Karnataka State Convergence Plan

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1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 Karnataka State Convergence Plan Commissionerate of Rural Development Rural Development & Panchayath Raj Department Government of Karnataka June 2014 Page 1 of 24

2 Karnataka State Convergence Plan Index Sl.No. Particulars Page No. 1 MGNREGA Act, Objective of the Scheme 1 2 MGNREGA in Karnataka Why Convergence? 3 4 Modes of Convergence 3 5 Possible Schemes for Convergence 3 6 Convergence framework A State level workshop on Convergence MGNREGA State Convergence Plan for Convergence Road Map for to Implementing agency wise Convergence Plan I. MGNREGA NBA Convergence 9 10 II. MGNREGA Convergence with Forest Department III. Convergence with Horticulture IV. Convergence with Sericulture 16 V. Convergence with Watershed VI. Convergence with Agriculture 17 VII. Convergence with Animal Husbandry 18 VIII. Convergence with Fisheries 18 IX. Convergence with Minor Irrigation Hon ble Chief Minister s 15 Point Programme Asset Creation Summary of guidelines / directions Financial Progress of Line Department works Page 2 of 24

3 KARNATAKA STATE CONVERGENCE PLAN Convergence of MGNREGA with other Departments & their programmes in Karnataka 1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) was notified on September 7, It was started in the first phase in 200 Districts from February 2 nd 2006 and then gradually extended to entire country with effect from April 1, In accordance with the Act, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been launched, is centrally sponsored right based programme, which legally ensures 100 days employment guarantee to rural job card holder/wage seekers. It also provides to take steps for economic development in rural areas and ensure Social Justice. MGNREGS is being implemented in the state in phased manner since Karnataka has taken keen interest in implement of the act along with creation of assets. Objective of scheme (that is goals) The core objectives of the Scheme are as following: a. Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productivity assets of prescribed quality and durability. b. Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor; c. Proactively ensuring social inclusion and d. Strengthening Panchayath Raj institutions 2. MGNREGA in Karnataka a. Statistics No of Districts: 30 No of Taluks: 176 No of GPs: 5631 No of Villages: Population in the State: 5.28 crores Area (in Sq. ft.): 1.91 lakh sq km No of SCs registered: Lakhs No of STs registered: 6.06 Lakhs No of BPL families registered: Lakhs Total No of Registered Households: Lakhs Total No of HHs issued Job cards : Lakhs b. Implementation status 1. 96% of the work execution by Gram Panchayaths 2. Full integration with MIS of MoRD viz. NREGA Soft % e-fms (Direct Benefit Transfer) based Wage payment to Labourers electronically to their Bank accounts in all 30 districts. Page 3 of 24

4 Year OB (In Crores) % Electronic Muster Rolls (e-nmr) 5. Setting-up of Toll-Free Call Center: About 6.70 Lakh Aadhaar seeding with MGNREGA 7. Independent Social Audit Directorate 8. Ombudsmen: Appointed in all the 30 districts; Ombudsman Appellate Authority also set up & working. 9. SEGC have been constituted and meeting regularly 10. Biometrics & Geo-stamping introduced c. Progress of Karnataka State MGNREGS: since inception Central (In Crores) Releases State (In Crores) Other (In Crores) Total Expenditure Availability (in Crores) (In Crores) % (percentage) of Utilisation Total person days Generated (In Crores) Women (In Crores) SC/ST (In Crores) Average person days per family out of 100days (No. of days) d. MGNREGS Financial status of Sl.No Details of Grants (Rs in Crores) 1 Approved budget for O.B. as on Grants received from GOI Grants received from GOK Misc Receipts Total receipts A Grants released to PRIs B Total Expenditure as on e. Physical status of , as on Sl.No Subject Value 1 Job Cards issued lakh 2 No. of HHs to whom Employment is Provided lakh 3 Person days Generated lakh 4 HHs completed 100 days 1,17,343 5 Total works taken up (on-going+ completed) 5,44,224 6 Completed works 39,377 f. Labour Budget for Total Labour budget: Rs Crore 2. Total Person days: Lakh 3. Families to be covered: Lakh Page 4 of 24

5 3. Why Convergence? The MoRD Notification dated 20 th December 2013 states that The State Government shall take concrete steps to achieve effective inter-departmental convergence till the last mile implementation level of the works under the Scheme with other Government Schemes / programmes so as to improve the quality and productivity of assets and bring in synergy to holistically address the multiple dimensions of poverty in a sustainable manner. The objective of MGNREGA namely creation of durable assets and securing livelihood of rural households can be facilitated through Convergence of MGNREGA works with resources of other programmes / schemes available with Panchayaths and other line departments. These resources are not restricted to availability of funds but include technical expertise and knowhow that officials of the line departments may be endowed with. 4. Modes of Convergence There are basically three modes of Convergence: a. Labour work under MGNREGS, Material component under departmental programmes b. Each work divided into two parts-one part under MGNREGS, another under departmental programmes c. Entire work under MGNREGS implemented by Line Department, either before or after the departmental work (Pre / Post Convergence) Examples Provision of seeds and fertilizers from NRHM to farmer, whose land has been improved using MGNREGA funds. Providing micro -irrigation using funds available under RKVY for horticulture plantation done under eligible MGNREGA. Supply of fingerlings by Fisheries department for a dugout pond created under MGNREGA. In these cases too, there are two distinct parts of the project. 5. Possible Schemes for Convergence Sl.No. Scheme For Technical & Managerial expertise 1 Central / State Finance Commission Grants Concerned line department and GPs 2 National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) RD&PR Department 3 Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) Watershed Department 4 Total Sanitation Programme (TSC) Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan 5 Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) RD&PR Department 6 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) Agriculture Department 7 RRR (Ministry of Water Resources) Minor Irrigation Department 8 National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Forest Department 9 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) RD&PR Department 10 National Horticulture Mission (NHM) Horticulture Department 11 Schemes funded from State budget Concerned line department and GPs Page 5 of 24

6 6. Convergence framework: a. Modes of implementation: i. At Gram Panchayath level: Gram Panchayath as Programme Implementing Agency- PIA. Karnataka has 5631 GPs, of which 5628 GPs are implementing MGNREGS Works, with technical support of line Departments. ii. At Block/Taluka level by Line Departments, as Programme Implementing Agency (PIA): yet to be started in the state in a big way, because of certain issues, which needs resolution; only after which the Line Department will be able to really become a major player in MGNREGS implementation. Line Department can pool their own funds & can utilize MGNREGS funds under Convergence Framework; or can take up works with exclusive MGNREGS funds. b. Implementing Agencies: A total of 9 line departments have been declared as implementing agencies of MGNREGS, in addition to the Panchayath Raj Institutions, as per the State Govt. Order No. RDP/186/MGNREGS/2012 Dt Forest Department 2. Horticulture Department 3. Water resources (Minor Irrigation) 4. Agriculture Department 5. Watershed Department 6. Sericulture Department 7. Animal Husbandry Department 8. Fisheries Department 9. Panchayath Raj Engineering Department Officers and staff of these departments have been trained on all the critical aspects of MGNREGA Act, Operational guidelines of 2013, 4 th edition and the notification of MoRD, GOI Dt on Schedule I and Schedule II. These departments have been given detailed guidelines regarding identification of eligible works, preparation of shelf of projects, preparation and approval of action plan, uploading of information on MIS, work execution, payment procedure (e-fms), audit, social audit, maintenance of records and other relevant subjects. c. Implementation and Monitoring Mechanism Each Line Department at state level nominated a senior officer as Nodal Officer. Monthly review meeting with Line Department Nodal Officers is conducted by Commissioner/ Special Commissioner (Forest). RD & PR Commissionerate conducts weekly review through videoconferencing. SATCOM Review & Training reaching out to all tiers of PRIs are conducted every 4 th Saturday at SIRD Mysore/Bangalore by Additional Chief Secretary to Government, RD& PR himself. District Convergence Resource Group constituted recently involving all concerned Line Department District Level Officers & Programme Officers headed by Zilla Panchayath Chief Executive Officer. Block Convergence Resource Group involving all Taluka level Line Department Officer headed by Taluka Panchayath Page 6 of 24

7 Executive Officer. Preparation of District and Block Convergence Plan progress. are in All districts have been directed to identify 3-4 areas for Convergence and focus on them. Every Block / Taluka instructed to take up one or two cluster for intensive MGNREGA & Convergence Works for better handholding and intensive monitoring. d. Enabling Environment: Government orders issued for entire work, including maintenance years are to be sanctioned at one go by Gram Sabha and also the administrative approval of the same by ZP CEO. Line department District Level Officer is given power to launch the works, based on seasonality and labour availability. For line departments, unit of implementation is Taluka, accordingly is e-nmr to be given to Line Department by Taluka Panchayath Executive Officer, who is Programme Officer. 60:40 ratios for wage and material to be maintained at Taluka level for line department implementation and at GP level for GP implementation. e. Delegation of Power: Delegation of power for all the concerned departments on according technical sanction, administrative sanction, recording measurement and check measurement were issued as per the Govt. Order No. RDP/05/MGNREGS/2008 Dt and an addendum No. RDP/167/MGNREGS/2010 Dt f. Model Cost Estimates issued: 44 number of model estimates under various categories of eligible works have been obtained, scrutinized, approved and issued. They are as under i. Construction of dug out open wells measuring 6, 9, 12 and 15 Mtr. Depth. ii. Water percolation structure iii. Development of 1 Ha. Forestry Plantation of Teak and or Silver iv. Development of 1 Ha. Forestry Plantation of Fruit Trees v. Development of 1 Ha. Bio Fuels Plantation vi. Development of Fruit / Bio Fuel / Fodder Garden vii. Development of Institutional Plantations Hospitals, Schools, Hostels etc. viii. Development of Forestry / Horticulture Gardens under irrigation ix. Road side plantation (Muzafurpur Model) x. Horticulture works Development of 1 Acr. each of Fruit Plantations of major fruit crops like Mango, Sapota, Pomegranate, Guava, Citrus fruits, Grapes, Pineapple xi. Horticulture works Development of 1 Acr. each of less known fruit crops like Seetapal, Amla, Jamun, Ber, Tamarind Page 7 of 24

8 xii. Horticulture works Development of 1 Acr. each of plantation crops like Coconut, Arecanut, Oil palm, Cashew xiii. Horticulture works Development of 1 Acr. each of spice crops like pepper xiv. Horticulture works Development of 1 Acr. each of perennial vegetable crops like drum stick xv. Plantation around IHHL Toilets Planting Mango, Sapota, Coconut, Guava, Amla, Karibevu xvi. Integrated agriculture works construction of vermi-compost unit, NADEP compost unit, Liquid Bio Manure Unit xvii. Sericulture development works development of mulberry nursery, development of 1 Acr. of mulberry plantation, 2 nd and 3 rd Year maintenance of the mulberry plantation, construction of compost unit xviii. Construction of Anganawaadi, Construction of Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra g. Payment of works through e-fms: All MGNREGA implementing officers have been authorized to make both Wage and Material payment through e-fms. Dongals (Digital Signatures) with password & login ID given to all G.P. implementing officers & Line Deptt. Taluka and District Officers. All Payments are to be made Jointly by PDO & Adhyaksha, in case of GP implementation and by Taluka & District Officers, in case of Line Department implementation. Biometrics started for both signatory. Geo-stamping with date for all 3 stage photos being made mandatory to be uploaded before FTO generation. 1 st and 2 nd Signatories: Block level officers of all the line departments are declared as first signatories and district level officers as second signatories. All these officers have been provided with DSC Dongles. Department wise number of dongles issued is as given under- i. Forestry ii. Watershed iii. Horticulture iv. Agriculture v. Sericulture - 85 vi. Animal Husbandry vii. Panchayaths Raj & Engineering Department - 06 viii. Minor Irrigation - 03 ix. Fisheries - 25 h. Training: Two rounds of intensive training were provided at state level during December 2013 and January 2014 to the implementing officers of block and hobli/mandal level. Such kinds of training were also conducted at all the four divisions of the state, at district level and block level as well. All the modalities in implementing the scheme were dealt at length. Another round of training conducted for the District Resource Teams (DRTs) at Abdul Nazir Saab State Institute of Rural Development, Mysore on 24 th, 25 th and 26 th of April Page 8 of 24

9 i. Recruitment of Technical Officers: Technical officers with graduate qualification on Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Engineering have been recruited to assist the implementing officers of these line departments. Sector wise numbers of technical officers recruited are as under- Engineering Agriculture - Horticulture - Forestry Details of job chart, responsibilities and accountability of these technical officers have been provided to all the implementing officers as per the letter No. RDP/406/MGNREGS/2014 Dt These officers have been trained on all critical aspects of the scheme, mode of implementation and with regard to their role in implementation. 7. A state level workshop on Convergence: A state level workshop on convergence of MGNREGA with other programmes of line departments was conducted on Officers of the all the line departments State / District / Block Level Officers, Officers of Panchayath Raj Institutions, Heads of the Rural Development Departments of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu took part in the workshop. MoRD Director MGNREGA and senior consultant guided the workshop participants. Various initiatives undertaken in the state and other participating states were discussed at length. The decisions taken at the end of the workshop were: i. Obtaining convergence action plan of the all the line departments for the next 3 financial years ( , and ). Line departments to separately list the programmes to be implemented fully under MGNREGS, the programmes that are to be implemented through financial convergence with the departmental schemes and those involving technical convergence. ii. iii. iv. All the line departments to make budgetary provision under their departmental schemes to enable convergence with MGNREGS for the financial year Each district to constitute a District Convergence Resource Group and a Taluk Convergence Resource Group under the chairmanship of CEO of Zilla Panchayat and EO of Taluk Panchayath respectively. Each district to indentify 3 to 4 priority sectors for convergence and stressing on them while implementing. v. Each block to demarcate 1 or 2 clusters, execute the converged programme for better results. vi. Line departments to prepare model estimates of the works to be undertaken and submit the same to the Commissionerate of Rural Development for approval. vii. Line departments to identify and mobilize the workers required for implementation of departmental works, register these groups as KAYAKA SANGA s and to take up execution of approved works by employing them. Page 9 of 24

10 viii. ix. All the officers at block and district level belonging to all the nine line departments to immediately apply for obtaining DSC Dongles. Commissionerate of Rural Development having conducted elaborate training programme on MIS and e-fms, to conduct more training programmes on demand basis. 8. MGNREGA State Convergence Plan for Sl. No Department Target under Departmental programmes Financial Convergence Target under MGNREGA Total amount under Financial Convergence Technical & Pre/post Convergence Amount required under MGNREGA Total convergence plan amount under MGNREGA (4+6) 8 1 Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan Forest Horticulture Sericulture Watershed Development Animal Husbandry Remarks Towards construction of 6 lakhs IHHL with Rs.5400/- per IHHL under MGNREGA i.towards SMC works in departmental plantations in forest areas. ii.for raising of 3000 km. PMGSY & other roadside plantations and 3000 Km advance works iii.100 lakh seedlings raising & planting under Farm Forestry iv.5000 Ha planting in Government/Forest land i.for Drip Irrigation, Nutritional Gardens and convergence of INM and IPM ii.for individual water storage structures iii.for area expansion programme under MGNREGS i. For raising Mulberry Plantations and its maintenance ii. For compost pits and percolation pits For saturating IWMP Batch I watersheds Agriculture Towards construction of 4406 Cattle Sheds for SC/ST beneficiaries Towards construction of vermi-compost pits and liquid bio-manure pits 8 Fisheries For 600 Fish Ponds and 30 Fish drying yards 9 Minor Irrigation Towards tank rejuvenation works 10 Panchayath Raj Engineering Total Towards 2500 Play 1 in each Grama Panchayath at an average unit cost of Rs Lakh each. Towards 2500 Threshing 1 each Grama Panchayath at an unit cost of Rs. 1 lakh each. Towards 500 Grave Yard development at an unit cost of Rs lakh each Towards 1000 Tank rejuvenation at an average unit cost of Rs lakh each. Towards 1000 Drinking Water Borewell recharge Rs. 63,000/- each. Page 10 of 24

11 9. Convergence Road Map for to Sl.No. Department Remarks: Annual program 1 NBA For 6 lakh IHHL every year 2 Forest Km. /100 lakh seedlings 3 Horticulture Drip irrigation/nutritional garden 4 Sericulture Ha Mulberry plantation 5 Watershed IWMP Watershed saturation 6 Animal Husbandry Cattle sheds to SCs/STs 7 Agriculture Vermi-composting etc 8 Fisheries Fish ponds and Fish drying yards 9 Minor Irrigation Tank rejuvenation PRED: Playground playgrounds every year -do-: Threshing Yard threshing yards every year 10 -do-: Graveyard development graveyards development -do-:tank rejuvenation tank rejuvenation -do-: Borewell recharge 1000 drinking water bore-well recharge structure structure every year TOTAL Implementing agency wise Convergence Plan I. MGNREGA NBA CONVERGENCE MGNREGS Rs. 04,500/- increased to Rs. 05,400/- NBA Rs. 04,600/- Rs. 04,600/- Beneficiary Rs. 00,900/- TOTAL Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 10,000/- per unit of IHHL can be constructed even exclusively with MGNREGS funds. 5 Fruit Plants of Drumstick, Karipatta, Guava, Aonla, Mango/Sapota planned around every IHHL sump. IEC ACTIVITIES Door to door visits by Asha workers, Anganavadi workers, Saksharatha Preraks. Bill Collectors and Panchayath workers were used for extension activity. SHG s and Elected Grama Panchayath Members were used for extension and in planning process. Appeal by CEO of ZP to all ZP,TP,GP and SHGs to involve and motivate community to Construct their toilets by using NBA & MGNREGA funds Kala Jathas, Street Plays, Film Shows, School Competitions, Grama Sabhas, Ward Sabhas, Exhibitions were conducted in convergence with all the Line Departments. Workshops were conducted to Engineers, PDOs and Related officers of district level, block level and Panchayath level. Capacity building programmes were conducted to Grama Panchayath Chairman, Zilla Panchayath Members, Block Panchayath Members and Grama Panchayaths Members. Shramadhan programmes conducted at many places. A special social audit of all IHHLs constructed during were conducted in March 2014 and the findings were encouraging, regarding quality, completion of construction and their usage. There are some shortcoming on which follow up actions are underway. Page 11 of 24

12 CONVERGENCE PROCESS IHHL: Progress Sl.No. State Total IHHL Target Total Ach., till BAGALKOT BANGALORE RURAL BANGALORE URBAN BELGAUM BELLARY BIDAR BIJAPUR CHAMARAJANAGAR CHICKMAGALUR CHIKBALLAPUR CHITRADURGA DAVANGERE DHARWAD GADAG GULBARGA YADGIR HASSAN HAVERI KODAGU KOLAR KOPPAL MANDYA MANGALORE(DK) MYSORE RAICHUR RAMANAGARA SHIMOGA TUMKUR UDUPI UTTAR KANNADA GRAND TOTAL Page 12 of 24

13 II. MGNREGA CONVERGENCE WITH FOREST DEPARTMENT a. Entire work under MGNREGS-Implementation and Technical supervision by Forest Department: i. All Block plantations of 10 acres and above in Forest/Government land/institutional area ii. All Roadside Plantations, except those within the village iii. All Nursery Seedlings raising works iv. Individual Farmer s land planting & maintenance works v. Soil & Moisture Conservation works in forest/wildlife/government land by DCF (T)/DCF (WL)/DCF(SF) respectively b. Entire work under MGNREGS-Implementation by Gram Panchayath and Technical supervision by Forest Department i. All Block plantations in Government land/ Institutional area below 10 acres ii. Individual Farmer s land planting & maintenance works iii. Planting alongside roads within the village iv. Soil & Moisture Conservation works outside Forest areas c. Implementation methodology: The Action Plan of works for the entire duration of 5 years in case of plantation works, including advance works, creation & maintenance, shall be prepared by Line Department Taluka Level Officer, based on model cost estimates given by Head of the Forest department/commissionerate of Rural Development. The Line department District Level Officers shall obtain the Action Plan of works; scrutinize them and send them for obtaining Gram Sabha Approval. After Gram Sabha approval, the same is sent by P.O. for obtaining approval of ZP. CEO ZP, who is the District Programme Coordinator, shall give administrative and financial approval to the Action Plan. The Line department shall give technical sanction to the Estimate of Work, for the entire duration of 5 years in case of plantation raising works, as per financial delegation and shall get the DPR frozen in P.O. Login and issue work launching order, based on seasonality and labour availability. The Taluka level officer of line department shall obtain e-nmr from P.O. The line Department shall after executing the works and after closure of NMR and Check-Measurement shall make payment through joint login of Taluka and District Officer into bank account of job-card holder and vendor, in case of material payment. The line department shall assist Gram Panchayaths in preparation of Action Plan, Sanctioning of Estimates and Check- Measurement of works for implementation of works, which are taken up by them. d. Ownership of trees: In case of Roadside plantations, tree- patta shall be given to all adjoining farmers as per TREE PATTA SCHEME G.O. No. FEE 50 FAP 2000 dated Wherever adjoining farm land is not there or he/she is not willing, in such cases Page 13 of 24

14 tree- patta shall be given to the Job Card holder working for creation and maintenance of roadside plantation, in line with Mujaffarpur model, communicated by MoRD. As per above G.O., in case of trees planted in Institutional areas and lands of other Government Departments, the cost of raising and maintenance of plantations for 3 years shall be under Departmental scheme /or MGNREGS. However, protection and further maintenance is the responsibility of concerned institution/community/ department, who shall have full rights regarding usufructs. However, the net income from final harvest of trees raised under the scheme shall be shared in the ratio of 50:50 between Government and the concerned institution/community/department. In case of trees planted in Forest and in other Government Land, as per the scheme of Joint Forest Planning and Management in G.O. No. FEE 50 FAP 2000 dated , Village Forest Committee shall be constituted and further maintenance and revenue sharing shall be carried out accordingly. Fruit plants of Seetaphala, Aonla, Grafted Mango, Grafted Tamarind, Grafted Jackfruit etc planted inside or adjoining village may be entrusted to SHGs for protection and 1 km each, who will have usufruct rights, while the trees will belong to the Gram Panchayath. e. Outcome measurement: Survival and growth are the primary criteria to monitor success. However, department need to provide the expected outcomes and methodology to measure them. f. MGNREGA Convergence Framework: FOREST DEPARTMENT Sl. No Activity SMC Works in plantations and Forest areas Afforestation outside forest area Farm Forestry (Individual beneficiary work, including kitchen garden at homestead/nba toilet sumps) Wildlife Improvement works- SMC like Check dam, Nala Bunds / Water Hole creation/ Tank Rejuvenation With Schemes NAP, Bamboo Mission, KFDF, CAMPA, 13th FC, DDF, etc., PMGSY roadside planting Annual physical target 10,000 Ha. Implementing Agency Territorial DCFs Remarks 100 Ha per Taluka 3000 Km Km per Taluka Other roadside planting 1000 Km Km per Taluka Institutional area planting 3000 Ha Social Forestry 30 Ha per Taluka Canal Bank / Other Govt., Land planting 3000 Ha DCFs 30 Ha per Taluka Exclusive MGNREGS funds Wildlife Management programmes 10,000 Ha/Km 100 lakh seedling As per actual requirement Social Forestry DCFs Wildlife CFs/DCFs Not more than 10 lakh per District Page 14 of 24

15 g. MGNREGS-Forest Convergence Framework: Sl. No. Particulars of Plantation Works Type of activities to be executed under Dept. Budget Head 1 Advance Works -Nursery Development -Raising of Seedlings 2 Creation of Planting, Plantations Cattle Proof Trenches 3 Maintenance of plantations Watch & Ward -Casualty replacements - Watch & Wards Type of activities to be executed under MGNREGS -Pitting works -Trenching works -SMC Works -Weeding/Soil Working/Hoeing -Soil Working -Weeding -Fire tracing h. Forestry Model Cost Estimates sanctioned during Model No. Wage: Material Date of issue : & Type of Plantation No. of Plants Total Roadside plantation 200/Km (Pit model) Farm Forestry Teak 02 -do- Silver Oak 100/Ha (Pit model) 100/Ha (Pit model) : : do- Fruit Yielding / Bio-fuel 3. Plantation in Govt. land Fruit/Fodder/Bio fuel Plantation Irrigated Fruit Orchard Fruit/Fodder/Bio fuel Plantation 08 Firewood Plantation 100/Ha (Pit model) 400/Ha (Pit model) 100/Ha (Pit model) 800/Ha Trench 1200/Ha Trench : : : : : (II) 01 (I) 4. Plantation in School / Institutions -do- Bio- fencing Plantation 5. Farm Forestry (Melia dubia) 6. Farm Forestry (Teak block pltn) 200/Ha (Pit model) 270/100 m Trench 140/Ha (Pit model) : : : /Acre : Page 15 of 24

16 III. CONVERGENCE WITH HORTICULTURE a. Present status Horticulture Department is one of the major departments since 1963 with 410 farms & nurseries (15732 acres) and 23 parks & gardens. The state is one of the leading Producer of Flowers, Plantation crops, Vegetable & Fruits. Karnataka stands 3 rd & 7 th rank in Horticulture Area & Production in the country respectively. b. Requirements identified Sustainable land development activities Strengthening soil and water conservation Maintenance of Horticulture garden /plantation Rejuvenation of unproductive gardens /senile plantations c. Activities considered for convergence Development of fruit gardens/ plantation crop gardens Bund plantation of horticultural crops Rejuvenation of coconut, mango, cashew and lime orchards Drip irrigation in new AEP plots Water storage tanks. Opening of trenches for laying out main and sub- main pipes in drip irrigation systems Opening of trenches/catch pits, Pitting, Watering, Weeding, Bio- fencing Nutritional gardens d. Schemes considered for convergence Central Sector Schemes-National Horticulture Mission (NHM) - National Mission on Micro- Irrigation - Coconut development Schemes State/District Sector Schemes Assistance to farmers for development of horticulture gardens Comprehensive Development of Horticulture(CHD) e. Expected outcome of convergence Enabling higher number of beneficiary coverage Page 16 of 24

17 Effective channelization of production resource & investment Conversion of unproductive and senile orchards/ plantations Development of quality orchards Economic and nutritional improvement and sustainability. f. Cost models approved and issued SI. No Crops Spacing (m) Material cost (in Rs.) Labour cost (in Rs.) Total (in Rs.) 1 Grape (seedless) 3.5X Grape (seeded) 7.5X Areca nut 2.7X Drumstick 2X Mango 6X Pomegranate 5X Custered apple 4.5X Pepper (in Areca garden) 2.7X Amla 5X Coconut 9X Tamarind 8X Guava 6X Mango 10x Sapota 10X Oil palm 9X9X Ber 6X Cashew 7.5X Jamun 8X Pepper (in Coconut garden) 8X g. Horticulture department Convergence Plan for (Rs. in Crores) SI. Total Area Dept. MGNREGA Total Programme No (in Acre) share share Budget 1 Installation of Drip irrigation in new AEP plots Rejuvenation of coconut gardens Individual Water Storage Tanks under NHM, in convergence Installing Drip and sprinkler irrigation facilities in already est. gardens under MGNREGS Planting 5 Fruit Plants around IHHL/Houses under IAY/Ashrya Yojana 95,000 (No.) Nutritional garden in schools/hostels/ hospitals 1200 (No.) INM/IPM in already established gardens under MGNREGS 6,000 (No.) Water storage tanks in already est. gardens under MGNREGS 2,500(No) Area Expansion Programme Total Page 17 of 24

18 h. HORTICULTURE ROADMAP for to (Rs. in Crores) SI. No Programme Installation of Drip Irrigation in new AEP plots Rejuvenation of coconut gardens Individual Water Storage Tanks under NHM, in convergence with NREGS Installing Drip and sprinkler irrigation facilities in already est. garden under MGNREGS Planting 5 Fruit Plants around IHHL/Houses under IAY/Ashrya houses etc Nutritional garden in schools/hostels/ hospitals INM/IPM in already established gardens under MGNREGS Water storage tanks in already established gardens under MGNREGS Area expansion programme Total IV. CONVERGENCE WITH SERICULTURE a. Model Cost Estimate sanctioned:- 1. Raising of Mulberry Nursery (1065 plants/acre): Rs. 143,000/- 2. Raising of Mulberry Plantation (5445 plants/acre): Rs. 1,39,666/- 3. Maintenance of 2 nd /3 rd year Mulberry Plantation: Rs. 1,71,074/- 4. Compost Pit: Rs.3300/- b. MGNREGA Sericulture Dept. Convergence Plan (Rs. in lakhs) Sl Total area Department MGNREGS share Convergence Year Programme No (acre) share Labour Material Total Total (5+8) Est. of New 5, Mulberry plantation do- 6, do- 6, V. CONVERGENCE WITH WATERSHED PROGRAMMES i. Convergence of IWMP WITH MGNREGA IWMP The objectives are to reduce and prevent soil erosion, regenerate natural vegetation, increase rain water impounding and recharge ground water table IWMP adopts a sub-watershed approach consisting of hydro geological units normally averaging 5000 ha. Cutting across several GPs jurisdiction. All activities of soil & water conservation measures on all lands within watershed irrespective of land ownership and socio-economic restriction Convergence of IWMP with MGNREGA Unit Cost under IWMP: Plain Areas: Rs.12000/ha (Rs.7200/ha for work component); Hilly & Desert Areas: Rs.15000/ha (Rs.9000/ha for work component) Page 18 of 24

19 Sl. No. The additional activities planned in excess of IWMP grants to saturate these watersheds are proposed for taking up under MGNREGA. The additional activities mainly on common land and drainage line and eligible individual farmers land shall be taken up under MGNREGA. Preparation of entire action plan through PRA, Obtaining approval of Grama Sabha for entire action plan. ii. CONVERGENCE of IWMP with MGNREGA Batch / Year Year for MGNREGS Activities Proposed Works Check Dams, Nala Bunds, Vented Dams etc Check Dams, Nala Bunds, Vented Dams etc Check Dams, Nala Bunds, Vented Dams etc Extent in Ha. No of Structures Amount (Rs. In Crores) 1 BATCH-1 ( ) 37, BATCH-2 52, ( ) 3 BATCH-3 31, ( ) TOTAL 1,21, VI. MGNREGA CONVERGENCE WITH AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Model Cost Estimates sanctioned for: 1. Vermi-compost pit Rs.. 20,500/- 2. NADP Compost pit: Rs /- 3. Liquid Bio-manure Pit: Rs. 2983/- Agriculture Department Convergence Plan for the year under MGNREGA (Rs. In Crores) Sl. No. Particulars of Components Planned Physical Nos. Total Cost Cost under MGNREGS Cost to be borne by KSDA Cost to be borne by beneficiaries 1 Vermi-compost pits Liquid bio-manure pits Total Convergence Plan for the year under MGNREGA (Rs. In Crores) Sl. No. Particulars of proposed work Physical Nos. Total Cost Cost under MGNREGS Cost to be borne by KSDA 1 Vermi-compost pits Liquid bio-manure pits Total Convergence Plan for the year under MGNREGA Sl. No. Particulars of proposed work Physical Nos. Total Cost Cost under MGNREGS Cost to be borne by KSDA Cost to be borne by beneficiaries (Rs. In Crores) Cost to be borne by beneficiaries 1 Vermi-compost pits , Liquid bio-manure pits Total Outcome: Increasing production organic manure in farmer s field, thus enriching the soil organic matter content which in turn leads to enhanced agricultural productivity. Page 19 of 24

20 VII. CONVERGENCE WITH ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT Sl. No. Animal Husbandry department has programme during under state SCP and TSP to provide 3326 scheduled caste and 1080 scheduled tribe Rs. 70,000/- each for providing two cows to each. Out of this, Rs /- is towards cattlesheds, which shall be converged with MGNREGA for construction of proper Cattlesheds at an unit cost of Rs. 35,000/- each to SC/ST beneficiaries (Rs. in lakhs) Important components planned Target under Departmental programmes Financial Convergence Target under MGNREGA Total amount under Financial Convergence Technical & Pre/post Convergence Amount required under MGNREGA Total convergence plan amount under MGNREGA Cattle-sheds Total Sl. No. VIII. Important components planned CONVERGENCE WITH FISHERIES DEPARTMENT Fisheries department during the year do not have any programme to provide fish fingerlings. Hence MoRD has been requested to include Fisheries as one of the eligible income generating works under individual category. Till then only Fish ponds and Fish drying yards have been approved under MGNREGA and accordingly technical convergence plan with Fisheries department has been planned. Target under Departmental programmes Financial Convergence Target under MGNREGA Total amount under Financial Convergence Technical & Pre/post Convergence Amount required under MGNREGA (Rs. in lakhs) Total convergence plan amount under MGNREGA Fish Ponds Fish Drying Yards Total Sl. No. IX. CONVERGENCE WITH MINOR IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT There is a lot of scope for tank rejuvenation works. However most of the Minor irrigation tanks have recently been tackled either under World Bank assisted Karnataka Community Based Tank Management project and remaining being tacked under RRR programme. They have been requested to take up tank rejuvenation works under MGNREGA for works, which can be undertaken by MGNREGA Workers, viz Feeder channel clearance, Shrubs and weeds removal from Bund and irrigation canal desiltation and after which tender work under departmental programmes to be undertaken. Important components planned Target under Departmental programmes Financial Convergence Target under MGNREGA Total amount under Financial Convergence Technical & Pre/post Convergence Amount required under MGNREGA (Rs. in lakhs) Total convergence plan amount under MGNREGA Rejuvenation of Tank Works Total Page 20 of 24

21 11. Hon ble Chief Ministers 15 point programme Hon ble Chief Minister of Karnataka on 26 th October launched 15 RD&PR programmes, out of which 10 programmes are being implemented under MGNREGA. With a purpose to take the programmes of the scheme to the people, 50,000 sets of Kannada and 1000 sets of English booklets on the below mentioned subjects were released and made available to all the Gram Panchayaths and field level functionaries. Details of the works and mode of implementation have been covered in local, easily graspable language. i. Farmers Land Development ii. Toilet to every home iii. Our Village Our Water iv. Our Village Tank (12,000 tanks targeted to be rejuvenated) v. Sheep / Cattle Sheds vi. Developing Burial Grounds (5000 one per GP) vii. Our Land- Our Way viii. Play Grounds (5000 one per GP) ix. Farmers Threshing Yard x. Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra 12. Asset Creation Asset creation has been given due importance under the scheme whether implemented fully under MGNREGS or in convergence with other programmes of line departments. Enough measures are in place to ensure creation of tangible / measureable assets while providing employment. To quote a few such assets: i. Water harvesting and conservation structures like farm ponds, check dams, contour trenches, farm bunds, boulder checks, drip and sprinkler irrigation systems, de silting of irrigation tanks and other water bodies. ii. Forestry Plantation Block Plantation, Road Side Plantation, Plantation along bunds, irrigation tanks, Farm forestry, etc. iii. Horticulture Plantation Fruit, Plantation and Spice Crops Plantation in eligible farmers farms, Govt. Horticultural farms etc. iv. Sericulture Plantation of mulberry in eligible farmers land. v. Flood preventing protective structures. vi. Construction of IHHL, IAY Houses, Anganawaadi Buildings, Bharath Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra. vii. All weather roads building and maintenance. 13. Summary of guidelines / directions issued to the heads of the line departments and State Nodal officers of MGNREGS (through regular meetings and video conferences) i. Field level officers and staff to conduct survey at village level in due consultation with the Villagers, Gram Panchayat members and other organizations to find out the Page 21 of 24

22 demand for work and the works which are in demand in public land as well as the lands of private individuals. Based on this, concerned department and Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Panchayats to prepare a list of indicative eligible works along with indicative targets after due consultation with the field level and district level officers. The same to be communicated to the field level officers, who would in turn, would place the list with suitable alterations suiting to the local needs before the grama sabha for approval. ii. Heads of the departments to make financial provision under their departmental schemes, to enable financial convergence with the MGNREGS. Line departments to prepare a comprehensive action plan with financial and physical indicative targets for a. Works to be taken up fully under MGNREGS b. Works involving financial convergence with departmental schemes c. Works involving technical convergence only iii. Line departments to prepare road map of convergence for the next three financial years , and iv. Commissionerate of Rural Development to conduct meeting of state level nodal officers every month. Video conference with the implementing officers to be conducted every month. v. Executive officers of Block Panchayat at block level and Chief Executive Officers at Zilla Panchayat level to conduct regular review meetings exclusively for line departments to review the progress, issue necessary guidelines and clarifications and to solve field level problems. vi. Since, taluk (block) has been declared as implementation unit for the line departments, Executive Officers (Programme Officers) of Block Panchayat to create and issue e-nmrs to the taluk (block) level implementing officers of line departments. Taluk / Block level line department officers to place work demand online only to programme officers of block Panchayat, to ensure timely issuance of e-nmr and such other follow ups. vii. Line departments especially developmental departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Sericulture and Animal Husbandry to prepare and get approval for a variety (in terms of capacity, design, needs etc.) of model estimates to have better flexibility, while implementing and to provide different needy options for the beneficiary. viii. Wage, Material and Administrative expenses incurred from the login of block level officers of implementing departments only to be computed for the progress of the concerned line department from here afterwards. ix. Ridge to Valley Concept: A joint circular by Additional Chief Secretary, RD&PR Department and Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department have been issued, vide No. RDP/186/EGS/2013 for taking up comprehensive development of watershed. Watersheds identified and chosen for implementing Integrated Watershed Page 22 of 24

23 Management Project (IWMP) to be considered as a single unit for treating the entire area comprehensively to have better impact. Under MGNREGA all soil and moisture conservation works in public land and individual Land development works in the lands of eligible beneficiaries are to be taken up, so as to saturate the watershed. In watershed areas which do not fall under IWMP, entire public land treatment and land development works of eligible beneficiaries are to be taken up under MGNREGA. In both these kinds of watersheds, if there are any private lands belonging to farmers other than those eligible ones under the act, like those of medium and large holdings, watershed works to be taken up under IWMP or other schemes of Watershed Development Department. The entire watershed has to be treated comprehensively until saturation. x. Benefits to eligible beneficiaries only: A clear directive from the Commissionerate of Rural Development has been issued to all the implementing officers as per the circular No. RDP 417 MGNREGS 2014 Dt , clarifying the selection of eligible beneficiaries listed in the MoRD Notification Dt , on priority basis for implementing individual works. It has been directed to first take up the beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribes and then consider the other 8 categories, after exhausting which only the beneficiaries belonging to small and marginal categories to be considered. In cases, where the works are executed fully under MGNREGS, all the works bearing more than 40% material cost are to be invariably earmarked and executed in fields of Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribes only. If the beneficiaries belonging to other eligible categories come forward to contribute to meet the excess material cost (of more than 40%), then they could be considered for such material intensive works, like Cattlesheds, under individual category. xi. Line departments have been directed to identify and mobilize workers of their own, register them in groups of 15 to 20 members (called as KAYAKA BANDHUS) xii. Block wise and district wise list of beneficiaries who were provided with cattle under Special Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) by the State Animal Husbandry Department during the financial year is available at the block and district level. The department has been requested to take action to build cattle sheds to those beneficiaries who don t have the one, under MGNREGS. The department has also been requested to furnish the list of identified beneficiaries under SCP and TSP for the financial year , to take up building of cattle shed to the beneficiaries. xiii. Administrative Expenditure: Permission has been accorded to implementing officers of line departments to utilize one percent of the wage expenditure incurred from their login for essential administrative requirements, as per letter no.rdp/186/nregs/2013, dated Financial Progress of Line Department works: A total of Rs lakhs has been incurred as expenditure for the works of line departments during the year , of which Rs lakhs was from the login of Gram Panchayaths and Rs lakhs was from the login of implementing officers Page 23 of 24

24 of line departments. Out of this, Rs lakhs was incurred from the login of officers of Forest Department and Rs lakhs was booked from the login of officers of Watershed Development Department. As all the payments (of both wage and material) in the state are being realised online through e-fms, the less incurrence of expenditure from the login of implementing officers of line departments is obvious because of the time taken to bring all the implementing officers of line departments under e-fms net. However, the expenditure from their login is expected to pick up during the financial year For this it is requested to provide i) DPR Freezing, ii) NMR Generation and iii) Material bill generation from the login of Line Department. (T. M. Vijaybhaskar) Additional Chief Secretary to Government Rural Development & Panchayath Raj Department Government of Karnataka, Bangalore Page 24 of 24