moved the Indian Public visibly. International Community has given us the confidence that they stand by us.
of thousands of Sheep and Goats purchased in Hyderabad alone!
these are not recognized as Minorities officially! There are states or territories or districts with the minorities in majority.
it appears that they are not recognized as such. Ramakrishnites are recognized as a religious minority by the court.
However, various tribes, atheists and agnostics, although minorities by religion, they are recognized as such.
à-vis the majority’s. In this context, ‘livelihoods’ has explored the livelihoods of the minorities.
information and ability to make choices. A must for anyone who is a stakeholder in development!
faith that this association gets stronger, I remain.
Senior Editor T Nirmala ‘Minority’ Livelihoods!?!
rest of the majority population. They are engaged in all sectors.
www.aksharakriti.org Grass Is Not Always Greener!
activities to promote the livelihood of such worst conditions than us in Anantapur.
newsletter will be instrumental for us.
work has gone into the monthly livelihood magazine. Keep it betterment.
It is estimated that worldwide, more than 15 million children under 18 have been orphaned as a result of AIDS.
in AIDS cases. India is expected to become the next epicenter of the AIDS orphan crisis after African countries.
World Bank estimates suggest that the number of children in India orphaned by AIDS is approaching 2 million.
Agriculture from February 4-7, 2009. crore was spent on disposing off the communities.
realizing improved efficiency, equity crores of rupees.
Gandhian activist who has been escape poverty through access to Report 2008’.
over five decades, has won a $100,000 as one-tenth of an acre.
given annually to recognize unsung Swaminathan was speaking in the lakh, if there was no remedy.
of food grain was wasted over the past communities. Co-presented by the into recession, the UN report said.
resident. Around 1 million tonnes of Bharti Foundation by Dr. Noeleen the most.
Management, Madurai , Swaminathan Citi Micro Entrepreneur Awards business development services.
water supply and waste water entrepreneu rs from 22 states Food Insecurity in the World 2008,"
Development and Ministry of Urban entrepreneurs outnumbered those by into hunger and poverty."
Poverty of India in New Delhi. urban micro entrepreneurs.
million adults and children became infected with HIV , the virus that causes AIDS.
improvements in access to antiretroviral treatment.
Human rights day is celebrated to promote the universal human rights to live and to do so peacefully.
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their families.
to drive the country’s development.
Anna Hazare was born in a poor family on raising three crops a year.
truck driver. form of loan and is monitored by the youth groups.
that the purpose of life is to serve others and the second sale of tobacco, cigarettes and beedies.
one is that never to preach what you did not practice.
how and where to start. Since the temple represents the helped increase the milk production.
As majority of the people in his village are dependent on and have dinner together.
persuaded villagers to construct a watershed embankment to and the World Bank’s Jit Gill Memorial Award etc.
villagers for harvesting all the rain that fell. Soon they were itself into a developed country.
rehabilitate the tribals. Wadi has also proved its applicability in dryland and other potential areas.
Wadi is a comprehensive tribal development program take active part in the development.
families established drought tolerant fruit crops such as activities.
and ber on 0.4 ha of their degraded land. Inter space was 1982 started bearing fruits by 1987.
established on field bunds and borders while some thorny became an important activity to support agro forestry.
the orchard owners started spending more time in the field.
additional income through individual and group activities. the field.
enjoy exclusive rights over their income generated from participation was critical for the success of the programme.
Appreciating this wisdom and custom, women were and mutual cooperation among the villagers.
Experiencing the impact of Wavli, several new activities were Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
major concerns of the women, which also motivated them to approach to sustainable development.
reckoned as poor, by one calculation.
coastal areas, in the tribal areas and the areas in between.
foreigners including Americans and Israelites, apart from the lost in the world and by a small measure in India.
Some political heads rolled. Chidambaram took charge of helping the economy.
long-drawn election process in Jammu and Kashmir is still in and around.
10-day acute bronchitis taught me how nature works its way.
why are we not able to see it as a blessing by the universe to in harmony with nature. Why can’t we?
forms now and in future?
viable and sustainable. Governance is superior.
people to meet basic needs do not get rewarded adequately.
common currency, free trade and free movement.
English Language Skills, Computing Skills etc., as part ever, we need the best brains cracking this nut or these nuts!
to help us in this pursuit? Is it the new leadership?
campaign, action, plan and follow-up.
with respect to livelihoods in general.
Population % Literacy % Participation institutions.
Islam) can be taken up by only those practicing Islam faith.
The Constitution of India does not explicitly define minorities. for taveez (amulet) to cure a sick person.
be discriminated by the state in the matters of receiving aid. much change in the socio-economic status of dalits.
notification issued after consultation with the state than Rs.538.60.
representation of Muslims in government jobs is only 4.9%.
prepared a list of 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs).
to increase the number of branches in MCDs.
resources is created and protected.
Bengal with an engrossing experience of cultural heritage.
We reached Kolkata from Hyderabad construction labour in the near by towns.
Ruppar Gram Panchayat, Birbhum district of West Bengal, there is no discrimination against women in their community.
in the midst of the Sonajhuri forest. ‘Sona’ means gold and traditional tribal dance by the Santhal girls around open fire.
‘Jhuri’ means stream. The trees in the forest bear yellow It was a real feast to our eyes!
beauty of nature, Rabindranath christened the trees as kilometer away from Ballavpur. This is a handicrafts society.
made of leather and wood by the tribal women. and traditions were well displayed.
passed on from generation to generation. painting.
Santhals of this village is 40 bighas. Paddy, wheat, mustard Rabindranath’s literature is very close to this village.
within the village. About 10 people are working as promote rural livelihoods!
know more about his life and his village.
A: I am 60 years old.
Q: Since how long have you been residing in losing out.
residing in this village. cotton which are known as dry land crops?
property to all of them equally. Now I am living here with my neither for drinking nor for irrigation.
wife without depending on any one. Q: Why don’t you approach the Government for lift irrigation?
A: We are three siblings. Our father gave us 2 acres of land applications with the Government. But we got no response.
each. No one cares for us.
almost 60 years. Have you done anything for your village?
Q: What crops do you grow?
neighboring Krishna district to work as an agricultural labour. retirement from work?
By working as a labourer I managed to save some money.
people and my village till my last breath.
probably give some needed answers!
that own the trees or collect plantation is estimated to yield up to Rs.12,000 to Rs.15,000.
month of July and thus meet the cash required to purchase (TKP), Seed testa, and Kernel oil.
required Usually the price period of ♦ Second sales—90% of the fruit.
investment depends on the area April. wholesalers and contractors.
Loan is are on the road side three to four sold to final consumers.
period of that trees. required.
and Germany. tamarind concentrate. The recovery is 60% of the pulp.
and depreciation is about Rs.2 lakh.
of Central India. Tumkur (in Karnataka), Hindupur and linkages with National and International agencies.
Above the block level trader, all tamarind traded is in the height but increase the foliage.
such a manner that they do not obstruct agriculture.
Several low level plants can be grown under a tree.
observed in the chain from primary collector to mandi.
♦ Harvesting tamarind without undue damage to the trees.
The traders employ affected adversely.
local women to do this.
under the undue influence of urbanization.
fibred tamarind is called flower tamarind where white portion avoided by arranging for credit support.
referred to as deflowering. processing to obtain higher value.
is stored in cold storages. The old stocked tamarind the tamarind.
public lands, increases the trees available. collection/ production of tamarind.
60-70 years. With two trees in our farmland, I get an income of concentrate, tamarind powder, tamarind oil, etc.
years in government to get a pension. I have not even worked and de-seed) and collective sale.
for one year to safeguard the trees, but have a pension now.
- Balaraj, Anantapur district, AP.
available with villages where tamarind is produced a lot.
themselves transform into self reliant individuals.
disabled etc. ‘Commitments’ shares the vision of similar persons.
improved skills, better asset base every member of their groups.
appliances. Persons who needed surgeries were identified Rupees 1.42 Crores.
these schemes, in a participatory way.
by the CBR workers, leaders of PWD groups, anganwadi month.
making home-based adaptations of aids and appliances, specified under this scheme.
disabled children and these groups were formed in each of entitlements of disabled people.
Federations for PWD but are also members of the Parents’ the panchayat to the district levels.
parents. These groups select a specific day in the month, performance when they have a supporting environment.
and get job cards and participate in more works under the APREGS Scheme.
organization CHIP (Center for Handloom and Policy Advocacy) in Andhra Pradesh.
polyester, jute, silk and wool etc.
and demand pressures. Given the various linkages to the resource development.
Experts to recommend the best possible course for Indian decrease in tax structures were announced.
was itself based on a World Bank study on Indian textile trade and its consequences.
thrust on product up-gradation and diversification. corruption.
technological up-gradation; enhancement of productivity; improper labeling of other products as handloom products.
innovative marketing strategies; financing arrangements; protect them from cheap imitations and false claims.
governance, should not be given any more policy benefits.
among the competitors within Indian textile industry.
reduced, lest the competition from imports wrecks them.
paying countries in the world.
opposed to 32 hours in Canada and 10 hours in India.
there is no platform in India for such issues.
Imperfect competition is a major concern. Not much work has employed by exporting firms.
Competitiveness in Indian textile sector is comparatively low.
Sometimes what is perceived as a weakness is also strength.
the state-led changes, in the global marketplace, retailers are weakness at the firm level cannot be the issue of the policy.
the distortions that reduce the efficiency of the sector are are essentially tilted towards firms.
detailed studies of the sectors.
production. The success of South Asian countries, even in withstand international economic fluctuations.
lakshmi could not earn on a regular basis.
perennial problems led families to commit suicides.
reduced production comes an inevitable decline in second-hand machinery have affected their business.
marginal, albeit there are predictions that this would rise.
unemployment in rural and semi-urban areas.
have been conflicts across different segments of the sector.
responses, lobbying for ‘biased’ policies have increased.
‘fragmented’ policies and policies that enable competition.
needs to respond to domestic demands, imports and and competition in domestic market.
achieve this growth in exports, about Rs1,94,000 crores, maximizes the strengths and rectifies weaknesses.
There is no estimation on the intensive usage of energy help.
and development policies. Appallingly, both the 10th and 11th part of textile growth policies.
Plans do not seem to be of any consequence here.
policy, suicides among handloom weavers have increased wind, water and other agents.
and they are likely to increase in the coming years as well.
completely. This includes the gender composition of the policy and the growth of textile industry as well.
issues concerning these sectors. Though it mentions all the global and local environment.
been formulated in the year 2002 by the Government of India.
tourism growth, position India as a global brand to take tourism as a priority tourism etc.
international tourists based on the identified travel interests. telecommunications etc.
the special interests of the target markets, the policy overall potential of tourism in India seems promising.
developing the area around the country’s 22 world heritage with integrity to realize the positive benefits of tourism.
non-agricultural season. not reimbursed by any one.
for the volunteers. Raji, on her part, tried to follow and even started a campaign to malign the NGO.
understand the training in a good spirit.
activities promoted under the project. In addition to Raziya friendly towards each other.
Nayagaon came to a stand still. The SHGs become non- volunteer leaves.
belongs to a remote village, he proved his talent in education responsibility of managing the watersheds to these groups.
Later he joined Action for about this successful program.
issues of management of reduction.
period of about 30 years he worked in AFPRO in various education etc.
But with climate changes rainfall is becoming erratic and various organizations.
adequately aware of rain water harvesting which they can Udaya Shankar worked in AFPRO for almost 30 years i.e.
AFPRO started sensitizing people in various villages on understanding about these issues.
water resource management, soil management and livestock can take up, he/she should do it with full commitment’.
Revgav village of Maharashtra in the year 1970 under the the rural poor? and Is it going to benefit poor in any way?
towards watersheds. AFPRO formed user groups in the renowned NRM worker and yet so humble.
through empirical studies. For instance prospects of an individual.
reinforce one another and eventually substantive freedoms of the people.
of freedom is both the primary end and perceiving development.
achieve its aims and objectives.
The schemes available to minorities can be broadly months.
There are six types of Lending Schemes SHGs. The maximum amount of loan available is Rs.
has to contribute a minimum of 5% of the project cost.
provided to the women during the training period.
provided to beneficiaries availing bank finance.
the remaining amount. Rate of Interest charged from the cost is borne by the SCA.
beneficiaries is 3% p.a. on reducing balance.
duration not exceeding 5 years. Funds for this purpose are exhibited to promote their market.
envisages a pre-requisite that the beneficiaries are first for organizing such programmes.
decision making. This story of a baby elephant precisely says the point….
chafes its leg, and the baby elephant concludes that to avoid pain it best stay put.
effectively as it did the baby elephant!
while some core few get the chance of exposure, many remain deprived of such exposure.
capacities of the community (and the poor) is important!
a definite role for the NGOs to play in mobilizing the communities towards improving the utilization of the potential created.
tion is due to lack of synchronization between the time of irrigation availability and the availability of other inputs.
Out of Poverty Disability Is No Barrier!
him for life. But it also proved to be a "perpetual spur in Delhi he returned to Hyderabad.
He is a prominent and prosperous industrialist - provider of the Federal Sports Industries for a monthly salary of Rs.250.
Pitying looks were all that he could see with his blurred eyes. various schools and industries.
went to school daily, he had to crawl from one hospital to inspiration to many handicapped both in India and abroad.
him to go to Mumbai or Delhi for treatment. The hope of toil.
Broken Lives Grass Is Not Always Greener!
were leading a happy and peaceful life. open the shop.
lead a luxurious life. Satyavathi was always nagging her started working as a daily labourer to feed his family.
came to them and told that they can earn more money if they days with feeble hope.
knows many people in Hyderabad and therefore can responsibility to look after that old man.
Satyavathi felt very happy for realizing her dream. dreamt!
their lives, apart from the Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad Chief them, it generates a feeling of deep appreciation.
marches. For the first time in the recent past, aam admi has intense practice. Anger is the most difficult to get over.
is the key. life. Practice loving awareness. Practice loving universe.
will be ours. As it did the other night - the night rained nectar!
Volunteer Day for Economic and Can this peace and bliss be ours?
of what we are seeking as yoga.
of way forward emanated from the sub-zero reflection is into Yoga Jagatguru.
in track of yogic perfection.
zeroes despite best efforts. With some diligent practice, it is being. This is yoga for us.
together. Limiting to one’s survival, learning and universal regret it.
good needs, you get into fair desires and intents/visions.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed.
But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.