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Illumination on Namadhu Gramam Scheme – Rural Development

Introduction

The Rural Development Department is responsible for the implementation of various centrally sponsored and State schemes for poverty alleviation, employment generation, sanitation, capacity building, womens' social and economic empowerment, apart from provision of basic amenities and services. The Tamil Nadu Government implemented a new programme under Rural Development Department, Namadhu Gramam conceived with the objective of ensuring all round development of villages across the State. The objectives of this scheme is achieving cent percent enrolment of children in schools, reducing infant mortality, poverty reduction, and achieving village sanitation, all through people's participation. This novel programme is consolidate efforts made so far for strengthening grass-root institutions of democracy and gives a new impetus to participatory governance. The holistic development of rural panchayats incorporating and integrating the rural infrastructure and social sector components are the hallmark of the scheme. Panchayats are motivated through incentives in the form of funds that can be used for link roads, cement roads, streetlights and protected drinking water supply. An outlay of Rs.200.00 Crore has been made for Namadhu Gramam, of which, Rs.52.21 Crore has been released by the Government as Grant while Rs.141.79 Crore has been leveraged from NABARD or other funding agencies for the implementation of the programme.

 The Mission of the Scheme

The Scheme envisions participation of people in sustainable development of villages and improvement of quality of life through good governance and convergence of schemes and programmes. It is specifically focus on:

• Resource mapping and community mobilization for village development
• Micro planning and prioritization of needs among Village communities
• Convergence of funds and functionaries of all schemes at the village level
• Community led improvement in the overall quality of life.

Grama Sabha

The Grama Sabha plays an active role in the development of the village under this scheme. The resource mapping prepared by the Committee will be examined by the Grama Sabha and approved with suggestions/ recommendations if any. Likewise, the action plan prepared by the Committee will also be placed before the Grama Sabha for its approval. The Grama Sabha will ensure community participation for getting incentive fund and monitor the execution of works within time frame and funds.

Goals

The scheme aims at achieving holistic development with special focus in the sectors of water, sanitation, environment, education, health, social security and addressing social issues. Sector specific goals are –

Water

• 100% revival and maintenance of traditional Rainwater Harvesting
• 100% conversion of defunct bore wells into re-charge structures
• 0% wastage of water in public water system
• Village-level water budgeting and management

 Sanitation

• 100 % use of toilets for defecation
• Effective solid waste management
• Clean streets
• Better hygiene behavior by all children

Environment

• Comprehensive coverage of all wastelands for food, fodder, fuel and livelihoods
• Avenue tree planting in all roads and planting in all homesteads.
• Reduce, re-use, recycle plastics

Education

• 100% enrolment and retention of all children upto X std
• No child labour
• 100% enrolment of adults in continuing education programme

Health

• 100% immunization
• 100% institutional delivery
• Reduction of IMR & MMR
• Making village malnourishment free
• Prevention of STD & HIV infection

Social security issues

• 100% coverage of destitute in social assistance programmes
• Rehabilitation of all physically and mentally challenged persons
• Sustainable livelihoods of ultra poor
• Economic upliftment of rural poor through women SHGs and men SHGs

Social issues

• Elimination of sex selective abortions
• Prevention of child abuse
• Marriage age of women to be not less than 21
• Prevention of crimes against women and immoral trafficking
• Prevention of untouchability and promotion of communal harmony.

Strategies

The strategies that are adopted in the new scheme is as follows:

• Awareness creation in people for participation towards holistic development and improvement of quality of life in the villages;
• To bring about a people's movement for their own village development in a campaign mode;
• To facilitate the Panchayats to play a key role in sustainable human and village development through capacity building;
• Sensitizing all partners in working together in the process of village development, including elected representatives, SHG, people, NGOs and officials;
• Convergence of programmes at village level through participatory planning and implementation;
• To enhance access of Panchayats to resources required to take up identified activities/functions at their level through augmentation of un-tied funds;
• To give extensive training prior to fund flow drawing upon successful experience of Rainwater Harvesting and SHG movements;
• To adopt a process oriented approach for village development;

By adopting the aforesaid strategies, every village would evolve and implement a five-year programme for transformation into a self-reliant unit of good governance and sustainable development.

Coverage

The programme is implemented in all 29 districts (except Chennai) covering all 12618 village panchayats.

Components of the programme

A sum of Rs.200 crore has been allocated for the Namadhu Gramam Programme. The outlay would be allocated among individual components as follows:

 S.No

Component

Outlay

1.

Awareness and Training

Rs.5 crores

2.

Direct State Assistance for (DSA) Village Development Plans

Rs.140 crores

3.

Performance-based State Assistance (PSA) for Village Development Plans

Rs.55 crores

 

TOTAL

Rs.200 crores

 Conclusion

The `Namadhu Gramam' scheme has set goals of cent per cent revival of traditional rainwater harvesting, village-level water budgeting and management, cent per cent use of toilets, comprehensive coverage of wasteland for food, fodder, fuel and livelihood, plastic recycling, cent per cent enrolment up to standard X, elimination of child labour, cent per cent immunisation, sustainable livelihood of the ultra poor, elimination of sex-selective abortions, prevention of child abuse, untouchability, crime against women and immoral trafficking. Besides, it is aimed at controlling the infant mortality rate, eradicating female feticide, poverty and improving sanitary conditions and overall development of villages. This is achieved with the active participation of the villagers.

About the Author

Dr.I.Prem Rose Thayammal

Associate Professor in Commerce

CSI Jayaraj Annapakiam College

Nallur, Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu, India.

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