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Transform Rural India
Annual Report 2022-23

PPiA Engagement at National Level

Engagement Partner Operational
Particulars Ministry/ Status
Department
Technical Assistance Ministry of Rural On going
to DAY-NRLM Development
PPiA Fellowships Planning Cell, MGNREGS, �• State Government has Irrigation for All: Ensuring
[http://www.ppiafellow.in/] Government of Jharkhand committed an investment of Doubling Farm Income with Strategic Support Unit Ministry of Home On going
INR 500 Cr for viability gap JSLPS-SIEC (State Irrigation for Vibrant Village Affairs, Border
�• The Public Policy in Action The Mahatma Gandhi National funding (additional Execution cell) Programme Management Division
(PPiA) Fellowship is a 3-year Rural Employment Guarantee commitment for material
intensive program.The Act (MGNREGS) is a program component) for construction The Jharkhand government
fellowship program offers a that provides rural wage of 1 Lakh wells for fostering has started a project called Strategic Support Unit for Ministry of On going
Panchayati Raj
win-win opportunity for both employment in India. In the rural irrigation. "Irrigation for All" to double Ministry of localization of
the government and young state of Jharkhand, they have �• The Planning Cell supports farmers' income. They gave a SDGs and Model GPDP
talent. taken several initiatives with sustainable livelihood pilot grant of Rs. 100 crores to
�• Fellows can work embedded technical support from the through rural individual Jharkhand State Livelihood Aspirational District NITI Aayog Concluded
within the government for a Planning Cell to create durable assetization through Promotion Society to carry out Fellowship- MP and UP during the
year
short duration and contribute assets by utilizing labor budget dovetailing various the project. State Irrigation
their skill-sets, perspectives, for MGNREGS. state-sponsored flagship Execution Cell (SIEC), a part of
and linkages. schemes. JSLPS, is leading the project Strategic Support Unit- Ministry of
The Planning Cell works closely by designing and Agriculture and On going
�• This program provides young with the Department of Rural �• The Cell contributes its implementing it. SIEC is using Convergence between farmers Welfare
professionals with invaluable Development, Government of expertise in facilitating digital tools for site MoRD and MoAFW
experience of working within Jharkhand in design systemic changes in the verification, scheme
the government and offers development and implementation of development, and end-to-end
them the chance to be implementation. They have MGNREGS. implementation.
mentored by the best. conceptualised and grounded �• A total of 7.53 Lakh individual Women-Village

�• Highly motivated young several landmark initiatives assets covering 9 Lakh Organizations/Water User
professionals can apply to such as creating fruit orchards, households with an Groups are funding the
work with the government. nurseries, ponds, animal sheds, investment of INR 1000 project and taking care of the
wells, and more by dovetailing Crores have been created. installed irrigation systems.
�• Fellows with high state schemes with MGNREGS. The project has been
performance support and �• Major initiatives of Jharkhand implemented in 751 schemes
linkages, and downstream Here are some highlights of Government where Planning across 7 districts, benefiting
support available from TRI their achievements: Cell contributed includes 12,023 farmers in 553
teams. deployment and training of
• An investment of INR 1000 Cr women Mates & Bare Foot completed schemes. There
�• Access to a whole array of + has been made in are 198 new schemes being
solutions in the TRI MGNREGS in the last three Technicians, convergence implemented with the aim to
ecosystem can quickly turn years. initiatives with other achieve 20,000 acres of
the fellows into valuable departments, and Birsa command area generation.
contributors. �• Women beneficiaries are Sinchai Koop Samvardhan The government is planning to
prioritised under MGNREGS, Yojana targeting 1 Lakh extend the project to 6 new
and their participation is irrigation wells. blocks with a budget of Rs. 60
around 47%. crore.

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