hospital.

In just two years the initiative has been able to demonstrate health-related technologies that are bridging the gaps. Some of the key elements are:

Introduction of IvR (Interactive voice Response) through cell phone.

Introduction of point-of-care diagnostics at village level.

Use of ICT tool to increase awareness.

Development of low-cost maternal health technology for fetal and maternal monitoring.

Introduction of Skype-based optometry training.

E-enabled extramural maternal care system; cancer surveillance.

Mobile-based tracking system.

Water and energy technologies.

Action Against Malnutrition

The Chhattisgarh state government has scaled up rural Phulwaris (crèches), based on the Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) model that was tried out in rural Bilaspur district as an approach to reduce malnutrition among children between 0 and 3 years. JSS has been one of the key resource organisations for rendering

Members of a self-help group discussing village development plan with Trusts’ officials – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh

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training on running and management of rural crèches. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh announced in January 2013 that the state would run such crèches in each village.

In Sarguja district the implementation of crèches and engagement with district administration has seen the state government rolling out and expanding their community run crèche scheme to all tribal blocks. The engagement with government has resulted in the following:

An increase in the immunization coverage of children.

The referral and admission of severely malnourished children to Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres.

Training of Anganwadi workers and ANMs.

An enhanced understanding of Panchayati Raj Institutions members.

System of Rice Intensification

The Natural Resource Management and Rural livelihood (NRMRl) portfolio of the Trusts is implementing a programme to promote the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and to improve associated cropping patterns. The activities are sharply focused on small and marginal farmers in selected districts. The objectives of the SRI programme are to improve food self-sufficiency, improve soil health and fertility, and create a knowledge platform networking among stakeholders. The SRI project is being implemented in a consortium with 12 NGOs. The districts covered are Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Korba, Gariabandh, Dhamtari, Kanker, Kondagaon and Bastar

Progress and achievement

During the kharif period 2013-14, the SRI programme reached out to 21,402 families spread over 488 villages in 12 districts, with a coverage of 7,510 hectare. The main crops were paddy, mustard, millets and vegetables. The consortium has also devoted some time influencing the government towards SRI by field visits, yield certification, organising workshop etc. 1,363 families were covered for paddy (Rabi crops) and 1,737 families in other crops like vegetables, pulses and millets.

The average productivity was 6.37 MT/ha in paddy, with a significant increase of 109 percent in per family coverage. The productivity is much higher than the average state yield of 2.2 MT/ha & 1MT/ha when traditional practices are used for paddy and millets respectively. The average

yield of SRI-millets is 3.06MT/Ha (yield analysis of 10 percent of the total family). Some salient points:

85 percent families are continuing with SRI for a second time.

53 percent families engaged in organic farming.

Convergence with Department of Agriculture, Government of Chhattisgarh – 7,155 families.

The achievements include seven-months of additional food security for a family of five members, and 0.6 acre of SRI coverage.

27 joint events have been organised among partners with government officials and different stakeholders to help in faster dissemination and extension of the programme as well as to share cross-learnings on different best practices among partners, like sustainable agriculture, MGNREGA convergence, community mobilisation etc.

Facilitating networks of organisations

PRADAN and its partner NGOs have formed a state level forum called SRI-manch to share the learnings of SRI and other initiatives among all partners, as well as to influence the state to spread a community-based developmental cluster model throughout Chattisgarh. The forum usually meets once in a three months to review the engagement of the last quarter and draw up the plans for the next three months. PRADAN is the lead partner in this network, which supports implementation and capacity development of other partners.

The portfolio is also exploring the possibility of interventions in other thematic areas, based on continuous learnings from the ground presence.

vegetable farming helping tribals become economically self-sufficient – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh

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EASTERN UTTAR pRADESH

Encouraging small farmers to cultivate new crops – People’s Action for National Integration (PANI), Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh

BIHAR

JHARKHANDMadhya Pradesh Sonbhadra

Mirzapur

RavidasNagar

Ambedkar Nagar

Sitapur

Hardoi

St. KabirNagarBasti

Faizabad

Bahraich

Kushinagar

MaharajganjSidarthNagar

Balrampur

Sravasti

Lucknow

Unnao

Kanpur

Hamirpur

gonda

Bara Banki

MaunathBhandan

Allahabad

Chandauli

Ghazipur

Varanasi

Jaunpur

Pratapgarh

kaushambi

Chitrakut

Banda

Fatehpur

Raebareli Sultanpur

Azamgarh

Gorakhpur

Deoria

Ballia

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About the region

Uttar Pradesh, the seventh largest state in India in terms of land mass is home to nearly 1/5th of the country’s population and is the ninth most densely populated state. The Trusts have focused their interventions in Eastern Uttar Pradesh as this region has always been underdeveloped, has poor infrastructure and limited natural resources.

Nearly 80 percent of the population is rural with agriculture being the chief source of livelihood, which has its own set of challenges. Floods during monsoon and water scarcity during the other months are a regular phenomenon which disturb economic activities and sometimes even change landholding patterns. The only available major cash crop is sugarcane which, due to unpredictable market system, is not a dependable source of livelihood. Paddy is the major food crop but the growing Kharif season is usually threatened by floods. Wheat (Rabi crop) is grown to compensate for this loss, but the irrigation required makes it a costly investment and therefore financially not so profitable.

Buffaloes dominate the animal husbandry sector; cows are occasionally maintained. Goats, in very small herds, are significant in livelihood management as they are generally maintained using farm waste and are easily manageable during floods.

The public health infrastructure in the state falls substantially short of the Indian Public Health Standard population-based norms. The state also does not have an efficient emergency transport system which has a huge bearing on maternal health outcome.

The development is also negatively influenced by social systems such as very high proportion of landless households (up to 70 percent in many villages) and oppressive feudal systems. Women are generally socially restricted from developmental roles.

Current engagement

The Trusts, until 2007, had a marginal presence in Uttar Pradesh. Civil society engagement and strengthening was seen as a major need to undertake any other development work. The Trusts therefore initiated a large programme on institutional collectivisation of rural women and through this process tested the viability of partnerships and built institutional and programmatic capacity of NGO partners to undertake systematic development work.

Building on this base, other programmes were undertaken in the areas of rural livelihoods, education and health in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The development projects have a collective outreach to about 300,000 families in this region.

INDICATORS NUMBERS

Infant mortality ratio (in 45 of the 70 districts of UP)

65

Child sex ratio 899

Female literacy 56.3%


Improving potato productivity – People’s Action for National Integration (PANI), Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh

BIHAR

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Area Districts Programmes

Trans Sharayu region (East of Ghagra River, along the Nepal border)

Currently reaching out to 43 blocks in 11 districts.

Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Basti, Faizabad, Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar

Natural Resource Management and Rural Livelihood Education Health (emerging presence)

South of Sharayu River (mostly along or near the border with Bihar)

Currently reaching out to 36 blocks in 10 districts.varanasi, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Gazipur and Sitapur.

Health Education Natural Resource Management and

Rural livelihood (emerging presence)

Areas with saline soils Pratapgarh Comprehensive development work

Key projects

Healthcare

The Trusts programme on Empowering Rural Women (ERW), which covers nine districts in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, gave rise to a network of tried and tested civil society organisations and a process of community collectivisation. This can serve as an ideal base for layering a primary care service delivery programme with a focus on maternal and child health.

The strategies and activities of this programme have been developed with the oldest ERW partners. The activities are based on ground level reality and the organisations’ own capacity and ability to carry forward a health service delivery programme. The organisations visited Jan Chetna Manch (one of the best health programmes of the Trusts) to understand how community health operates. A preliminary needs assessment of the health situation was also undertaken by the partners, based on which a programme addressing basic healthcare was designed with a focus on women and children.

Integrating ICT in Livelihood Development

To improve the efficiency of traditional agriculture extension system, an ICT enabled system was conceptualised by the PANI-FASAl project team. The

Healthcare for infants – Grameen vikas Sansthan (GvS), Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh

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system, developed by Digital Green, is designed to maximise reach with low resources. It uses locally produced videos to disseminate best practices, encourage their adoption by farmers and improve their income levels. The model overcomes limitations of illiteracy and enhances the quality of knowledge transfer.

A pilot to promote the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) was undertaken between June and November 2013 in five villages of Amedkar Nagar district. A team of eight local women Community Resource Person (CRP) were trained in video production and screening. The team was equipped with a video camera and projectors. They produced a 12-minute video on SRI techniques practiced by farmers in an ongoing FASAl project in an adjacent district. The video was shown to small groups of 15 women in non-FASAl villages. The team reached out to 500 household through 39 video screenings which resulted in the adoption of SRI by 106 households within one month.

The project was scaled up to four locations in three districts in November 2013 with two video production teams. Within six months the teams had produced 18 videos on locally relevant agriculture practices at FASAl project locations, conducted 756 video screenings in non-FASAl locations which triggered over 2,300 adoptions of various agro-practices without any other extension activities.

The system is highly cost effective, scalable and time-efficient.

Future plans

The Trusts will select some of the districts for multiple comprehensive interventions. They are also evolving broad strategies for working in Eastern Uttar Pradesh through multiple interventions.

Multi layer cropping improves yield for small farmers – People’s Action for National integration (PANI), Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh

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JHARkHAND

Nutritious food provided to children in a creche – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand

Karra

TorpaMurhu

Erki(Tamar II)

Khunti

Rania

Bandgaon

Gudri Sonua

Chakradharpur

Khuntpani

Chaibasa

Gobindpur(Rajnagar)

Sarakela

KharsawanKuchai

Chandil

IchagarhTarmar

Sonahatu

Bundu

Namkum

Lapung

Baha

Coilkera

TontoAnandpura

KHUNTI

PASHCHIMI SINGHBHUM

SARAIKELAKHARSAWAN

Kukru

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About the region

The state of Jharkhand was created in November 2000 through reorganisation of erstwhile Bihar. The state has 24 districts, 33 sub-divisions, 247 blocks, 3,979 panchayats and 32,620 villages. The total population of the state is 32.96 million (2.72 percent population of the country) as per 2011 census.

A large tribal population, considerable forest cover, a hilly and mountainous terrain, dominance of rain-fed paddy cultivation, relative isolation from mainstream society and left wing extremism are the defining features of a large part of the state of Jharkhand.

Agriculture remains the principal source of livelihood for an overwhelming majority of the population. About 52 percent of the geographical area of the state is cultivable, but only about 22 percent of that area is cultivated. Food grain crops are grown on about 2.38 million ha area.

Maternal mortality rates continue to be unacceptably high, estimated to be around 400 per 100,000 births.

Current engagement

The Trusts have a significant presence in the state with 38 active grants across a portfolio of rural livelihoods, health and education. The projects span issues of food security, ecological security and market-based livelihoods in the realm of rural livelihoods. For health the focus has been on maternal, child health and nutrition, and for education work has centred around elementary education, adolescent education and women’s literacy. The Trusts have a current reach of about 19,000 households.

Key projects

Torpa Rural Development Society for Women, Ranchi

The Khunti district of Jharkhand is characterised by a hilly terrain covered largely by forests and poor roads, all of which make the area inaccessible. More than 73 percent of the population is tribal, with Munda being the predominant tribe. Schools are largely non-functional due to many reasons.

The Trust has been partnering with Torpa Rural Development Society for Women (TRDSW), since 2008, supporting quality education programme for tribal children in Torpa and Rania blocks in Khunti district. More than 5,000 children have been enrolled in school with improved learning levels over six years. Many of

INDICATORS NUMBERS

Per capita income at current prices (2011-12)

` 31,982

Poverty headcount ratio (2010-11)

36.96

Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

55%

Anaemia in women between 15-49 years

70.00%

Female literacy 55.42%


Children learning while at play – Ekjut, West Singhbhum in Jharkhand

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the balwadis (crèches) supported by TRDSW have been adopted by the government as anganwadis (government-run pre-schools). In the last phase, 2,435 children were mainstreamed into primary schools and about 4,000 children were provided remedial and learning motivation to stay in school. Most of the children are first generation learners who have been supported from pre-primary to elementary grades.

The parents and communities are now more involved through school management committees, which were strengthened through training. Girls rescued from trafficking have been given counselling and life skills, besides skill training to help them become independent. Moreover, TRDSW has been able to maintain a good relationship with the government as well as with the extremists.

This programme is now gearing up for the third phase of the partnership which aims to provide quality education to tribal children in 74 villages across the two blocks in Khunti district.

Jan Chetna Manch, rural Bokaro

In the late 1980s lindsay and Ranjan Ghosh moved to Chandankyari in rural Bokaro (then Dhanbad in Bihar) after finishing their PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. One night lindsay, who had no formal training in medical care,

was asked by the villagers to help out in a complicated delivery. The incident made lindsay realise the severe paucity of services and the health condition of women which in turn triggered the husband-wife team to begin a process of collectivising the women into self help groups. This small beginning led to Jan Chetna Manch, which today is known nationally and internationally for its contribution to reproductive health based on an empowerment paradigm under the organisational framework.

The villages of Chandankiari and Chas blocks remain poor and backward despite their proximity to the steel and coal industries. The villagers are overwhelmingly poor, the public health care system is largely absent and the cost of private health care is high. The case of Devi (name changed), highlights the fact that it is the unavailability of health care that is the cause of high number of maternal and child deaths in many parts of rural India.

Devi lives in a village in Chandankiari. She was brought for her first antenatal check up (her 4th pregnancy) at the outreach programme in her village when she was three months pregnant, by a ‘swasthya sakhi’ (health worker). Her obstetric history, like so many women of her village, was heartbreakingly sad. She had had two home births, and both had died within minutes, probably due to birth asphyxia. For her third pregnancy she went to an expensive and well-qualified obstetrician in Purulia for antenatal care. On his advice she had an elective caesarean at the district hospital but the baby died due to the hospital’s unhygienic conditions. Her fourth pregnancy was managed by Jan Chetna Manch; it was a complicated one that called for advanced care and the happy result was a healthy baby.

Jan Chetna Manch has expanded its health programme to cover health issues for children 0 to 5 years and its work now also includes non-communicable diseases with respect to cancer and mental health.

The Trust’s work in Rural Livelihoods

The Trusts have adopted the strategy to give priority to agriculture productivity enhancement. Indigenous variety of small ruminants is promoted for expanding the livelihood basket for a farmer. Since there is availability of non-timber forest produce, enhancing the value chain of this sector has been a major intervention made in the state.

Children from creches being examined by government doctor – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand

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The Trusts focus has been to capitalise on the natural resources and human capability available. Enhancing food security at the household level has been major area of work during the year. Watershed development, increasing food productivity, managing ground water for productivity enhancement, indigenous variety of small ruminants and application of technology in the tasar silk sub-sector have been the major components.

Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM) has been undertaken in the districts of Deogarh and Ramgarh. About 8,000 small and marginal farmers have adopted the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for enhanced food productivity in the state; 16 NGOs worked together under the technical guidance of Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development which functioned as nodal agency. Similarly about 300 households have been ensured a second crop by providing irrigation through the Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) system. Black Bengal goat, a local variety, has been selected for breed improvement and market linkages in Deograh and Godda districts so that the farmers get a better market price. 10,000 marginal farmers have benefited through this project.

One of the projects, undertaken by a consortium of six organisations, focuses on educating farmers through technical guidance to help them better understand water aquifers. Application of laser technology to help in grading tasar yarns and identification of pest attack through the same technology has helped about 3,000 tribal women who have formed a tasar-based producer company, MASUTA, in the state.

Future plans

Jharkhand is being considered as a priority region by the Trusts for an integrated development programme with the aim to significantly improve the quality of life of people in tribal areas. The goal is to transform a million lives in a ten-year period. This initiative will leverage the presence of the Tata group and other stakeholders.

The next steps will include designing and conducting a baseline study on the basis of chosen indicators of impact. The findings of this will be used to draw up a comprehensive plan.

Community level monitoring growth of children – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand

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NORTHEAST INDIA

villagers discussing the management of community conservation areas – World Wildlife Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I), West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur

Mizoran

Tripura

Assam

Sikkim

Nagaland

Meghalaya

Arunachal Pradesh

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Myanmar(Burma)

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About the region

The eight states located in India’s northeast cover an area of 2,62,179 sq. km. constituting 7.9 percent of the country’s total geographical area, but have only 39 million people or about 3.8 percent of the total population of the country (2001 census). Over 68 percent of the region’s population lives in Assam. The density of population varies from 13 per sq.km. in Arunachal Pradesh to 340 per sq. km. in Assam

The region has abundant natural resources and is identified as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. It is home to species-rich tropical rain forests and supports diverse flora and fauna and several crop species. The forest cover in the region constitutes 52 percent of its total geographical area. Thus, a large part of the area of the region is used to providing global public goods, which limits the availability of arable land and enhances the cost of delivering public services to the sparse population.

The region is covered by the mighty Brahmaputra-Barak river system and its tributaries. Erosion of river banks caused by floods has been an annual feature involving enormous loss of life, property and livelihood. Geographically, apart from the Brahmaputra, Barak and Imphal valleys and some flat lands in between the hills of Meghalaya and Tripura, the remaining two-thirds of the area is hilly terrain.

This predominantly hilly terrain is host to an overwhelming proportion of tribal population ranging from 19.3 percent in Assam to 94.5 percent in Mizoram. The region has over 160 scheduled tribes and over 400 other tribal and sub-tribal communities and groups. It is predominantly rural with over 84 percent of the population living in the countryside. According to the 2011 Census, region has a literacy rate of 79 percent. Within the states there are significant variations in the literacy rates with Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya being below the national average. Inspite of the higher literacy rates concerns on the quality of education persists. More importantly, the literacy rate has not translated into higher employability or productivity.

Current engagement

The Trusts journey in the Northeast region started in 2006-07. In a span of eight years it has made considerable inroads and has disbursed substantial funds for the developmental of the region. The formation of the Northeast Development Consortium (NDC) which is a consortium of six Sir Dorabji Tata Trust funded organisations in Northeast, facilitated by Centre for Microfinance and livelihood (CMl) has been a major achievement. The NDC under Mahila Kishaan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) project of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India has leveraged ` 140 million for working with 14,000 women in 7 districts of Assam.

INDICATORS NUMBERS

Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) 35 Child sex ratio Assam - 933,

Mizoram - 971 Meghalaya - 970

Female literacy 74.72%Access to safe drinking water 43.65%


A training session for youth – Aide et Action, Shillong in Meghalaya

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As part of the engagement in employability, the Urban Poverty and livelihoods portfolio has been working with Aide et Action and Don Bosco Tech Society in Assam and Meghalaya. The partnership with Aide et Action aims to address the unemployment issue and to reduce poverty level by providing short term quality skill training along with interpersonal communication skills. The project’s target is to train, over three years, 2,160 youth from below poverty line families by setting up two Institute of leadership Entrepreneurship & Development centres in Guwahati and Shillong. So far the partnership has trained over 1,000 youth in hospitality, fashion designing, electrician, beautician, and automobile while ensuring over 70 percent placement. The project intervention has ensured a significant increase in monthly household income ranging between ` 2,500 and ` 6,000. Moreover, joint certification of the training has been initiated in partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open University to build recognition of the training in the market.

The education projects in the Northeast span across elementary education, adolescent education and child protection. Integrated approach to technology in education has been layered with elementary and adolescent education projects. The Trusts’ adolescent education project in Nalbari, Assam is partnered with Gramya vikas Mancha. It targets drop-out or very irregular attendance in schools from Nalbari, Kamrup rural, and Baksa districts. This project, like the rest of adolescent education projects, is based on the Trusts supported

Doosra Dashak programme. So far about 200 out-of-school adolescents have attended five month residential camps and have been mainstreamed into regular schools. These camps bridge the learning gap, provide life-skills education, and boost their self-esteem and confidence to re-join mainstream education. This platform is also open to other children in the villages and works as a preventive measure to dropping out of school.

The community mental health initiative of the Trusts through the NGO Ashadeep in Boko block of rural Kamrup is aimed at significantly extending the limited reach of public mental health facilities by integrating services at the primary care level. It is designed to address five of the conditions listed by the WHO as being priority: psychoses, depression, convulsive epilepsy, alcohol use disorders and suicide. The initiative adopts the approach of training a front-line team in identification and provision of comprehensive care as per the needs of the person and the family.

Key projects

The Golden Weavers’ Project

The Golden Weavers’ Project has been supported by the Trusts since 2006 and is today highly successful. It is registered as an independent entity as a producer company and is ensuring its sustainability by designing and selling finished products from eri silk through outlets. Currently

Managing an advanced milk processing plant – Youth volunteers Union, Thoubal in Manipur

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it has 400 shareholders and reaches out to 4,500 eri yarn spinners. The biggest achievement of the project has been organising the small number of women spinners and aggregating their produce. This has already resulted in the spinners achieving a 160 percent increase in their output. The spinning process has been mechanised, leading to enhanced efficiency and productivity of spinners.

At the request of Grameen Sahara to find ways of enhancing quality and efficiency, the Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI) in Mysore developed an eri silk spinning machine. With the support of the Project and Central Silk Board (CSB), Grameen Sahara has been able to provide 466 CSTRI machines to the spinners at a 50 percent subsidy assistance provided by CSB. A spinner who would earlier earn between ̀ 400 and ̀ 800 can now earn between ` 1,200 and ` 2,000.

To keep up with the increased production Grameen Sahara has been able to upgrade 170 looms of which 15 are in a centralised unit. The Jacquard looms have been provided by CSB, Guwahati at 80 percent subsidy to the weavers. The Trusts project supported the training of more than 280 weavers in the field of design development and they can now earn up to ` 3,000 a month.

World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF India)

The Eastern Himalayas is an ecologically fragile, biodiversity hotspot region and Arunachal Pradesh lies in this zone. The forests nestled in these mountainous terrains provide indispensable ecological functions and services but at the same time are highly vulnerable due to rapid changes in the socio-economic aspiration of the local communities and the decline in traditional management systems.

In this context the Trusts extended support to WWF-India in two project phases – implementing a project to promote community based conservation of forest areas, traditionally owned by the local villagers, in the form of ‘Community Conserved Area’ (CCA), and to promote sustainable livelihood options for the villagers as conservation incentives.

The sustainable livelihood promoted was in the form of community based tourism at two locations – Thembang village in West Kameng district and Zemithang in Tawang district. The efforts made through the project have resulted in the villagers’ declaring and self-managing 635 sq.km. of forest land under Thembang Bapu CCA in West

Kameng and 85 sq.km. named Pangchen lakhar CCA in Tawang District.

The CCAMCs (Community Conserved Area Management Committees) earned ` 240,000 as their corpus while the villagers earned ` 970,000 through eco-tourism venture. The villagers started patrolling and monitoring the CCAs which helped in checking illegal hunting. They also successfully documented the wintering blacknecked crane and the presence of the red panda, both of which are endangered species, in the CCAs of Zemithang. A draft management plan for sustainable collection of firewood by villagers for genuine use was also prepared. The successful implementation of this model has led to much appreciation as well as consultation by the state in framing relevant policies.

Future plans

Based on the experience and learnings over the past five years, a comprehensive plan is being proposed along with North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA), supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust. The overall goal would be to ensure the well-being and improved and sustainable livelihoods and skills for 400,000 households (of this 300,000 will be covered by the Trusts) by 2025 in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

Chief Minister reviewing an advanced milk processing plant – Youth volunteers Union, Thoubal in Manipur

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SOUTH ODISHA

Children of migrant workers attending school – PARDA, Naupada in Odisha

Bargarh Sambalpur

Debagarh Kendujhar

BhadrarJajapur

Cuttack

Jagatsinghapur

Puri

khordhaNayagarh

Ganjam

Gajapati

RayagadaNabarangapur

Koraput

Malkangiri

kandhamal

DhenkanalAnugul

Baudh

Subarnapur

Balangir

Naupada

kalahandi

Baleshwar

Mayurbhanj

KendraparaChhattisgarh

Andhra

Pradesh

Bay of Bengal

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About the region The state of Odisha is gifted with rich natural resources but its people live in abject poverty. The current report by the Rajan Panel ranks it as the most backward state of the country in terms of socio-economic milieu. The population of the state as per 2011 census is 41.95 million of which 39.98 percent belong to the scheduled tribe (ST) and scheduled caste (SC) communities. The incidence of poverty in Odisha is the highest in India and in unemployment it is second in the country. As per the 2009 Tendulkar Committee report, 37 percent of its population lives below the poverty line against the national average of 29.80 percent.

The state is in a deplorable condition in terms of other development indicators such as infant mortality, maternal mortality, basic health care facilities, access to primary education, etc. Distress migration is a regular occurrence, especially in the drought prone areas.

However, the degree of deprivation varies across the four agro-climatic zones of Odisha – Coastal Plains, Northern Plateau, Eastern Ghat and Central Table land. The Coastal plains comprising of nine districts has relatively better human development indicators than the other regions. The southern region which comprises the districts of Eastern Ghat and Central Table land is the most backward and is generally called South Odisha.

South Odisha

The South Odisha region that includes the districts of Boudh, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Raygada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Kalahandi and Nuapada, is one of the most backward regions of India. The region with a population of about 8.1 million (around 19.3 percent of the state population) is primarily inhabited by SC/ST communities.

Early marriage, multiple pregnancies, poor nutrition, prevalence of sickle cell anaemia, superstitions and unavailability of better health care system have contributed to higher Maternal Mortality Rate in south Odisha. While the enrolment rate of children has increased across the state, south Odisha lags behind the other parts in providing education to girl children.

The infrastructure development in this region is equally poor. More than 20 percent of the families depend on wells and streams for drinking water, while 89 percent of the families do not have access to latrine facility and hence defecate in the open. The poor water and sanitation conditions give rise to health issues and spread of epidemic diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and malaria. According to a 2012 World Bank report, this region is comparable to sub-Saharan Africa which ranks low in almost all human development indicators globally.

INDICATORS ODISHA SOUTH ODISHA

People living Below Poverty Line

37% 68% to 85%

Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)

280 303

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) 62 66

Gender gap in education 18 24

Electrified villages 78.80% 62.06%


A malaria-malnutrition camp for children below 5 years – Citizen’s Association for Rural Development, Gajapati in Odisha

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Achievements and current engagements in South Odisha

The Trusts have been supporting projects in South Odisha since 2003. More than 30 partner organisations have been supported on projects related to livelihood enhancement, improving the condition of migrant labourers, health and children’s education.

Education

In the area of education, the Trusts have been supporting Multi lingual Education centres and supplementary centres which are focused on improving the learning levels and enrolment rate, and integrating dropout students back into schools.

Health

The region being one of the malaria endemic zones, the focus has been on prevention and cure of malaria through a consortium of partner NGOs.

Seven health organisations have been implementing projects on community health and controlling the

prevalence of malaria in this region. With the support of the Trusts, these organisations have been able to reach out to 345 villages and significantly control malaria. The interventions include educating and sensitising communities; reducing parasite load in children under five years and in pregnant mothers; maintaining village sanitation; and promoting personal protection measures such as use of nets and application of repellents (e.g. Neem oil). All this has helped reduce the incidences of deaths due to malaria by 50 percent and there has been a substantial reduction in the number of people suffering from the disease. More importantly in children under five years, the parasite load that inhibited their growth has significantly reduced.

Migrant Population

The Trusts have developed partnerships with organisations under the Trust Support Program for Migrant Populations. This programme aims to set up migration resource centres which provide support to migrants both at source and destinations, addressing issues of identity, legal awareness, training, social security and other linkages.

Tribal children enjoying reading books – Sikshasandhan, Saradiha in Odisha

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Livelihood enhancement

The primary source of livelihood in this area is mono-cropped paddy which is frequently affected by drought-like situations due to erratic rainfall.

The projects on livelihood focus on improving food security and enhancing the income of the marginalised. This is done by improving crop production through practices like System of Rice Intensification (SRI), enhancing income with irrigated agriculture through Diversion Based Irrigation and enterprise development of livestock like broiler poultry farming.

The involvement of the Trusts in SRI promotion in Odisha dates back to 2008 when the methodology was piloted with some partners under its existing livelihoods programme. The SRI programme now covers 57,209 farmers through 13 partner organisations. The average area of coverage for Kharif has increased from 0.23 acres in 2008 to 0.33, despite water stress situations. A sample survey of more than 2,000 farmers in the Trusts supported SRI region showed that there has been 40-70 percent incremental yield in rice production through this programme over the conventional method of rice cultivation. Such results have encouraged farmers to apply the concept of SRI in other crops such as maize and wheat in the Rabi season. More than 4,000 farmers have applied the concept of SRI in other crops in 3,318 acre of land which has resulted in a yield increment of more than 40 percent as well as an increase in income levels.

One of the major objectives of the Trusts is oriented towards mainstreaming SRI in Government programmes. There has been diverse response from different State Governments on the efforts of the Trusts on SRI. Some of which have been extremely encouraging - in Odisha the state Government and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have partnered with the Trust promoted organisation lIvOlINK Foundation for promoting SRI in different locations.

Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) is a simple and cost effective method that applies gravitational force to guide water from adjacent streams and rivers to the cropping field areas. DBI is also known as Gravity Flow Systems and is feasible for undulating, hilly and mountainous terrains.

The main objective is to target those families which are predominantly from the forest fringes near the origin of streams – those who are left out of the many ongoing development schemes and programmes.

The Trusts started the DBI project in 2008 and have supported 19 partners in Odisha for implementing 176 DBI schemes across 15 districts. The aim was to create irrigation potential of 19,194 acres of land, benefiting 14,773 families in 376 villages across Odisha. The programme has successfully reached out to 8,634 household in 171 villages, affecting 11,502 acres of Kharif crop. The average cost per family (excluding people’s contribution) is ` 2,975 and per hectare is ` 6,461. The main contribution of the project has been the stabilisation of Kharif paddy and encouraging farmers to take short duration cash crop in Rabi season, which has resulted in 20-50 percent incremental income of the farmers. Apart from ensuring irrigation in late Kharif and Rabi season, it has also helped communities to access water for domestic purposes and has significantly reduced the drudgery faced by women in these villages.

Skill development workshop for youth – Aide et Action, Bolangir in Odisha

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Future plans in South Odisha

Based on the Trusts’ experience and need for a multi-thematic intervention to transform the quality of life of people in the South Odisha, a cluster of five blocks with very low human development index have been selected. These are Muniguda and Bissamcuttack in Rayagada district, lanjigarh and Thuamulrampur in Kalahandi district and Kotagarh in Kandhamal district.

A baseline survey conducted through an external agency in these five blocks indicate that 85 percent of families live below the poverty line and their average annual income is ` 28,900 per household. More than 20 percent of the families depend on wells and streams for drinking water, while 89 percent of the families do not have access to latrine facility and hence defecate in the open. Also, only 35 percent of the children have access to basic health services like vaccination, while over 54 percent

of the families suffer from malaria. On the education front, the dropout rate of students is 12 percent and the quality of education in terms of age appropriate learning is very low.

The aim of the project is to significantly improve the quality of life of 25,000 (out of 71,000) households in this cluster of five blocks, in three years. During this period the goals are:

Ensure that the household income increases by more than 2.5 times and the average annual household income increases to ` 75,000.

Ensure that all families have access to safe drinking water within 500 meters from the house and at least 50 percent of families have proper sanitation facility.

Ensure that no more than five percent of the children will dropout from school before eighth grade and at least 60 percent of them will have age appropriate learning.

Students in a skill development program at a library – Aide et Action, Bolangir in Odisha

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Ensure that 80 percent of the people have more than 18.50 BMI and 80 percent of the women have a haemoglobin count of more than 12 units or grms/dl.

The Trusts will work with partner NGOs to implement the project. The livelihoods related interventions will focus on cultivation of high-value crops such as vegetable, maize, fruit trees, by promoting irrigation. It will address the issues of food security by scaling up SRI, millet cultivation and pigeon pea cultivation. For the landless families, scaling up of poultry, duck and goat rearing will be focused through the existing cooperatives established in the region with Trusts’ support.

The project will also focus on youth entrepreneurship through helping the youth to earn income by providing services such as veterinary care; supply, repair and maintenance of solar lights; supply of agricultural inputs; and repair of agricultural implements.

The interventions on health will focus on providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, community health services targeting malaria and other communicable diseases, and on improving maternal and child health. Mobile health services will also be one of the components of the intervention, which will address health issues in remote areas.

The interventions on education will focus on improving the quality of education in government schools and running supplementary study centres at the village level for ensuring age appropriate learning levels.

The Trusts’ office in Bhubaneswar will closely monitor the project implementation with the support of dedicated allocated staff. Further, a Program Management Unit (PMU) will be set up at Muniguda, a centrally located block of the cluster, to engage in project implementation and closely monitor the outcome indicators targeted during the project period.

A skill development workshop in plumbing for youth – PARDA, Naupada in Odisha

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OTHER pROJECTS: REACHINg OUT

Certificate Course in labour Protection and Migration Services

The Trusts have set up the Centre for Migration and labour Solutions (CMlS) at Aajeevika Bureau in Udaipur, as part of the Tata Trusts support programme for the migrant population. In consultation with CMlS and the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) in Mumbai, the first ever certificate course on migration in India was developed and launched in November 2013.

The course is being offered by CMlS in partnership with the Center for Community Organization and Development Practice (CODP), TISS and is targeted primarily at field practitioners and managers engaged in the Trusts supported migration projects across India.

The coursework combines conceptual inputs on informal economy and migration in India, with inputs on field research, communication and social marketing skills. It will help field practitioners and managers to build fresh perspectives and skills, and they can employ the learnings for better design and delivery of field initiatives.

Akshaya Patra Foundation

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements India’s largest NGO led mid-day meal programme, in partnership with the Government of India and nine state governments. Through this programme, 1.3 million children (as per enrolment) are fed through on every school-working day.

In addition to promoting universalization of primary education, this programme also works towards improving the health of children by providing nutritious and hygienically cooked food.

The Trusts are supporting Akshaya Patra in their endevour in many different ways: extending the reach to 5 million children; strengthening the food creation process; improving food safety and quality; reducing cook-to-consumption time; enhancing nutritional value of the food; and increasing operational efficiency. The Trusts’s support also helps in easing the financial pressure and

enhancing the utilisation of spare capacities of kitchens, plant and machinery, and skill upgradation.

Completion of the restoration of Humayun’s Tomb

The 16th century tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun had a leaking dome, damaged stone façade, broken and missing tiles, collapsing arched cells of the outer wall, and a million kilos of concrete that had made it a sinking site. The restoration of Humayun’s tomb in Delhi was implemented by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and supported by the Trusts. The project ran for a five year period with over 200,000 man days of craftsmanship.

The then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with His Highness the Aga Khan, Mr Ratan Tata and then Minister of Culture, Mr. Chandresh Kumari Katoch were chief guests at the completion ceremony on September 18, 2013.

This public private partnership, the single largest in the country, had a unique craft based approach to conservation. It highlighted the importance of engaging our local communities in conservation work.

People’s linguistic Survey of India

The 1961 Census reported that India has a total of 1652 mother tongues. The 2001 Census listed 122 languages. Today, we have only 780 languages. While the Census does not record languages spoken by less than 10,000 speakers, the People’s linguistic Survey of India (PSlI) aimed to record every single language spoken in India. The four year project was undertaken by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre and supported by the Trusts.

The PSlI survey was conducted with the support of 85 institutions and 3,000 linguists across India. The 52 volumes of over 35,000 pages will be published by Orient Blackswan and the repository of the audio and visual material will held at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

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This public private partnership was the single largest of its kind. The project has also revealed that our languages are an integral part of our cultural heritage.

The Mewar Ramayana manuscript

The Mewar Ramayana is a stunning manuscript originally prepared for Maharana Jagat Singh, the ruler of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan, in the middle of the 17th century. The project, a joint collaboration between the British library and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMvS), has for the first time digitally reunited the 600 folios that have been separated across the UK and India for over the last 150 years. The project was launched in Mumbai on March 21, 2014 by Maharaja Arvind Singh of Mewar and Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British library.

International Exhibition on ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ With the support of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, the international exhibition titled ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ opened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMvS) Museum in Mumbai from December 21, 2013 to February 25, 2014.

On the ‘Cyrus Cylinder’ is the inscription in Babylonian cuneiform with an account by Cyrus, king of Persia (559-530 BC) of his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and capture of Nabonidus, the last Babylonian king. The object, loaned from the British Museum, has often been described as the ‘first charter of human rights’ and reflects a long tradition in Mesopotamia from as early as the third millennium BC where kings began their reigns with declarations of reforms. Along with the Cyrus Cylinder and 32 other associated objects from the British Museum, the CSMvS also showcased the first documentary evidence of Indian proclamation of human values (Ashokan Edict – 300

BC) propagated by the ancient Indian Emperor, Ashoka the Great, along with a relief panel from Persepolis.

In addition to the launch the book by John Curtis titled, ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East’, CSMvS Museum also rolled out an extensive students’ education programme to more than 400 schools and colleges in and around Mumbai. As the historical and social relevance of these objects continues to echo into our present world, ‘culture’ continues to have the unique ability of bridging gaps and strengthening dialogue.

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The Cyrus Cylinder showcased at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya Museum (CSMvS), Mumbai in Maharashtra

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Charitable Trust, Gujarat Alwar Mewat Institute of Education and Development, Rajasthan Amar Seva Sangam, Tamil Nadu Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi, Maharashtra Animal Help Foundation, Gujarat Antodaya lok Karyakram (AlOK),

Bihar Antodaya Public Charitable Trust, Bihar Anusandhan Trust, Maharashtra Anweshi Women’s Counselling Centre, Kerala Appropriate Technology India, New Delhi Arunoday Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Arya Vaidya Sala, Kerala Asha Kiran Society, Odisha Ashadeep, Assam Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Delhi Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Karnataka Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India, Karnataka Association

Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), Uttarakhand Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), Madhya Pradesh Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, Maharashtra Centre for Advocacy and Research(CFAR), New Delhi Centre for Child and law, National law School of India University, Karnatataka Centre for Community Development - CCD, Odisha Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - C-DAC, West Bengal Centre for Environmental and Socio Economic Regeneration, West Bengal Centre for Equity Study, New Delhi Centre for People’s Forestry, Andhra Pradesh Centre for Urban and Regional

Excellence, New Delhi Centre for World Solidarity, Andhra Pradesh Chaitanya, Maharashtra Change Management Unit, West Bengal Charutar Arogya Mandal, Gujarat Chaupal Gramin vikas Prashikshan Evam Shodh Sansthan, Chhattisgarh Chetna Samaj Seva Shiksha Evam

vikas Samiti, Madhya Pradesh Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya, Maharashtra Child in Need Institute (CINI), Jharkhand

Brother of St. Gabriel Education Society, Maharashtra Brothers of Charity, Jharkhand Brothers of St. Gabriel Education Society, Andhra Pradesh Bruksha “O” Jeevar Bandhu Parishad Building and Enabling Disaster Resilience of Coastal Communities (BEDROCK), Tamil Nadu Bundalkhand Sewa Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh

for Rural and Urban Needy (ARUN), New Delhi Association for Social and Health Advancement , West Bengal Astha Sansthan, Rajasthan Attakkalari Public Charitable Trust

of Contemporary Performing Arts, Karnataka Auranga Gramin vikas Samiti, Jharkhand Azad India Foundation, Bihar

Badlao Foundation, Jharkhand BAIF Development Research Foundation, Maharashtra BAIF Institute for Rural

Development, Uttar Pradesh Baihar Nari Utthan Sewa Mahila Mandal, Madhya Pradesh Baradrone Social Welfare Institution, West Bengal Basic Needs India, Karnataka Bhagwan Manav Kalyan Samiti, Uttar Pradesh Bharat Gyan vigyan Samiti, New Delhi Bharat Ratna Dr. B R Ambedkar University, New Delhi Bharati vidyapeeth Institute

of Environmental Education and Research, Maharashtra Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kendra, Maharashtra Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan Trust, Maharashtra Bharatiya vidya Bhavan, Maharashtra Bharatiya vidya Bhavan’s S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Maharashtra Bhartiya Jan Sewa Ashram, Uttar Pradesh Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Gujarat Bidhan Chandra Krishi viswavidyalay, West Bengal Bihar Bal Bhawan Kilkari, Bihar Bikaner Adult Education Association, Rajasthan Bombay House Jashan Committee, Maharashtra Breakthrough Trust, New Delhi

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Grameen vikas Sansthan (GvS), Uttar Pradesh Gramin Mahila vikas Sansthan, Rajasthan Gramin Punarnirman Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Gramin vikas vigyan Samiti, Rajasthan Gramonnati Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Gramya Vikash Mancha, Assam Greenc Initiatives, Uttar Pradesh Gunjan Foundation, New Delhi

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Rajasthan IIMPACT, Haryana In Defence of Animals, Mumbai India Natural Resource Economics and Management Foundation (INREM), Gujarat Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, West Bengal Indian Institute of Public Health, Gujarat Indian Institute of Sciences, Karnataka Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Indian National Trust for Arts & Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Jammu & Kashmir Chapter Indias New Group for Raichur Integrated Development, Karnataka Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Support, Madhya Pradesh Innovators in Health (India), Bihar Institute for Developmental

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Family Planning Association of India (FPA India), Maharashtra Fellowship with Mentally Retarded - Asha Niketan, West Bengal Foundation for Awareness, Counseling Education (FACE), Jharkhand Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Gujarat Foundation for Education and

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Initiative, New Delhi Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action - SOCHARA, Karnataka Society for Education Welfare and Action Rural (SEWA Rural), Gujarat Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action, Maharashtra Society for Pragati Bharat, Uttar Pradesh Society for Promoting Rural

Education and Development (SPREAD), Odisha Society for Research and Rudimentary Education on Social and Health Issues (SRREEOSHI), West Bengal Society for Rural & Initiatives

in Sustainable & Holistic Themes in India (SRISHTI), Maharashtra Society for Rural & Urban Joint

Activities (SRUJAN), Maharashtra Society of Parents of Children

with Austistic Disorders (SOPAN), Maharashtra Socio Economic and Education Development Society, Jharkhand South Orissa voluntary Action (SOvA), Odisha Spandan Samaj Seva Samiti,

Madhya Pradesh Spastics Society of Karnataka, Karnataka Special Olympics Bharat, New

Delhi Srishti Seva Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Srishti Sewa Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Street Survivors India, West Bengal Student’s Relief Society, (SRS), Rajasthan Suchana The Uttor Chandipur Community Society, West Bengal Sudhar, Madhya Pradesh Supporting Association for Thematic and Holistic Initiatives - SATHI, Uttar Pradesh Suraksha, Orissa Sustainable

Human Development Association, Uttar Pradesh Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission, Maharashtra

T T R Anantharaman Education and Research Foundation Tarapur Medical Research

Charitable Trust, Maharashtra Tarun Chetna, Uttar Pradesh Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Tata Medical Centre Trust, West Bengal Tata Relief Committee, Jamshedpur Tata Steel Rural Development

Society, Jharkhand Technology Resource Communication and Service Centre (TRCSC), Jharkhand The Action North East Trust, Assam The Aeronautical Society of India, Maharashtra The Aseema Trust, Tamil Nadu The Association of People with Disability (APD), Karnatana The Foundation for Medical Research, Maharashtra The Foundation for Research in

Community Health, Maharashtra The Goat Trust, Uttar Pradesh The Himalaya Trust, Dehra Dun The India Foundation, New Delhi The Livelihood School, Andhra Pradesh The Marg Foundation, Maharashtra The Peoples Medical Relief Society,

Maharashtra The Pride India, Maharashtra The Society for Education Improvement & Innovation (Centre for learning Resources [ClR]), Maharashtra Torpa Rural Development Society for Women, Jharkhand Training, Awareness and Bahaviour Change about Health & Rehabilitation Society, (TAABAR), Rajasthan Trust Community livelihoods, Uttar Pradesh

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Udayama, Odisha Udyogini, New Delhi Umri Christian Hospital, Maharashtra Urmul Khejari Sansthan, Rajasthan Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan, Uttarakhand Uttarapath Sewa Sanstha, Uttarakhand UTTHAN, Uttar Pradesh

Watershed organization Trust (WOTR), Maharashtra Wildlife Trust of India, Uttar Pradesh World Wildlife Fund for Nature -

India Secretariat, New Delhi

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vAANI - Deaf Children’s Foundation, Kolkata Vidya Bhawan Society, Rajasthan Vidya Dham Samiti, Uttar Pradesh vidya Integrated Development for Youth and Adults, Maharashtra vidya Roshan Charitable Trust,

Haryana vidya Sagar, Tamil Nadu vikalp Foundation, Bihar vikalp Samajik Sangathan, Uttar

Pradesh vikas Samvad Samiti, Madhya Pradesh Vikramshila Education Resource Society, West Bengal vishwas Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh voluntary Action for Rehabilitation and Development, Maharashtra

Youth Council for Development Alternative (YCDA), Odisha Youth for voluntary Action (YUvA), Maharashtrra Youth Organisaton in Defence of Animals, Mumbai Youth Volunteers Union, Manipur Youths Union for voluntary Action, Jharkhand Yugacharya vivekananda

Seva Samity, West Bengal Yugantar, Andhra Pradesh Yuva Chetna Kendra, Uttar Pradesh Yuvaparivartan, Tamil Nadu

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INSTITUTIONS: FOUNDATIONS OF kNOwLEDgE AND RESEARCH

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909, the result of a remarkable joint effort by Jamsetji Tata (who conceived the idea of setting up a university of science that would work for the benefit of India and created an endowment for its establishment), the Government of India (which supported the setting up of the institution) and the then Maharaja of Mysore (who donated 372 acres of land in Bangalore).

From small beginnings, with two departments and 21 students, IISc has emerged as a leading institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education in India. Currently there are over 39 departments and 3,500 students with over 500 academic and scientific staff. Over the years IISc has strongly promoted inter-disciplinary research and new centres have been set up to conduct research in

different areas that will positively impact both society and industry.

This year the Trusts extended grant support to IISc for carrying out research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is estimated that AD will affect over 30 million people worldwide by 2030. There is no treatment currently available for curing the disease, slowing the progression or for providing prophylaxis. The problem is compounded due to the economic and social costs associated with the care of AD patients, especially in low and middle income countries, including India.

The research proposes to explore a paradigm shift in the way AD is approached, from a late life disease to a disease of adult onset with late life clinical manifestations. The goal is to address the challenges of both diagnosis and treatment for AD in a novel and unconventional manner using an interdisciplinary approach spanning multiple levels of organisation from molecules to behaviour.

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

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Tata Medical Centre Hospital, Kolkata

The Tata Medical Center, Kolkata

The Tata Medical Center (TMC) which opened in Kolkata on May 16, 2011 lays emphasis on evidence based treatment and compassionate care, which has made it a well-known health centre in Eastern India. More than 218,500 patients have availed of the treatment and facilities provided since it began operation. Over 40,000 patients have received chemotherapy in the day care facility and a hundred stem cell transplants have been performed so far. On an average about 120 patients receive radiotherapy every day and 20,000 laboratory tests are performed every month.

TMC provides quality care to a large number of cancer patients at subsidised rates, which eases the financial burden of the patients from a lower socio-economic strata.

Grant support from the Trusts enabled TMC to procure two acres of land on which the Tata Translational Cancer Research Center (TTCRC) is proposed to be built. The Center will carry out research on the epidemiology of cancer and also study cancer the molecular level, thereby greatly enhancing patient care.

Tata Centre for Technology and Design,Mumbai

This year, with the aim of helping build a post graduate scholastic and research program in India, the Trusts in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai took the initial steps towards setting up the Tata Centre for Technology and Design at the IIT campus.

IIT, Mumbai is a premier educational institution in India and is focused on research in diverse streams of technology and design, especially those that are low-cost. MIT, USA is a research university which believes in the core principle that research and education should be relevant to social challenges and needs. Its mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship.

The Tata Centre will focus on developing and designing affordable technology to meet the needs of communities with limited resources, especially in India and other

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The Tata Hall at Harvard Business School, USA

Photo courtesy: Anton Grassi

developing countries. The faculty and graduate students from various disciplines will work together to develop and codify design and engineering principles relevant to communities at the bottom of the pyramid. Research projects will be undertaken in the areas of healthcare, water, energy, food,agriculture, housing/infrastructure and environmental sustainability. The aim is also to develop a cadre of people who can apply their professional skills to any resource constrained setting.

Harvard Business School, USA

In 2010 the Trusts had committed support to the setting up of the Tata Hall at the Harvard Business School (HBS), USA with a view to enhancing and expanding the School’s Executive Education Program.

The Tata Hall was inaugurated in December 2013 and is the only major building in the 375 year plus history of HBS

to have been named after an Indian organisation.

The global mission of HBS is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. They do this by creating knowledge, influencing practice, diffusing scholarship and providing educational opportunities around the world.

HBS has a substantial presence in India. The Executive Education Program of HBS has over the past several decades trained Indian business leaders who have applied the learnings in their respective areas of operation, thereby contributing to strengthening the Indian economy. There are over 700 Indian HBS alumni currently living in India; around 85% of whom are graduates of the Executive Education Program. HBS now also has an Indian Research Centre in Mumbai which enables it to keep abreast of economic developments in India and share them with a global audience.

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INDIvIDUAL gRANTS: MEDICAL

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Financial assistance was given to meet the cost of medical treatment both directly as well as through the network of Medical Social Workers attached to various hospitals.

In addition, criteria-based support to patients from a poor socio-economic background was also extended by linking with select hospitals through a revolving fund arrangement. The fund is administered by an in-house committee formed by the respective hospitals.

During the year financial assistance aggregating ` 26.66 million was extended towards the cost of medical treatment. Of this outlay, 39% was towards treatment of cancer, cardiac and kidney related ailments; 34% towards cochlear implant surgeries and the balance towards treatment of various other ailments.

There were no new revolving fund arrangements entered into during 2013-2014. However, grants aggregating to ` 6 million had been given in 2012-2013 to Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai for paediatric cancer patients and to

Shree Krishna Hospital (managed by Charutar Arogya Mandal) for paediatric cancer and cardiac patients. 141 children benefited from this fund during 2012-2013 and 99 children in 2013-2014.

11.37

9.87

2.42

5.43

8.98

2.05

5.11

Cardiac, Cancer,Kidney related

Cochlear ImplantSurgery

Orthopedic OtherAilments

10.52

2012-2013

2013-2014

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INDIvIDUAL gRANTS: EDUCATION AND TRAvEL

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Means Based Grants

Grants given based on the economic background of the applicant, aggregated to ` 7.01 million during 2013-2014.

Travel Grants

Travel grant support was extended to most of the scholars who received a loan scholarship for pursuing studies abroad. Similar support was also extended for participation in advanced training programmes and workshops. The total amount disbursed for 2013-2014 was ` 4.25 million.

Financial assistance to individuals for education and related travel was given by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts under three categories:

Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships)

Means Based Grants

Travel Grants

Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships)

Scholarships, based on the eligibility criteria and merit, were given for pursuing graduate and post graduate courses in India. The total amount of scholarships awarded during 2013-2014 was ` 86.81 million.

Scholarships were also given for supporting research in leukaemia and blood related diseases as well as for alleviation of human suffering from other diseases. These scholarships, international and Indian, amounted to ` 42 million.

loan scholarships were awarded to 95 students for pursuing their post graduate studies abroad in diverse fields amounting to ̀ 32.21 million. Most of these scholars also had the opportunity of availing a gift award which aggregated to ` 28.76 million.

160.33

41.17

5.26 5.39

32.21

7.01 4.25

Merit Scholarships

Loan Scholarships

Means based support

Travel Grants

157.57 2012-2013

2013-2014

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FINANCIALS

` in million

TRUSTS 2013-2014 2012-2013

INDIvIDUAl INST./NGOs TOTAL INDIvIDUAl INST./NGOS TOTAL

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 61.91 1,097.97 1,159.88 56.72 768.86 825.58

JRD Tata Trust 62.27 49.20 111.47 72.57 57.32 129.89

Jamsetji Tata Trust 28.76 2,009.66 2,038.42 40.28 1,444.94 1,485.22

RD Tata Trust - 79.75 79.75 - 69.71 69.71

Tata Education Trust - 109.65 109.65 - 121.48 121.48

Tata Social Welfare Trust - 123.77 123.77 - 127.45 127.45

JRD & Thelma J Tata Trust - 10.10 10.10 - 1.45 1.45

J. N. Tata Endowment 32.21 - 32.21 41.17 - 41.17

Lady Tata Memorial Trust 42.00 10.73 52.73 35.76 9.32 45.08

Total 227.15 3,490.83 3,717.98 246.50 2,600.53 2,847.03

US $ in million 3.79 58.18 61.97 4.56 48.16 52.72

(1 US $ = ` 60) (1 US $ = ` 54)

An Overview

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts disbursed a total of ` 3,717.98 million in 2013-2014, an increase of 31 % over the disbursement of ` 2,847.03 million in the previous year.

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In cases where the percentage is below 1% the relevant sector has not been represented in the above charts.

Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Individuals Institutions

Natural Resource Management and Rural livelihoods Education Civil Society, Governance and Human Rights Urban Poverty and Livelihoods Health Media, Arts and Culture Relief

Institutions include both Trust promoted institutions (those that have been given seed support by the Trusts and on which the Trusts have a representative on the Institution’s board / governing council), those that have been established with multiple donor support and institutions outside India. Also covered are scientific institutions in India which are given grants to encourage original research in diseases of blood and other diseases to alleviate human suffering. The grants disbursed to Institutions in 2013-2014 amounted to ` 1,459.05 million as compared to ` 754.10 million in 2012-2013.

6%

39%

55%

Total Grant Allocation 2013-2014 ` 3,717.98 million (US $ 61.97 million)

Total Grant Allocation 2012-2013 ` 2,847.03 million (US $ 52.72 million)

26%

65%

9%

3%

9%

18%

45%

16%

Allocation to the NGO Sector 2012-2013 ` 1,898.15 million (Gross) (US $ 35.15 million)

1%

8%

Allocation to the NGO Sector 2013-2014 ` 2,081.98 million (Gross) (US $ 34.70 million)

43%

2% 7%

23%

17%8%

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Education Medical

Disbursements over five years

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

Allied Trusts849.09

1,289.38

716.56825.58

1,159.88

2,080.76 2,009.01 1,998.22 2,021.45

2,558.10

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

` in million

Disbursement of Individual Education and Medical Grants ` 246.50 Million (US $ 4.56 Million)

14%

86%

2012-2013

Disbursement of Individual Education and Medical Grants ` 227.15 Million (US $ 3.79 Million)

11%

89%

2013-2014

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Funds disbursed since inception

` in million

Decades Spanning the financial years Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Allied Trusts Total

From To

1 1891-1892 1900-1901 0.25 0.25

2 1901-1902 1910-1911 0.29 0.29

3 1911-1912 1920-1921 0.19 0.19

4 1921-1922 1930-1931 0.40 0.40

5 1931-1932 1940-1941 5.34 0.51 5.85

6 1941-1942 1950-1951 11.75 1.68 13.43

7 1951-1952 1960-1961 17.75 2.86 20.61

8 1961-1962 1970-1971 21.84 6.71 28.55

9 1971-1972 1980-1981 40.40 15.77 56.17

10 1981-1982 1990-1991 86.96 37.69 124.65

11 1991-1992 2000-2001 1,041.35 458.84 1,500.19

12 2001-2002 2010-2011 7,271.48 9,528.23 16,799.71

13 2011-2012 2013-2014 2,702.02 6,577.77 9,279.79

Total 11,198.89 16,631.19 27,830.08

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Financial Statements for Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014

` in Million US $ in Million % Particulars ` in Million US $ in

Million %

2,000.00 37.04 42.74 Trust Fund 2,000.00 33.33 41.80

2,666.17 49.37 56.98 Reserves and other Funds 2,770.59 46.18 57.91

13.29 0.25 0.28 Sundry liabilities and Provisions 13.82 0.23 0.29

4,679.46 86.66 100.00 4,784.41 79.74 100.00

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014


Million %

63.05 1.17 1.35 Fixed Assets 67.67 1.13 1.42

4,168.00 77.19 89.07 Investments 4,371.10 72.85 91.36

448.41 8.30 9.58 Other Assets 345.64 5.76 7.22

4,679.46 86.66 100.00 4,784.41 79.74 100.00

Sources of Funds

Application of Funds

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For the year ended 31.3.2013 For the year ended 31.3.2014


Million %

1,044.50 19.34 77.16 Dividend 956.33 15.94 72.28

308.32 5.71 22.77 Interest 364.43 6.07 27.54

0.89 0.02 0.07 Sundries 2.46 0.04 0.18

1,353.71 25.07 100.00 1,323.22 22.05 100.00



Million %

841.05 15.58 62.13 Expenditure on Objects of the Trust (including grant related expenses)

1,172.78 19.54 88.63

67.55 1.25 4.99 Administration expenses 46.02 0.77 3.48

445.11 8.24 32.88 Surplus for the year transferred to the Balance Sheet

104.42 1.74 7.89

1,353.71 25.07 100.00 1,323.22 22.05 100.00

Income

Expenditure

(1 US $ = ` 54 as on March 31, 2013)(1 US $ = ` 60 as on March 31, 2014)

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Consolidated Financial Statements for the Allied Trusts

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014


Million %

18,305.16 338.98 56.68 Trust Fund and Endowment Fund 18,305.16 305.09 56.53

13,987.99 259.04 43.31 Reserves and Other Funds 14,074.94 234.58 43.46

3.24 0.06 0.01 Sundry liabilities and Provisions 3.86 0.06 0.01

32,296.39 598.08 100.00 32,383.96 539.73 100.00

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014


Million %

0.57 0.01 - Fixed Assets 0.47 0.01 -

30,524.30 565.26 94.51 Investments 30,605.70 510.09 94.51

1,771.52 32.81 5.49 Current Assets, loans and Advances 1,777.79 29.63 5.49

32,296.39 598.08 100.00 32,383.96 539.73 100.00

Sources of Funds

Application of Funds

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Million %

2,514.19 46.56 81.66 Dividend 2,510.77 41.85 76.64

543.47 10.06 17.66 Interest 736.82 12.28 22.49

1.96 0.04 0.06 Sundries 1.06 0.02 0.03

19.07 0.35 0.62 Repayments from Scholars 27.65 0.46 0.84

3,078.69 57.01 100.00 3,276.30 54.61 100.00



Million %

2,034.67 37.68 66.09 Expenditure on Objects of the Trust (including grant related expenses)

2,578.50 42.98 78.70

71.59 1.32 2.32 Administration expenses 105.03 1.75 3.21

- - - Tax Paid for AY 2010-2011 510.38 8.51 15.58

972.43 18.01 31.59 Surplus for the year transferred to the Balance Sheet

82.39 1.37 2.51

3,078.69 57.01 100.00 3,276.30 54.61 100.00

Income

Expenditure

(1 US $ = ` 54 as on March 31, 2013)(1 US $ = ` 60 as on March 31, 2014)

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ACkNOwLEDgEMENTS

The Trusts would like to thank the grantees for the project photographs used in the Annual Report as well as the external consultants who have conducted reviews and assessments.

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A Baiga tribal girl enthusiastically attending school – Samerth Charitable Trust, Mandla in Madhya Pradesh

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