A STUDY ON RICE CREDIT LINE PROGRAMME GUNTUR DISTRICT - A.P.
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A STUDY ON A STUDY ON RICE CREDIT LINE PROGRAMME RICE CREDIT LINE PROGRAMME
GUNTUR DISTRICT - A.P.GUNTUR DISTRICT - A.P.
INTERIM FINDINGS
BY
MAHILA ABHIVVRUDHI SOCIETY, ANDHRA PRADESH (APMAS)
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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDYOBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
• To examine the performance of RCL programme
• To understand the dynamics of RCL at household, SHG and Community level
• To identify the gaps, problems and expectations of the beneficiaries on RCL programme
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SAMPLING UNITS DATA TECHNIQUES
District
Rev. Div.
Mandal VO HH KIHHI
IKI FGD
Guntur
Guntur
Gurajala1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
Achampet1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
Thulluru1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
NSraopet
Bollapalli
1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
Edlapadu
1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
Nuzendla
1 12 5 12 5 1
2 12 5 12 5 1
1 2 6 12144
60144
60 12
SAMPLING DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION
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OBJECTIVES OF RCL PROGRAMMEOBJECTIVES OF RCL PROGRAMME
• To assist the poor households in minimizing the nutrition gap
• To ensure continuous stream of food availability to the poorest of the poor
• To minimize the fluctuations in food availability to the poor
• To reduce the transfer of income from the poor to middle men
• To ensure good quality, fair quantity and reasonable price.
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RCL COVRAGE IN THE DISTRICT RCL COVRAGE IN THE DISTRICT • 24 Mandals in 3 Revenue Division in the district
• No. of VOs/villages covered under RCL- 412
• No. of VOs/villages uncovered under RCL-109
• Target poor in the district – 1,27,238
• Target poor covered in the district- 57,437
• Amount Released- Rs.1.41 CroresSocial Category wise Percentage of Poor covered
under RCL
10
36
27
4
24
0102030405060708090
100OC
Mi
BC
SC
ST
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RCL STATUS OF VOsRCL STATUS OF VOs
• 88% of the SHGs joined in VO
• 77% of SHGs in the VO covered under RCL
• 55% of the members covered under RCL
• Majority of the VOs implemented 1(5/12) round
• Only 1/3 of the VOs repaid instalment to the project
• Rs. 48,360 – Avg. amount of loan to VO
• Rs. 3,180 – Avg. amount repaid to project by VO
• 113 Quintals- Avg. Cum. Quantity of rice procured
• Nearly 50% of the VOs have Over Dues ranging from Rs. 1,800 to Rs. 22,000
• Average amount of loan to SHG-Rs. 2,600;
• Avg. amount of loan to the Member Rs. 240 (Group Size-11)
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PROFILE OF THE SAMPLEPROFILE OF THE SAMPLE
• Nearly half of the members are SCs (49%) followed by OCs (22%) and BCs (13%)
• Average size of the family is 4 and working members are 2
• Primary Occupations- Agriculture labour 62%; Agriculture 23% of the households
• 90% of the households possess PDS cards in which 81% - White Card Holders
• 14 Kgs- Average entitlement of rice per month per HH
• About 1/3rd and 1/10th of the people have dry and wet land respectively ranging from 0.25 to 5 acres.
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DEMAND AND SUPPLYDEMAND AND SUPPLY
• Average household requirement- 53 Kgs. per month
• An average of 35 Kgs. of rice requested by each household
• An average of 27 Kgs. of rice supplied per round per member
Reasons for low indent and supply
• low repaying capacity, norms of the VO, high price and quality of rice, large size of the family
• Insufficient funds, more no. of groups, high price and quality of rice
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RICE PROCUREMENT FROM VARIOUS RICE PROCUREMENT FROM VARIOUS SOURCESSOURCES
Means of Rice Procurement Before RCL
21%2%
56%
10%
11%
PDS Wage in Grains Traders Additional PDS Other
Means of RiceProcurement After RCL
22%3%
45%
8% 10%
12%
PDS Wage in Grains Traders Additional PDS Other RCL
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VARIATIONS IN RICE PURCHASE BY HHVARIATIONS IN RICE PURCHASE BY HH
• Monthly purchases from PDS is increased except in Feb.
• Wage in the form of grains in the month of Feb. was high
• Purchase of rice from other sources decreased during RCL
• Decrease in purchase from traders, additional PDS and other sources where as increase in purchases from PDS due to RCL
Month-wise Additional Purchases from PDS Before and After RCL
0
2
4
6
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Avg
. no.
of
kgs
of r
ice
Before After
Month-wise Purchases of Rice From Traders Before and After RCL
05
10152025303540
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Avg
. no.
of
kgs
of r
ice
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After
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No. OF TIMES RICE BORROWEDNo. OF TIMES RICE BORROWED
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
1 2 3 5 6
No. of Rounds
No. of Rounds and No. of Times Rice Taken
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5
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3
2
1
0
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CREDIT, REPAYMENT AND OVERDUECREDIT, REPAYMENT AND OVERDUE
• Avg. cum. quantity of rice borrowed- 90 Kgs.• Avg. amount of member share - Rs. 34 (9%)• Avg. amount of loan on rice - Rs. 387• Avg. amount repaid - Rs. 281(73%)*• Avg. amount of outstanding - Rs. 106 (27%)• Avg. amount of overdue -Rs.19 (5%)• 7% of the members have overdue
– *Majority are paying fortnightly (30%) followed by monthly (26%)
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PERCEPTION ON RCLPERCEPTION ON RCL
• Adequate- small family, availability of PDS rice, repaying capacity• In adequate- Large family, equal distribution, irregular supply• Timely -Purchases from local millers• Untimely – Irregular supply because of delayed repayment• Poor-mixed varieties, more broken rice, double polished PDS rice• Moderate-Market price and RCL price is almost equal• Good- Effective monitoring• Moderate- Similar quality for same price• More cost-Market price is less, VO profit
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%
38
%
33
%
52
%
8% 2
2%
54
%
26
%2
5% 35
%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%
Adequate
Inadequate
Tim
ely
Untim
ely
Poor
Modera
te
Good
Less
Modera
te
More
AdequacyTimeliness Quality Cost
Opinion on RCL
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PREFERENCEPREFERENCE
• All members preferred rice only
• Reasons:
– Habituated to rice and locally available
• Majority (62%) of the members’,1st preference to BPT variety
• 2nd preference to 5293 variety by 29% of members
• Nearly 10% of the members preferred broken rice
• Other preferred varieties - PDS Rice (3%), Sona Masoori (8%), local and cheaper varieties
• Reasons:
– Less price, common variety, good quality, strength & tasty, low cost, large family, expensive etc.
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RECOVERY PRACTICESRECOVERY PRACTICES
• AT THE TIME OF DISTRIBUTION OF RICE– Regular meeting– Recovery & Monitoring Committees– Reminders to members– Collection of loan instalments assigned to Activists– Equal distribution and equal responsibility– Sharing of responsibilities
• AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF RICE– Purchases postponed until total recovery– Visits to default SHGs– No rice allocation to default members– Exclusion of members with non-repaying capacity– Adjustment of amount by VO
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MEMBERSHIP AND DROP-OUTSMEMBERSHIP AND DROP-OUTS
• 85% (1198) of SHG members covered under RCL
• 13%(153) of the members dropped from RCL
• Less than 1% newly joined in the programme
• Withdrawal pattern- temporary, permanent, voluntary and forced
• Reasons for not joining in RCL– No repaying capacity (24%), High price and quality of rice (7%), Own
produce (6%), More expensive (5%), Other sources for lesser price (8%), Long relationships with the traders (4%), Market price is less (4%), Migration (3%) Residing in other habitation, over dues to bank, High amount of deposits, ineligible for RCL etc.
• Reasons for drop-out– Lesser price in the market (6%), Purchases from PDS (10%), Wage in
grains (12%), Help from relatives and friends, usage of PDS of others (2%), leaders misused the rice (4%), migration (4%), untimely, default (2%), High quality of rice etc.
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DYNAMICS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVELDYNAMICS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
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4 3 4 27
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Collection of PDS RiceDraw ing regularquotaDraw ing additionalquotaDraw ing less thanregular quotaStopped draw ing ofadditional quotaPDS given to others
other
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Effect on Traders Prices reduced
Prices increased
Grain on loan basis
Grain only on cash
Relations discontinued
Relations w eakened
Maintaining cheapervarietiesMillers approached VOfor business
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49
2619
11
010203040506070
Food Consumption Pattern
Three meal a day
More quality food
More quantity offoodFood to all the familymembersFood during slackperiod
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28
94 3
12
0
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20
30
40
50
Expenditure PatternExpendituredecreased on rice
Expenditure increasedon rice
Diverted to otherneeds
Hand loans to repayinstalments
More expenditure onother items of food
Expenditure on healthdecreased
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INFLUENCE ON WOMENINFLUENCE ON WOMEN
65
28 2922
179
513 13
0
10
20
30
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Influence on WomenNo tension about riceprocurementLess dependency on husband
More focus on daily w ork/w agew orkNo pressure from householdmembersDependency on neighboursreducedRepayment responsibility onhouseholdNo abuse/ ill treatment
Food equity to mother
Self esteem increased
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INFLUENCE ON SHGsINFLUENCE ON SHGs• POSITIVE
– Membership in VO (78%)– Frequency of meetings increased(50.7%)– Improvement of attendance in meetings(53.5%)– Sharing of responsibilities increased(42.4%)– Access to information incerased(57.6%)– Books of accounts improved (46.5%)– Recovery of old arrears (25%)– Conflict resolution and revival of groups (34%)
• NEGATIVE– Decrease in monthly thrift (5%) and diversion of monthly
savings (2%) to RCL – Defaulting and absence to meetings in few groups– Confined to RCL activities (26%)– Bank instalments stopped to repay RCL (4%)– VO solidarity decreased
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OPINION OF OTHER ACTORS…OPINION OF OTHER ACTORS…
PDS-DEALERS
• Supply of poor quality rice
• No taste, no strength
• All are drawing -higher social categories uses for different purposes
• People are afraid of cancellation of PDS Card if not drawn
• Sales beyond time limit
• Demand for additional quota during slack seasons
• Large families mainly come for additional quota
• Less demand for additional quota due to RCL
TRADERS
• Sales down by nearly 30% to 40% due to RCL
• More demand for broken rice
• Purchase of other items increased- on loan basis
• Only 2/3 varieties of rice
• No credit for rice. Earlier 50% on loan basis
• Sale on instalment basis and more payback period
• Trader-buyer relationships weakened
• Business slowly improving because of default and variety of rice
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OPINION OF OTHER ACTORSOPINION OF OTHER ACTORSMILLERS
• Can provide good quality than traders
• Comparatively prices are more than the traders
• Competition among the Millers • Can provide at lower price• Can’t ensure quality at all times• VOs prefer traders than millers• Traders cheat the VO• Can’t supply broken rice • Milling of paddy by the VO not
advisable• MoU between VO-Miller not
possible
FARMERS
• Providing on loan basis
• APL categories can get quality rice at cheaper price
• Variety not as per the need of the poor
• Members giving RCL rice to non-members
• Bulk purchases– Food security, hand loans
• Not supplying the local variety
• Patron-client relations weakened
• Real poor not covered under RCL
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BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES• Planning at SHG level
• Effective functioning of purchase and recovery committees
• Sample collections from different sources
• Comparison between samples and price and obtain consent from all the members
• Distribution only to non-defaulters
• Monitoring and recovery by committees
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PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONSPROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS
ISSUES PROBLEM EXPECTATION
PRICE • High price• No difference between
Open Market and RCL• More than market price
• Rice at low price• Less than market price
by 50 paisa at least
QUALITY • Poor quality of rice• High priced variety• Single variety• Cheaper variety-high price
• Good quality at reasonable price
• Low priced variety
DEPOSIT • Non-affordability• Non-borrowers not paying
• No deposits• More deposit amount
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PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS….PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS….
ISSUES PROBLEM EXPECTATION
PROCURE-MENT
• Millers unable to supply large quantity in short notice• Traders showing quality rice - supplying poor or mixed variety• Faulty weighing• Double polished rice• Some millers –not giving bills• Non availability of rice locally
DISTRI-BUTION
• No indent collection• Equal distribution • Irregular supply• Less supply than request• Untimely/ matched with PDS• Faulty weighing • Supply to non-SHG members
• Compulsory monthly indent • Equal distribution• Regularity • Demand based supply
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PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…
ISSUE PROBLEM EXPECTATION
BOOK-KEEPING
•Records not maintained•No awareness on RCL•Not up to date
•Supply of proper books•Training in book-keeping•Appointment of book-keepers
FUNDS •Misuse of funds•Lack of transparency•Less funds
•Transparency•Increased funds to VO/SHG
MS •Less supply of rice and amount
•Regular and timely payment from MS/Velugu
MONI-TORING
•Absence at all levels •Quality check at the time of supply
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PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…
ISSUE PROBLEM EXPECTATION
REPAYMENT • No time limit/dead line• Instant repayment• Low repaying capacity• Delayed repayment• No repayment
• More payback period and no. of instalments• Fixation of date for repayment
PARTICI-PATION
• Less no. of meetings and discussions• No information• CC non-cooperative• Decisions made by individuals
• Regular meetings• In-depth discussions• Group decision• More assistance from CC
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SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONS
• Less price grains
• Indent collection for every purchase
• Broken rice
• Two varieties of rice
• More responsibilities to VO than RCL Committees
• Regular meetings
• Training in book-keeping to VO on RCL accounting
• Monthly purchases
• Supply based on demand
• Maintenance of buffer stock
• More no. of instalments
• Zero tolerance of default
• Pressure on Millers for quality rice
• Avoid purchases from traders
• Bulk purchases
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