An initiative for the development of the farmer

Source: Internet

Agriculture has been a traditional industry in the world. It has also been a resource for the livelihood of a very large population of the world. The means of employment of a very large population of India is still the agricultural work 60% of India's population still resides in the villages. A large part of this population does farming, not only its own but also fosters its own country. The Indian farmer works hard all year long, provides food and provides food grains to the countrymen, but still has not been able to get involved with the mainstream of development. Indian farmers have been very backward in the other countries of the world due to which the main reason is- the cost of agriculture is high and its profit is reduced, by the unscientific method, agricultural work and growing loans on farmers. If there is a need to improve the situation of Indian farmers, then governments will have to make special plans for them so that farmers can be made prosperous and self-reliant. India can never develop by ignoring the farmers and keeping them in a state of disrepair.

Similarly, in the country, farmers have to face the weather, sometimes the debt of their lenders and bankers and their interest is lifting their lives. Today, in many states of the country, the rate of farmer suicides is increasing at very fast speed. Government figures show that 12 thousand farmers are killing their lives every year in the country. These figures are being deposited by the government since 2013. According to the government, 12,602 people engaged in agriculture committed suicide in 2015. Of them, 8,007 were farmers, while 4,595 were working as agricultural laborers. Under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Justice JS Kehr, a bench of three judges is listening to the petition regarding the status of farmers and efforts to improve it. At this time the government has presented these figures. This petition has been filed by the Citizen's Resource and Work Initiative. Therefore, farmers of all the states of the country need a special plan so that farmers can be taken out of their debt.

The state of Telangana has launched a single scheme for its farmers, named Rythu Bandhu - There is a plan for the Telangana farmers, which started in the year 2018 under the name of Rythu Bandhu Yojana, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department of the Telangana Government. Rythu Bandhu scheme Farmers’ Investment Support Scheme is a welfare program to support farmer’s investment for two crops a year by the Government of Telangana. Its scheme has an investment support plan to support the livelihood of the farmers in Telangana state. Under Rythu Bandhu Yojana, Telangana farmers will get the annual financial assistance of Rs. 8000 per acre. Farmers will get this grant in two installments. During the purchase season, Rs. 4000 per acre will be provided and remaining Rs. 4000 per acre will be given during Kharif season. The main purpose of the Rythu Bandhu Yojana is to stop the farmers from falling into the debt trap and get them out of debt, by saving the farmers from their financial plight and providing financial assistance. Through this scheme, farmers are helped to increase agricultural productivity and increase the economic output of the state. Under this scheme, the farmer has to provide financial support during his Rabi and Kharif crops. To reach the neediest farmers in the state, the Telangana government has to cover 1.42 crores acres. According to the present government report, 58 lakh farmers are getting benefit under this scheme.

Farming is not only a farming work but it is also a tool for production and employment. To improve the situation of farmers, it is necessary to take such measures which not only increase their income but also the crop yields are also high. And the biggest thing is that the agricultural work should get financial support from the state. So that they could get help in natural calamity, and the lives of the farmers and their families can be saved.

By Gajraj Solakee

References 

https://www.dw.com/hi/

https://www.indiafilings.com › Guides › Telangana

The Mission Bhagiratha in Telangana State

The Mission Bhagiratha in Telangana State

Today, a large population of many countries of the world is battling drinking water problems. The main reason is not water but its proper management. This problem is very big for India compared to other countries. Today in India, the water system is a challenge for such a large population, so India is facing the crisis of not getting proper water management. Here the problem of water management has become distorted. Along with this, the people of India are not able to get good and pure drinking water in rural areas. Today, a large population of India is struggling every day with pure drinking water. Also, there has been an increase in water-related disputes between many states of India, whose present example is water dispute between Karnataka and Kerala. People from many states of India have to go several kilometers away for water every day. Today, in many countries of the world where the percentage of fresh water has decreased, the increase in the salinity of water has also created problems, due to which the people have to face many major and dangerous diseases. Water is not reachable to people due to lack of water, conventional water bodies, water technologies and lack of advanced and useful techniques of water conservation and management. Due to lack of water education in India, lack of investment and lack of well-planned projects, the large population of the country is deprived of pure water supply today. Statistics show that after independence, the availability of water per person has reduced by 60 percent. Water is the basis of life and it is also the basic right of the people. Also, it is the responsibility of the government that it should provide adequate drinking water facilities for the people.

The state of Telangana was formed in 2014, the state first paid a lot of attention to the problem of water, wherein every village in the state was working on the project of proper drinking water by faucet to every household. Under this, in 2016, the Prime Minister inaugurated 'Mission Bhagiratha' in Komitibanda village, Gazvel Vidhan Sabha area of ​​Medak district of Telangana. It is a project to supply drinking water through a tap, which has cost Rs 42 thousand crores. This ambitious project to provide drinking water through pipes will be provided to 67 thousand urban and 25 thousand rural households in Gazvel assembly segment of Siddipet district. And after 2018, every village of Telangana will facilitate drinking water through tap and water tank in every village. Under this scheme, the government will provide 100 liters daily to all the families in the villages and 150 liters of drinking water available daily in the township.

To complete the water for the Telangana state Bhagiratha Mission, the two main rivers which are deserted in the state will be from the Krishna and Godavari. A total of 34 TMC water from the Godavari River and 21.5 TMC water from the Krishna River will be used for the grid. This is a scientifically designed project which will include a total of 26 internal grids in the state level grid. The main trunk pipeline of this project is about 50000 km long which will be used to fill the water tanks in the villages and towns. Apart from this, the houses will be provided with clean drinking water by approximately 75,000 km pipeline from there. Along with this, software solutions such as growth analysis and smart flow will be used to solve any problems arising in the distribution of water. In order to improve coordination and to optimize resources, the government will follow a turn-key model where the organization implementing the project will also be responsible for its maintenance. With this, the state government will use the latest technology for the proposed water grid project.

Mission Bhagiratha is a very good scheme through which the poor people are very likely to benefit, but it will be hasty to say that this plan will be successful in its objective now. Because now it is a long way to complete this plan. Even today, most of the villages in the state are facing water problems. In many villages of Siddipet today, fresh water is not available for drinking. 

References -

https://govinfo.me/mission-bhagiratha-telangana/

missionbhagiratha.telangana.gov.in/

By Gajraj Solankee 

An interaction with a Child Rights activist

Campaign for Learning outcome, Siddipet district

N.Janardhan, a retired headmaster currently working as Co-convener in Campaign for Learning Outcome in Telangana state. He has been an active participant in the child rights movement in United Andhra Pradesh. We had an interaction about the history of it and the following of the history is given below.
A movement was formed from the community in 1993, which was based on the “Child Right” and education was one of the principal motives of it. In Andhra Pradesh, child labor was extremely visible in every village children were working on cattle rearing, household work, landlord houses etc.
There was no awareness in the community about the fundamental rights that state every child from 6 to 14 years have right to get an education, Some of the parents who think that their children should get an education they go to school and others go to landlord houses to work. So, in order to break this chain, a movement was started which include civil society organization involved in building awareness in the community.
 At the state level, the first M Venkatarangaiya Foundation was established. He was one of the freedom fighters in the independence of India. He started the movement in his community by providing a lamp to every household in the village for the children to study at night. The movement was kept alive and his family founded the organization on his name.

His granddaughter Prof. Shanta Sinha of Central University and a Padma Shree awardee started the movement. She is the Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
So the movement started in the village called Shankarpalli in Rangareddy district. First, they started with the bonded labor in the state then the movement took turns towards the children right to education. The movement has five principles:
1.    Every 6 to 14 age children should be in school not at work. If the children are not found in school than it should be called as child labor.
2.    The community should also talk about the children’s health as they should not work at home as well.
3.    The community should be child labor free.
4.    The government should also implement it with the policies.
5.    Right to education implementation as an Act.
There was implication regarding the politics of implementation of the act from the center where the reason was stated that it takes too much budget in the sector. So the government wanted to apply it to the fundamental rules, where it states that the government will provide education in the coming 10 years but it was not made compulsory education.
A movement was started on the right to education at the community level where the MLA’s were pressured from the community and agenda on education was discussed.
In 2009, the Right to Education Act was implemented which make free and compulsory education for the children aged from 6 years to 14 years. There are some problems seen regarding the age gaps in the student. For example, if children of 11 years join than what should be the class. So therefore for that age gap for every individual student, a system was formed “Bridge Course System” where the student of the age below 9 years was put through 7 month course for the standard of I to V and above 9 years of students were put to one and a half years of special course for standard VII to VIII.
The Right to Education Act ten principle was added
1.    Free and compulsory education for the children from 6 to 14 years of age.
2.    The state shall be responsible to provide education to every child.
3.    The curriculum consists of constitutional values.
4.    Quality teacher appointment.
5.    Quality schools management.
6.    Social reforms functionary- admission at any school throughout the year.
7.    Admission without any certificate if the parents
8.    Child protection functionary – National Child Right Commission and State Child right Commission was set up.
9.    Involvement of civil society – school management committee was formed.
10.    No exam pressure for students.
In order for the success of the movement the involvement of civil society, student organization, community-based organization, NGO, and teacher have participated.

By Bodhi R Chakma

Pilot Project implementation Rampur

Telangana Schedule Caste Corporation Ltd. was set up in the year 2014 with a view to taking up programmes for the economic development of SC families in the state. The mission was to provide financial assistance for income generating assets to the poor Schedule Caste. To provide finance in economic support schemes. It also looks after the overall development of the Schedule Caste.

SC corporation meeting in Rampur,Siddipet.

The meeting was conducted in the Rampur village with the objectives to aware the people of the village about the ongoing schemes and programs and how they can apply for it. It is a kind of orientation regarding the schemes from the SC Corporation. Mostly to provide the village with Pilot Project, related to agriculture and allied activities, transportation, crop and vehicle loan etc.
The meeting was facilitated by Agricultural Extension officer, there are about 28 people present in the meeting. The District SC Development Corporation Officer was there where he detailed all the schemes. And also talk about the pilot project, how they can implement in the village. In order to implement a  project, there should be a member of twenty-five farmers from the village. The following points are discussed below that comes under the Pilot project:
1.    SC Loan for both men and women are given from the SC Corporation on car, motorbike, agriculture. These loans are based on an 80 % subsidy by the government and 20% will be paid by the loan taker.
2.    Youth Skill Development program for driving. People with a driving license can apply for the training. 
3.    Dairy farming in the village where the SC families were given two buffalos with full subsidy. Which also include the podder seed and construction of the shed for the animals.
4.    Podder cutting machines and fertilizers are also given on hundred percent subsidy.
The application process needs two months with the required documents of aadhar card, land passbook, two photographs, caste certificate, and income certificate.
The project will be monitored by the agricultural extension officer and will be implemented in the next month September 2018.
The conclusion of the meeting was done on the note about the loan that are already pending before the land were given to the SC people have already been paid by the government.

By Bodhi R Chakma

A visit to Anganwadi Center Rampur

Zilla Parisad primary School, Rampur

Anganwadi was established in 2002 in the Rampur village, Siddipet district, Telangana. It is functioning well with providing services like supplementary nutrition, Health check-up, pre-school education, Nutrition and Health Education. There are 7 children (male=4, female=3) enrolled in the Anganwadi. The Anganwadi was located at the middle of the village. The Anganwadi has seven children including the worker and the helper. The purpose of the visit to the Anganwadi was to observe how the worker teaches the children, the sanitation, and hygiene and drinking water facilities.

We had an interaction with the worker and the helper.  

Inside Anganwadi Center, Rampur, Siddipet.

There are around 30 children from 0 to 6 year in the village out of which only 7 are enrolled. The day we visited there were only 4 children were present. We asked about the reason, why there is less enrollment, where we find out that the villagers send their children to private play school in Nangoor, Siddipet because of the better facilities. The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker looks after the medication of the village, maternity ladies, and adolescent’s girls.  The ASHA worker is on a contract basis, she is been working for the last 16 years. The ASHA worker conduct meeting with the adolescent girls once in a month on personal hygiene, food, and nutrition. The last parents meeting was held on 17th July 2018 where there is also measurement on height and weight of the children are done. The Anganwadi provide medication for pregnant women and minor illness for the children in the village. As per interaction, there are no children with disabilities. Under the ICDS the food for mid-day meal was provided and uniform is given. For the food daily egg, sambar and dal are given to the children. The Anganwadi maintains the different register of the village like number of adolescent girls present, number of households, population, pregnant ladies. 

Then we asked about the reading materials they have in the Anganwadi. New reading materials were given on last June that includes preschool kits and poster month, numbers, fruits, alphabet, and object.

There is no reading material other than the templates and the poster posted on the wall while visited the children and were playing with the preschool kit. There are no water facilities inside the Anganwadi further questioning they are getting mineral water supply from Karimnagar.  Looking at the mid-day meal preparation the storage of the utensils and raw food materials are kept hygienic condition. For sanitation, the toilet is attached with the other toilets outside as the Anganwadi center located inside the school compound. The Anganwadi worker and the helper are in the village working efficiently. 

By Bodhi R Chakma

Current situation of SC ST Hostel in Siddipet District.

In India Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the nodal ministry to monitor the interests of Scheduled Castes. Although primary responsibility for promoting the interests of Scheduled Castes is in the area of operation and state governments with all central ministries, the Ministry specifically fulfills its efforts through interventions in important areas through specially prepared schemes. The objective of Scheduled Castes Development (SCD) Bureau of the Ministry is to promote the welfare of Scheduled Castes through their educational, economic and social empowerment. Efforts made by State Governments and Central Ministries to monitor and promote the interests of Scheduled Castes.

The scheduled caste development department is dedicated to the integrated and overall development of the scheduled caste. The scheduled caste development population in Telangana is 15% (5432680) out of total population 3, 51, 93,978 as per 2011 census. The literacy rate is 52.52%.

The Commissionerate of Scheduled Caste Development is responsible for implementation of educational programs through Hostels, Scholarships, implementation of Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, monitoring the progress in filling up of Backlog vacancies and monitoring of Scheduled Castes Sub- Plan.
The Telangana State Scheduled Castes Co-operative Finance Corporation is implementing Economic Development Programmes for the upliftment of Scheduled Castes. The Telangana Scheduled Caste Residential Educational Institutions Society is administering the Residential Educational Institutions for quality education of SC girls and boys in the State.

SC Boys Hostel, Siddipet

There are two hostels for boys in the Siddipet district, one for SC and ST which provides food and lodging. Both of the hostels are student management hostels. There is around 150 students in the ST hostel and 200 in the SC hostel.  There is an administrative structure followed by the hostels. So there are elected members of president and vice-president who takes care about the cleanliness and the necessities things related to a hostel. There is are hostel warden who comes in morning and evening and also attaches the dining hall.

ST Boys Hostel, Siddipet

While interacting with the student’s we came across the problems they are facing and the responsible department have been ignoring even though complaint are been made.

1.    There is only dal and rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner only on Sunday there is non-veg in dinner. Even there are complaints regarding it to the warden, it’s still the same there is no change in the menu.

2.    In the ST hostel the ground floor student doesn’t have any bed. The SC hostel doesn’t have any bedding in the rooms.

3.    There is less bathroom regardless of the number of students. And there is no daily cleaning of the bathrooms. The students take bath and wash their clothes outside the hostel.

4.    The hostel doesn’t have any library all they have to learn in the colleges itself.

5.    In the SC hostel there is a room for a computer lab where cooking utensils are been kept. 

6.    There is no health lab in the hostels for the primary medical purpose.

7.    As per the observation there is no cleanliness and hygiene regarding the hostel mess or kitchen.

After looking to the following problems in these hostels the big problems faced by the student are due to the least facilities provided by the government. Because when we talk about the development of a community, education plays a vital role and hostels for the marginalized community’s plays a larger part in the progress of it. The central and state government allocate many budget and funds for the development of these communities. However, the implication doesn’t reach out to the grassroots level. If the government doesn’t take serious note in the monitoring on the implementation of these schemes than there is no success in reaching the objectives.

As well as the center and state government should also increase in funds in order to reduce this kind of problems that these hostels students are facing, for which the enrolled students in the hostels should get a proper quality based education. 

By Bodhi R Chakma 

References

http://vikaspedia.in/social-welfare/scheduled-caste-welfare-1/scheduled-caste-welfare-in-india
http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/2831LS.pdf

Need and Importance of Special Development Fund in India

Source: Internet

Special Development Fund, a fund that is created solely to fulfill a specific purpose or plan. There are many countries in the world that have achieved success by working in a special scheme for their development.

When a five-year plan was launched in India, it was estimated that we would soon remove poverty and economic inequality from India, and have practically achieved success in it. But the objectives for which these models were taken from Russia in India are still very far from their purpose.

After independence, India made several important decisions for the strengthening of the social and economic model, which was also the beginning of the Five Year Plan. The foundation of the first five-year plan was laid in 1951 and the Planning Commission was formed. Jawaharlal Nehru had introduced the first five-year plan in Parliament on December 8, 1951, and at that time he set a target of 2.1 percent of GDP. There was a special emphasis on farming in this project as the lack of food grain was a matter of grave concern during that time. After that, poverty alleviation was given priority in the fifth Five Year Plan. So far, we have started making twelve-five-year plans but still, we have not been able to make the marginalized community strong, socially and politically strong in the country.

According to World Human Development Report 2018, India is ranked 131 in the list of 188 countries. It has also been found in the HDI report that about 1.5 billion people live in multi-dimensional poverty in developing countries. Of these, 54% or 800 million people are in South Asia while 34% are in sub-Saharan Africa. In South Asia, the countries which are close to India in the HDI rank are comparable with the size of the comparative population; they are Bangladesh and Pakistan, which are ranked 139 and 147 respectively. The average human development achievement in India is very low, so it states the level of inequality in the distribution of human development in the population at the country level. Human Development Index report states that due to inequality, there is a great loss in human development. According to this report, if inequality increases in one country then there is a loss in human development too. Today’s a large number of people face the poverty, unemployment every day in India.

Since the state of Telangana was formed in 2014, the state has adopted a different development strategy. To connect the Dalit and tribal communities with the mainstream of development, the state has worked on creating a separate plan. To prepare the topic for the economic and social empowerment of the Dalit community. The state has devised a scheme in 2017, which is known as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribal Special Development Fund (use of the plan, allocation, and financial resources) Bill 2017. The State of Telangana has set a fund according to the proportion of its population for the Dalits and tribal communities from its annual fund, and accordingly, the state is spending money for its development. According to the new law of 2017, vigilance committees have been constituted at the district level and at the state level. This topic will be monitored on this plan and along with its funding; the state level Scheduled Caste Welfare Committee will review it at every six months at the state level.

According to the 2011 census, the percentage of Scheduled Castes in the total population of Telangana state is 15.45%. Like the entire country, the social and economic condition of the Dalit community is also not good here. Therefore special attention is given to empower marginalized communities in Telangana state. Several schemes are being run by the state for the development of the Dalit community, such as scheduled caste agricultural land, Kalyan Lakshmi, new residential school and women's degree college, Asara pension, health-oriented schemes like drinking water, KCR kit, cheap Bijam hostel, SC Various innovative schemes like irrigation and other community-oriented infrastructure schemes are raised by the government for the development of reserves. For the year 2018-19, the fiscal year period of special development is 16452.79 million, which is 15.71% of the total expenditure of the annual budget of 2018-19 (1075757.90 corers).

This is a historic step, yet it has been seen how well the plans are made but if they can not apply them well on the ground then these plans are of no use. In India, many schemes and laws were made in seventy years, but the administrative system of the country was not able to apply them properly at the grassroots, due to which the plans could not fulfill its objectives. These plans are also facing these challenges in the state of Telangana. In many parts of the state, the complaints by the people and the civil society organizations are being carried out in the administration that the plans are not reaching the ground level.

But we know that we have to face the many difficulties and challenges in achieving any goal. If the Central Government and all state governments, if they work together for a marginalized community and work together in harmony, then the country can soon emerge from the swamps of social and economic inequality,  poverty, hunger, and unemployment.  

By Gajraj Solakee

The Concept of Model Village

Ananthasagar, 2 bedroom houses

A model village where the primary facilities are easily available for the people there, which is a small city. In the 18th century, the model village concept in the world came from Europe, when the landowners living in villages planned to plan their homes in a planned manner. At the same time, they also saw the primary needs that all these things are easily available to the people in the village. After the advent of industrial revolution in Europe, the way cities began to develop, a large number of people started migrating from the village to the cities, thereby making the concept that we should develop the villages for the people living there. After this, the development of model villages was started in many European countries.

In relation to the village in India Ambedkar, Gandhi and Nehru had different ideas. Ambedkar had considered the village as a center of social security, he said, "what is a village - a sink of democracy, ignorance, narrow-mindedness and a cave of communalism". He believed that the village is not less than any torture for the Dalits, he said that it is difficult to come to social, economic and political equality in the villages as long as there is habitation in the villages. He believed that we would have to end the caste system from the village so that we can establish an equitable society in the villages. According to Nehru, if we have to develop a village, then we have to bring the industrial revolution to the villages. There was a different opinion about Gandhi's villages; he believed that keeping the rural culture alive could only save Indian culture. He considered the idea of a village republic based on democratic values.

If we talk about India's population, then we see that almost 70% of India's population lives in villages. Even the most populous population is poor and they are manual labor who are directly dependent on agriculture. Balwant Ray Mehta Committee was set up to bring the idea of self-government to the villages from the parliament to the villages. The committee was asked to investigate the activities of the community development program under the National Expansion Service and to suggest measures for their better functioning. This committee submitted its report in November 1957 and recommended the establishment of a scheme of 'democratic decentralization' which was finally known as Panchayati Raj. The main purpose of Panchayat Raj system is to solve local problems locally and make people politically and economically viable. Believing the recommendations of this committee, Panchayat system was established in villages in India. With the advent of Panchayati Raj system in India, it was believed that soon there will be a development of villages and soon social, economic political inequality will be over.

To develop model villages in India, the Government of India has been started of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna in 2014. This one A village development program in which a village will be prepared in a model form. Through this program, the primary structure will be constructed in the village, in which construction of the streets, construction of houses in a planned manner, proper arrangement of water distribution, health facilities and public resources will be utilized properly. The responsibility of preparing Model Villages is put on the entire Panchayat system. The percentage of education in a model village should be good there should be no increase in the crime rate and the means of employment should be easily available. The model village should have facilities like a small town.

Many state governments in India are paying considerable attention to the model village like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala etc. Many states of South India have done a great job in the development of model villages.

One such village is Ananthasagar of Siddipet district of Telangana state, this village model is a very good example of the village. Ananthasagar is situated at a distance of twenty-two kilometers from the district headquarters. In this village, over the past five years, Panchayat has done very good work in improving the village infrastructure.  The road, drain, house, water distribution and drainage system has been well managed by the Gram Panchayat. 

Any Time Water(ATW), card holder, Ananthasagar

One of the uniqueness of the village is that the surveillance system and distribution of mineral water. Every family of the village has a unique identification card (Any Time Water). This is used for swiping and gets around 20ltrs of drinking water for 2 rupees. Every family can have 40 liters of drinking water per day.

Village Surveillance system, Ananthasagar 

There is 24 hours surveillance system all around the village. There are 15 cameras installed by the Panchayat worth Rs. 2, 60000 which is directly connected and monitored by the Panchayat office. In the village, all the schemes of the state government and the central government are being implemented properly. The villages also implemented the 2BH housing schemes for SC in the village, where there are around 30 houses are constructed within a year. The MGNREGA is also been implemented properly for the employment generation in the village. As per the observations, there is paccha road throughout the village with solar street light.

As we know, according to the 2011 census, there are 650,244 villages in India, and in these villages around 70 percent of India's population lives, so developing villages is a very important issue. Even today, many states of India are in a very miserable condition, even today people are not reaching the basic amenities people. Today many people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger in many states. Therefore, if we have to implement constitutional values at the grassroots level, then the central government and the state governments will have to work hard on the development of villages by forgetting mutual differences, only then we will be able to create a living environment for a third of the country's population to live a humane life. Only half of the population of the country, which is women, will have to walk along with this campaign. Women in many villages today play a dynamic role in the development of villages. If elected women representatives are given proper training and guidance, then they can bring a bigger revolution by displaying their desire and self-confidence to change their villages. The government will have to create an equitable society by eliminating the social evils of the village such as caste system, untouchability, economic and social inequality, and then we will be able to establish the values of Ambedkar, Gandhi, and Nehru at the grassroots level.

By Gajraj Solankee

Development induced Displacement

In Pittalagududiselu village, there are 50 families who are displaced from Chandlapur due to Dam construction. Because of the displacement, they have lost their house and livelihood. Now they have nothing to eat and no home to live.  They have been living here in tents for the last two years in Pittalagududiselu.   

ST community tent house

People displaced are the NAKKALA tribe who are most visible in South India.

As their traditional livelihood is to sell beads, combs and small utensils in the market areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Once they have been nomadic by nature, though most of them had settled in towns without any permanent shelter. But, even though till now they carry their matriarchal tradition with them.

Apart from them, another community is also living there which is called Dakkala who belongs to Scheduled Castes. One of the community members said that government is taking away their land but giving no compensation as they were promised 6 lakh per acre.
The homeless affected people  were promised by the government to be rehabilitated with  2bhk house in 2017.

P.C. Gajaraj Solankee

It has been more than a year no proper rehabilitation and resettlement has been done by the government. As per the observation, Nakkalas are living in very pathetic condition.

 We saw an old man wearing nothing but a piece of cloth just to cover his private body parts.

As per the interaction with the community people, they are facing many issues pertaining to health, education, water, and sanitation. As it was the rainy season, we asked how they survive the night in the Tents. One of the answers came out that they are used to it and there is no other option other than these Tents.

They also said that Mr. Harish Rao came to inaugurate the 20 houses which were given to DAKKALA communities. When the minister was asked about their housings he replied that the next construction of houses will be done for them.

The tribe people are generally hit the hardest by displacement, most often without adequate compensation. The government takes away the lands without arranging the alternative so there is always uncertainty remained regarding rehabilitation and resettlement. And the compensation, which is given in monetary value that is 6 lakh per acre, is not adequate compensation compare to market value. Also, there should be a transparency in compensation as many farmers have not received yet their compensation money against their land.

In many cases, the government took away the Agricultural fertile land which should not be taken for industrial purpose as they are the means of the livelihood for the many farmers.

Displaced people are rehabilitated in the place where no means of livelihood and other facilities are available so wherever people are rehabilitated the place should have all kind of facilities viz. Water, Sanitation, Health, Education, and Transportation.

The evil -effects of the displacement prompted by development should be taken care off by the state and necessary arrangement should be made. The displaced persons should be resettled in a safe habitat wherein they can start their life afresh. However, this would require more than a mere allocation of a certain piece of land for resettlement or mere construction of makeshift for temporary settlement.

Rehabilitation means the restore to the former condition of a person affected by the development projects and therefore all that was lost by displacement, the emotional, cultural, social, political, and economic losses must be restored at a priority basis to the Project itself which is the cause of impoverishment.

By Vijendra Bauddh

Visit to Telangana Residential Schools

India as a country has experienced numerous social movements like civil rights, women’s movement, human rights movement, Dalit and tribal movements. A considerable lot of them are against the social practices which are untouchability, discrimination based on caste and atrocities against Dalit, tribal and minority communities. The Dalit community had faced tremendous discrimination over centuries which had never got the opportunity to live a life of a dignity. Indian great leader like Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Dr. B. R Ambedkar have given their lives for the empowerment and equality of Dalit community.

Under the united government of Sri N.T Ramarao, Andhra Pradesh in 1984 came up with providing quality education to the poor Schedule Caste and Schedule tribe and Other Backward Caste students by establishing the residential school. At present, the Telangana government is focused on the good infrastructure and all-round development of the student in every aspect.

Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) was set up Under the Ministry of Schedule Caste Development, Telangana. Currently, there is around five hundred residential school were set up to provide education to the marginalized children especially Schedule Caste children in the rural Telangana.

There are residential schools in the Siddipet district for the girls in Mettapalli. Many of the students stay in the hostel and very few come as day scholars nearby the villages. Facilities like primary medical, food nutritionist, RO plant for drinking and also sports field. As the observation of the school, the infrastructure and the classroom arrangement are good. The whole campus is under surveillance which is directly attached to the principal office.  There is a staff nurse who takes care of primary health, if there is some emergency then they are referred to Siddipet. Even all the staff are women including teachers.

 Residential school for boys in Gurralagondi village which is 17 km from the Siddipet with twenty teachers out of which seven are female and thirteen are male teacher including the hostel manager. There are extra workers who are on contract basis for the cleaning. Apart from that, they don’t have any drinking water facilities, for now, they are taking water supply from the nearby tank for drinking purpose. After the interaction, we came to know that the building they are using is the hostel itself. The government has sanction 13 crores in last May and 7 acres of land to build a school outside the village. One of the interesting things we came across that the student are fluently speaking English and they were more comfortable with that. The school has the same structure of management and many facilities are available for the students. As well as there are many students from Hyderabad. The selection process is done through the admission test after qualifying the student are been referred to the residential schools

By Bodhi R Chakma

Rethinking Equality through Land distribution

Konapur Village, Telangana 2018

 On the importance of land for the dalits, Dr. Ambedkar had said in Agra speech on March 23, 1956, "I am very worried about landless laborers living in the village. I have not done much for them. I am unable to tolerate their grief and sorrow. The main reason for their destruction is that they do not have land. That is why they are victims of tyranny and humiliation. They will not be able to uplift themselves. I will fight for them. If the government creates a hindrance in this work, then I will lead these people and will fight for them legal battle. But under any circumstances, I will try to get landless people in possession. "It is clear from this that Babasaheb knew the importance of land for the upliftment of the Dalits.

The caste system in the Indian society still exists and by the same social practices where women were put on the Suppress, Where their human rights have always been crushed. If we talked about Dalit women in such social slavery, then their status was very pathetic. They do not have any means in the name of the property. This is a section of society that has been a slave for centuries. The Telangana state government opened a path to eliminate this social slavery and become the owner of the property when he introduced the law to give three acres of land to every landless Dalit woman. This scheme is not less than a dream for these women. This was formally launched on August 15, 2014, by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in Hyderabad on Independence Day. Scheduled caste people in Telangana state are mostly dependent on their livelihood and survival on agriculture and allied sectors (horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry etc.)

Under this scheme, the poorest of the poor Dalit women beneficiaries, who are fully landed agricultural families, will be given three acres of land in the first phase and other Dalit women beneficiaries have small pieces of land i.e. one acre land, two acres By giving them more land, in the next steps, each will be provided with the remaining land boundary to make three acres of landowner. The biggest thing is that the land will be purchased directly by the government and will give them to these women so that they don’t face any related issues or other problems. A comprehensive package has also been conceived in this scheme, which includes provisions for irrigation/drip facilities, seeds, farming cost, fertilizers, pesticides, agriculture, micro-irrigation, energy, pump sets, etc. for a crop year for the preparation of land development, nursery and agricultural inputs. In order to fulfill the cost of farming, the amount etc. will be transferred directly into the beneficiary's account.

Distribution of land had been done to several villages in the district of Siddipet, Telangana. The State Government makes special development budget for Scheduled Castes / Tribes in its annual budget and holds a separate fund to purchase land so that this scheme can be completed.

If these schemes begin to form governments of other states, they can soon remove economic inequality from India and the Dalit community can be linked to the mainstream of development. And this country's oppressed society can get the right to live their life with human values.

By Gajraj and Bodhi

A stage toward Organic Cultivating

Workshop on Organic farming, Konapur.

Todays if we see India comes to the top three global producers of agricultural crops. States like Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are the highest production of it. On the other hand, there is tremendous exercise of chemical fertilizers are been used in production which promotes diverse sort of medical problems. India isn't just the nation looking from the medical problems, it is likewise all around can be seen. A considerable lot of the nation’s presently embracing towards organic farming with a specific end goal to decrease the impact of the medical problems.

With regards to India, Small farmers are facing difficulties in coming up with the market rates on fertilizers and technologies. The reason to which there is no profit for the small-scale farmers because most of the profit becomes the expenditure on agricultural investment. If the agricultural business is made to be profit making for the small farmers there should be a shift to organic farming, where minimal efforts are made in creation of manures. Hence, for the small farmers the reproduction cost will be low and ultimately profit will rise.

Konapur is a Village in Ramayampet Mandal in Medak District of Telangana State, known as the model village for water conservation and organic farming. It’s around 41 km from Siddipet town.

Mr. Kishan innovative tools for farming. 

An excursion to organic farming in Konapur organized by Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre. There are around 14 individuals from four villages Rayathpur, Naskal, Bonala, and Chalmeda desired for the workshop. The workshop was encouraged by Mr. Kishan Mudiraj, who is an organic farming activist for the last eight years in the village. Most of the farmer belongs to the Schedule caste were present who got the land under the land distribution schemes of Telangana government.

Type of insect that destroy agriculture plant.

The workshop was based on improving the fertility of the soil, low-cost irrigation strategies, making homemade manures and making different kinds of fertilizers to kill insect based on the household remedies. Since it’s an environmental friendly the practice is designed to reduce the pollution and conservation of water and soil quality.

Organic farming is a low-cost farming for which small farmers can make the profit. The farmers are now increasingly shifting to organic farming in Telangana. The organic fertilizers that are made in the home are been subsidize by the government in planting a plant for organic production. The fertilizers that are been purchased for 1000 rupees from the market that are been saved by producing naturally in the home.

By Bodhi R Chakma

Introduction

13th August 2018

TASK OF THE DAY

1.      Introduction to the agency and  a brief introduction about the work and the organization.

2.      Meeting on Plan of Action.

We started our journey for the block placement for the CENTE FOR DALITS STUDIES (CDS) on 12^th august and we reached here in Secunderabad at 9 am in BUDHHAVANA project office. Orientation was done on the basis of the work and objectives of the CDS.

For the welfare of the marginalized communities the Telangana government modified the ACT. No.1 of 2013 to Telangana State Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Special Development Fund- Planning Allocation and Utilization of Financial Resources (ACT No. 18 of 2017). Mr. Pallepalli Laxmiah (Chairman, CDS) had played a major role in the process. CDS has given many suggestion and recommendation in the enactment of the Act.

While interacting with Mr. Mangesh and Mr. Pallepalii we got to know about the different schemes and policies which have been introduced by the government.

As per the discussion, there have been 12000 Acres of land been distributed under “Bhoomileni Nirupeda dalita Vyavasaya Aadharitha Kutumbalu” to 4000 families of landless farmer especially to SC women. The land that are distributed are fertile in nature and hence the landless farmer can cultivate.

The task to take a survey test in this land distributed families and to analyze the policies regarding the socio economic development of the dalits.