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Madhya Pradesh
Darshan- Khargone
Rural Immersion Report
Submitted By:
Harshad Sachani
Hasim C M
Himangshu Hatimuria
Himanshu Mehra
Indranil Chakraborty
Ishwar Lal Teli
Rachita Batra
Ramya V
Remika Roy Chowdhury
Richa
Ritu Bhargarh
Ritwika Verma
Roma Mondal
Roshni Jayaraman
2014PGP131
2014PGP132
2014PGP133
2014PGP135
2014PGP136
2014PGP138
2014PGP278
2014PGP292
2014PGP299
2014PGP300
2014PGP306
2014PGP307
2014PGP310
2014PGP312
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We the students of PGP Program of IIM Indore of batch 2014-16 take this opportunity to thank Dr. N M Kothari,
District Collector, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh for allowing us to carry out a study of the various government
functions at Khargone and their impact on the lives of general public. Along with that we are also thankful to Ms.
Shilpa, CEO Zilla Panchayat, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh for providing us all facility to carry out our research work.
We are extremely grateful of Mr Niraj Amzare, Nodal Officer, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh for helping us at every
step of our stay at Khargone from carrying out the project work to making our stay comfortable. Along with that
we would like to thank each and every official who helped us in carrying out the study and spent their valuable
time with us. Apart from all above, we would thank IIM Indore for providing this opportunity to carry out the
project and specially Professor Saripalli Bhabani Shankar for coordinating all the things and helping us at every
step in the program. Above all we would like to thank every individual involved in the Rural Immersion Program
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
This is to certify that this report has been made by the students of IIM Indore PGP 2014-16 as a part of their
course requirement for Rural Immersion Program 2014 for Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. The group
consisted of the following students:
Harshad Sachani
Hasim C M
Himangshu Hatimuria
Himanshu Mehra
Indranil Chakraborty
Ishwar Lal Teli
Rachita Batra
Ramya V
Remika Roy Chowdhury
Richa
Ritu Bhargarh
Ritwika Verma
Roma Mondal
Roshni Jayaraman
2014PGP131
2014PGP132
2014PGP133
2014PGP135
2014PGP136
2014PGP138
2014PGP278
2014PGP292
2014PGP299
2014PGP300
2014PGP306
2014PGP307
2014PGP310
2014PGP312
The project has been submitted to the concerned authority and it is complete.
Dt: 22/11/2014
Nodal Officer
Place: Khargone Dist: Khargone
Madhya Pradesh
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......................................................................................... 2
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION ............................................................................ 3
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 5
Details of the visit ............................................................................................... 5
Chilly Plantation .............................................................................................. 5
Aastha Gram Trust, Khargone ......................................................................... 5
Mid-day-meal .................................................................................................. 5
Indira Awass Yojana & Mukhymantri Awass Yojana ........................................ 7
Watershed Program ........................................................................................ 7
Guava Plantation ............................................................................................. 8
BLOCK PANCHAYAT (KASRAWAD) ................................................................... 9
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM...................................................................... 10
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan ................................................................................ 10
Debit card with Samgra ................................................................................. 12
NIC: National Informatics Centre ................................................................... 12
Learning from the entire experience ............................................................. 13
Observations and suggestions ....................................................................... 13
INTRODUCTION
The Government of India started various schemes which are currently under implementation across various
states. These schemes aim at ensuring health, residential, food and financial security. Major schemes in this area
are: Issue of debit Card with Samgra, Mid-day-meal, Toilets in schools, Indira Awass Yojana.
Mid-day-meal
Mid-day-meal scheme was launched on 15 August 1995. The objectives of this scheme are:
Weekly Menu
Mon Chapati with pulses and vegetable (potato/green peas & tomato)
Tue
Fri
Sat
Fund Flow
MS Rs. 3.25 per
child
child
Govt. of India
State Govt.
State Govt
MDM Parishad
CALORIE REQUIREMENTS:
Primary school
Middle school
Calorie requirement
450
750
Protein content
12-15
20
Midday meal is provided in Government primary and middle schools. The distribution of schools in MP is as
shown:
Nature/Category of schools
Government
Government aided
Rashtriya Bal shram shala
Madarsa
No. of schools
2716
4
105
22
Watershed Program
A watershed is a geo-hydrological unit, which drains into common point. The watershed approach is a project
based, ridge to valley approach for in situ soil and water conservation, afforestation etc. Unit of development will
be a watershed area of about 500 hectare each in watershed development projects. However, the actual area of
a project may vary keeping in view the geographical location, the size of village etc. The thematic maps generated
from satellite data for different themes such as land use/land cover, hydro geo -morphology, soils etc. may be
used for selection of a watershed area. The project will primarily aim at treatment of non-forest wastelands and
identified drought prone and desert areas.
In Khargone, currently 11 water shed projects worth 74 crores are being implemented. The funding provided by
the central Govt. is based on productivity and O/P generation.
Guava Plantation
Nandan fal udhyan government aided 139000/hectare given on year 1.
Initial stage technical sanction and admin sanction. Guava plant given by government and farm or field is owned
by farmers plus payment given by government to labor by NREGA
Drip irrigation farming of grams (leguminous plants) along with guava plantation
Observation 4 acre land 200 plants 30-40 kg guava production/day 1 lakh / year plant life = 8-10 years
MULCHING
Tomato plantation (talked to block technical officer, Mohan Patidar)
Use of mulching sheet and drip line for irrigation: 200- 300 % reduction in water1 and a half to 2 times
increase in productionno weed problemroot development increasedsunlight & temperature
appropriatereduced evaporationnutrients do not get wastedheight & health of tomato plant
increased
Observation: 1 hectare land-40 to 92 tons/acre production
Mulching in 1 acre: 10000/- for mulching: 1st time- farmer (1000) and government (9000)
Composition: It is composed of the elected members of the area and the Block Development Officer,
representatives of Scheduled Castes and Tribes andwomen, farmers of the area, representative of the
cooperative society and one member from the agricultural marketing services sector and elected members
of the panchayat block on the zila parishad.
Tenure: It is elected for 5 years and is headed by a chairman and deputy chairman elected by the members
of the panchayat samiti.
Departments: common departments are administration. Public works, agriculture, health, education and
women and child development.
Functions: The Panchayat Samiti processes the plans prepared at the gram panchayat level and evaluates
them from financial and welfare perspective.
Jan Sunwai: The Panchayat invites grievances from people of the block, which would later be redressed in
the Jan Sunwai assembly. Applications can be submitted in black and white or verbally on or before the
assembly is held. Scribes are made available for people who could otherwise not register their issues.
People may ask questions or register objections to a panel of experts who are the members of the block
Panchayat.
Several public hearings have been organized to improve the implementation of various social security
schemes. Numerous eligible candidates who were previously denied benefits get their requests approved
instantly.
Wheat(Re. 1) : 4kg/person ,Rice(Re. 1): 1kg/ person, Corn(Rs.1): 1kg/person, Kerosene(Rs. 15.77):
5litre/card, Sugar(Rs. 13.50): 1kg/card, Salt(Re. 1): 1kg/card
Wheat: 230.48, Rice: 82.54, Kerosene: 6000, Sugar: 12.08, Salt: 12.08
No. of ration card= 1208, Food collector visits: 2 times/ month, workers(Rs. 13500, Rs. 6500)
The number of Fair Price Shops in Maheshwar are 65.
Nandia is a small village located at Patera tehsil of Damoh district,Madhya Pradesh with a total of 460 houses.
This village has the highest literacy rate in Madhya Pradesh as compared to other villages. As per Constitution of
India, Nandia village is administered by Panchayati Raj Sarpanch. The major occupation of people in the village is
Farming; around 70% people are small farmers, 10% are big farmers and rest are labourers. The village has pukka
roads and it has a main juncture where information about the various government schemes like the beneficiary
amount , the name of the members of gram panchayat, the helpline numbers etc. are painted on the walls to
maintain transparency with the villagers. There is an animal shed which is developed under the MNREGA scheme
in 2013-2014 under Nirmal Gram Panchayat. There are 67 houses in this village that are developed under the
Mukhyamantri Grameen Awaas Yojna. There is a sub-hospital and there are 2 types of schools- High school and a
private school (up to 8th standard) and both schools are equipped with proper sanitation facilities. The village has
shown a great improvement since 2007 in terms of sanitation and drainage. Initially people were apprehensive in
using the toilets that were built by the government in their houses because they were superstitious in having
toilets in the house and some of them believed that after 2 or 3 years they will have to take out the garbage from
the ground themselves. The villagers were also afraid of sending their girl child to the schools because of no
separate toilets available to them in the schools. This resulted in high absenteeism and increased dropout rates in
schools. Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhayan, several awareness campaigns were raised by the government in order
to promote the usage of toilets like a group was formed named Vanar sena, which used to keep a tab on people
who were defecating in open in spite of toilets being constructed in their houses. These people were then
approached and they were made aware of the diseases and the problems that can happen because of open
defecation. Several regional poems and slogans were called out to promote the usage of toilets. Now, this has
become one of the villages in which every house has a built in toilet and has around 90% underground drainage
system. The village has 2 mechanisms for the disposal of household sewage- around 50% use Septic tank systems
and other half uses Leach pit tank systems. In the first one, the dung is kept for 3 months and then it gets
converted to manure, while in the latter one, dung is mixed with soil and earthworms from soil are used to
convert the dung to manure. A septic tank is being shared by 3 to 4 houses in the village. The waste water is
recycled and treated and it is also used for watering the fields. A community toilet and a Gram Panchayat Bhawan
has been built at the place where people used to dump their garbage and sewage. A training centre has also been
constructed to teach people about better sanitation habits. This village has received Presidents Award Nirmal
Gram Puraskar in 2007 under Nirmal Bharat /Swach Bharat Abhayan.
Bakawa
Bakawa in Khargone district is famous for its revered Shivalingas. This village is also under Panchayati Raj
Sarpanch system. The Villagers of Bakawa, collect stones and boulders from Narmada river bed and carve them
into Shivalingas, the emblem of Shiva. An average manufacturing unit has around 18 to 24 labourers, and their
average salary is Rs. 50,000 per year. Each unit has 2 subunits - the sculpturing unit and the polishing unit. Due to
the dust that comes off during sculpturing, many labours suffer from breathing disorders like Asthma and
Tuberculosis each year. The Shivalingas can be found in thousands of temples throughout India. These Shivalingas
are polished stones that are used for decoration and for religious prayers. These Shivalingas are sold across the
world on a wholesale basis and a huge margin is earned on the name of reverence. The price is determined on
the basis of their size(inches). Recently, an 18ft Shivalinga was sold for Rs. 54 lakhs. The major problems include
poor condition of the roads in the villages embanked by Narmada such as RavirKhedi, Sangi, Mardana and
Battiyan, the nearest bank is about 15 kms away from Bakawa and people of the village have to travel for about 3
hours to access any of the banking services such as for cash transactions, for obtaining subsidies under MNREGA
scheme, for having access to an of the pension schemes by the government etc.
Resource mobilization:Every booth has a team called a polling party which has minimum 4 people: 1
presiding officer and 3 polling officers. The presiding officer is vested with unlimited powers to act in case
of violation of code of conduct. Every officer is given trainings, the presiding officer is given two trainings
and others are given a single training on how to handle EVMs. There are also sector officers who supervise
10-15 polling booths and keep an hourly update on their conditions, deployment of police officers, ramps
for disabled, information on walls about the parties, etc. Based on this qualitative data, service is
deployed on the polling booths. Also, tendered voting, randomization of EVMs, etc. are done as a part of
the resource mobilization.
On-the spot training and tracking: The polling parties manpower is replaced (in case of contingencies) and
tracked. This tracking goes on till the time of disbursal of polling party. They are informed to reach a
specified booth, whose location is revealed one day before the elections and all their scheduled activities
for reaching the polling station are continuously tracked. The further activities such as arrival of polling
party, conduction of mock-poll and every two hours update on vote count based on gender is reported by
polling party which is tracked by ECI, New Delhi. Deepak sir informed us about successful implementation
of Maheshwar by-polls where a SMS-based system was developed. There, all the polling data was
captured and it was plotted on Google Maps to give all the election data and local officers to help voters.
This system was offered and replicated for by-polls at different locations within Madhya Pradesh and was
controlled from Khargone itself.
E-governance
It has played a pivotal role in steering e-governance applications in the governmental departments at
national, state and district levels, enabling the improvement in, and a wider transparency of, government
services. Virtual Communication has facilitated the collaboration of authorities at various levels of 3-tier.
All districts in Madhya Pradesh can connect to Bhopal Mantralaya during a VC session.