Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ex:
Mid-day Meal Scheme
Drinking Water Project
5. Technology:
A new hardware or technique or method of
production/work which can lead to cost/time
saving, improved yields, reduced hassles etc.
Ex: HYV Seed, SRI Farming, Tubewell, Mobile,
Vaccination, Toilet, Tractor, TV, Computer,
6. Organisations : Formal or informal bodies or
associations created for governance, planning
and implementation of development programmes
or projects in a sustainable way.
3.
7. Lessons /
Design
Feedback
RDI Features
6. Impact
4.
and
Implementation
Outcomes
5. Operation
&
Management
Working and Challenges of RDIs
Many RDIs but varied results in India.
Some of the successful ones are :
Green Revolution, Operation Flood;
Land reforms in West Bengal and Kerala;
Hand-pumps in Karnataka;
Mid-Day-Meal in Tamil Nadu,
Rural Electrification in Gujarat,
SHGs in AP.
Their better strategy, design, and influence
influenced their success
RDIs in general have faced variety of
challenges in different stages of their life cycle
Problems and Challenges of RDIs
1. Low Priority for Welfare & Redistribution
2. Low and inadequate resources to RD and
Agriculture (20.5% allocation under Planning)
3. Follow reformist rather than radical approach
4. Top down planning and implementation.
5. Lack of Integrated Approach
6. Multiplicity of RDIs
7. Inadequate and faulty Strategy and Design
8. Too much focus on Achievement Target
numbers than on actual result and impact.
9. Poor Implementation
9. Poor Implementation: Goes with
- Diversion, Leakage & Non-utilisation of funds
- Lack of convergence by agencies,
- Time and cost overrun
- Lack of Professionalism
- Lack of Peoples participation
- Poor monitoring, Poor O & M, and feedback
- Lack of Accountability