..web page crossed 10000 viewership in 9 months!

Dear all,

LIFE project team is glad to share that the web page of LIFE (www.liferajasthan.blogspot) has crossed the mark of 10000 (TEN THOUSAND ) viewers in 9 month span. In last 9 months LIFE project web page has following unique achievements:

Specialty

• Its India’s 1^st project based web page to have daily updates and with viewer ship of 1000+ per month
• Fr. Fredrick D’souza has launched the web page on 25^th Feb 2011 at SJVS Banswara
• Almost daily updation of the web page on recent development in the LIFE project as well as in development sector.
• Day to Day progress of the project is available on the web page.
• Web page has 48 followers and 200 + fans on its facebook

Viewer ship

• Maximum viewers of the web page by India, Spain, Russai, US and Bangladesh
• 47 case studies from the LIFE project villages have been posted on the web page
• 15 News paper cuttings related with LIFE project have been posted
• The outlook design of web page has been changed four times keeping in concern to give freshness to the web page and its viewers.
• Web page has received 14 comments from viewers for its appreciation and betterment.
• Maximum viewers view the web page content on LIFE project and its progress report ( every month)

Support

• Initial motivation for coming out with web page from Caritas India Head office and North zone officials
• Mr. Hayden (from www.haydenchambrs.com )-one of the finest web designer from Spain has supported for its designing and outlook.
• Mr. Patrick (from Caritas India) has supported for linking the web page with Caritas India official website.
• Ms. Isabel from Caritas Spain has supported for the content designing of the web page.
• Mr. Hemant ( Placement coordinator of LIFE project Ajmer) has supported for the promotion of web page in the Panchayat of the LIFE project in Ajmer.
• All the team project team members of LIFE project has supported for providing the content of the web page on daily basis.

With the support and highly active team of LIFE project we are hoping to have crossing 250000  viewership in next 6 months. Also now the updation of the website has been managed by the entire LIFEvteam rather than just one person and for its updation and freshness in the content team works even after office hours.

I wish thanks to all the team members , viewers and people related with LIFE project for this 10000 ( ten thousand success).

Major Achievements in LIFE project in October 2011@RCDSSS Ajmer

a.        Rama S/o Dhanna Bhambi (SC) recieved KCC loan Rs. 85,000/- whose KCC was made with our facilitation.

b.       3 Farmers adopts grading their 500 kg. Mung yield (washing) as value-addition after training on post harvesting and grading practices. As a result the graded crop could be sold @2500/- per quintal whereas ungraded was @1200/- to 1500/- per quintal.

c.        Krishna SHG of Nolkha linked to the bank.

d.       Reformation of Shiv Kisan Club of Nolkha consisting of 9 men & 5 women members.

e.        Aradhana SHG of Gudha has been taken over by the Life team.

f.         4 Vermin compost units and 6 Than (livestock feeding place) are established.

g.       Two youth members got employed by Rojgar Dhaba in Nolkha and Kalyanipura village and earning Rs. 4000/- and 3000/- per month.

Courtesy: LIFE team, RCDSSS-Ajmer

LIFE project at Banswara_ bringing change visible

With the innovative and continuous energy of the LIFE project staff at Banswara we are making community to secure better livelihood option each and every day….now there are 8 farmers club  & 1 SHG at Banswara and all have the bank registration, target community have received the benefit of Indira Awas Yojana

Here are the documents of Indira Awas Yojana beneficiaries as an outcome of LIFE project initiative…..

Government schemes by Rajasthan & Central government

Rajasthan Government has released a booklet, which contain al the details of all the central & Rajasthan state government schemes basically related with Livelihood, employability, social security and health.

The booklet is in hindi and recent updated on (October 2011 version) and contain all the procedure, contact person lists and other related details.

One can download the booklet in PDF form from http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/rajgovt/events/showFrame.jsp?fileID=experiment/Flagship_book.pdf 

Rajasthan Govt. Public Service Delivery Act 2011

... finally the Rajasthan Government has came out with time bound system to deliver government services ( basically related with government schemes & functionaries) to combat corruption in the state through Rajasthan Govt. Public Service Delivery Act 2011.  The Act envisages a time-bound performance of duties by government officials and also has a provision of cash penalty for the offenders. As per the provisions of penalty, the competent appellate officer may impose a penalty which shall not be less than Rs 500 and not more than Rs 5,000. The appellate officer may also impose a penalty of Rs 250 per day on undue delay. The applicant, whose application for particular service or work is rejected for some reasons, is also entitled to appeal his grievances under the Act. The bill was passed in the Monsoon session of the Assembly and was subsequently approved by the state cabinet. The Act would have major impact on rural Rajasthan ( with few services) and considering the same with our LIFE project in Rajasthan we would be making community to aware about the new act of Rajasthan government so that community would avail various government services on time.

For more on act log on to : http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/rajgovt/misc/newPolicy3.html

...many government schemes , but still tribals in rjasthan are hungry!

...status of women in india

…from Indian government another bill from government to combat corruption

We all can be the part of it and can suggest measures on http://darpg.gov.in

India Country Overview -Growth

 With a population of just over 1.2 billion, India is the world’s largest democracy. In the past decade, the country has witnessed accelerated economic growth, emerged as a global player with the world’s fourth largest economy in purchasing power parity terms, and made progress towards achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals.

However, poverty remains a major challenge though it is declining steadily but slowly. Based on the new official poverty lines, 42% of people in rural areas and  26% of people in urban areas lived below the poverty line in 2004-05.  Official poverty estimates for 2009-10 are not yet available but preliminary estimates suggest that in 2009-10 the combined all India poverty rate was 32% compared to 37% in 2004-05. Resources generated from recent growth are now being invested into a set of very ambitious programs to deliver services to the poor. These include programs to provide elementary education, basic health care, health insurance, rural roads and rural connectivity, and other services to the poor.

These programs are achieving partial results on the ground. Between 2003 and 2009, the number of out-of-school children declined from 25 million to 8 million (less than 5% of the 6-14 age group). Leprosy, polio, and TB are almost under control and the spread of AIDS has been kept in check. Large numbers of women have been mobilized into self-help groups to generate new livelihood opportunities. Massive new initiatives are being pioneered that are revolutionizing the way services are being delivered to low-income groups.

India continues to grow at a rapid pace, although the government recently reduced its annual GDP growth projection from 9% to 8% for the current fiscal year ending March 2012.  The slowdown is marked by a sharp drop in investment growth resulting from political uncertainties, a tightening of macroeconomic policies aimed at addressing a high fiscal deficit and high inflation (going well beyond food and fuel prices), and from renewed concerns about the European and US economies.  Although the Government was quite successful in cushioning the impact of the global financial crisis on India, it is now clear that a number of MDG targets will only be met under the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17).

Source: http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20195738~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html

Planning & Implementing community based project by community itself!

In present scenario development sector is full of jargons especially related with ‘Samaj Seva’ but the big question arises that are we all are really doing something better for the society or all the things are just in vague? Because most of the agencies either NGOs, government line department, funding agencies etc. has taken a lot of step for the so called ‘rural development or community development, but how many of the agencies are able to develop community to develop themselves? Hardly few! And this is because most of the agencies play the role of implementer of the development project amongst the community rather than a facilitator to the community for implementation of the project. In present scenario there is need to seed the concept amongst the community identify different key people from their own villages for the development of the concerned villages. These key people could further be trained and develop through different capacity building programmes with the help of different development agencies. To identify key people, it should be the responsibility of community to identify such volunteers who has been playing the key role/being the part different developmental activities in the concerned village. In concern with the same there is one Sholkah in Bhagvat Geeta as:

Karmanya vadhikaraste Ma falesu Kadachan l

Ma Karmfal hetu bhurma Ma te sangosta karmina ll

 In short it means that do the work with your full dedication and energy without worrying about the result of it! And this is the basic concept behind the understanding of ‘volunteers’ either in the form of rural volunteers, Para-workers etc.

 

By LIFE team

Family planning scheme by Rajasthan Government