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REPORT ON VILLAGE STUDY SEGMENT

Submitted By:Kumar Nishant (10201026)


Sunil Kumar (10201055)
(VILLAGE STUDY SEGMENT REPORT SUBMITTED FOR THE PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ON RURAL MANAGEMENT)

HOST ORGANIZATION

VSS CO-ORDINATOR

UDYOGINI

Prof. Jyotirmayee Acharya

REPORTING OFFICER

FACULTY GUIDE

Ms. Ketaki Narkar

Prof. H.S. Ganesha

Enterprise Promotion Manager

MBA-RM Coordinator

Udyogini School of Entrepreneurship

KIIT SCHOOL OF RURAL MANAGEMENT (KSRM)


BHUBANESWAR, INDIA
(VILLAGE STUDY SEGMENT 2010-12)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost we are thankful to Prof. (Dr.) L. K. Vaswani, DIRECTOR, KIIT School of
Rural Management for placing the Village Study Segment (VSS) fieldwork Component as a part
of our course curricula. We would like to express our gratitude to Professor (Dr.) Jyotirmayee
Acharya, Coordinator, VSS to facilitate throughout by playing different roles as mentor,
coordinator and supervisor and for inputs and moral support for designing and completion of the
report. We are thankful to the faculty guide Prof H. S. Ganesha for his guidance and assessment
of this report.
We have immense pleasure in expressing our deep sense of gratitude, indebtedness and sincere
thanks to our esteemed Reporting Officer Ms. Ketaki Narkar, Enterprise Promotion Manager and
team member Mr. Kumar Padmanabh of Udyogini who facilitated our accommodation and made
us to learn all the VSS components by doing and interacting with the villagers. We are thankful
for their feedback and insight to our theme paper and support for the RAC and to share with us
useful experiences during the village study. We are also thankful to Mr. Prashanto Mandal,
EPM; Ms. Yojana Lama, EPE and Ms. Punam Rai, EPE of Udyogini who helped us immensely
in our project and ensured that our visit turns more meaningful.
In order to complete fieldwork successfully, I would like to present special thanks to all the
research participants and villagers who provided their valuable time and made our stay
meaningful and study valuable. We are extremely happy to reveal our special thanks to our
classmates for their inspiration.

Kumar Nishant (10201026)


Sunil Kumar (10201055)

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ABSTRACT
Author: Kumar Nishant and Sunil Kumar
Host Organization: UDYOGINI, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Village Report: A report of the Samaiya village of Niwas Block, Mandla district was developed
by conducting household survey through a structured schedule.
Rural Action Components: The action component aimed to provide Grass roots management
training to the Women Entrepreneur Group (WEG) formed by Udyogini, conduction of a rally on
Womens day to promote enterprise and entrepreneurship among womens and a skit on
advantages of enterprise and entrepreneurship.
National Service Scheme: The main objective of NSS activities carried out is to create
awareness about of common diseases and prevention. To discuss among the villagers about the
State Govt. health schemes for women also we focused our NSS on children to increase their
awareness level and motivate them to come to school.
Theme paper: Assessment of willingness to pay of the community for the services and products
identified for being offered through Village Level Service Centers
Organization profile of the host organization was documented. The major objective was study of
existing supply chain established by Udyam Jagaran Sansthan (UJAS), to check for the
willingness of the community to pay for the identified products and services in the project areas
of Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. A study in both financial and operational aspects of
different opportunities was carried out to understand the various perspectives for the initiatives
undertaken by Udyogini
Research Design: The main endeavor in the study was to check the willingness of the products
and services for Tribal community people that can be incorporated into the existing supply chain
of the UJAS. For this Semi Structured questionnaire is develop to collect the primary data.
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Focused Group Discussion (FGD) and Mass Meetings are
organized to conduct NSS and Rural Action Component activities, 32 Household surveys was
carried out and a schedule is designed to collect information from the individual on their
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priorities on alternative livelihood. The secondary data is provided by organization. Interaction


with concerned officials also helped to understand the things better.

Study Findings:
During our stay in the village we found that giving right information can help people to make
right decision. We observed that the people of the villages have the potential and skill to come up
from poverty and misery but the most important thing they lack is information and knowledge
about what is happening around the World. We saw that mere distribution of money by
government and NGOs has degraded the communities value and generated a feeling of
dependency. We learnt the importance of life skills & functional literacy which will help them to
operate & manage their enterprise. The households have very small amount of savings which is
not enough for their risk mitigation. The rate of interest charged is 5-10 percent per month and
repayment period remain longer with number of self consumption loans being more taken by the
households. We also learnt that social rural marketing can bring an economic empowerment
with the help of WEG formation as this inculcates saving habits among the rural women.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: VILLAGE REPORT

INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 11
2 OBJECTIVES: ......................................................................................................................... 11
3 METHODOLOGY: ................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 SOURCE OF DATA: ............................................................................................................................. 12
3.2 SAMPLE DESIGN: ............................................................................................................................... 12
3.3 DATA ANALYSIS: ................................................................................................................................ 12
3.4 LIMITATIONS OF DATA COLLECTION:................................................................................................ 12

4 GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE...................................................................... 13


4.1 Location:............................................................................................................................................ 13
4.2 History of the Village:........................................................................................................................ 13
4.3 Demography of Village: ..................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 Literacy Level: ................................................................................................................................... 14
4.5 Social Structure: ................................................................................................................................ 14
4.6 Institutions: ....................................................................................................................................... 15
4.7 Gender Clock ..................................................................................................................................... 15

5 Weather and Seasonality ......................................................................................................... 16


5.1 Weather ............................................................................................................................................ 16
5.2 Temperature ..................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 Seasonality of Cropping Pattern: ...................................................................................................... 16
5.4 Seasonality of Food Availability: ....................................................................................................... 17
5.5 Seasonality of Diseases: .................................................................................................................... 17
5.6 Period of happiness and sorrow: ...................................................................................................... 18
5.7 Seasonality of Migration: .................................................................................................................. 18
5.7.1 Force field analysis of Migration: ............................................................................................... 19

6 Natural Resources .................................................................................................................... 19


6.1 Land:.................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2 Water: ............................................................................................................................................... 20
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6.3 Forestry: ............................................................................................................................................ 20

7 INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................................. 21
7.1 Roads:................................................................................................................................................ 21
7.2 Electricity:.......................................................................................................................................... 21
7.3 Drainage: ........................................................................................................................................... 21
7.4 Communication: ................................................................................................................................ 21
7.5 Social infrastructure .......................................................................................................................... 21
7.5.1 Educational infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 21
7.5.2 Anganwadi: ................................................................................................................................ 22
7.5.3 Infrastructure Related to Health ................................................................................................ 22
7.5.4 Defecation .................................................................................................................................. 22
7.5.5 Infrastructure Related to the Drinking water ............................................................................ 22
7.5.6 Cultural place ............................................................................................................................. 23
7.5.7 Micro Enterprise: ....................................................................................................................... 23
7.5.8 Community hall .......................................................................................................................... 23

8 Local Economy ......................................................................................................................... 23


8.1 Income Source .................................................................................................................................. 23
8.2 Livelihood .......................................................................................................................................... 23
8.3 Primary and Secondary Occupation of the Village ........................................................................... 24
8.4 Land holding pattern:........................................................................................................................ 24
8.5 Agriculture......................................................................................................................................... 25
8.6 SERVICE HOLDERS ............................................................................................................................. 26
8.6.1 Government Service: ................................................................................................................. 26
8.6.2 Private Service:........................................................................................................................... 26
8.7 Market Linkage ................................................................................................................................. 26
8.8 Expenditure Pattern .......................................................................................................................... 26

9 Consumption ............................................................................................................................ 27
9.1 Products ............................................................................................................................................ 27
9.2 Food availability ................................................................................................................................ 27
9.3 Housing Pattern: ............................................................................................................................... 28
9.4 Banks ................................................................................................................................................. 28

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9.5 Credit................................................................................................................................................. 28
9.5.1 Trader/ Money Lenders: ............................................................................................................ 28
9.5.2 Friends and Acquaintances: ....................................................................................................... 28
9.5.3 Banks: ......................................................................................................................................... 29
9.6 SHGs: ................................................................................................................................................. 29

10 Village Level Committee: ...................................................................................................... 29


11 Political and Governance System ......................................................................................... 30
11.1 Political system: .............................................................................................................................. 30
11.2 Panchayati Raj Institutions:............................................................................................................. 30
11.3 Gram Sabha:.................................................................................................................................... 30

12 Government Schemes: ........................................................................................................... 30


13 STATUS OF WOMEN .......................................................................................................... 31
14 PLANS OF THE VILLAGE ................................................................................................. 32
14.1 Short Term Plans: ............................................................................................................................ 32
14.2 Long term plans: ............................................................................................................................. 32

15 SWOT Analysis: ..................................................................................................................... 32


16 Relationships with Other Communities ............................................................................... 33
17 CONCLUSIONS: ................................................................................................................... 33
Appendices ................................................................................................................................... 36

PART 2: ORGANIZATION PROFILE


1 Organization Overview ........................................................................................................... 41
1.1 Vision................................................................................................................................................. 42
1.2 Mission .............................................................................................................................................. 42

2 Operational Areas .................................................................................................................... 42


2.1 Where it works:................................................................................................................................. 43

3 Organization Structure ........................................................................................................... 44


4 Retrospective: ........................................................................................................................... 44
5 Approaches: .............................................................................................................................. 45

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6 Operational Frameworks: ....................................................................................................... 46


7 Services offered: ....................................................................................................................... 46
8 Major funding partners: ......................................................................................................... 46
9 Operational Model of VLSC ................................................................................................... 47
10 Overall Activities: .................................................................................................................. 47
11 Key Achievements:................................................................................................................. 48
12 Future plan of organization: ................................................................................................. 48

PART 3: THEME PAPER


INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 50
1.1 Background of the study: .................................................................................................................. 50
1.2 Rationale of the Project: ................................................................................................................... 51
1.3 Objective of the Study: ..................................................................................................................... 51
1.4 Scope: ................................................................................................................................................ 51
1.5 Limitations of the Study: ................................................................................................................... 51

RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................................ 52


2.1 Study area and target group: ............................................................................................................ 52
2.2 Sample Design: .................................................................................................................................. 53
2.3 Sampling Method: ............................................................................................................................. 53
2.4 Survey Design: ................................................................................................................................... 53
2.4.1 Collection of primary data: ........................................................................................................ 53
2.4.2 Collection of Secondary Data: .................................................................................................... 53
2.5 Methods of Data Analysis Techniques: ............................................................................................. 53
2.6 Time Frame: ...................................................................................................................................... 53
2.7 Study Area Profile: ............................................................................................................................ 53

WILLINGNESS PROFILE ....................................................................................................... 54


3.1 Products and Services for which willingness has to be found: ......................................................... 54
3.2 Demands for Products and Services: ................................................................................................ 55
3.3 Description of Services:..................................................................................................................... 55

4 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 67
4.1 Major findings of the Study: ............................................................................................................. 67
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5 Suggestions: .............................................................................................................................. 68
We suggest the following services for feasibility check: .......................................................... 68

PART 4: RURAL ACTION COMPONENT


1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 74
2 Objectives.................................................................................................................................. 74
3 Methodology: ............................................................................................................................ 74
4 Activity Profile: ........................................................................................................................ 75
5 RAC Place: ............................................................................................................................... 75
6 The Process: .............................................................................................................................. 76
7 Outcomes and Impact: ............................................................................................................ 76
8 Key Success Factor: ................................................................................................................. 77
9 Lessons Learnt: ........................................................................................................................ 77
10 Overall observations as a grassroots change agent ............................................................. 77
10.1 Challenges Ahead:........................................................................................................................... 77
10.2 Suggestions to the above challenges: ............................................................................................. 78

Case Study ................................................................................................................................... 79

PART 5: NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME


INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 83
2 Objective of NSS: ..................................................................................................................... 83
3 Activity Profile: ........................................................................................................................ 84
Skit: Advantages of doing Enterprise and Entrepreneurship ................................................ 89

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LIST OF ABBREVIATION
Adivasi: Tribal
Gond tribe: A Caste of Tribal
Baiga tribe: A caste of Tribal
Karma: A flok dance of Gond and Baiga Tribal
Hareli: A Tribal festival
Madayi Mela: A Seasonal Local Fair.
Paddy: An Agriculture Produce
Kodu: An Agriculture Produce
Kutki: An Agriculture Produce
Jagni: An Agriculture Produce
Massor: An Agriculture Produce
Alsi: An Agriculture Produce
Mahua: NTFPs
Amla: NTFPs
Tendu Patta: NTFPs
Galla: Agriculture Produce
UJAS: Udyam Jagran Santhan
VLSCs: Village Level Service Center
CLSCs: Cluster Level Service Center
FGDs: Focus Group Discussion
PRA: Participatory Rural Appraisal
NTFPs: Non Timber Forest Produce

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INTRODUCTION
As part of the field work module of Village Study Segment course, we conducted survey of
village Samaiya in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. We were assigned a host organization, a
non government organization named UDYOGINI working in the Mandla district of Madhya
Pradesh. We had the opportunity to closely observe the various forms of interventions and
interactions taking place within the village and understand the impact of such interventions on
the lives of the people of the village.

2 OBJECTIVES:
The main objective of village study segment is:
To get insight into the socio-economic and cultural realities of rural life.
To understand the dynamics of various village level institution in addressing the
developmental work
To understand the status of women; their contribution and the role played by them in
developing rural entrepreneurship
To understand the dynamics of social structure, infrastructure, resources, and various
intervention on the villagers and how it effects them
To blend class room learning with the field experience

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3 METHODOLOGY:
The data collected are on demography, social structure, infrastructure facilities, agro-climatic
resources, village economy, village organizations and peoples institutions and the issues of
development. Both Quantitative and Qualitative data were collected. The quantitative data were
on population, land holding, literacy rate. The qualitative data were quality of drinking water,
quality of the road, housing pattern, sanitation, food habit which were obtained from the village
after the interaction with the villagers and with use of tools like PRAs, Focused Group
discussion, informal meetings.

3.1 SOURCE OF DATA:


The required data were collected from both primary source and secondary source.
The primary data were collected from direct interaction with villagers during household surveys
(through questionnaire given by college), PRA exercise, focused group discussions, informal
interviews, SHGs meeting, non- participatory observation and other village meetings.
The secondary data were collected from Gram Panchayat Office, veterinary hospital, Revenue
Office, Patwari, Anganwadi, Primary School, Sarpanch and Internet.

3.2 SAMPLE DESIGN:


For questionnaire survey systematic random sampling was done. 32 households were selected
randomly; efforts were made to collect different information regarding social and economical
status of the villagers from all caste, and economic group.

3.3 DATA ANALYSIS:


Statistical tools like tables, graphs, bar charts, averages, percentages etc. were used to analyze
the data collected on various things like, caste, sex ratio, different occupations, livestock, assets,
land holding pattern, literacy level, and different infrastructure like road, electrification etc

3.4 LIMITATIONS OF DATA COLLECTION:


a). People hesitate to tell about the details regarding income and assets.
b). Most of the people are working under MNREGA therefore they are available only in the
evening.
c). People are not clear about the present value of their asset.

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4 GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE


4.1 Location:
Samaiya village is located in Niwas block of Mandla district in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It
comes under Singhpur Panchayat. It is located 7 km from Niwas, 60 km from Mandla town and
65 km from Jabalpur. The village is divided into four hamlets, It is situated on upland, and has
an area of about 400 acre out of which 200 acre is under forest.
Table 1: Location of the Village

Village
Block
District
State
Boundaries
East
West
North
South
Parliamentary Constituency
Source: Transect walk, Panchayat Office

Samaiya
Niwas
Mandla
Madhya Pradesh
Singhpur
Khudri
Pipariya
Devdungari
Niwas

4.2 History of the Village:


Time 2: Line of the Village

Year
1950
1955
1976
1979
1986
1990
1990
1991
1995
1996
1996
2005
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2009

Description
Village Established
First Bicycle
First Open Well
Establishment of Primary School
First Boy to pass high school(10th)
First Hand pump
Electrification
First Girl to pass high school(10th)
First Television
Establishment of Anganwadi
Construction of Durga Manch
Village included in MPRLP
Starting of NREGA work
First Tractor
Ladali Yojana
Samuhik Vivah Yojana
First motorbike
Metal Road
Construction of Temple

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2009
Formation of SHG
2010
First Mobile phone
Source: Informal meetings, Focused group discussion with villagers

4.3 Demography of Village:


Total population of the village is 613; out of which total numbers of male is 324 and total
number of female is 289. The sex ratio of the village is 892 female per 1000 males. The total
number of children is 206 out of which number of boys and girls (between 0-18) is 115 and 91
respectively. The population belonging to the age group of 18 and above constitutes 66 % of the
total population, 9% per cent belong to the age group of 0-6 years and 25% per cent belong to the
age group 7-18.
Table 3: Households and Population dynamics of Samaiya

Caste-wise distribution
ST
112

SC

Total No. of
households

Total No. of
BPL
households

128

35

OBC

12

No. of
Males
324

No. of
Females
289

Total
Population
613

Source: Survey done by MPRLP in 2009

4.4 Literacy Level:


The literacy level of the village is 58%, out of this 72% males of the village are literate whereas
just 43% females of the village are literate. Adult male literacy rate is found to be 69% and adult
female literacy rate is 33%. Also 75% and 59% of the boys and girls respectively in the age
group of 0-18 are literate. This increase in literacy level of girls indicates that the villagers are
now concerned about the girls education also this increase is mainly due to the programs
launched by government.

4.5 Social Structure:


The village has a homogenous population of Hindu. The social group composition of village
Samaiya is divided amongst the Schedule Tribes (ST), Schedule Castes (SC) and Other
Backward Caste (OBC). Hierarchy based class structure is not very visible 88% of the
households i.e. 112 belong to schedule tribe, 9% i.e. 12 belongs to schedule caste and rest 3% i.e.
4 is of backward class.

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4.6 Institutions:
Various formal and Informal institutions in and around the village Samaiya are as follows:
Table 4: formal and informal institutions

From
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya
Samaiya

To
Jabalpur
Mandla
Niwas
Niwas
Niwas
Niwas
Niwas
Niwas
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Singhpur
Singhpur
Inside Village
Inside Village
Inside Village

Institutions
Railway Station
District Headquarter
Tehsil
Janpath
Primary Health Centre
Veterinary Hospital
Police Station
State Bank of India
Market
Cooperative Bank
Cattle market
High School
Middle School
Bus Stand
PDS
Gram Panchayat
Anganwadi centre
Primary School
Temple

Distance
70 KM
60 KM
7 KM
7 KM
7 KM
7 KM
7 KM
7 KM
2 KM
2 KM
2 KM
2 KM
2 KM
2 KM
KM
KM
0 KM
0 KM
0 KM

Source: PRA

4.7 Gender Clock


Table 5 Gender Clock

Time

Activities of female

Time

Activities of male

4:00-5:00 am

Get up

4:00-5:00 am

Get up

5:00-6:00 am

Go for Toilet, Bringing


water, Cleaning house,
Cleaning utensils,

5:00-6:00 am

Go for Toilet, brush


teeth and go to field
for inspection

6:00 8:00 am

preparing tea, Bathing,


cooking

6:00-8:00 am

Having tea, Take


animal for grazing

8:00-9:00 am

Serving food, send


children to school, take
breakfast go to
field/forest/labor work
field/forest/labor work/
household chores

8:00-9:00 am

Take bath, breakfast


and go to work/field

9:00-12:00 pm

field/forest/labor work

9:00-12:00 pm

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12:00-1:00 pm

Come back from


12:00-1:00 pm
field/work, Take Lunch
and go back to field/labor
work.
Work/field
1:00-5:00 pm

Come back from


field/work, Take
Lunch and go back to
field/labor work.
Work/field

5:00-6:00 pm

Bringing water, cleaning


utensils

5:00-6:00 pm

Come back from the


field, go to bring
livestock from field

7:00-8:00 pm

Cooking

7.00 - 8:00 pm

8:00-9:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 -9:00 pm

Get fresh, take tea,


gather to chat with
friends/neighbors
Dinner

9:00-5:00 am

Sleep

9:00-5:00 am

Sleep

1:00-5:00 pm

Source: Focused Group Discussion

5 Weather and Seasonality


5.1 Weather
The Mandla district receive average rainfall of 1580 mm. 70-80% of annual rainfall is received
southwest monsoon period i.e. June-September. The agriculture in the village is rain fed. The
climate is hot and humid during summer and cold during winter.

5.2 Temperature
The climate is hot and humid during summer and cold during winter. The mercury rises sharply
in the summer and touches about 44-45 degree Celsius in the summer and dips as far as 1-2
degree Celsius in the winter. The climate of the village is characterized by an oppressively hot
summer with high humidity. Summer generally commences in the month of March.
Seasonality:

5.3 Seasonality of Cropping Pattern:


Table 6: Major NTFP

Sl. No.
Name of Product
1
Maua
2
Tend leaf
Source: PRA

Time of Flowering
Chait (March-April)

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Time of Harvesting
Baisakh (April-May)
Fagun (February-March)

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Table 7: Major crops

Sl.
Season
No.
1
2
3
Kharif
4
5
6
7
Rabi
8
9
10
Source: PRA

Name of Crop

Time of Sowing

Time of Harvesting

Paddy
Maize
Kutki
Kodo
Ramtilla
Arhar
Wheat
Rai
Batra
Masoor

Ashadh (June-July)
Ashadh (June-July)
Sawan (July-August)
Mid ashadh (June)
Sawan (July-August)
Ashadh (June-July)
Mid Kartik (October)
Aashin (September-Oct.)
Kartik (October-Nov.)
Kartik (October-Nov.)

Mid Kartik (October)


Kuwar (September-Oct.)
Aghan (December-Jan.)
Aghan (December-Jan.)
Aghan (December-Jan.)
Magh (January-Feb.)
Mid Baisakh (April-May)
Aghan (December-Jan.)
Fagun (February-March)
Fagun (February-March)

5.4 Seasonality of Food Availability:


Although more than 90% of the villagers are engaged in agriculture but due to low fertility of the
soil and lack of irrigation facility production is not up to the mark. Scarcity of food is common
during June, July, and August.

5.5 Seasonality of Diseases:


Table 7: Seasonality of Disease

Types of
Disease
Cold/Coug
h

Jan

Feb

Marc
h

Apri May
l

June Jul
y

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

***

***

**

***

***

**

***

***

**

***

***

***

***

***

**

***

***

**

**

**

*
*
*
*** ***
***
*
*
*
*
*
*, **, *** indicate rare occurrence, often observed and severely occurred respectively.

Headache
Diarrhea
Malaria
Sun Stroke

Source: PRA

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5.6 Period of happiness and sorrow:


Table 8: Happiness and Sorrow

Indicator

Season
Magh (January-Feb)

Sorrow
Sorrow

Jeth (May-June)
Ashadh (June-July)
Sawan (July-August)
Fagun (February-March)
Baisakh (April-May)

Average

Reason
Greenery
Good climate
Very hot, Sum stroke, malaria
No work no money
Availability of food

Source: PRA

5.7 Seasonality of Migration:


Migration is very common in the village and it is mainly cyclic migration. Migration is mainly
due to push factor, the primary reason for migration is lack of employment opportunities in the
village. Other reasons are lack of food availability need for money etc. People mostly migrate to
the nearby city like Jabalpur. Most of them engage in labor work and very few people work as
agricultural labor Migration is common in the

Migration Details

month of January, February, July and August as

Migrated

72%

there is no work available in the village and

For Job

100%

during this time no cropping is done. On an

City

74%

average a person migrate for 36 days, 48%

Town

26%

people live in tent in the city where they migrate

Avg. no. of days for migration

36 days

and just 30% people live in pucca house during

Avg. earning/month

1878

migration and 22% people lives in kuchha house

Residence (pucca)

30%

at the destination place. .

Residence (kuchha)

22%

Source: FGD, Survey

Residence (Tent)

48%

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5.7.1 Force field analysis of Migration:

INHIBITING FORCE

1. Emotional attachment to the


Village

INDUCING FORCE

1. Unemployment

2. High cost of living


2. Food shortage
3. Excess work during
Migration
3. Debt
4. Lack of proper housing
facility

5. Low quality food

6. Illness or death

4. Landlessness

5. Low agriculture production

6. Draught

Source: focused group discussion

6 Natural Resources
6.1 Land:
According to the villagers the fertility of soil is not good because of which yield per hectare is
very less. The village is situated on uplands or mid up land where texture of soil is loamy
Murom with or without clay. Depth of soil is also shallow to moderate. Fertility is moderate;
the soil is black, red or rocky in texture. The land use pattern in village is as follows:

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Table 9: Land Holding Pattern

Land use

Area in hectare

Cultivable land

185 acre

Fallow Land

15 acre

Forest Land

200 acre

Total geographical area

400 acre

Source: Patwari of the village

6.2 Water:
The Village has six hand pumps for the drinking water of which one is not functioning now.
Village has good drinking water facility as these pumps provide hygienic water. There are few
households which are little far away from the hand pump and well therefore they face a lot of
problem for drinking water. There are also few households who use River water for drinking
purpose and the water is not suitable for drinking purpose. Villages have 11 open wells of which
4 are public and rest is of private ownership. The village has a pond of approximately 0.5 acre
for drinking water for their livestock. The water in two of the open well is present throughout the
year and is used by most of the villagers. One of these well is used for drinking purpose while
other is used for bathing purpose. There is also a small River Balai flowing south of the village
which is used for drinking and bathing for the nearby households.

6.3 Forestry:
As village is situated on upland, it is surrounded by forest. Though a large part of forest is
depleted due to excessive use of resources but it still provides a lot of tangible and intangible
benefits to the villagers. Villagers gets not only fuel wood but also a number of non timber forest
produce like Maua and Tend patta which adds to their source of livelihood. The forest has
mainly tress of sagon, mahua, palash, Tend and other trees which are used as fuel. Forest doesnt
have any animal species except wild pig, fox, monkey, rabbit and some varieties of birds like
peacock.

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7 INFRASTRUCTURE
7.1 Roads:
The village is connected through a concrete Road, near the village there is PCC which is of 1km
in stretch. Inside the village road are both Kuchha and Pucca. The sample survey shows that 59%
of the households say that the road is dilapidated, 22% of the road is of poor quality, 16% of the
road is average and just 3% of the sample says that the road is of good quality.

7.2 Electricity:
The village was electrified in 1990; most of the households are electrified. Electricity is available
approximately 12 hours with two interruptions in a day. The sample survey shows that 80% of
the households are electrified. There are 4 mohallas in the village out of which three are
electrified. The village receives electricity for 12 hours every day with two breaks in a day.

7.3 Drainage:
Drainage is a problem in the village because there is lack of drainage line on both side of roads,
even road is Kaccha on some places. That is why water stagnation is a serious problem in the
village, especially in rainy season in this particular season stagnant water invites monsoon
diseases like malaria and diarrhea.

7.4 Communication:
There is no land line phone available in this village. Mobile phone network was available 1km
away from village till 2009. The proper use of mobile phone started in 2010. The village has
network connectivity of BSNL, Reliance CDMA & GSM

7.5 Social infrastructure


7.5.1 Educational infrastructure

There is one Primary school in the village, Middle school is situated in the neighboring village
Singhpur which is just half km from the village, and High school is situated at Pipariya which is
two km from the village. The strength of the school is 67 including 39 boys and 28 girls and
three teachers to teach them. The school has been provided with midday meal facilities for the
children under Sarvashiksha Abhiyan. There is no toilet facility for students in the school.
During our village stay and teaching in the Primary School we noticed that in spite of good
facilities provided the learning of the children is very poor. The students of 5th std. are not able to
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read properly nor are they good at solving simple mathematical problems. Students of different
classes seat together, teachers are inefficient in teaching and are not able to bring discipline
among students and nor are they willing to do so.
7.5.2 Anganwadi:

The Anganwadi is established in 1996 in the village but till now its not having its own building;
its building is under construction and is expected to become functional by next one month.
Anganwadi worker and Asha are in village itself and are working efficiently. They provide
services like Supplementary nutrition, Non-formal pre-school education, Immunization, Health
Check-up, Referral services, Nutrition and Health Education.
7.5.3 Infrastructure Related to Health

There is no health facility available in the village. The Primary Health Centre is located 7 km
from the village. According to the villagers the PHC is running well, the number of Doctors is
adequate and all the health facilities are in good condition. General fever, Malaria, Diarrhea, are
common in the village. There is an Asha worker in the village that provides vaccination to the
children and also informs people about different diseases.
From the household survey we found that 41.5 percent of the respondent feels the PHC is
running well while 39 percent feel there are not sufficient doctors while 14 percent are not happy
with the competence of doctor. 4.5% people feel PHC is lacking in basic facilities.
7.5.4 Defecation

91% of the houses in the village practice open defecation while the rest have toilet facilities.
Households having toilet facility also prefer to go in the open for defecation; toilets are mostly
used by small childrens.

7.5.5 Infrastructure Related to the Drinking water

The village has 6 Hand pumps for drinking water facility out of which one is not functioning.
There are 11 open well out of which 4 are for use others are of private. Most of the households
use water from an open well for drinking purpose, very few people use water from hand pump as
the water is not suitable for drinking purpose. Few households use water from river for drinking
purpose but the water is not hygienic. Few house hold complained about the distant location of
the hand pump.

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7.5.6 Cultural place

There are 2 temples in which the villagers offer their prayers.


7.5.7 Micro Enterprise:

Out of 128 households only five households have small shop which keeps some basic need items
like, Matchbox, Bidi, Candies, Snacks, Soap, detergent, cosmetics, biscuit, gutkha etc. There are
three women SHGs which are involved in handicraft work and a men SHG involved in fishing
activity.
7.5.8 Community hall

There is a community hall present in the village and is presently being used as Durga Manch.

8 Local Economy
8.1 Income Source
According to the house hold survey the average annual income of the family is Rs 31300,
average annual expenditure is Rs 21100 and average annual savings is Rs 12000.These savings is
used for the creating assets and some part of it is saved to cope with future crises.

8.2 Livelihood
The livelihood of villagers is multidimensional; people are engaged in a number of activities.
Villagers try to do maximum work to meet the family needs. Most of the people in the village
have agriculture as the primary source of income, apart from this they also do work as wage
laborers in government schemes or private works. If they do not have work in village they
migrate to nearby city to earn some livelihood. Since the village is surrounded by forest they
gather Maua and Tend patta from there and either sell it in the market to get some money or keep
some for their own consumption. Few womens are engaged in handicraft activity from last one
year and few men also do fishing for their livelihood.
Figure 1: Economic Activities
7%

8%

4%
41%

13%
27%

Agricultural
wage labour
salaried job
Migration
Business
forest Produce

Source: Household Survey


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8.3 Primary and Secondary Occupation of the Village


Figure 2: Primary Occupation

Figure 3 Secondary Occupation


Non Agri-laborer

19%

Farmer Cultivator

6% 3% 3%
3%
81%

Farmer/Cultivator
13%

Salaried Job
72%

Non Agri-laborer

No secondary
Occupation
Homemaker
(housewife)
Agri-laborer

Source: Household Survey


From the household survey we found that 26 of 32 households were engaged in agriculture as
primary occupation and only 6 households were engaged in other activity.
Apart from agriculture people are engaged in Activities like non-agriculture laborer, farm
cultivator, Services, agriculture laborer, home maker etc as secondary occupation. 72% People
are engaged in non agriculture- laborer as secondary occupation. 13% are engaged as farm
cultivator. From the household survey we found that 56% of the earning members are male and
44% earning members are female. The wage rate in the village is Rs 100 for both male and
female working under MNREGA; whereas for village work, wage rate is Rs 60.

8.4 Land holding pattern:


The land holding pattern of Samaiya village is pointed out in the pie chart. There are 9% people
who do not have land; they are dependent on wage labor as well as migration for livelihood. 22%
has below three acre land and they are engaged both in agriculture as well as non-agriculture job
to sustain their livelihood. 22% have between 3-5 acre land and they used the land in proper
manner for cultivation because the land is limited and most of the household members are
engaged in agriculture. 31% households have land between 5-10 acre and above 10 acre land
holder are 16%.

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Figure 4 Land Distribution


Landless
Below 3 Acre
Between 3 to 5
Between 5 to 10
Above 10 Acr

16%

9%
22%

31%
22%

Source: Patwari of the Village

8.5 Agriculture
Most of the people are dependent on agriculture; the agriculture practice is mainly primitive in
nature and labor intensive. Agriculture is mainly rain fed due to non availability of water for
irrigation purpose. It is found that the soil is blackish to red loamy and even rocky at some
places. Though some of the farmers use urea along with cow dung as fertilizers; however,
application of cow dung is found to be prevalent in the village. Most of the crops produced are
consumed only a small part of it is sold in the local market. On an average a household earns Rs
13000 per year from agriculture.
Table 10: Yield per Hectare

Product Name
Rice
Wheat
Maize
Rai
Batra
Masoor
Arhar
Ramtilla
Kodo
Kutki
Chana
Alsi
Urad

Yield
16.5 quintal/hectare
29 quintal/hectare
12 quintal/hectare
14 quintal/hectare
18 quintal/hectare
7 quintal/hectare
6.5 quintal/hectare
6 quintal/hectare
5 quintal/ hectare
5 quintal/hectare
13 quintal/hectare
7.5 quintal/hectare
5 quintal/hectare

Source: FGD

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8.6 SERVICE HOLDERS


There are ten service holders in the village out of which 8 are envolved in government service
and two are involved in private service. From household survey we found that on an average a
service holder earns Rs 2000 per month.
8.6.1 Government Service:

Kotwar of village

Asha worker

Anganwadi worker

Peon ( Education Department)

Peon (Irrigation Department)

Teacher ( High School)

Stenographer (Irrigation Department)

SAF ( MP Police)

8.6.2 Private Service:

Program Assistant

Health Worker

8.7 Market Linkage


The nearest market available for the villagers is at Pipariya which is 2 km from the village. The
market is held weekly i.e. on Saturday. Every household of the village go to this market for
purchasing goods for the whole week. The market is very huge containing almost all products
required by the villagers ranging from fruits, vegetables, clothes, makeup products, soaps &
detergents, sweets, all type of galla items etc. Many villagers also sell their products in the
market. Villagers usually go to the market by walking with their family.
A major product which come in and goes out from the village are annexed at the end.

8.8 Expenditure Pattern


From the household survey we found that 64% of the income is spend on food, on an average a
household spends Rs 1100 per month of food consumption.7% i.e. approx. Rs 1400 p.a. is spend
on clothing, 5% i.e. approx. Rs 1100 p.a. is spend on health care, 5% i.e. Rs 1000 p.a. is spend
on toiletries. Rest others constitute 20% of the total expenditure.

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Figure 5: Average Expenditure


10% 1%

1% 4%

2%

Food Consumption
Clothing
Health Care
Electricity & Travelling
Housing
Education
Social Function
Agri. Related Exp.

11%
64%
7%

Source: Survey

9 Consumption
9.1 Products
There is no processing unit in the village. So people sell their raw material and grain stock in the
nearby market Main products of the village are the agricultural and forest produce. The
production of agricultural produce is just sufficient for the villagers, though they sell some
produce like Rai, Kodo, Kutaki, Jagni, Wheat, Arhar, Masoor, Batra etc. in the local and weekly
market of Pipariya. Apart from this they also sell NTFP like Mahua and Tend leaf to these
markets.

9.2 Food availability


According to the household survey most of the households are deficit in food availability. In case
of cereals 41% of the households have sufficient production and just 3% have surplus
production. In case of pulse 34% households have sufficient production; in case of oil 22% have
sufficient production. The village has very less production of vegetables, fruits and cash crops.
Figure 6: Food Availability
100%
80%

Surplus

60%
Deficit

40%

Sufficient for
Family

20%
0%
Cereals

Pulse

Oil/Ghee

Vegetable

Fruit

Cash Crop

Source: Survey
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9.3 Housing Pattern:


The village is divided in to 4 small hamlets. The houses in the village are scattered, most of the
houses are located alongside the road of the village. Two houses of the village are Pucca houses,
except that all the houses in the village are thatched house made from brick, mud, stone, logs etc.
The walls are plastered with mud and colors are applied on them, roofs are made up of logs with
on them. All the houses in the village are painted either with white, sky blue or in combination of
both. Villagers keep their houses very clean by coating the floor regularly with cow dung or
mud.
Houses lack windows for ventilation. The housing area including the kitchen garden varies from
2040-6040. In most of the household average number of the room are 3 except in few
household which are having 2 rooms. The houses are more in width than in length. In almost all
house hold the animal living is situated just after the entrance.

9.4 Banks
There are two banks located near the village, one is the Co-operative Bank which is located 2 km
from the village and another one is the State Bank of India which is located 7 km from the
village. Very few villagers have account in the Co-operative bank; most of the people have
account in the State Bank. The reason is the villagers receive their payment for working under
NREGS from State Bank Only. Before this scheme came very few villagers had a bank account
but after the starting of this scheme as well as a number of SHGs, most of the people are account
holder.

9.5 Credit
9.5.1 Trader/ Money Lenders:

This is the major source of the informal credit for the villagers, may it be for daily expenditure,
social function, medical expenses purchasing cattles or crop loan. The interest rate varies from
60-80% p.a. depending upon the emergency of credit.
9.5.2 Friends and Acquaintances:

This is source of informal credit system for the villagers. Borrowing of money and grains mostly
take place. In case of cash borrowings it is repaid by working as a wage labor where as the grains
are returned back after harvesting.

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9.5.3 Banks:

Very few people take loan from the bank primary reason is the process of taking loan is very
complicated in banks. Also taking loan from bank requires a lot of paper work and people have
to deposit their documents where as it is much easier to take money from money lenders as
people can get money very quickly.

9.6 SHGs:
Village has 6 SHGs formed by three different NGOs working in this village. An NGO naming
Ajeevika funded by MPRLP has formed 4 SHGs, Udyogini has formed 1 SHG and FES has
formed 1 SHG respectively.
1. Ajeevika is working very efficiently in this village; they have launched a number of poverty
elevation schemes in the village. It is working on the basis of three tier systems, first they are
working on group basis by forming SHGs, second on individual basis by providing fund for
business and third they are creating assets which can be used by all the villagers
2. Udyogini: It formed its first WEG in 2008 but this group broke up. Currently it has formed a
new group which is just 3 months old. This group is new and is involved in saving; each
member of the group saves Rs 50 every month.
3. Foundation for Ecological Security: It is working in this village since 2009 and has formed

one SHG.

10 Village Level Committee:


There are 5 village level committee, they are as follows:
1. Gram Vikas Samiti: This committee was formed in 2005 with an objective to works
for the development of the village and looks into new opportunities for development.
2. Van Suraksha Samiti: it is the oldest committee formed in this village. It was formed
in 1995 with the aim of protecting the forest and its resources. But now this
committee is not working properly.
3. Prashfutan Samiti: This committee was formed in 2008. This committee provides
utensils, tent and other related goods at the time of marriage or any other social
functions.

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4. Nigarani Samiti: This committee was formed in 2005.the main objective of this
committee is to look after various constructions and development work in the village.
5. Gram Kosh Samiti: This committee was formed in 2005. It works for any type of
disaster management in the village. This committee is funded by Ajeevika which is a
Madhya Pradesh Government Project. Its main objective is to provide financial
support in case of Snake bite, delivery of child, sudden death in a poor family etc.

11 Political and Governance System


11.1 Political system:
There is no political party in the village, but there are some people using the political and social
influence to enhance the household income.

11.2 Panchayati Raj Institutions:


Panchayat office is located in the village Singhpur which is half km from the village. Mr. Munna
Singh Paraste is the Sarpanch of the Panchayat and he lives in the village Samaiya. Mr. Laman
Singh Warkare is the Up Sarpanch of the Panchayat. Village Panchayat take good care of the
villagers day-to-day problems and the problems are sorted out in monthly Gram Sabha. Almost
all eligible voters participate in the Panchayat elections.

11.3 Gram Sabha:


Gram Sabha is a special type of meeting conducted in the village. Its main aim is to identify and
solve the problems related to village development plans. All the villagers attend these meetings
since they deal with the major problems of the village. Earlier Gram Sabha used to be held on 6th
of every month but now there is no fixed date as such, but it is held every month.

12 Government Schemes:

Poverty Alleviation Program: National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (NAREGA) is


running in the village. Currently it is working on water availability by digging wells
throughout the Panchayat also work on Merdh bandh is to be done after completion of
wells.

Ladali Yojana: Under this scheme girl child would be given Rs 2 lakh when they
complete 18 yr of age.

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Samuhik Vivah: Under this scheme girl will be given jewelry, cloth and Rs 10,000 at the
time of marriage.

Antyodaya Yojana: It is distributing food grains, kerosene and sugar under Public
Distribution System (PDS) to the villagers.

Source: Revenue Department

13 STATUS OF WOMEN
Table 11: Gender Analysis

Womens participation

Women do not participate in local politics. Womens vote is controlled

in Politics

by men and Political parties do not see women as vote bank.

Agriculture

Work is divided between both men and women. Women do the work
of removing weeds from the field and harvesting of the crops. Men do
the work of plough and sowing of seeds.

Land

Both men and women have equal ownership over their ancestors land,
both gets equal amount of land.

Labor

Both men and women receives equal wage for labor work

Marriage

Girl is not forced for marriage by their parents. Girl is free to select the
person of her choice but inter caste marriage is not permitted.

Education

Due to the government scheme of free education, girls are given all the
facilities like bicycle, books, stationary items, dress etc therefore most
of the girls go to school.

Family Planning

Women have equal right to decide the number of children she could
have.

Dowry

Dowry is common in the village. Girls Parents have to give some


dowry in cash or kind to the boys family. Only after settlement of
dowry, wedding takes place

Decision making

Males are the decision maker in the family; women have a small role
in decision making.

Control over finance

Head of the family have the control over finance, most often males are
the head of the family

Source: FGD
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14 PLANS OF THE VILLAGE


14.1 Short Term Plans:

Providing water for both drinking and an irrigation facility for this it is digging 15 wells
throughout the Panchayat. 13.2 Long Term Plans:

14.2 Long term plans:

Work on merh bandh i.e. boundary along the fields would be done throughout the
village.

Electrification of one part of the village i.e. a mohalla which is not yet electrified have to
be electrified

Construction of roads in the remaining part of the village which is kuchha.

15 SWOT Analysis:
STRENGTH

WEAKNESS

Land

Lack of Water and irrigation equipments

Forest

Illiteracy

Jute

Low wage payment

Handicraft, Brick making skill

Low saving habit

Social capital
Nuclear family
Demand for Agriculture/NTFP

Natural calamities

Presence of Piparia Market

Job insecurity

Road connectivity

Low repayment habit

Weekly haat
NGO intervention
Government Schemes
OPPORTUNITIES

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16 Relationships with Other Communities


As life in the village is interwoven the villagers have harmonious relationship with nearby
villages. The village lack many basic facilities and therefore people have to visit these villages
for their day today requirement. They to go to Pipariya to buy Kirana items, weekly haat is also
located in Piapriya, Flour mill is also located in Pipariya, middle school is located in Singhpur,
Panchayat is also situated in Singhpur etc.

17 CONCLUSIONS:
The village study enabled me in studying the various aspects of the village life. We came to
know various things knowing which perhaps were not possible without staying in the village
among the rural population. My stay helped me to understand the lives of the villager, their need
and various dynamics relating to it.

The Firsthand experience is how they sustain their

livelihood, which kind of difficulties they face for livelihood and other expenses of household.
And we also saw the various development plans running in the village and impact of it helped
me to sharpen my understanding of these plans and ground realities associated with them. Its
easy to stay outside the village and suggests various means for the development of village but the
real picture is quite different in the village. The village do have its bright color which is absent in
urban areas, even in many developed cities of the country. The facts like equality between
different caste, female position in the house, unity among villagers etc are among some of the
positive aspects of the village. Still there is sufficient scope of improvements in the village
related to the providing of livelihood opportunity to the villagers. We can say that providing
subsidies will not help but what the villagers actually needed is the information and knowledge
about their products, their value and their demand in the outside market, so that they could get
appropriate return for their hard work. And the second hand experience is how they cope up with
the expenditure when there have no job and suddenly natural disaster happened on the village
like Pala and other disasters.

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PRA techniques used:


1). Social Mapping and Resource Mapping:

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2) Chapatti Diagram:

3) Seasonal Calendar:

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Appendices
Annexure- 1: Caste wise Population Distribution (Source: PRA)

Sl. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Caste Wise Population


Surname
Caste
No. of Household
Marawi
ST
9
Amro
ST
6
Paraste
ST
43
Kulaste
ST
7
Uike
ST
9
Oiyam
ST
25
Saiyam
ST
2
Sakhde
ST
1
Masram
ST
3
Warkare
ST
2
Pandram
ST
2
Udaste
ST
3
Vishwakarma
OBC
1
Yadav
OBC
3
Sarthi
SC
12
Total
128

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Annexure-2

Inflow of products
Products/services used
but not produced

Sl. No.

Annual Consumption in the area


Quantity
Price/Unit
Total Value
Chocolate
48000
0.5
24000
Body Soap
1700
10
17000
Washing Soap
1700
5
8500
Washing Powder
1700
5
8500
Face Cream
2400
5
12000
Gotha
48000
1
48000
Vegetable Oil
2500
60
150000
Dry Coconut
1000
5
5000
Finger chips
24000
1
24000
Sugar
1000
35
35000
Tea
6000
1
6000
Agarbatti
500
5
2500
Shampoo
2000
1
2000
Tooth paste
2500
10
25000
Biscuit
1500
5
75000
Hair Oil
2000
1
2000
Total Inflow
444500

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Local
Production
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

Source: Informal interview


Annexure-3
Outflow of Products:
Sl. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Products
Wheat
Rai
Ramtilla
Kodo
Kutki
Maize
Arhar
Batra
Masoor
Maua

11 Tendu patta
12 Handicraft

quantity
3000 kg
20000 kg
6000 kg
2500 kg
2500 kg
2500 kg
2500 kg
2000 kg
1000kg
20000 kg
200000
piece

price/unit
Rs 11/kg
Rs 13/kg
Rs 22/kg
Rs 7/kg
Rs 8/kg
Rs 7/kg
Rs 22/kg
Rs 60/kg
Rs 12/kg
Rs 15/kg

total value
Rs 33000
Rs 260000
Rs 132000
Rs 17500
Rs 20000
Rs 17500
Rs 55000
Rs 120000
Rs 12000
Rs 300000

demanded in
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya
Pipariya

Rs 0.4/piece

Rs 8000
Rs 50000
Rs 102500

Pipariya
Jabalpur

Annual Sell of products

Source: Survey

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Annexure: 4
Literacy rate
75

Male

Female

41

34

29

19
10

Total

Between 6-18

Above 18

Source: Household Survey


Annexure: 5
Health Issues
knowledge
84%
84%
60%

88%

66%

63%

22%

Source: Household Survey


Annexure: 6
Source of knowledge about Health
OTHERS
1%

RADIO
T.V
8%
6%

HEALTH
WORKER
85%

Source: Household Survey


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Annexure: 7
Drinking Water Facility

9%
13%

78%

Pond/tank/River

Tubewell

Openwell

Source: Household Survey


Annexure: 8
Quality of Road
3%
good

average

poor

dilapidated

22%
59%

16%

Source: Household Survey


Annexure: 9
Livestock Distribution
Type of Animal
Cow
Bullock
Buffalo
Calf
Goat/Sheep
Poultry

Number of Animal

Number of family

32
64
2
16
21
22

21
27
2
11
5
10

Source: Household Survey

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ORGANIZATION
PROFILE

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1 Organization Overview
Udyogini which means women entrepreneur came into existence in 1992 as a World Bank
initiative to pilot a program to develop a curriculum, methodology and service provider for micro
enterprise management services, principally training for poor, asset less and mainly illiterate
women in the backward states of India.
Udyogini was set up to co-ordinate and facilitate management training for grassroots women's
groups for the World Bank Institute-funded Women's Enterprise Management Training Outreach
Program (WEMTOP). This was a three-year participatory action learning project aimed at
strengthening the capacity of intermediary NGOs to deliver management training to poor women
micro entrepreneurs in 1992. The training program consisted of Grassroots Management
Training (GMT) carried out for women producers and the Training of Enterprise Support Teams
(TEST) for the trainers of GMT. The trainings were carried out through NGOs who were
responsible for group formation and bringing together the women. NGO staff was trained as
trainers or Enterprise Support Teams (ESTs).
Udyogini from 1997 to 2001 scaled up its training services to many clients in existing and
additional states of India. It also introduced marketing services to NGOs that were working with
potential micro-entrepreneurs as well as to middle-level entrepreneurs working with women
producers to help scale up their enterprises. In 2002, as a result of a strategic planning process,
Udyogini made changes in implementing strategy, deciding to initiate programs to engage
directly with women producers at the grassroots.
By early 2010, Udyogini had a presence in 7 states of North, Central and Eastern India working
on aggregating and/or value-addition to commodities as diverse as lac, mahua, honey, bamboo,
silk, other medicinal plants, maize, mustard, vegetables, and pulses and services like child-care
center demonstrating considerable scale and breadth of experience and impact. It had also
facilitated registration of producers' institutions called UJAS in three of its locations. UJAS
(Udyam Jagaran Sansthan) is now an established national brand identity for producer-owned
entities and business products.

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Most significantly, in 2010, it has taken up the challenge of microenterprise development for
older sex workers who want to move out of the profession and want to ensure that their young
daughters develop employable skills so that they are not vulnerable to sex work.
Its intervention at Mandla district, M.P began in 13 villages to support around 200 women. They
work in three clusters namely Niwas, Babaliya and Bakori at Mandla district. By the end of
2005, Udyogini worked with nearly 1200 women from 60 villages.

1.1 Vision
To become a nationally and internationally recognized agency specializing in business
development services for NGOs and poor women.

1.2 Mission
To provide quality and appropriate business development services for promotion of poor women
as entrepreneurs.

2 Operational Areas
Implementation Projects

BDS Centres

Bikaner, Udaipur (Rajasthan)

Udaipur (Rajasthan)

Mandla, Seoni, Raisen, Chindwada (MP)

Jabalpur (M.P.)

Saharanpur (U.P)

Dehradun (Uttrakhand)

Chamoli (Uttrakhand)

Patna (Bihar)

Ranchi (Jharkhand)

Ranchi (Jharkhand)

Kalahandi (Orissa)
Nawada, Gaya (Bihar)

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2.1 Where it works:

It is working in some of the most backward regions of India (desert and tribal districts of
Rajasthan, forest areas of Madhya Pradesh, insurgency-affected districts of Jharkhand, higher
reaches of the hill state of Uttarakhand, neglected areas of Bihar and Assam
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3 Organization Structure

Board of Directors

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Business Development Service Manager

Enterprise Promotion Manager

Enterprise Promotion Executive

Program Assistant

4 Retrospective:
URMUL, SURE and LUPIN in Rajasthan; NIPDIT and Samanwita in Orissa and ADITHI in
Bihar are few of the distinguished alumni of Udyogini's enterprise.
Udyogini also has two flagship programs namely Training of Enterprise support teams (TEST)
and Grassroots Management Training (GMT).

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TESTs are for those people who are professional and Para-professional but yet do not
have much knowledge and business skills in this area. It is a residential course in which
participants have to undergo an intensive training for four to five days. It covers a vast
range of topics including motivation for entrepreneurship, business idea generation and
marketing, risk analysis, market survey, value-chain analysis, business plan creation and
linkages building with a woman focus, this is known as Orientation TESTs.
Udyogini also has "Advanced TESTs" which deal more intensively with particular
aspects of enterprise management (such as feasibility and business planning), for those
already familiar with the basics
GMT is a core activity in Udyoginis work. This program focuses on women; they help
marginalized women to become entrepreneur not just skilled producers. The topics
covered under GMT are same as that of TESTs but the methodology and training aids
used are quite different. Udyogini build the capacity of women by training them in fields
like: assessing the feasibility of an enterprise planning and schedule production,
understanding and assessing the market, production / quality management. To simplify
these concepts for women, the training program includes tools like case studies and
simulation exercise, role-play and group works.
There is also a program called hybrid TESTs which are designed for local
entrepreneurs who have a certain level of education. The hybrid TESTs are customized
version from TESTs and GMTs.

5 Approaches:
1. Gender Focused (women viewed as drivers and leaders)
2. Capacity building model for women (Starts with incremental steps towards livelihood
security for poverty alleviation and moves to empowerment through promotion of Micro
Enterprise)
3. Thrust in Inclusive Market Development
4. Innovation, Learning and Change in Business Services content and delivery mechanism
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6 Operational Frameworks:
1. Enterprise motivation and management awareness for grassroots women.
2. Creation of grassroots business development service providers
3.

Enterprise promotion and incentives for producers and market players

4. Ownership and scale up through systems and institution


5.

Expansion and outreach

7 Services offered:
1. Cluster identification, mobilization and development
2. Conducting market related Action Research & Assessment Studies
3. Conducting Feasibility Studies
4. Conducting Micro-plans for villages
5. Formulation of Business Plans for SMEs
6. Enterprise motivation / orientation training
7. Facilitation of market information, linkages & support
8. Facilitation for financial including social venture capital support
9. Building BDSP capacity through training, orientation & exposures
10. Mentoring selected BDSPs as entrepreneurs with access to venture finance

8 Major funding partners:


MISEREOR

NABARD

Intel Corporation

Government of India

Ford Foundation Forest Department

ICCW

Government of Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Life Sciences

Government of Rajasthan

Government of Uttarakhand

European Union ICCO

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9 Operational Model of VLSC

10 Overall Activities:
1. Integrated BDS in diversified sub-sectors of Craft, Consumables, Agriculture & NTFP
through its Field Projects.
2. GMT (Capsule-based enterprise trainings for SHG women/Leaders).
3. TEST (Training of Enterprise Support Team).
4. Training Material Development.
5. Market Surveys, Action Research & Impact Assessment.
6. Feasibility Studies for Micro-enterprise activities.
7. Business Plan Preparation.
8. Product to Market Mapping / Value Chain Analysis.
9. Supply Chain Development (Primary Level).
10. Building Market Linkages & Trade Network.
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11 Key Achievements:

Institutionalization of UJAS as a Producers Organization in all 3 implementation


locations;

Has trained over 1000 NGO and government staff through TEST.

Has trained over 5000 producer women through GMTs

Establishment of local level supply chain with a growth-oriented enterprise model for
various sub-sectors in all project locations;

Facilitated market linkages for various products with companies like Reliance, Safal,
Fab-India, UTMT and more corporate houses;

Developed a cadre of more than 100 women producers as service providers handling &
coaching other women on enterprise functions;

Chanelized a sales turnover of more than 50 lacs in 2 project locations each (M.P & Raj.)
and more than 25 lacs in 1 location (U.P);

Facilitated around 3500 producers to move up the value chains with more technical
operations as processors;

Build around 50% of the women to an extent to take up more technical production &
market operation and unions independently.

12 Future plan of organization:

To strengthen customer base by expansion and outreach to other districts like Katni,
Shingroli.

To strengthen and improvise the quality of training.

To improvise the BDS by adding up more services and products in the supply chain.

To set up a franchise model for the existing and upcoming VLSCs

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THEME PAPER
Assessment of willingness to pay of the community for
the services and products identified for being offered
through Village Level Service Centers

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INTRODUCTION
As part of the Village study segment, the major objective was study of existing supply chain
established by Udyam Jagaran Sansthan (UJAS), to check for the willingness of the community
to pay for the identified products and services in the project areas of Mandla district of Madhya
Pradesh. A study in both financial and operational aspects of different opportunities was carried
out to understand the various perspectives for the initiatives undertaken by Udyogini. In order to
identify challenges for the organization in current and future context different concepts that were
learnt in the classroom were utilized. The period of the study was from the 7th of January 2010
to the 29th January, 2011.

1.1 Background of the study:


The main endeavor in the study was to check the willingness of the products and services for
Tribal community people that can be incorporated into the existing supply chain of the UJAS.
The organization is expanding in terms of opening up new VLSCs but the profit is not increasing
in the same proportion therefore the organization is willing to find out the problems in the supply
chain and launch new products and services in order to increase their profitability.
The operational areas of the organization i.e. Mandla district have agriculture as their primary
source of earning and livelihood. As the geographical condition of this area is not suitable for
good production from agriculture due to lack of water and irrigation equipment, most of the
farmers have to depend on rain. There is a need to introduce some services to minimize these
problems to some level or some extent. All the identified products will be provided by the UJAS
through its supply chain i.e. through the chain of CLSCs and VLSCs. Udyogini desires to
identify potential services according to the need and demand of the villagers, so that they can
improve their livelihood and also UJAS can improve its profit.

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1.2 Rationale of the Project:


Even though the organization is expanding in terms of number of VLSCs but the profit is not
increasing in same proportion, thus there is felt need to re-monitor the overall working of the
supply chain and identify the problems. Also there is a need of introducing new products and
services by keeping in mind the needs of the village and the villagers. Identification of products
& services has already been done therefore to check the willingness of the villagers to pay for the
identified products services, the main rationale lies behind the primary occupation of the
villagers, their income & expenditure pattern and the most critical period/ month in a year. Based
on the identified list of products and services, to fulfil the needs of the villagers at their own
village at fair prices so that they can increase their income and decrease their expenditure.

1.3 Objective of the Study:


The long term goal of this project is to increase the profitability of the CLSCs, VLSCs by solving
the identified problems in the supply chain and also to introduce new services and products in the
supply chain of UJAS. To achieve this goal the objective is to check for the willingness of the
community/ villagers to pay for the identified products and services.

1.4 Scope:
The information and the recommendations derived from this study helps to take appropriate
decisions for launching new identified products and services in the existing supply chain of the
UJAS to improve the lifestyle of the villagers. The primary data collected regarding their
willingness to pay for identified products and services and systemic knowledge generated by this
will result in the creation of a resource for other future study.

1.5 Limitations of the Study:


1) Poor and delayed transportation facility delayed the data collection.
2) As some of the villages are not operational areas of the organization, cause problems in
collecting villagers for FGD and data collection.
3) As the field staff was not familiar to such kind of surveys, they took time in
understanding and implementing right survey.

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RESEARCH DESIGN
2.1 Study area and target group:
The study area is extended to 6 villages of Niwas Block, 7 villages of Narayanganj Block and 7
villages of Mandla Block. These 20 villages are divided into three clusters namely Niwas,
Babaliya and Bakori cluster of Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh.
Table 2 Village names

Babaliya
Keriba
Padhriya
Sukhram
Chakdehi
Banar
Mukas Khurd
Barbati

Bakori
Singarpur
Muradeeh
Bakchheda Gondi
Dungariya
Chirayi Dongari
Khuksar
Sijhori

Niwas
Khamariya
Phadki Raiyat
Bandariya
Mohpani
Umariya
Lohari

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2.2 Sample Design:


For checking willingness of the villagers to pay for the identified services, household survey was
done in 20 villages by taking 15 percent as sample size. The household of the 20 villages of
Babaliya, Bakori and Niwas cluster were the universe for the study with one person as unit of the
study.

2.3 Sampling Method:


Stratified sampling is used and the households of the given 20 villages are selected as sample.

2.4 Survey Design:


In the study both Primary and Secondary data is collected to fulfill the purpose of the study.
2.4.1 Collection of primary data:

The primary data is collected with the help of semi structured questionnaire containing a series
of descriptive questions dealing with the information about the identified services and the
suitable prices of the service. The purpose of the study is explained to the respondent prior to
survey.
2.4.2 Collection of Secondary Data:

Secondary data was provided by organization and other sources of secondary data were reports
and projects of the organization. Data on information about Mandla districts were collected from
the internet.

2.5 Methods of Data Analysis Techniques:


Various statistical methods are used for data analysis like pie charts, graphs, mean etc.

2.6 Time Frame:


We started our theme paper work on 8th January 2011 and ended on 29th January 2011 with all
fieldwork and data compilation works. Our time was equally divided for all the villages visited
by us.

2.7 Study Area Profile:


The study is focused on the willingness of the community to pay for the products and services
identified to be offered under VLSCs. For this we had to do study of 20 villages which fall in
Niwas, Narayangunj and Mandla block of Mandla district. All of these villages are situated in
hilly terrains and surrounded by river Narmada and forest. The majority of the population of
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these villages is Gond tribe. People in all the villages are lacking essential infrastructure for the
development. Transport facilities are not adequate which makes it difficult for the people to go
out to purchase their basic amenities. Social infrastructures like electricity, health facility and
educational facilities are also lacking in most of these villages. Market connectivity is also very
poor; hence they have to depend on weekly haat bazaar which is usually far away from these
villages. There are very few to no general stores which forces villagers to run to places for their
day to day requirement. Most of the people are dependent on agriculture and forest produce for
their livelihood. Livestocks are not in good condition due to lack of fodder facilities in the
village. For irrigation people are dependent on rain as the hilly terrain makes it difficult to bore
wells.

WILLINGNESS PROFILE
3.1 Products and Services for which willingness has to be found:
As most of the villages are remotely located, the villagers do not have access to many services
easily and the service points are located on an average 5-6 km away from the village. Following
are the list of services which are to be provided:
1) Recharge coupons
2) PCO
3) Tailoring
4) Cycle repairing
5) Veterinary service
6) Agri-expert advice
7) Health insurance
8) Warehouse facility
9) Irrigation equipments on lease
10) Submission of electricity bill
11) Solar/emergency lights
12) Banking services
13) Computer works

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3.2 Demands for Products and Services:


The demand for products and services according to cluster wise is annexed with this report.
During the household survey it is found that the demands for some services like Health
Insurance, Tailoring, submission of electricity bill, agriculture consultant are found very high.
The demand for these products and services depends heavily on the geographic condition of the
village like its location i.e. distance from market, availability of electricity, availability of mobile
network and also the most important availability of water for irrigation.
Figure 5: %age Demand for Products & Services
98
82
66

66

58
43

72

55

69

64

44
13

10

Source: Individual Household survey

3.3 Description of Services:


1. Service Name: Recharge coupon
Description of Service:
According to this service, the VLSCs can sell the recharge coupons of mobile phones at high
rates as compared to the normal rates. The price of recharge coupons would be of 1-2 Rs. higher
than the normal rates.

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Current status of the service:


Now a days mobile phones are considered as the essential part of the human life and to some
extent all the households in the villages have access to the mobile phones. There is demand of
the recharge coupons in the village but are not available in the villages. The villagers have to
travel on an average 5-6 km only to recharge their phones.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These products are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Figure 2: Willingness to pay for Recharge Voucher
24%
Rs 11
8%

53%
12%

Rs 12
Rs 10 (At MRP)
No Mobile phone
No idea

3%

Source: Individual Household survey


During our household survey we found that 53% people are willing to pay Rs.11 i.e. Rs.1 higher
for a Recharge Voucher of Rs10, 3% people are willing to pay Rs 12 and 12% people want to
purchase Rs 10 mobile voucher at the market price i.e. marked price.24% of the sampled
household do not want to avail this facility. The reason for not willing to pay are: due to close
proximity to market where recharge coupons are available at the market price, few people use
mobile only for incoming, few people get their mobile recharged by their son or any other
relative who lives in town. Whereas 8% of the sample does not have mobile phones, the reasons
being poor economic condition to own a mobile phone, poor or no network connectivity of
cellular service or dont need mobile phone.

2) Service Name: P.C.O.


Description of Service: This service will offer phone services/ calling facility to the villagers at
normal call rates. According to this service, one prepaid mobile phone will be kept in the shop of
VLSCs.

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Current status of the service: Normally people of the village who dont have a mobile phone or
any calling facility, they ask the person who have mobile phone with him, to use their phone.
And that person charge whatever he/she likes for their service or else they have to travel to 5-6
km. just for a single call.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: This service is in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Figure 3: Willingness to pay for PCO

36%

Rs 1.5-2.0/minute
Rs 1/minute

58%

Rs 2/minute
3%

3%

No

Source: Individual Household survey


Demand for P.C.O. is found to be just 42%, this is because of the availability of mobile phones
in most the villages. During our household survey, we came to know that the local P.C.O. are
charging Rs.5 to10 for few minutes talk. 36% households are willing to pay Rs.1.5- 2.0/minute,
3% household each is willing to pay Rs 1/minute and Rs 2/minute respectively. 58% households
have either mobile phones or do not need the service of P.C.O.

3) Service Name: Warehouse Facility


Description Services: According to this service, UJAS will offer warehouse facility to the
villagers through the link of CLSCs and VLSCs.
Current status of the service: There is no warehouse available in the villages which can offer
warehouse services to them.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These services are in
demand for throughout the year.

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Willingness to pay:
Demand for warehouse is found to be more than 62%, the reason being non-availability of any
facilities of this kind. There is a general trend among people to sell their surplus products in the
market. People either sell it to local weekly haat or to traders of Babaliya, Niwas or Bakori, The
reason for selling is either they need money instantly or they do not have proper storage facility.
25% households do are not able to pay as they do not have enough production, whatever they
produce is used for their own consumption. 58% households are willing to pay Rs
20/quintal/month for keeping their produce in warehouse. 3% households are willing to pay Rs
25/quintal/month whereas 14% people do not require this facility because whatever surplus they
have, they prefer selling it to the market because of the need for money.
Figure 4: Willingness to pay for Warehouse
14%
Rs 20/quintal
25%
58%

Rs 25/quintal
Not able to pay
No need

3%

Source: Individual Household survey

4) Service Name: Electricity Bill Submission


Description of Service:
In this, the UJAS will appoint agent either BDSP or VLSC in every villages. These agents will
be responsible for submission of all the electricity bills of a particular village and the agent will
charge commission for their service.
Current status of the service: All the villagers submit their electricity bill on individual basis.
To submit their electricity bill they spend some money to reach the submission point as these bill
submission points are located far away from the village
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These services are in
demand for throughout the year.
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Willingness to pay:
Figure 5: Willingness to pay for Electricity bill submission
13%
41%

17%

Bill Charge+ Rs 5 per bill


Bill Charge+Rs 2 per bill
Do not have electricity connection

27%

Not willing to pay


2%

No Idea

Source: Individual Household survey


The average demand for this service is 43%. Out of the households surveyed 27% of the houses
do not have electricity. 17% of the households are not willing to pay for this service because of
their close proximity to the market were people go for bill submission 41% households are
willing to avail this service by paying Rs 5 extra along with their electricity bill whereas 13% are
willing to pay Rs 2 extra as commission for bill submission. This service is required in remote
villages were transportation facility is inadequate. In such villages people have to spend Rs30-40
in travelling just for submitting the bill and also a complete day is wasted.

5) Service Name: Irrigation & Agricultural Equipments on Rent


Description of Service: According to this service, UJAS will put a few agricultural equipments
to the VLSCs and these agriculture equipments will be offered to the villagers on the rent basis.
Current status of the service: The villagers have limited access of agricultural equipments.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These products are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Availability of water is one of the biggest problems being faced by the people of these areas.
Despite of having Narmada river farmers are facing a lot of problems for irrigation, this is
mainly due to rugged geography of this area which makes it difficult to bore wells and thus
farmers have to depends upon rain, this leads to increase in demand for irrigation pump. The
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average demand for irrigation pump is 51%, 46% of the household do not require irrigation
facility because either they have their own pump or the irrigation pump cannot be used as there is
no water source available nearby. 4% of the households are willing to pay Rs 60/hour as rent and
diesel or kerosene for the irrigation pump, 47% is willing to pay between Rs 30 to 50 per hour
and diesel for renting irrigation pump and rest 3% do not have any idea for irrigation pump.
Figure 6: Willingness to pay for Irrigation Equipment
4%

Rs 60/hour

28%

46%

Rs 50/hour
Rs 40/hour
10%

Rs 35/hour

5%

Rs 30/hour
No idea
4%

3%

No Demand

Source: Individual Household survey

6) Service Name: Computer Work


Description of Service: According to this service, UJAS will put a computer at CLSC level.
This computer will offer services like photo printing, online registration forms related to
education and employment, etc.
Current status of the service: The villagers have limited access to computer related services.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These services are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Figure 6: Willingness to pay for Computer Work
15%

17%
Rs 60-80 per 6 piece

27%

Rs 40-60 per 6 piece


41%

Rs 20-40 per 6 piece


No idea

Source: Individual Household survey


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Computer work includes mainly Passport photography; there is a great demand for photography
i.e. more than 75%. 15% households do not want this service, whereas 17%households are
willing to pay Rs 60-80/6 copy of photograph, 41% are willing to pay Rs 40-60 for 6
photographs, 27% are willing to pay Rs20-40/6 photographs and rest 15% does not have any idea
about this service.

7) Service Name: Health Insurance


Description of Service: The UJAS will provide health insurance of Rs. 30,000 to the villagers
by the collaboration with some health insurance company. The insurance amount is of Rs. 150
per year for BPL family and Rs. 350 per year for APL family, this insurance amount is for family
of 4 members and this amount goes on increasing according to the family members.
Current status of the service: There is no health insurance service available in the villages.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These products are in
demand for throughout the year
Willingness to pay:
Figure 7: Willingness to pay for Health Insurance

2%
27%

BPL Family
71%

APL Family

No Need

Source: Individual Household survey


The average demand for this service is more than 95%. The premium amount for BPL family
starts from Rs. 150 for the family consisting 4 members and for APL family the amount starts
from Rs. 350 for the family of 4 members. Demand for insurance is high because people think
that the insurance will support them in case of sudden or long term illness, in case of operations
also they will not have to take loan from money lenders.

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8) Service Name: Agri. Expert Service


Description of Service: According to this service the UJAS will train some WEG member or
BDSP who can act as an agri. expert in their respective villages. They can offer services like
advice on good fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides etc. These people can also work as a link
between the villagers and the agri. scientists, so that he/she can provide updated information
related to the agriculture. People will have to register for a year to avail this service.
Current status of the service: The villagers have limited access to services of agri expert
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These services are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
The demand for agriculture consultant is more than 75%. As the farmers are ignorant about the
quality of seed to be used, quantity of fertilizers to be given, which pesticides are to be given for
a particular type of plant disease whatever hard labor they do, is not giving them sufficient yield.
Therefore there is a need for agriculture consultant in the village who can guide farmers in more
effective way. 60% households are willing to pay Rs 100 as service charge for agric-consultant;
few households are willing to pay up to Rs 350, whereas few households are willing to pay as
low as Rs 20 per service.
Figure 7: Willingness to Pay for Agriculture Consultant
23%
1% 1%
15%

60%

Rs 100

Rs 150

Rs 350

Rs 50

No

Source: Individual Household survey


9) Service Name: Cycle Repairing
Description of Service: The UJAS will facilitate WEG members of the village to offer cycle
repairing services to their respective villages by providing training to them. The trained person
can repair cycle puncture/ burst, brake fail, tyre/ tube change, etc.

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Current status of the service: Almost all the villagers have cycle in their houses and there is
need to introduce a person who can repair their cycle.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These services are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Figure 8: Willingness to Pay for Cycle Repairing

32%
68%

Willing to pay at Market rate


Not willing

Source: Individual Household survey


Cycle is the means of transportation for most of the villagers, but yet they do not have any cycle
repairing shops in their village. If anything happens to their cycle they have to carry it to the
market which is situated 5-10 km from their village or go to nearby village. Therefore there is a
great need for cycle repairing shop in the villages. 68% households are willing to pay for cycle
repairing facility if available in their village at the market rate where as 32% are not willing to
pay the reason is either their village is close to the market or they repair it by themselves.
10) Service Name: Veterinary Service
Description of Service: According to this service the UJAS will train WEG member or VLSC
of the respective village who can act as a veterinary doctor in their respective villages.
Current status of the service: The villager depends on government doctors to cure their
animals.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: This service has
maximum demand in the summer season and rainy season.
Willingness to pay:
As the villagers are ignorant about the diseases of animals and the veterinary doctor are very few
and available only in blocks. Farmers have to face a lot of difficulties in treatment of their
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cattles, most of the time their cattle die before reaching of the doctor. Therefore there is a great
need for a Para Veterinary doctor. 36% households do not need this service because either their
villages are in close proximity to veterinary doctor or they have doctor in their own village. 46%
households are willing to pay Rs 50/animal as checkup charge, 9% are willing to pay Rs
20/animal, 4% Rs 100/animal and others are willing to pay anywhere between Rs 10-60/animal.
These charges are excluding the price for medicine.
Figure 9: Willingness to pay for Para-Veterinary doctor
1%
36%

Rs 100/animal

Rs 50/animal

Rs 40/animal

Rs 30/animal

Rs 25/animal

Rs 20/animal

Rs 10/animal

No

46%

9%
1%
1% 4%

2%

Source: Individual Household survey

11) Service Name: Emergency light


Description of Service: According to this service, UJAS will put a few numbers of emergency
lights to the VLSCs and these lights will be sold to the villagers.
Current status of the service: The situation of electricity in these villages is very poor and
people depend on kerosene oil to light their houses. So, there is need to introduce alternative of
electricity and kerosene oil.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: These products are in
demand for throughout the year.
Willingness to pay:
Willingness to pay for emergency light was found to be just 14%. Emergency light are
demanded only by those people who have got little higher status in their community and who are
economically well to do. Most households cannot afford emergency light due to it high cost.
Households get 5 ltr. of kerosene every month on subsidized rate which is just sufficient for the
entire month. Other reason for not willing to pay for this product is that in some places electricity
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are mostly available in evening till night also some places do not have electricity therefore
emergency light cannot be used as it require charging.
Figure 10: Willingness to Pay for Emergency Light
14%

Willing to Pay

86%

Not Willing to pay

Source: Individual Household survey

12) Service Name: Bank Linkage & Other Banking Services


Description of Service: In this, the UJAS will train some WEG members in the villages who
will work as a link between the banks and the village.
Current status of the service: There is very limited access of banking services in the villages
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: This service has
maximum demand in the summer season because maximum migration done in this season only.
Willingness to pay:
As most of the households are tribals and economically weaker the demand for banking service
is limited. 89% households do not require this service & the reason is neither they have any bank
account nor do they need it as they do not have enough money to keep in bank also most of them
are farmers and the agriculture produce are not sufficient.
Figure 11: Willingness to Pay for Bank Linkage

11%
Willingness
89%

Not willing

Source: Individual Household survey

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13) Service Name: Tailoring


Description of Service: In this, tailoring services will be offered in the villages. UJAS will
facilitate some WEG member of the village to offer tailoring service to their respective villages
by providing training of tailoring to them.
Current status of the service: The quality tailors are available at Babaliya, Bakori, Niwas,
Ripta, etc., means that the quality tailors service are not available in the villages. To get quality
service the villagers should move to nearby villages by spending some amount on travel, this
additional cost increases the cost incurred in the stitching of complete cloth.
Period of the year when the demand for the product/service is there: This service has
maximum demand in the marriage season and festival season
Willingness to pay:
Figure 12: Willingness to Pay for Tailoring
13%
Willingness to Pay at Market rate

87%

Not willing

Source: Individual Household survey


Out of 290 households surveyed, 87% of the households are willing to avail the service of
Tailoring. 13% of the sample does not require this service as some of them already has tailoring
machine and in some village tailors are already available. People who need this service have the
saying that if the facility will be available in their own village and the tailor has expertise in
tailoring work then they are ready to avail this service.

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4 CONCLUSION
The following conclusions are drawn after the completion of the study:
1) The focused people in the household survey of 20 villages had agriculture as their primary
source of earning and livelihood. As the geographical condition of this area is not suitable for
good production from agriculture and there is lack of water and irrigation equipment therefore
there is a need for irrigation pump in most of the villages.
2) As the villages have poor connectivity with market, there is need of VLSCs in some of the
villages. Some of the products like Kirana materials, manihari, recharge voucher, emergency
lights can be sold there.
3) Farmers are ignorant about the crop disease and animal disease and since service of veterinary
doctor is not sufficient therefore there is a need to train people for Kishan mitra and veterinary
service.
4) Demand for health insurance is very high and also there is need for warehouse facility.
Tailoring facility is required in the villages and most of the people are willing to pay at market
price.
5) The purchasing power of the villagers is low; therefore, the services which can be uploaded in
the supply chain should be in their limit of purchasing power.
6) In distress periods the villagers migrate to other places for earning their livelihood, also they
ask credit from the informal sources on high interest rates to meet their financial need.

4.1 Major findings of the Study:


Table 3: Major Findings
CLUSTER
NIWAS
NAME

BAKORI

BABALIYA

SERVICE
OFFERED

Willingn
ess %

Acceptance
price

Willingn
ess %

Acceptance
price

Willingn
ess %

Acceptance
price

RECHARGE
COUPON
P.C.O
WAREHOUSE
SUBMISSION
OF ELECTRIC
BILL
IRRIGATION

44

Rs 11

82

Rs 11.07

73

Rs 10.93

44
65
26

Rs 2
Rs 20.5
Bill charge +
Rs 5

46
71
63

Rs 1
39
Rs 18
39
Bill charge + Rs 44
5

Rs 1.5
Rs 14
Bill charge +
Rs 5

73

Rs 47/hour

56

Rs 38/hour

Rs 23/hour

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EQUIPMENT
ON RENT
COMPUTER
WORK
HEALTH
INSURANCE
AGRICULTUR
AL
CONSULTANT
CYCLE
REPAIRING
PARA
VETERNAIRY
DOCTOR
EMERGENCY
LIGHT
BANK
LINKAGE
TAILORING

53

Rs 41/6p

60

Rs 29/6p

86

Rs 44/6p

97

98

37

Rs 350800(APL),150200(BPL)
Rs 44

100

96

Rs 350800(APL),150200(BPL)
Rs 109/year

83

Rs 350800(APL),150
-200(BPL)
Rs 89

69

Market Rate

68

Market Rate

71

Market Rate

70

Rs 29

55

Rs 23

66

Rs 31

15

Not Decided

20

Not Decided

Not Decided

Depends on
service
Market Rate

26

Depends on
service
Market Rate

Depends on
service
Market Rate

78

81

86

5 Suggestions:
We suggest the following services for feasibility check:
1. Product like Recharge Coupon can be added to the existing VLSCs.
2. Electricity bill can be collected through VLSC or CLSC.
3. Health Insurance Service has more than 98% demand therefore this service can be availed.
4. There is a need for computer related work like photography which can be provided at
CLSCs.
5. Agriculture consultant is required in most of the villages due to lack of adequate facilities.
6. Cycle repairing is also required as cycle is the most widely used means of transportation and
there is no such facility available in most of the villages.

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ANNEXURE:
Figure 13: %age demand for products and services (Cluster wise)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

NIWAS
BAKORI
BABALIYA

Questionnaire to Check the Willingness of the Villagers:


Name:

Age:

Sex: .

Educational qualification:

No. of Family Members: ..

Village: .

Cluster name: ..

1. If you get recharge coupons of Rs. 10 &. 20 in your village at Rs. 11 & 22.
Are you willing to pay that much amount for this service? If not then how much amount you able
to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount.
2.

(B) Minimum amount

If we offered PCO service in your village and the call rates will be Rs. 1.5-2.0/minute.

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Are you willing to pay that much amount for this service? If not then how much amount you
able to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount.

(B)Minimum amount

3. If your village served by the services of warehouse, in which you can store your produce and
collections. For this, one receipt will be issued to you in respect to the cost and quantity of
your produce and collection. This receipt helps you to get loan easily from banks and other
financial institutions at low interest rates to fulfill your financial need. To use the services of
warehouse you have to pay Rs. 20/quintal per month for your produce and collection. The
conditions are:
1. You have to bear the carrying cost.
2. You have to bear the measurement cost
Are you willing to store your produce items in warehouse the charge will be Rs 20/quintal? If
not then how much amount you able to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount.

(B) Minimum amount

4. If we offered the service for Submission of your electricity bill by the agent. The agent
will be from your village and he/she will charge Rs. 5 per electricity bill.
Are you willing to pay Rs 5 for this service? If not then how much amount you able to pay
for this service
(A) Maximum amount

(B) Minimum amount

5. Would you like to use diesel/electric irrigation pumps at Rs. 50/ hour on rent basis? The
conditions are:
1. You have to bear the carrying cost of the pumps from the center to your farms.
2. You have to bear the cost of diesel and electricity
Are you willing to pay Rs 50/Hour for this service? If not then how much amount you able to
pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount.

(B) Minimum amount

6. If you get the photo printing and other computer related services(various types of online
registration forms) at CLSCs of Babaliya, Bakori and Niwas, and:
1. You have to pay Rs. 50/6 photographs
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2. You have to pay Rs. 40/3 photograph


3. Cost of other works as per the market rates.
Are you willing to pay that much amount for this service? If not then how much amount you able
to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount (B) Minimum amount..
7. If health insurance scheme of Rs. 30,000 will be provided to you and for that you have to
pay Rs. 150/ year (only for BPL families) or Rs. 350/year (only for APL families) for the
family of 4 members. The amount will increase according to the number of persons in a
family. And the conditions are as follows:
1. You should consult only the recommended hospitals of the insurance company (i.e.
in Jabalpur and Mandla).
2. The person will claim only in that situation in which he/she admit in the
recommended hospitals at least for 24 hours (1 day).
Are you willing to pay that amount to avail the services of health insurance by keeping in
mind the above conditions? If not then how much amount you able to pay for that
service. (A) Maximum..
(B) Minimum..

8. If some person of your village will act as a Kinas Mitra, who provides you different
services related to your agric-farms such as agric-expert advices, information about
different diseases and how to cure them, use of pesticides, soil testing, effective use of
fertilizers, new techniques of irrigation etc. To avail this service you have to pay Rs
100/year.
Are you willing to pay Rs 100/Year for this service? If not then how much amount you able
to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount

(B) Minimum amount

9. If VLSC shop of your village (if available) or any person of your village will offer you
the services of cycle mechanic at the market rate. Will you use this service or not?
Will you use this service at market rate: (A) Yes

(B) No

10. If some person of your village act as a Pasha Mitra, who provides different services to
your animals such as seasonal checkup of your animals, will cure your animals, provide
medicines and injections etc. To avail this service you have to pay Rs 50/animal plus
medicine cost.
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Are you willing to pay Rs 50/animal for this service? If not then how much amount you able
to pay for this service
(A) Maximum amount

(B) Minimum amount.

11. If the CLSCs will provide you Emergency light on rental basis in your village, will you
able to use this service?
(A) Yes

(B) No

12. Would you like to have a person in the village who act as an agent between banks and the
village and for this service you have to pay some amount depends on the service.
Are you willing to pay for this service?
A) Yes

(B) No

13. Would you like to have a tailor in the village who will stitch your cloths at the same rates
of the nearby market?
Will you stitch your cloth at the market rate?
A) Yes

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RURAL ACTION
COMPONENT
Grassroots Management Training for
Women Entrepreneur Groups

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1 Introduction
GMT is one of the core activities of Udyogini. This program focuses on women; they help
marginalized women to become entrepreneur not just skilled producers. The topics covered
under GMT are motivation for entrepreneurship, business idea generation and marketing, risk
analysis, market survey, value-chain analysis, business plan creation and linkages building. This
training is given to build the capacity of women by training them in fields like: assessing the
feasibility of an enterprise planning and schedule production, understanding and assessing the
market, production / quality management. To simplify these concepts for women, the training
program includes tools like case studies and simulation exercise, role-play and group works.

2 Objectives:

To motivate and sensitize women to develop and inculcate entrepreneurship within them

To sensitize women about the necessity and strength of organized power.

To empower them in collective decision making process

To help them develop life skills which will help them run their business

3 Methodology:
The methodology used for training depends upon the group under training. The training
methodology varies for groups depending upon whether they are literate or not. A number of
training tools are used like playing games, giving lecture, pictorial cards, group discussions,
explanation on charts, oral representation, money, role play etc. The training module is designed
to encourage active participation of the group members.

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4 Activity Profile:
Whole training is divided into 7 Modules:
Table 4: Activity Module

Session
1

Topic
Warming up
Module 1

Role of Women in Family/Society


Definition and Objective of WEG

Module 2

Group vision ,Mission & Goal

Module 3

Unity

Module 4

Collective decision making

Module 5

Common fund management

Module 6

Livelihood Analysis

Module 7

Business Idea Generation and analysis

5 RAC Place:
Table 5: Groups under Training

Group Name

No. of
Members

Jai Maa Santoshi


Krishnan Mahila Udyog
Samuh
Jai Durgavati Mahila Samuh
Shail Putri Mahila Samuh

15
10

Date of
Group
Formation
Nov. 2010
2005

10
10

Oct. 2010
2006

Maa Durgavati Mahila


Samuh
Maa Durga Udyog Samuh

15

Nov.2010

10

2006

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Address

Monthly
Saving

Jevra, Block-Niwas
Barbati, Block-Niwas

Rs 50
Rs 10

Pipariya Block-Niwas
Dadargaon, BlockNiwas
Samaiya, Block-Niwas

Rs 50
Rs 50

Devdongari, BlockNiwas

Rs 30

Rs 50

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6 The Process:
Table 6: Training Process
Module for WEG Training
Objective

Topic

Warming up

To know about each


members

Module 1

Pedagogy

Small warm up game,


introducing with name, place
and work

Role of women in
family/society

Multirole played by
women
To motivate WEG that
will help them to
Definition &
double their income
objective of WEG through savings &
enterprise development

Discussion

Lecture Mode

Module 2

Group vision
,Mission & Goal

Module 3

Unity

Advantages

Module 4

Collective
decision making

Importance of group
decision

Module 5

Common fund
management

Appropriate utilization
of money

Life skill-Situational case

Module 6

Livelihood
Analysis

To know what they are


doing and what they
can do

Discussion

Module 7

Business Idea
Generation

To motivate the group


to develop enterprise

Game & discussion

To make them familiar


with their role as WEG Discussion & use of flip chart
Role play/ Cat & rat game
Distribution of money dividing
the members to different groups

7 Outcomes and Impact:

They were able to understand their needs such as further enterprise related training and
market linkages. (Sources feedback form)

Facilitated in making appropriate decision for their enterprises.

Motivated members to generate varied ideas for enterprise selection

Instilled a reflective thinking among the people

Helped them to be vocal about their thoughts

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Transference of gender sensitivity which would help the rural entrepreneurs to operate
their enterprise

8 Key Success Factor:


The main key success factors for us were the GMT member. The women of the village were very
active they always tries to listen us whatever we say and other key success factor is the director
and secretary of the Group who always try to convince the local women also the Udyogini field
staff who arranged the training at schedule time.

9 Lessons Learnt:

Though we were giving GMT to the Women Entrepreneur Group but it was also training
for us. This training gave us opportunity to interact with very poor but brave women of
the villages.

We learnt about the factors influencing the rural women to start and operate their
enterprises.

During the GMT we also learnt the importance of life skills & functional literacy which
will help them to operate & manage their enterprise.

We also learnt that social rural marketing can bring an economic empowerment with the
help of WEG formation as this inculcates saving habits among the rural women.

It helped us to understand that giving right information can help people to make right
decision.

A proactive strategy can bring a sustainable development.

10 Overall observations as a grassroots change agent:


10.1 Challenges Ahead:

Its very important to strengthen the purchasing power of the rural community.

Education is very important for Operation of business so that these women can do
accounting independently.

To be able to tackle the group pressure which remains an important aspect as it affects the
decision making of an entrepreneur.

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Social customs plays an important role for an entrepreneur as it affects their mobility
which is crucial for an entrepreneur.

Due to many faulty interventions of other NGOs working in the district its a challenge to
earn & sustain communities trust.

A mere distribution of money has degraded the communities value and generated a
feeling of dependency.

Quality of work has hampered due to lack of speedy implementation and proper coordination with other Governmental /Non government agencies.

10.2 Suggestions to the above challenges:

The purchasing power of the community can be strengthened by setting up new


enterprises.

Life skill and functional literacy programs can be implemented for Women.

Awareness on gender sensitivity

Trust can be build by proper and effective working of the NGOs

Efforts should be made to make community self dependent, which can happen by
enterprise development.

As a grassroots worker we have learned that, without participation of local people we cannot
make any event successful because we cant judge which is the most important thing needed by
them. During the GMT we found that everyone has some skill, some members have good
knowledge of enterprise and they know how they can generate income only they dont have
proper guidance and market linkage. Due to the intervention of Udyogini, which is working as a
change agent many of the WEG have become self sufficient and are doing small enterprise like
vegetable production, mahua procurement, providing credit facility ,and brick making and so on.
Thus we can say that any program can be implemented only by being sensitive to the need of
local people.

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Case Study
Face Sheet:
Name: Gomati Bai Dhumkati

Age: 46

Marital status: Married

Educational qualification: Illiterate

Village: Keriba

P.O.: Chhapra

Block: Niwas

State: Madhya Pradesh


Cast: Schedule Tribe

Religion: Hindu

Name of the husband: Mr. Bal Chand Dhumketi


Educational qualification: 8th
No. of family Members: 4
Present family income (Rs):3000

Gomati Bai -A face of Women Entrepreneur

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Background:
Gomati Bai Dhumketi is a 46 year old woman; she resides in the village Keriba of Niwas block
in Mandla district. She was married to Bal Chand Dhumketi at the age of 16. She is having a
family of four consisting of a son studying in 12th, a daughter studying in 10th, her husband is an
unskilled labor and works on a daily wage basis. As her husband is an unskilled labor he could
not earn enough money to meet daily requirements, the financial sources are not secure and
living condition is not good. She has a small piece of agriculture land on which she cultivates
kodo, kutki, wheat, rai etc. The income from the agricultural activities is not enough to manage
her household expenses and education related expenses of the children as the land is infertile and
there is an acute shortage of water for irrigation.
Before opening up the VLSC, she was completely dependent upon agriculture and non-agri labor
as the source of livelihood. Being physically weak she was not able to do hard labor work, also
as compared to the work done as laborer she used to get much less wage. Thus overall situation
of her family is miserable and survival is not ensured.

Training:
Fed up of her living condition and humiliations that her family faced in the society she was
looking for some activity which could help her in getting some financial support to the family.
At that time Udyogini was expanding its work from Bakori cluster to Babliya cluster and there
only Gomati Bai came into contact with the field staff and other workers of Udyogini. She joined
Udyoginis Women Entrepreneur Group in 2006 and started saving Rs 25 every month. After
having enough savings, one day she went to Udyoginis Babliya office and asked for the VLSC
franchise and she took training for 3 months.

Entering into Business:


After completion of the training she opened a VLSC in her village Keriba with the help of UJAS.
In the beginning she invested a sum of Rs 10000, out of which Rs 3000 came from her savings
and rest Rs 7000 was given by UJAS. Its now more than 1 year since the opening of VLSC by
Gomati Bai, per day sell of the shop is approx. Rs 200-250. She manages to earn profit of Rs
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100-150 per day, but this earning varies from season to season. On an average the monthly
selling from the shop is approx RS 9000-10000 and her monthly earning from the shop is
approx. Rs 2000.This VLSC aggregates and procures agricultural and forest produce from the
village itself and then the volume is sold out to CLSCs. From CLSC retail products are bought
and VLSCs supplies to the villages.
Udyogini has helped in transforming her life; she has gained self confidence. Earlier she used to
shy and hesitate to talk but today she can talk to any officials. Now she can ask for the right price for

goods, she now knows about different weights used for weighing products. She was illiterate but
now she has learnt to manage the accounts of her shop with the help of her husband and
childrens. She has got better position and name in the society now she is invited for special
occasions and festivals in the village. She feels empowered and independent as she plays a major
role in decision making in her family. She understands the importance of education and therefore
wants her children to study, she even teaches other womens of the village about hygiene,
cleanliness and even motivates them to get similar training from Udyogini and become an
entrepreneur.

Future Plans:
As the income from the business allows her to save, she is planning to expand her business. She
has planned to improve the infrastructure of her shop so that she could store more products both
for selling and for procurement. She is also planning to invest for her childrens better
educational facilities.

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NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

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INTRODUCTION
National Service Scheme was launched in year 1969 with a motto Not Me, But You which
means the service for others without being selfish. It is a service through which the nations
Youth can develop the community welfare Programs. The NSS promotes the volunteers to come
ahead and put their effort and help to aware the community through campaigning, drama, role
play etc.
The NSS is directly relevant to the Rural Management student, because the student of RM are
supposed to work under Rural Areas and give the development program for the inclusive
development in Rural Areas. Thus NSS is also a part of development activity and therefore is
very meaningful for the Rural Management students.
This NSS activity helps to built direct linkages between Community and Campus, College and
Village, Knowledge and Action, Thinking and Implementation through the involvement of local
community

2 Objective of NSS:

To work with local community for their awareness and development.

To encourage students for daily attendance at the school

To assimilate and incorporate environmental values in the education

To aware the villagers specially women about the Pulse Polio Drop and its importance for
their nascent child.

To support the government schemes.

To inform the women about the other useful vaccination i.e., ECG, BCG etc

To motivate small children to go to School.

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3 Activity Profile:
1. Participation in Pulse Polio Day
2. Poem and Dancing Competition among Childrens up to 5 years
3. Participation in Republic Day Celebration
4. Teaching in Primary School
5. Essay and Drawing Competition
6. Rally on womens day

3.1 Participation in Pulse Polio Day:


Eradication of Polio is of the prime objective through the World. It has been eradicated in most
part of the World but it is still prevailing in our country. Therefore our government has taken a
large scale campaign with a motto to eradicate Polio. For this Polio camp are organized
throughout the country with the help of local nurses and Anganwadi workers. On one such event
i.e. on 23rd February, 2011 we also participated in one such mission to create awareness about
Polio. The day is also known as Polio Raviwar.

Approach:
Having the aim to do something for the society, we were searching and planning for the
opportunities since the day-1, and then we came to know that the government is once again
organizing the mega campaign for Pulse Polio. We decided to participate in this program and
started planning. We went Primary Health Centre to meet the Medical officer Dr. P.L. Kori and
introduced ourselves and our purpose of visiting. Coincidently a meeting was organized on that
day for the distribution of field area for Polio vaccine; we also participated in the meeting and
addressed our purpose to all the nurses, asha and the doctor. During the meeting Doctor
introduced us to a nurse named Ms. S. Choudhary (ANM) and Ms. Saroj Warkare (Asha worker)
with whom we had to organize Polio Raviwar. We are very thankful to the doctor because he
gave us this opportunity. On 23rd morning we went to the health centre and from there we along
with the nurse headed towards village Devrikala, booth No.-66. We had to put our Polio camp in
the Primary School, after reaching there we posted Polio Raviwar banners on the wall and on the
outside of the school, our work started by 9 oclock in the morning. Along with giving polio
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drops we were also giving them information on why Polio vaccine is required. We also asked
them whether they have given other vaccines or not, we informed them about the benefits of
vaccine and also encouraged them to give vaccines to their children. Some very interesting
things happened during the program, we came across few childrens who were very enthusiastic
for taking Polio drop, not only this they encouraged many other children to take Polio drop.
Though we taught people about disease and vaccine, this day was very informing for us also. We
interacted with people of almost all caste and class and learnt their culture and behavior very
closely.

3.2 Poem & Dancing Competition (children up to 5yrs.)


During our work on theme paper we came across many Palan ghar run by Udyogini. We saw
that childrens were not willing to come to the Palan ghar. After few visit, we observed that the
reason behind childrens unwillingness to come was their lack of interest. We decided to
generate interest in these children so that they could come to these centers and therefore we took
it for our NSS activity. We organized Poem & singing competition among childrens and
distributed chocolates among them.

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3.3 Republic Day Celebrations:


On 26th January i.e. the Republic Day we thought of organizing a rally on awareness for
education and motivate drop outs to join the school again. With this thought in mind we went to
meet the Principle of the Middle School, Babaliya and put our plan in front of him. And thus
with his permission and support we organized a rally in the village starting from the school to the
Boys hostel where cultural programs were organized.

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3.4 Teaching in Primary School:


During our stay in the village we came to know that the teaching facilities are not adequate in the
village, therefore we visited Primary School of the village and talked with the teacher. We found
that there are just two teacher to teach students from class 1 to 5 and one Para teacher to teach
students below std.1. There are three rooms in the school and total number of students in the
school is 67. We also noticed that the teachers lacked interest in teaching, after looking at the
situation we decided to take class for these children. We took permission from the teacher and
started taking classes. We found that the students had very poor reading and writing skill.
Students of std. 5 were not able to read Hindi properly and most of the students failed to solve
simple mathematical problems. We also took classes for students below class 1.

3.5 Painting and Essay Competition:


While teaching in the Primary School we thought of organizing a competition among students.
The prime objective for such competition was to check the thinking ability of the students as well
as to check how much they are concerned about their environment. The topic for the essay
competition was Our environment for students from class 3 to 5. The topic for essay for junior
students was How I spend my Day, the objective behind this topic was to see how they plan
their day and also make them aware about proper utilization of time. After essay competition
Painting competition was organized for students from class 3 to 5. The topic for painting
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competition was Nature. The evaluation for both the competition was done and the winners
were given prize. First and second prize was instrument box whereas third prize was pen.

3.6 Rally on Womens Day

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