PROJECT OBJECTIVE

      Objective of Indira Kranthi Padham is to enable the rural poor, particularly the poorest of the poor in AP to improve their livelihoods and quality of life by facilitating formation of self-sustainable institutions of the poor.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT

         Strengthening the existing Self Help Groups and building the poor people institutions like Village Organization and Mandal Samakya.

          PIP/BPL survey has been conducted and the data has been computerized. After resurvey, the details of House Holds are as follows.

• Analysis of the existing livelihoods and preparation of livelihoods enhancement action plan (LEAPs).

• Providing employment opportunities to the rural poor.

• Reduction of Wasteful family expenditure in rural poor.

• Providing Insurance coverage to rural poor in the groups approach.

• Addressing various social problems / issues taken by the rural poor.

Expected outputs of the Project

   1) Coverage of all POP poor house holds into SHGs.

   2) Strengthening all POP & Poor SHGs.

   3) Organizing POP, Poor SHG into sustainable Village Organizations.

   4) Strengthening the Mandal Samakhyas to become Self supporting organization of the poor.

   5) Supporting 1,50,000 poor families by way of providing support towards livelihoods activities.

HIGHLIGHTS IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

• Distinctive focus on the POP & Poor. So far 39,191 number of POP & Poor families have been supported by the village organizations. Out of them 19,541 belongs to SC/ST community.

• 1056 Acres of fallow & uncultivable land has been brought under cultivation by providing CIF to an amount of Rs. 44.40 lakhs.

• In collaboration with ITC 1270 Acres of tribal land which is unfit for cultivation is being brought up for cultivation with Eucalyptus plantation. This initiative with by back clause, will surely bring the ST families permanently above the poverty line.

• 5246 No.of SC/ST families were covered under Food Security by Rice credit line programme with a total outlay of 21.07 lakhs.

• 1309 number of ST families were given marketing support to their non timber forest produce by Vos by setting up of 39 non timber forest produce procurement centers. This initiative has helped the ST families in getting better procurement rice and the Vos also gained profits by selling the products in the open market. Rs. 29.35 has been invest for this purpose.