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VISHWA YUVAK KENDRAINTERNATIONAL YOUTH CENTRE

OCTOBER 2007NEWSLETTER VOL.33, ISSUE 4

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ectorVishwa Yuvak Kendra dedicated this period (July – September) to research, formulation, co-ordination andimplementation of one of its recent initiatives at grass-root level. To uplift the economic condition of rural peopleand to equip them, Kendra decided to organise Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development Programme foryoung farmers in various States.

The contribution of agriculture to India’s GDP is less than 20%, a disappointing figure from the sector thatprovides employment to nearly 70% of the population. Nearly 51% of Indian land is under cultivation, a figurewhich is more than many developed countries, but our agricultural yield is very low and we are not able tooptimally utilise the resources available to us. The Kendra felt that the main reason for India lagging behind wasthe lack of awareness of the modern technologies in the agriculture sector, and the reluctance of Indian farmersto embrace technological breakthroughs in agriculture. Kendra, therefore, decided to provide the farmers withappropriate information that would enable them to incorporate these modern methods of agriculture into theirsystem, and help them to derive the benefits that such systems have to offer.

The first programme was conducted at Vidarbha, Maharashtra from 21 - 25 August, 2007. While the area is moreknown for cases of farmers' suicide, it also has great agricultural viabilities. Out of 50 participants in the aboveprogramme 10 were women, amongst whom 3 were widows of the farmers who committed suicide. They werevery much eager to help themselves from falling into a debt trap. The participants in Gujarat were in a positionto adopt new innovative ideas and challenging techniques. The programme at Demai village of Sabarkanthadistrict was conducted from 10 - 16 September, 2007 and was attended by 47 participants. Inspite of bad weathercondition and heavy rain, farmers at Buxar in Bihar joined in good numbers in the training programme organisedfrom 21 - 25 September, 2007. At the end of the training, all the 50 farmers realised that new methodologies andtechniques of agriculture could bring remarkable changes to their life style.

With the support of eminent resource persons from various fields of agriculture, i.e. floriculture, horticulture, bee-keeping, dairy management, as well as local administration and banks, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra has been enablingthe young farmers of rural India in realising their dream of a better life. The Kendra plans to cover 15 states bythe end of March, 2008. Follow-up of each training would take place after six months of undertaking the programme.Vishwa Yuvak Kendra has been trying to empower rural India to put its steps forward, and to move ahead towardsa sustainable development.

To further strengthen the project on developing Kashi-Ka-Bas (Rajasthan) into a model village, anEntrepreneurship Development Programme for the unemployed youth was organised at Kashi-ka-Bas from 17-20 July, 2007. It also provided training on NGO Management from 17-25 July, 2007, in New Delhi, where 17 NGOworkers from different parts of the country got benefited. The success of Awareness Generation Programme forWomen at Kendra's Community Development Centre at Netaji Nagar was also evaluated through its follow upprogramme. During this quarter, Kendra successfully reached varied target groups, i.e. NGO workers, youngfarmers, rural entrepreneurs and women.

Suresh Ambekar

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It is important to create awareness and educate youth

at the basic level, in the art of ‘Entrepreneurial Skills’

in their own area of interest, taking into consideration

the need and availability of the resources. The youth

must be constantly motivated and encouraged by way

of awareness and training which makes them

competent and capable of starting their own

enterprises.

Entrepreneurship Development Programme, with its

unique hands-on exercises, brainstorming sessions

and discussions helps in meeting the demands of

these aspiring young entrepreneurs.

Thus, keeping in mind the need of today’s youth, scope

and significance of such programmes, Vishwa Yuvak

Kendra, in collaboration with Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj

Trust, organised an Entrepreneurship Development

Programme from 17-20 July 2007, at Kashi - Ka -

Bas in the district of Sikar, Rajasthan. 35 educated

unemployed youth actively participated in the

programme.

OBJECTIVES

1. To equip the participants with entrepreneurial traits

and skills.

2. Assisting in improving upon weak areas for

building up their personality to become successful

entrepreneurs.

3. To create awareness with the business and

industrial environment and to equip them with the

information about various resources, incentives,

opportunities and the facilities available to them

for establishing small, cottage and tiny industrial

units or businesses.

4. To develop managerial skills to manage their

business efficiently.

5. To assist and guide in identifying viable unit in view

of competence, skills and availability of necessary

resources.

6. Motivate youth for self-employment.

COURSE CONTENT

1. Achievement Motivation Training

2. Project Identification

3. Market Survey and Market Management

4. Preparation of Project Report of Identified

Business

5. Project Planning and Implementation

6. Guidance and Assistance to Participants for

Preparation of Loan and Subsidy Application.

7. Role of Various Support Agencies.

8. Goal Setting

9. Decision Making

10. Risk Taking

FACULTY

Apart from the Programme Officers of Vishwa Yuvak

Kendra, the training programme was facilitated by the

resource persons from various fields like Bank,

NABARD, District Industry Centre and Khadi & Village

Industries Board.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEAT KASHI-KA-BAS

(17-20 July,2007)

Trainees and Kendra faculty

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The growing trust and dependency of common

people on NGO sectors for a better tomorrow have

encouraged many to set up new NGOs. However,

sustainability of such NGOs has been increasingly

becoming a major concern. As the NGOs grow and

change, they face lots of management dilemmas e.g.

the dilemmas of governance and accountability,

l Formation of NGOs : Agency Administration

(Registration, Constitution, and Bye-Laws)

l Financial Administration of NGOs.

l Human Resource Development in NGOs.

l Project Formulation.

l Resource Mobilisation (Local, Govt. Agencies,

Foreign Agencies).

l Networking with other NGOs.

Besides Kendra’s own faculty, there were eminent

resource persons who took sessions on the above

topics. 17 participants from various grassroot level

organisations across the country attended the training

programme.

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON NGO MANAGEMENT

(17-25 July,2007)

participation and partnership, measuring

achievements, organisational learning, resource

mobilisation, sustainability, gender equity and human

resources. The route to compliance in NGO sectors

also lies in satisfying the self-motivation of staff and

volunteers.

To meet the challenges of NGO management and to

impose a set of management structures and

decision-making processes to ensure organisational

development, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra organised a

training programme on NGO Management from 17-

25 July,2007. Following areas were covered during

the training:

l Concept, Definition, Characteristics and Role of

NGOs.

l History of Voluntary Movement before and after

Independence.

Participatory session

Session in progress

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AGRO BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIPDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The emerging economic scenario of the country has

made us realise that it is important to work for the

improvement of agricultural sector, which is still the

source of livelihood for about 70% of Indian population.

Keeping this in mind, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, decided

to conduct Agro-based Entrepreneurship Develop-

ment Programme, so that more and more youth could

be involved and motivated to undertake Agro-based

Entrepreneurship.

Specific Objectives of the Programme:

l To create awareness among the farmers,

especially young farmers about technological

breakthrough in agriculture - non traditional crops

with new variety and new methods.

l To help them create opportunities to earn more

income and thus enabling them gain self-

confidence and live a meaningful life.

l To make linkages between farmers and

agriculture institutes/departments, banks and

progressive farmers so that they get necessary

information and support to do farming on

commercial basis.

l To orient the participants on the importance of IT

for update of latest information on farming with a

new approach.

l To get them courage to cope up with stress and

strain of crop failure or any other problem.

To achieve the above mentioned objectives, VYK has

planned to conduct training programme on Agro-

based EDP in 15 States of the country. They are

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa,

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,

Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,

Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Uttarakhand. This is being

implemented with the collaboration of local NGOs /

Organisations, in those States.

Topics covered in the programme

1). Type of land, soil chemistry and preparation of

land.

2). Cultivation of cotton, types of seeds, insects in

cotton, BT cotton, irrigation for cotton

3). Planning for monsoon and winter crops, loan

facilities, insurance.

4). Protection of different crops, use of pesticides.

5). Different fruit crops, care of fruit crops.

6). Different variety of potato and papaya, co-

operative farming, entomology.

7). Different type of fertilisers, their nutrition value.

8). Advantages of organic farming, personal

experiences of organic farming.

9). Commodity exchange and farmers.

10). Different winter crops, choice of seeds, phases

of fertilizers.

11). Visit to fruit plantations raised by progressive

farmers.

12). Organic farming in potatoes, maximum

utilisation of water through drip irrigation method,

other different methods of water conservation.

12). Selection of water pumps, types of water

pumps, problems and solutions.

13). Visit to a dairy farm.

15). Different types of cows, milk production,

diseases in animals, prevention and treatment

16) Visit to a horticulture farm owned by a

progressive farmer.

Collaborative NGOs will keep an update of the day to

day activities carried out by the farmers. They will

follow-up with the farmers and will also extend their

help on any issue related to farming. They will send

the follow-up report to VYK regularly.

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Special Characteristics: Adoption and Promotion of

Organic Farming through Wormi Compost/Organic

Manure/Pesticides, etc. Also Promotion of Horticulture

LIST OF RESOURCE PERSONS

Name Topics

] Mr. Sunil Manginka Production andGonvigyan Process of UtilisationAnusandhan Kendra of Gau WasteDevelapara, Nagpur

] Dr. Mendhey Types of Soil and LandHead of Department Uses of EffectiveAgronomy College of Irrigation.Agriculture, Nagpur

] Dr. V.Y. Deotale Bio-sects ProductionAssociate Professor Process and itsDept. of Entomology UsesCollege of Agriculture,Nagpur

] Dr. Prof. Shembekar Types of HorticultureAssociate Professor Production and itsDepartment of Uses asHorticulture, College Entrepreneurshipof Agriculture, Nagpur

] Mr.Manohar Parchure Know Your Land andOpp. Kunbi Samaj its Productivity,Karlyalaya, Ramnagar methods ofNagpur developing the

Agricultureproductivity

] Ujjal Hazarika Use of InformationNASSCOM Technology inFoundation agriculturalNew Delhi productivity

] Dr. O.P. Dave Micro-Lab : BreakingExecutive Director the ice.Indian Institute ofSocial Development,Indore, Madhya Pradesh

MAHARASHTRA

VYK organised its first training programme on Agro-

based Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Indian

Institute of Youth Welfare, Nagpur, Maharashtra from

21-25 August, 2007. The venue of the programme

was the IIYW training complex at Lonara village near

Nagpur.

Gadchiroli, Yeotmal, and Chandrapur districts of

Vidarbha area were identified for selection of the

participants. 50 young farmers including 10 women

participated in the programme.

Special Characteristics : Promotion of Co-operative

Farming and Horticulture through Drip Irrigation

Method.

GUJARAT

Session in progress

Lighting the lamp

Distribution of certificate

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Special Characteristics : Kisan Club as an

instrument for the development of farmers.

The third Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development

Programme was conducted in the district of Buxar,

LIST OF RESOURCE PERSONSName Topics

] Mr. Keshubhai Patel Type of land, soilRetd. Extension Officer chemistry, preparation(Agriculture) of land

] Mr. Mohanbhai Cultivation of cotton,Brahmabhatt, different seeds ofRetd. Asstt. Director cotton, insects inAgri/Farmer cotton, BT cotton,

irrigation in cotton] Mr. Amrutbhai Patel Planning for monsoon

Retd. Additional Director and winter crops, loan(Agriculture) facilities, insurance

] Mr. Narshibhai Patel Protection of differentRetd. Asstt. Director crops, use of(Agriculture) pesticides.

] Mr. Shrikant Patel Different fruit crops, careB.Sc.(Hort)/Farmer of fruit crops

] Mr. Bhavesbhai Patel Different variety ofM.Sc.(Agri)/Farmer potato and papaya, co-

operative farming,Entomology

] GNFC Team Different type offertilisers, their nutritionvalue

] Mr. Kantibhai Patel Advantages of organicRetd. Co-op. Bank farming, personalManager/Farmer experiences of organic

farming] Mr. Shah, Vice President, Commodity exchange

Ahmedabad Commodity and farmersExchange with team

] Mr. Mohanbhai Different winter crops,Brahmabhatt Retd. Asst. choice of seed, phasesDirector (Agri)/Farmer of fertilisers

] Mr. Dhirubhai (Ajabpura) Visit of fruit plantationsMr. Shrikantbhai (Savela)

] Mr. Shankarbhai Patel Organic farming inFarmer potatoes, maximum

utilisation of water,different methods ofwater conservation

] Mr. Pintoo Choice of water pumps,KSB Pumps Pvt. Ltd. types of water pumps,Ahmedabad problems and solutions

] Mr. Govindbhai Patel Visit to a cow Tabela] Dr. Prakash Mistri Different types of cow,

Veterinary Officer milk production,diseases in animals,vaccination in animals

LIST OF RESOURCE PERSONSName Topics

] Mr. Ranvir Singh Overview of AgricultureDistrict Agricultural in Buxar districtOfficer, Buxar

] Mr. Ram Das Upadhyaya Organic FarmingProgressive Farmer

] Mr. M.N. Jha Role of Bank inManager, State Bank Agriculture Developmentof India (Lead Bank)

] Mr. Hem Chandra Fertilisers and its usesChaudhari in AgriculturalAgro Scientist Development, SoilKarnataka Agro Chemical Testing and itsFertiliser usefulness

] Mr. Tapan Choudhry Achievement MotivationSenior ProgrammeOfficer, VYK

] Mr. Ajit Kumar Rai - do -Programme Officer, VYK

] Mr. Satendra Kumar Singh Uses of Fertilisers andAgro Specialist, Buxar Pesticides

] Mr. Ashok Kumar Rai Potato Farming in U.P.Progressive Farmer

] Mr. Ajay Kumar Rai - do -Progressive Farmer

] Mr. Dhanraj Singh Hybrid Varieties ofProgressive Farmer Cauliflower Cultivation

BIHAR

In Gujarat, VYK organised the programme in

collaboration with Gujarat State Crime Prevention

Trust, Ahmedabad from 10 - 16 September, 2007.

The programme was conducted at village Demai, in

the district of Sabarkantha, Gujarat. 47 participants

from nearby villages attended the programme.

The training programme commenced with lighting of

lamp by Smt. Ilaben, Managing Trustee, Gujarat

Crime Prevention Trust and Mr. Tapan Chaudhry,

Senior Programme Officer, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra.

After formal inauguration of the programme, both of

them addressed the participants and briefed them

on the core objectives of the programme. Participants

found the sessions and field visits very useful.

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Bihar from 25-29 September, 2007 in collaboration

with a local NGO, Gyanoday. A total of 52 young

farmers from 8 villages participated in the programme.

Some of the participants were progressive farmers

who shared their experiences of growing non-

traditional crops with new approach. Resource

persons included district agriculture officer, agro-

scientist, progressive farmers, lead bank manager,

farmers practising organic farming. The presence of

the district agriculture officer was a motivating factor

for the farmers as he promised to make fertilisers

available in the open market throughout the year. Last

year there was a crisis of fertiliser when the farmers

needed the most. However, he also shared with the

farmers that he was planning to popularise the

cultivation of non-traditional crops such as medicinal

plants, vegetables, etc. in the district of Buxar. Steps

would also be taken to create market for these

products.

IN THE FIELD

Vishwa Yuvak Kendra undertakes surveys from time-

to-time at its community at Netaji Nagar, to examine

the socio-economic conditions of the people living

there. Based on the needs of the community, Kendra

organises various awareness-generation and

sensitising programmes, literacy classes for the

children and adolescent girls, imparts income

generating skills to women, health and sanitation

drives through weekly health camps. As far as the

weekly health camps are concerned, Kendra focuses

on timely vaccinations and immunisation of all the

children and pregnant women.

Kendra has successfully promoted healthy living and

enlightened the people of Netaji Nagar community on

the importance of education, values, maintenance of

health and hygiene, cleanliness, sanitation etc.

Kendra has a plan to start a Drug De-addiction Centre

at the community in collaboration with SUPPORT, an

NGO dedicated to serve the society for drug de-

addiction. The main target group would be young boys

working as rag pickers, unemployed youth, street

children and others falling in this category.

Vishwa Yuvak Kendra conducted followingprogrammes at the community in the last quarter:

FOLLOW UP — AWARENESSGENERATION PROGRAMME

Vishwa Yuvak Kendra with the support of Delhi Social

Welfare Board (DSWB) organised three Awareness

Generation Camps at Netaji Nagar community from

27 February - 8 March, 9-16 March, and 19-26 March

2007. There were 21 participants each in the first and

the second camp, and 24 in the third camp. After three

months, follow up programme was organised by

Kendra, where staff from DSWB evaluated the

programme. Follow up programme was of two days

duration for each group. The programme was

conducted between 26 June and 3 July 2007. It was

observed that the Awareness Generation camps

enabled women of the community to develop positive

attitude towards necessary changes for a better life

as well as understanding the importance of education,

hygiene and sanitation. However, they would require

more support and training in income generating

activities.

Participants attending the session

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girls. The trainees also prepared the children for

various competitions for the celebration of

‘Independence Day’.

AWARENESS GENERATION RALLY

On 6 September 2007, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra

organised an Awareness Generation Rally on Child

Marriage. 18 children participated in the rally which

was witnessed by nearly 150 people of the

INDEPENDENCE DAY

To celebrate the ‘Independence Day’, Vishwa Yuvak

Kendra organised a programme for the children at

Netaji Nagar on the 15 August 2007.

Nearly 180 people of the community participated in

various events and competitions, which lasted almost

two hours. The M.S.W. students from Mizoram

University and Delhi School of Social Work helped in

organising the whole event.

The day was celebrated by the children of the Netaji

Nagar with lots of fun and gaiety. Several outdoor

games, singing and dancing events were organised.

The programme came to an end with the distribution

of sweets to the children and all others present.

BLOCK FIELDWORK PLACEMENTS

Mr. Benjamin Lalnunpuia Chawngthu and Mr.Joseph

Lalmuanpuia, M.S.W final year students from Mizoram

University, Aizawl, were placed at Vishwa Yuvak

Kendra for the Block Field Work from 6 August - 14

September 2007.

Project works were assigned to the students and

accordingly they visited the Community Development

Project at Netaji Nagar for 6 days a week. They also

assisted in organising weekly health camps, literacy

classes for the children in the morning and income

generation activities in the afternoon for the adolescent

Independence Day celebration

Children’s participation

community. The children carried posters relevant to

the theme and raised slogans. The message was

clearly conveyed to the people of the community.

Shri Suresh Ambekar , Director VYK, acted

as a jury member of the Screening

Committee of Doordarshan Annual Awards,

2007 on the invitation of PRASAR

BHARATI (Broadcasting Corporation of

India).

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Housing is one of the basic requirements for human

survival. For a normal citizen owning a house provides

significant economic security and status in society.

For a shelterless person, a house brings about a

profound social change in his existence, endowing

him with an identity, thus integrating him with his

immediate social milieu.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of Indira Awaas Yojana

is primarily to help construction of dwelling units by

members of Scheduled Castes/ Schedule Tribes,

freed bonded labourers and also non- SC/ST rural

poor below the poverty line by providing them with

grant-in-aid.

TARGET GROUP: The target group for houses

under Indira Awaas Yojana is people below poverty

line living in rural areas belonging to Scheduled

Castes/ Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers

and non-SC/ST Categories. A maximum of 40% of

the total IAY allocation during a financial year can be

utilised for construction of dwelling units for non-SC/

ST BPL categories. From 1995-96, the IAY benefits

have been extended to widows or next-of-kin of

defence personnel and paramilitary forces killed in

action irrespective of the income criteria subject to

the condition that (i) they reside in rural areas; (ii) they

have not been covered under any other scheme of

shelter rehabilitation; and (iii) they are houseless or

in need of shelter or shelter upgradation. Benefits

have also been extended to ex-servicemen and retired

members of the paramilitary forces as long as they

fulfill the normal eligibility conditions of the Indira Awaas

Yojana (IAY) and have not been covered under any

other shelter rehabilitation scheme. The priority in the

matter of allotment of houses to the ex-servicemen

and paramilitary forces and their dependents will be

out of 40% of the houses set apart for allotment among

the non-SC/ST categories of beneficiaries.

Funds to the tune of 3% is earmarked for the benefit

of disabled persons below poverty line. This

reservation of 3% under IAY for disabled persons

below the poverty line would be horizontal reservation

i.e., disabled persons belonging to sections like SCs,

STs and Others would fall in their respective

categories.

IDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES: District

Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) / Zilla

Parishads on the basis of allocations made and

targets fixed shall decide the number of houses to be

constructed Panchayat wise under IAY during a

particular financial year. The same shall be intimated

to the Gram Panchayat. Thereafter, the Gram Sabha

will select the beneficiaries from the list of eligible

households according to IAY guidelines and as per

priorities fixed, restricting this number to the target

allotted. No approval of the Panchayat Samiti is

required. The Panchayat Samiti should however, be

sent a list of selected beneficiaries for their

information.

PRIORITY IN SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES:Priotisation of beneficiaries is as follows:

(i) Freed bonded labourers,

(ii) SC/ST households

(iii) Non- SC/ST households

(iv) Physically handicapped

(v) Families and widows of personnel from defence

services/ para-military forces, killed in action, ex-

servicemen and retired members of the

paramilitary forces.

(vi) Displaced persons on account of developmental

projects, nomadic, semi-nomadic and de-notified

tribal and families with disabled members, subject

to the condition that these households belong to

below poverty line category.

INDIRA AWAAS YOJANA (IAY)

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ALLOTMENT OF HOUSES: Allotment of dwelling

units should be in the name of female member of the

beneficiary household. Alternatively, it can be allotted

in the name of both husband and wife.

LOCATION OF INDIRA AWAAS YOJANA: Indira

Awaas Yojana dwelling units should normally be built

on individual plots in the main habitation of the village.

The houses can also be built in a cluster within a

habitation, so as to facilitate the development of

infrastructure, such as, internal roads, drainage,

drinking water supply etc., and other common

facilities. Care should always be taken to see that

the houses under IAY are located close to the village

and not far away so as to ensure safety and security,

nearness to work place and social communication.

UPPER LIMIT FOR CONSTRUCTIONASSISTANCE: Ceiling on construction of assistance

under IAY is Rs.17,500 as Construction of house

including Sanitary Latrine and Smokeless Chulla for

houses in plain areas and Rs. 19,500/- for Hilly /

Difficult areas. In case the houses are not built in

cluster/ micro-habit approach, Rs. 2,500/- provided

for infrastructure and common facilities should be

given to the beneficiary for construction of his house.

INVOLVEMENT OF BENEFICIARIES: The

beneficiary should be involved in the construction of

the house. To this end, the beneficiaries may make

their own arrangements for construction material,

engage skilled workmen and also contribute family

labour. The beneficiaries will have complete freedom

as to the manner of construction of the house.

BAN ON CONTRACTORS OR DEPARTMENTALCONSTRUCTIONS: No contractor is to be engaged

for the construction of dwelling units under IAY, by the

DRDA/ ZP. If any case of construction through

contractor comes to notice, Government of India will

have a right to recover the allocation made to the State

for those IAY houses.

APPROPRIATE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOL-OGY AND LOCAL MATERIALS: Effort should be

made to utilise, to the maximum possible extent, lo-

cal materials and cost effective technologies devel-

oped by various institutions .

TYPE DESIGN: No type design should be prescribed

for IAY dwelling units, except that the plinth area of

the houses should not be less than 20 sq. Mts.

FUEL EFFICIENT CHULHAS: It should be ensured

that all Indira Awaas Yojana dwelling units are provided

with a smokeless chulha which are fuel efficient and

being smoke free are healthy and more convenient

to use.

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY: The availability of

drinking water supply should be ensured by the

agencies responsible for the implementation of the

Indira Awaas Yojana.

SANITATION AND SANITARY LATRINES:Construction of sanitary latrine forms an integral part

of Indira Awaas Yojana dwelling unit.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND SOCIALFORESTRY: Plantation of trees in the entire habitat

or around the individual house should be taken up

simultaneously.

INVOLVEMENT OF NON-GOVERNMENTALORGANISATIONS: Suitable local voluntary agencies

with proven good track record wherever available may

be associated indirectly with the construction of Indira

Awaas Yojana dwelling units. The supervision

guidance and the monitoring of construction can be

entrusted to these non-governmental organisations.

PAYMENT TO BENEFICIARIES: Payment should

be made to the beneficiary on staggered basis

depending on the progress of the work. The entire

money should not be paid to the beneficiary in lump

sum. Installments of payment to be linked to the

progress of work can be decided by the State

Government or at the district level.

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INDIAN JOURNAL OFYOUTH AFFAIRS

Vishwa Yuvak Kendra brings out

the Indian Journal of Youth Affairs

- a bi-annual journal on social,

cultural, economic and political

issues related to youth. It aims at

providing readers with

interdisciplinary, research-based

information and analysis on

various youth related subjects. The journal is made

available to all national and international institutions/

organisations, students and faculty on a very nominal

subscription rate.

Annual Subscription Rates

1 Year 2 Years

India Rs. 150.00 Rs. 275.00

Foreign $ 20.00 $ 35.00

INFOSHAREA Publication of National ResourceCentre on YouthIt has always been Vishwa Yuvak Kendra's effort to

reach out the relevant information

to all concerned. Keeping this aim

in mind National Resource Centre

on Youth (NRCY) was established

with the resources we had at our

disposal.

The Resource Centre has been

maintaining a ‘Computerised

Database of Articles’ on youth and other social issues

to facilitate and support research and training

activities. It brings out a half-yearly indexing bulletin

InfoShare, to disseminate the relevant information to

all concerned. The information contained in this bulletin

is nascent and very much of interest to social

scientists, research scholars and development

workers. The publication is available on subscription

basis to all national institutions, students and faculty.

Annual Subscription Rates

India Abroad

Single Copy Rs. 50.00 $ 10.00

One year Rs. 100.00 $ 20.00

Two years Rs. 175.00 $ 35.00

REPORT OF THE NATIONALWORKSHOP ON RIGHT TOINFORMATION (RTI)(11-13 July 2006)

Contents:

l Proceedings of the Workshop

l Copy of RTI Act 2005 (English

and Hindi)

l A Guide on How to Use RTI Act,

2005

l List of Chief Information

Commissioners of Centres and

States

l Format of Application Form (Suggested

Guidelines)

l Delhi Right to Information Act 2001

l Names and Addresses of DRTI Act Competent

Authorities

REPORT OF THE TRAININGPROGAMME ON WATERCONSERVATION / HARVESTINGAND DROUGHT MANAGEMENT(29 - 31 August 2006)

Contents:

l Water Management/Conservation and Drought

Management - Concept & Meaning

l Water Right: State, Community and Market

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l 100 Water Saving Tips

l Do's & Don'ts on Water around Home

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l Disaster Management: Concept and Meaning,

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l Disaster Management: Methods and

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An American Witness to India's PartitionTalbot, Philips: 2007

Agribusiness Management Bhatia, Gangadhar: 2007

Becoming a Social Worker Cree, Viviene E.: 2003

Changing Role of Voluntary OrganisationsGupta, R. K.: 2007

Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2007Social Watch India: 2007

Communal Violence and MinoritiesLobo, Lancy and Das, Biswaroop: 1995

Community Development: A Critical ApproachLedwith, Margaret: 2006

Constructing Dalit Identity Arun, C. Joe.: 2007

Disaster Management and RehabilitationDasgupta, Rajdeep: 2007

Emerging Social Crisis in IndiaPanchal, R. K.: 2006

Ideologies and Social Work: Historical andContemporaries Analysis Desai, Murli: 2006

India's External Intelligence: Secrets of Research andAnalysis Wing (RAW) Singh, V. K.: 2007

Last Thousand Days of British EmpireClark, Peter: 2007

Management and Organisations in Social WorkHafford-Letchfield, Trish.: 2006

Networking with NGOs for Development: IndianPerspective Pandya, Rameshwari: 2006

Organization Development Vasu Deva: 2006

Parliamentary System Sourie, Arun: 2007

Practical Handbook on Right to InformationPuri, V. K.: 2007

Role of Women in Family Tiwari, Geeta: 2006

Sex, Drugs and Young PeopleAggleton, Andrew Ball: 2006

Social Work Practice: Concepts, Processes andInterviewing Bogo, Marion: 2007

Sociology for Social Workers and Probation OfficersCree, Viviene E.: 2000

Urbanization of India Naik, N. T. K.: 2007

Women Participation in Panchayati RajSingla, Pamela.: 2007

Youth Vision 2020 towards Building an India of our ChoiceSatapathy, Sachidananda: 2007

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