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Project Findings: Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

The document summarizes several projects aimed at reducing poverty and increasing livelihood opportunities in the state of Rajasthan, India. The Gramin Vikas Trust project ran from 1992 to 2006, developing innovative farming techniques across 250 villages and training over 550 surrounding villages. It successfully achieved targets with a total expenditure of 11 crores. The Rajasthan District Poverty Initiatives Project aimed to improve economic activity for 100,000 below poverty line families in 7 districts from 2000 to 2007. The Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan Project organized the poor through self-help groups and promoted income generation from 2008-2013 across 6 districts.

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Project Findings: Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

The document summarizes several projects aimed at reducing poverty and increasing livelihood opportunities in the state of Rajasthan, India. The Gramin Vikas Trust project ran from 1992 to 2006, developing innovative farming techniques across 250 villages and training over 550 surrounding villages. It successfully achieved targets with a total expenditure of 11 crores. The Rajasthan District Poverty Initiatives Project aimed to improve economic activity for 100,000 below poverty line families in 7 districts from 2000 to 2007. The Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan Project organized the poor through self-help groups and promoted income generation from 2008-2013 across 6 districts.

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PROJECT FINDINGS

Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

The Employment Service in India came into existence mainly under the stress of post
war demobilisation. Towards the end of Second World there was a need to ensure
uniformity in policies and effective co-ordination of efforts. Soon after The Gramin Vikas
Trust also called as GVT was started as a division to look after Western India Rain-fed
Projects (WIRFP) and Eastern India Rainfed. Projects (EIRFP) in seven states by
forming several clusters in tribal areas for the upliftment of the tribals. This project had a
great impact on the state of Rajasthan.

The main objectives of this project were as follows :


Integrated development of farming systems in 250 villages involving identifying and
testing technologies to meet the needs of the poor farmers.
Designing, Construction and Management of productive assets.
Spreading easily transferable technologies to 550 surrounding villages.
Creating awareness, changing attitudes and developing skills in state government
agencies to enable them to work together with NGOs and rural farmers.
Generating Institutional Capacity in Villages to ensure long term Sustainability.

This project continued for a period of 13 years in two phases. The first phase was from
1992 to 1999 and the second phase was from 1999 to 2006 during which, the projects
achieved their successive targets successfully with a total expenditure of 11 cores.
During this period GVT developed innovative techniques and created many successful
case studies in its operational areas.GVT used its experienced man power to partner
with Central and State Governments to implement various developmental projects in
line with its mission and vision in the year of 2006. GVT restricted itself and undertook
more projects with the aim of employment and skill development in Rajasthan from the
year 2006 to 2010. It started some new initiatives and activities in line with its mission
and vision like undertaking skill development of rural youth in various trades, having
good job opportunities in business houses, agri-business, market linkages to rural
handicraft artisans etc.

GVT had also started to explore more ways through which it can add value to the
existing agriculture business in Rajasthan. It has been trying hard since then to promote
entrepreneurship among the rural youths who have acumen for undertaking small
business activities in the rural areas.
District Poverty Initiatives Project
Rajasthan District Poverty Initiatives Project was launched in July 2000, with financial
assistance of the World Bank in seven poorest districts of Rajasthan namely Baran,
Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Jhalawar, Rajsamand and Tonk.The project period is upto Dec.,
07.

Project Objectives:
The Project aims at improving the levels of economic activity, productivity and income of
targeted 1,00,000 BPL families of 7039 villages of seven selected districts. The project
is being implemented through Non Government Organizations (NGO) by forming
Common Interest Groups (CIGS) and allowing them to select and implement a sub-
project of economic/social benefit. These sub-projects may be of community
Infrastructures, Land Based, Social Services or Income Generating in nature.

The long term goal of the project is to reduce poverty in the 7 selected poorest districts
in the state. The project development objective is to improve the economic
opportunities, living standards and the social status of the poor in the selected villages
of these districts.

Total Project Outlay:


The total project cost as per project appraisal document (PAD) is Rs. 643.63 Cr. The
project financing comprises of 80% contribution by World Bank, 15% by State Govt. and
5 % by beneficiaries. The incurred expenditure is reimbursed by the World Bank. The
level of beneficiary contribution is sector specific and 10% to 20% of the total sub-
project cost.

Rajasthan Skill and Livelihood Mission (RMoL)

The RMoL Skill Training Programme had the following features :

Eligibility : Age-16-35 years; Qualification- Varies from course to course( 5 th


standard to12th standard & graduate)
No. of Sectors : 34
Courses : 192
Duration: 40 days(240 hrs.) to 90 days (540 hrs.)
Number of Trainees : 25 (Not less than 18)
Training Fee: Rs. 400/- for General Category youth and Rs.200/- for all other
categories of youth including women and disabled candidates.
Assessment : By External Assessors through visit during the organization of training
programme
Provisions : Tool Kit, OJT, Soft Skills, EDP, Exposure Visit.

Year No. of No. of No. of Skill No. of


Districts Institutions Training Youths
Covered Involved Programmes Trained
Organized
2008-09 22 39 57 1340

2009-10 32 149 283 5605

2010-11 33 284 603 13983

2011-12 33 347 1018 24111

2012-13 33 264 621 14538

2013-14 32 220 568 12888*

2014-15 33 * 293 405 8910*

Total 3555 81375

Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan Project

The areas involved in the project have a harsh, arid climate. Rainfall is low and erratic,
and drought is recurrent. Poor people in the area face severe water insecurity, low
agricultural and livestock productivity, limited income-generating opportunities and a
social system that discriminates against women and disadvantaged people.

The project targets poor households headed by landless agricultural labourers and
small and marginal farmers, owners of marginal land or wastelands, traditional artisans,
women, and young people who are without the skills they need to become employed.
The project was designed to ensure empowerment of the poorest people. Although
most of those who will benefit from it are living under the poverty line, activities will also
include some other people who are not quite so poor but are eligible for support. The
approach is participatory.

The objectives of the project are to:


organize and empower poor people through community-based organizations such
as self-help groups, marketing groups, producers' organizations and village
development committees
promote income and employment opportunities while reinforcing strategies that
mitigate risks
provide access to financial services and markets
The project supports activities with the aim of:
building grass-roots institutions
promoting and securing access of marginalized groups to resources
promoting the diversification of on-farm and off-farm livelihood opportunities

At the request of the Government of Rajasthan, the project will initially cover one area in
each of the state's six districts. On the basis of the project's performance, the
government will scale up activities and replicate the model across the state.

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