INITIAL INCEPTION REPORT

PROMOTION OF LARGE
SCALE TASAR
SERICULTURE BASED
LIVELIHOODS IN
CHHATTISGARH

Under
MAHILA KISAN SASHAKTIKARAN PARIYOJANA (MKSP-NTFP)
(A sub-component of NRLM)

Project Implementing Agency (PIA):

PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTION

(PRADAN)
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A. Organization (PIA) detail

PRADAN is a voluntary organization registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. PRADAN was founded on
the belief that individuals with knowledge resources and empathy towards the marginalized must work with poor
people if mass poverty is to be removed proactively. PRADAN’s works in an “area saturation” approach, attempting to
reach out to most poor people in the geographical area of operation of a project team around four broad themes of
engagement – expanding livelihood opportunities, work on rights and entitlements, access to basic services for poor
people and getting caring and capable people on board to do so at an expanding rate. PRADAN professionals, divided
into 36 teams, work with over 3 lakh families in 4,138 villages across eight of the poorest states in the country to
stimulate and support these poorer households to dream for a better future and stimulate their sense of agency. 

In PRADAN the primary units of social mobilization at the grassroots are SHGs. PRADAN consider SHGs as foundation
to assist community especially woman in her movement towards sustainable livelihoods and well-being in a way that
she takes charge of her own development. A SHG1 begins as a thrift and credit association of poor women with similar
social and existential contexts.

PRADAN works with the community to develop sustainable sources of livelihoods. The activities have evolved over the
year and vary across different locations and states. The broad categories of our livelihood intervention are:

 Improved agriculture around food and cash crops

 Integrated Natural Resource Management; involving
- Improvement of land & water resources in the lands of poor,
- Raising plantations both fruit and others of economic value,
- Forest based livelihoods like Tasar, Lac etc
- Livestock based livelihoods, and
 Rural micro-enterprises

PRADAN assists SHG member families to take up one or several of these streams, so that each family would
eventually be able to generate additional income equivalent to 200 days’ local peak wages. PRADAN organizes
exposure and training programmes, trains community based service providers (such as pump operators, suppliers of
critical inputs and services, etc.) selected by the SHGs, promotes producer organisations 2 where necessary, develops
service linkages and leverages missing infrastructure from public agencies.

B. Executive summary of the project / Brief description of the project

1. Objective

The proposed project will be implemented by PRADAN in Raigarh, Bastar, Dhamtari, Bilaspur, Sarguja & Kanker
districts of Chhattisgarh seeks to work with 4,055 families particularly focusing on Tasar as a sub sector through
women SHGs as the mobilization base.

The current state of affairs in Tasar sector in the State warrants attention to improve infrastructure support in seed
multiplication, promoting establishment of Tasar host plants as economic block plantations, effective utilization of
existing resources/infrastructure, extension support for effective dissemination of technologies/improved package of
practices for cultivation, rearing of silkworms, upgrading skill levels of the farmers to undertake sericulture activities
for income generation, generating adequate trained manpower with technical knowledge and motivational skills,
revamping departmental machineries for implementation of development initiatives and their monitoring,
coordinating with line Departments, directing efforts for privatization and emphasizing the development of
entrepreneurship in Tasar silk sector, with the help of Community Based Organizations. The broad and specific
objectives of the project are as follows:
1
Self Help Group
2
PRADAN has so far promoted 13 poultry cooperatives in MP, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand under the new State level Mutually Aided
Cooperative Societies Acts and 3 Tasar rearers co-opertive in Bihar and Jharkahnd, more are planned in the near future.

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 Building capacities of all participating families in adopting skills to effectively and profitably engage
in livelihood activities based on Tasar sericulture,
 Introduction of improved technologies and practices to push the productivity frontiers for
accelerated growth in Tasar Sector,
 Strengthening seed sector to eliminate the key supply constraint in Tasar sericulture.
 Investment to create alternative market mechanisms to ensure fair prices for cocoons.
 Promote Producers’ collective to provide sustainable systems of services to producers.
 Design development and dissemination

The main focus of the this project is to facilitate rapid growth in the sub-sector of Tasar Sericulture through capacity
building of poor tribal families to facilitate adoption of improved technologies and practices and enabling them to
access mainstream markets to sustain the economic gains.

2. Tasks

The details of the task to perform, the plans to perform and the present status is captured in the following table

Tasks Plan Status

Preparation of DPR
Recruitment of project
Staff
Preparation of Project
Implementation Plan &
Flow
Orientation & training
of staff on MKSP
The Detailed project Report of the state will be made In progress
by taking care of all the norms of the project within
first quarter.
Recruitment of staffs will be done at different levels All the staff planned have been
for implementation at the village level to staffs that placed except project specific
will monitor at block, district, state and at project assistants and subject matter
level. Staffs that will provide support in maintenance specialists (SMS) for whom the
of accounts and information. process is on
PRADAN teams at the district level would anchor the Will be initiated after the
implementation of the project. The teams would recruitment process is over
make plan (as part of the Annual plan of the Team)
and set up Field Implementation Units (FIU) that
would spearhead grassroots action. The field
implementation units would be based at Block level
and would be comprise of Professionals, Subject
Matter specials and assistant. The FIU would work in
the existing SHG clusters and would directly engage
with the producers to form primary groups, train
producers and CRPs3, provide support in planning
and implementation and create mechanisms for
sustenance.
Training of staffs on Tasar sericulture, agriculture, Will be initiated after the
SHG promotion and activity group promotion will be completion of recruitment
important to build understanding around MKSP4 process

Training & exposure
visits of members of
generic and livelihood
community based
organizations
Existing community based organizations viz. Women Will be initiated after the
self help groups (SHGs) and producer groups will be formation of the groups
strengthened to consolidate the ongoing activity
while new groups will be formed to expand the
activity in neighboring areas.

Finalization and Cluster/Villages which have potentiality to undertake Will be initiated soon
Identification of Tasar Sericulture as an activity based on availability
potential of host plant or potentiality to raise host plant will be

3
Community Resource Persons
4
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana

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Tasks Plan Status

village/cluster mapped out. It would start after orientation.

Baseline Survey A baseline data on Tasar sericulture practices, Will be initiated soon
farmers Knowledge around the activity, status of
SHG and agriculture shall be done in the identified
project villages.

Project Inception This workshop will be organized at State level and all Will be initiated soon
Workshop the stakeholders will be invited to understand the
project and roles of the stakeholders.

SHG saturation in the Formation of SHGs in the project villages will be done Will be done after the village
selected area in a saturation mode identification

Introductory discussion Discussion on implementation with role clarity of Will be done after the SHG
in SHG and at village various actors; Family and village level planning saturation
level steps; PEC (Project Execution Committee) formation,
CRP selection

Identification of SHG This process will go on simultaneously during village The process will be initiated
members selection in consultation with SHG members. just after the Introductory
discussion in SHG and at
village level

formation & training of All the families under the selected village would be Will be initiated soon
TVS & PEC covered under SHGs and an activity group would be
formed out SHGs called Tasar Vikas Samity (TVS) to
take up the activities. Selected members of the TVS
will form Project Execution committee (PEC) at the
village level. PEC is the executing body at village
level and would be trained before implementation. It
would be responsible for execution of project.
Community exposure Before planning at village level, the exposure visit of Will be initiated soon
few representatives from all those villages, where
intensive planning would be conducted shall be
completed so that all members get clarity about the
plan for different activities. Some activity based
exposures are being given for maximum effect on
field.

Livelihood planning In the identified villages, detailed household level Will be initiated soon
with families livelihood planning would be organized. The details
around the livelihood aspects will be mapped out.
Resource Mapping The different resources of the village will be put Will be initiated soon
down on the cadastral map to build a common
understanding of the implementation team and the
community

Designing of training The training modules around different activities and Will be done after the
modules and training their sub activities will be made to build livelihood planning
calendar understanding, issues, deliverables and ways to
tackle the problems in the activities, will be done

Formation of activity Activity groups around livelihood prototypes Will be initiated soon
groups identified, during the plan will be formed to take care

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Tasks Plan Status

of the implementation strategy in detail i.e. TVS
(Tasar Vikas Samity)

Introducing systems of System of accounting, managing different books for Will be taken up once the PEC
accounts and formation maintaining cash, stock and assets created will be are formed
introduced at the PEC level.

Monthly Work schedule Based on the above, the PEC would accordingly PEC will be trained
and prepare budget prepare a monthly work schedule and fund
requirement

Activity Group training The activity group shall be provided training for the Will start after the activity
activities like raising plantation, building groups are formed
infrastructure and about the details of the activity
Supporting producers The producers at and around different activities will Will start after the producers
be trained in detail about the activity are selected

Indent by TVS to The TVS would send the indent for the above plan to This is the desired process and
PRADAN PRADAN will be taken up depending on
the maturity of PEC. However
to start the project and cut
down delay because of
seasonal constraints PIA will
involve SHGs also.

Work Initiation The work would be initiated on the ground by PEC at Will be initiated soon
this stage

Fund transfer and PRADAN would help the TVS to open a bank account This is the desired process
payment in the nearest branch and transfer funds in the TVS however to start the project it
bank account as per indent might be taken up depending
on the maturity

Periodic self and Review will be done periodically for the smooth Will be initiated once the
internal review functioning at field, team and state level. activities roll out

Review at TVS would meet on weekly basis to monitor its work Will be started shortly
implementation level and it shall prepare the progress report – physical &
financial and submit to PRADAN on monthly basis.

Periodic internal and The project will be monitored periodically through Will be initiated once the
external monitoring field visits by the team and central unit members activities roll out

Data capturing, The TVS shall submit the report to PRADAN on Will be started shortly
analysis and reporting monthly basis along with next month plan and indent

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3. Output

The detailed processes / outputs during the project would include:

Sl. Project Activity Detailed processes / outputs during the project period

1. Silkworm rearing o 1756 families would be involved in silkworm rearer’s

2. Tasar seed production
(Grainage)
3 Basic seed production
unit
4. Building capacities of all
participating families ,
5. Promoting and
nurturing Producer
Institutions to ensure
sustained availability of
linkages and services
for the participating
families,
8. Market Support
o Each family will be provided with rearing equipments.
o Each family would produce 8,000 to 10,000 commercial grade cocoons.
o Number of Rearer’s Collectives – 4, would help in storage of cocoons to avoid
distress sale
o No. of producers’ collective formed - 4.
o Total number of Grainage: 47
o Each Grainage entrepreneur would be provided with grainage hall and required
equipments.
o Grainage would be an individual enterprise at village level
o Each Grainage entrepreneur would produce 5,000 to 6,000 DFLs in one
Grainage cycle
o Individual Graineurs would serve the requirement of 25-30 rearer’s in each
Grainage cycle.
o Total number of basic seed production unit: 4
o Each basic seed production unit would be provided with one Grainage hall
along with processing unit and required grainage equipment.
o Basic seed production unit would be owned by the collective.
o Each unit would produce 25,000 to 30, 000 basic seed
Individual basic seed production unit would serve the requirement of 50 -60
Grainage entrepreneurs
o Hamlet level visioning / planning exercises,
o Technical training for productivity enhancement,
o Handholding support by Community Resource Persons (CRPs), on a day-to-day
basis,
o Exposures for adopting improved practices,
o Selection and extensive training of CRPs. Reviewing effectiveness and
providing and on-field support.
o Number of producers’ collective: 4
o Awareness building around the need to collectivize,
o Membership training to build a sense of ownership and to understand the
accountability as a member,
o Exposure and training of the governing board members,
o Training and support to staff to effectively deliver the goods and services
mandated by the organization.
o Design development in Tasar weaving clusters and its promotion
o Design competition among weavers
o Design competition among design student/ institutes
The above would bring in brand image for Indian Tasar and also the required
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Project Specific Outputs in the project period:

 Total Family Coverage under the Project :4,055

 Total Family Coverage under Direct Livelihood :2,343
 Total Family Coverage through indirect livelihood benefits :586
 Total Families to be mobilized into SHGs :1,126
 Total Area (in Ha.) of Plantations to be raised :300
 Total Area (in Ha.) of Natural Forest to be rejuvenated :1,124
 DFLs to be produced by the end of 3rd Year:
 Basic Seed DFLs (Lakh Units) :0.50
 Commercial DFLs (Lakh Units) :5.34
 Total Cocoon Production by the end of 3rd Year :355.11 Lakh Pieces
 Value of the Project output by 3rd Year (Rs. In Lakh) :795.91

These would lead to additional income of approximately Rs 10,000 -15000 for 60 % of participant women

C. Activities undertaken so far

The different events taken place in concern with the MKSP NTFP projects are as mentioned below:

1. Approval Date : 12th July 2012

2. MoU Date : 22nd October 2013
3. Sanction Date : 12th August 2013.
4. Fund Release Date : 29th October 2013

A. Activity Schedule

D.1 Gantt chart of schedule of activities

The implementation schedule has been broken down into sub-activities and schedule for first year is illustrated on a
Gantt chart below:

M M M M M M M M M M M M
ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(Nov)

(Dec)

(Jan)

(Feb)

(Mar)

(Apr)

(May

(Jun)

(July)

(Aug)

(Sep)

(Oct)
Month

Year 2013 2014

PLANNING
Preparation of Inception Report
Preparation of DPR
Staff deployment                        
Staff orientation/ Training                      
Finalization of villages                        
Identification of SHG members                        
PEC formation, training                        
Community exposure                        
Family/Village level Planning                        
ACTIVITY
Raising of Block Plantation
Raising of Kisan Nursery
Selection of private entrepreneurs/SHGs                        

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M M M M M M M M M M M M
ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Nov)

(Dec)

(Jan)

(Feb)

(Mar)

(Apr)

(May

(Jun)

(July)

(Aug)

(Sep)

(Oct)
Month

Year 2013 2014

Preparation of land for nursery                        
Collection of Arjuna seeds                        
Making cattle proof trench                        
Procurement of FYM, Poly Bags etc.                        
Filling up of poly bags                        
Soaking of seed, Heap formation & germination
of seeds                      
Placing germinated seed into poly bags                        
Maintenance of seedlings                        
Supply of seedlings                        
Raising of Plantation
Survey & selection of villages & Govt./                        
private land/waste land etc                        
Selection of beneficiaries                        
Formation of Self Help Groups                        
Allotment of land to beneficiaries/SHGs                        
Land husbandry                        
Making cattle proof trench                        
Digging of pits & filling with rooting media                        
Procurement of seedlings                        
Transplantation of seedlings                        
Maintenance of plantation                        
Assistance to Nucleus Seed Rearer’s
Selection of Nucleus Seed Rearer’s (NSR)                        
Signing of agreement with NSR                        
Supply of inputs for maintenance of plantation                        
Supply of Nucleus seed to NSR                        
Crop & Rearer’s' insurance                        
Conducting silkworm rearing                        
Silkworm Rearing assistance to NSR
Assistance to Basic Seed Rearer’s
Selection of seed farmers                        
Signing of agreement with BSRs                        
Supply of inputs for maint. of block plantation                        
Supply of Basic seed to BSRs                        
Crop & Rearer’s' insurance                        
Conducting silkworm rearing                        
Harvesting of seed cocoons
Disposal of seed cocoons
Assistance to Private Graineurs
Identification of private graineurs                        
Construction of Grainage building
Procurement & supply of grainage equipment                        
Supply consumables                        
Procurement of seed cocoons by graineurs                        
Processing of seed cocoons                        
Production of commercial DFLs                        
Sale/supply of pierced cocoons                        
Assistance to Commercial Rearer’s

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M M M M M M M M M M M M
ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Nov)

(Dec)

(Jan)

(Feb)

(Mar)

(Apr)

(May

(Jun)

(July)

(Aug)

(Sep)

(Oct)
Month

Year 2013 2014

Identify Commercial Rearer’s (CR)                        
Establish linkages                        
Supply inputs for rearing                        
Supply rearing equipment                        
Provide insurance cover to com. crops &
rearer’s                        
Procurement of commercial DFLs                        
Silkworm Rearing assistance to CR
Creation of Infrastructure facilities under the project
Assistance to Basic Seed Production Units                        
Assistance to Rearer’s' Collectives                        
Organization of Pagoda Camps
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Trainers Training Programme
Technical training of project personnel                        
Technical training for Households for implementation of sericulture activities
Nursery farmers                        
Nucleus Seed Rearer’s                        
Basic Seed Rearer’s                        
Private Graineurs                        
Commercial Rearer’s                        
Study tour/ Exposure visit                        
Technical training for sectoral activities
Improved Agriculture                        
vegetable cultivation                        
Exposure of beneficiaries to improved practices                        
Training of Community Resource Persons (CRPs) for extension of activities
Orientation and training on Tasar                        
Exposure to improved practices                        
Technical and Refresher Training                        
On-field training / handholding provided by CRPs to the Project Families
Tasar Silkworm Rearing                        
Tasar Seed Production                        
Est. of Community Arjuna Nursery                        
Improved agriculture                        
Vegetable cultivation                        
Institution building of Producer Collectives
Membership training                        
Leadership/ Governance Training                        
Exposure of Board members & staff                        
Nurturing of New Self-Help-Groups (SHGs)
Membership training (25%)                        
Leadership Training (20%)                        
Book keeping Training (7.5%)                        
Exposure of Cluster & Federation Members
(2.25%)                        
Livelihood Visioning (50%)                        
Trainers Training programme
PUBLICITY AND EXTENSION

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M M M M M M M M M M M M
ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Nov)

(Dec)

(Jan)

(Feb)

(Mar)

(Apr)

(May

(Jun)

(July)

(Aug)

(Sep)

(Oct)
Month

Year 2013 2014

Workshop/seminar                        
Printing passbook/pamphlets                        
Krishi mela                        
DISEASE MONITORING                        
DOCUMENTATION AND EVALUATION                        
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT &
DIVERSIFICATION
CONSULTANCY AND ADVOCACY                        
TECHNOLOGY EXTENSION AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES                        
PROJECT MONITORING COST                        

At the end of year 1, based on the experiences & after due revisions the activities for subsequent years shall be
prepared.

D.2 Description of each activity in one or two lines along with reasoning for timing of activity

1. Raising of Block Plantation: Tasar culture was being practiced by tribal’s originally in natural forest patches
near their dwelling areas. But, due to increasing pressure on land and shrinking forest area, the lush green forests of
Arjun and Asan are no more available near the villages/dwellings. Raising of Block plantation on private wastelands
not only add to the shrinking forest cover but also diversifies the Livelihood options for the poor marginalized
families, generates fuel wood post rearing.

Large tracts of Upland available in the project districts, which are highly degraded and it is very difficult for a poor
tribal family to convert it in to agricultural purpose. These lands are also suitable for raising Arjuna plantation, which
would also conserve the soil and moisture in the area besides generating income for the individual family up to
Rs.15000/- every year 3rd year onwards for over five decades

Identification of Land: The process initiates from the end of December through survey of area & selection of
village, to have a good time in hand for the preparatory works before monsoon.

Concept seeding: The preparatory works of Concept seeding of the programme, Exposure of beneficiaries,
Selection & training of service provider, Selection of land for plantation etc continues till end of February.

Selection of nursery site: Nursery activities start in the month of March at the peak of the summer, with hot
westerly winds blowing. Since most of the work is to be done during this time, two critical criteria should be applied
in deciding the nursery site, the nursery site should be near reliable sources of water and the nursery site should be
within 1 km of the transplantation site. This will help avoid plant transportation over long distances, which is costly.

Nursery: The nursery process carried out till End of June to early July, so that required height of seedlings is
available in the early July for transplantation. Nursery process starts from seed collection in the month of March to
dibbling in the month of April May. May and June month is mainly for the irrigation and maintenance of plants

Pit digging: Earthwork based activities such as pit digging and cattle proof trenches should initiates along with in
the month of April itself so that the pits and trenches get sufficient sunlight and heat to be devoid of harmful
microorganisms.

Cattle proof trench: As in most of the uplands, the prevailing practice is that after the harvest of paddy crop in
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plantations might get grazed by the animals. The CPT is done mainly to prevent grazing animals (mainly cow,
buffalo and goats) to enter inside the plantation area in initial years

Soil conservation: Soil and moisture conservation measures to harvest rainwater and to improve soil moisture
locally are the first step to enhance the productivity or the carrying capacity of these lands. These plantations will
increase the vegetative cover of the wasteland making it less prone to erosion and run off.

It is preferable to start soil and moisture conservation activities before the transplantation of Arjuna or Asan
seedlings. The work should be completed by the end of June. Ideally, the work should have been completed before
the onset of monsoons to trap the monsoon water in the year of planting itself.

Intercropping: To sustain the interest of the plantation owners during the gestation period of the plantation,
PRADAN encourages the farmers to intercrop in the plantations. Intercropping is carried out specifically with
leguminous crops that fix nitrogen in their roots and benefits the plants in growth and development.

The gestation period of Tasar plantation is three years and the plantation is available for conducting Tasar silkworm
rearing from 3rd year onwards. During the three years gestation period, it is possible to take up inter cultivation of
different crops in between the Tasar food plants. The plantation area would be encouraged to take up inter-
cultivation with pigeon pea, Red gram (Tur dal), vegetables etc.

2. Maintenance of Tasar host plants: The entire plantations would be raised on privately owned
wastelands that are un-bunded and un-terraced areas having low moisture and nutrient retention capacity. In such a
situation, promotion of uniform and vigorous growth in the plants in the subsequent year is a major challenge. This
would be ensured under the project through intercultural operations (hoeing and manuring). Every year two
intercultural operation is conducted; first at the onset of monsoon in the month of June-July with loosening soil,
basin formation and fertilizer application and second at the end of monsoon mainly to break the capillaries at the
surface, thereby retaining water and nutrient for a prolonged period.

3. Seed Rearer’s (SR’s): Seed Crop Rearing involves building seed cocoon stock through the Multiplication of
basic and nucleus seeds. Adopted Seed Rearing and Nucleus Seed rearing would be taken up between the period
September and November every year whereas Basic seed Rearing initiates from the month July and continue till
August. Moreover, the activity has a cycle and seeds are available in specific periods of the year. But the preparatory
works for the Seed Rearing like Survey of area and selection of village, Concept seeding of programme, Exposure of
beneficiaries, Selection and training of service providers, Selection of beneficiaries, Selection of rearing field, Training
on flora management for rearer’s etc starts from January itself for the smooth implementation of the programme.

3. A) Basic seed Rearer’s (BSR’s): Basic seed rearer’s are selected among the pool of commercial rearer’s based the
certain criteria and rearer’s and rearing field that multiples the basic seed that is called basic seed rearing and
produces seed cocoons for the Pvt. Graineurs. The graineurs purchase the selected seed cocoons and processes the
seed cocoons in their grainage produces commercial dfls that would available to the commercial rearer’s

3. B) Nucleus Seed Rearer’s (NSRs): The Adopted Seed Rearer’s (ASRs) will also be selected from among the
progressive Tasar rearer’s for Nucleus seed rearing. Till the block plantation becomes productive, Adopted Seed
Rearing will be conducted on natural Tasar host flora as far as possible away from the commercial rearing site.
Nucleus seed rearing would be taken up between the period September and November every year.

In order to organize production and supply of basic seed in the project area, it is proposed to organize Nucleus seed
rearing through ASRs and procure the seed cocoons for preservation and processing by the producers collective at
Basic Seed Production Unit (BSPU) These NSRs would be conduct rearing of Nucleus seed during the period
September to December and the selected seed cocoons would be procured by the BSPU for preservation and
processing to produce basic seed for the next season.

4. Assistance to Commercial Rearer’s: Commercial Rearer’s, mostly tribal people live in the forest or in the
fringe areas are traditional activities and participates in the activities because rearing starts after the agriculture
season generally in September, when the opportunity cost of labor remains low and end before the harvest of
paddy. The rearers would purchase the dfls in their own villages from the private graineurs and conduct rearing. The
cocoon produced by the rearers called commercial cocoons and available in the market for yarn producers.

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5. Assistance to Private Graineurs: A Grainage is an establishment where quality Tasar silkworm “seeds”
are produced at village condition on scientific lines. The grainage owners are being selected by the rearers for
conducting grainage and operate as an individual enterprise. The duration of activity is for 25-30 days and during
the month September-October and produces commercial dfls that is available to the commercial rearers for
conducting commercial crop rearing. Preparatory work for grainage starts from March onwards like Identification of
Grainage owners, Construction of Grainage building, Procurement and supply of grainage equipment, Supplying
consumables, Procurement of Seed cocoon etc.

6. Assistance to Basic Seed Production Units (BSPUs): There is a great deal of demand for Basic seeds
in the project areas to increase DFL’s production by at least 50%, over and above the current scale of production.
Further, the recent initiatives of to expand Tasar sericulture in Tasar producing states would need additional supply
of basic seed. It is thus clear that any further expansion of Tasar sericulture would require augmenting the supply of
basic seeds. The unit will be operated by the producers collective and ensure the supply of quality basic seed.

As this is a large construction work therefore activity needs to be completed before the monsoon. Preferably it
should be constructed in between January to June then only it is going to help the Tasar families to catch the
season. The unit will be constructed in a major tasar producing cluster.

7. Organization of Camps for in-situ conservation of Raily eco-race: It is proposed to bring

awareness among the cocoon collectors and others associated with this activity about the various aspects of
propagation of Raily cocoons in nature, conduct orientation training and with the help of women SHG. Select
promising conservators who are interested in organizing and processing the cocoons twice in a year with Badhoyi
and Chaithi cocoon and organize them into Conservation Groups. Train the Conservation Groups in all the three
localities in different aspects of organizing the camps, Processing of cocoons, seed production etc. in Pagodas, the
roof of the structure to be covered with thatch and covering the sides (outside & inside) with 75% HDPE agro shade
net UV stabilized and green in color and organize them into Conservation Groups and link them with SHGs/JFMcs on
one hand and with the Reeler & Spinner groups on the other through the PMFPCS. Each pagoda Camp shall
preserve and process 25, 000 cocoons. The materials of the Pagoda such as Agri-net are reused for subsequent
camps. The pagoda camp will directly benefit 15 beneficiaries; can indirectly benefit about 60 benefiaries.

8. Assistance to Rearer’s Collectives: To start with, the beneficiaries covered under the project will be
brought together under the Rearer’s groups/ SHGs. These groups/SHGs shall be formed in to an activity group called
Tasar Vikas Samity (TVS) or any other formal/ informal body. The Rearer’s’ Collectives shall be managed by the
members themselves in accordance to prevailing acts, rules and regulations of the state.

Large-scale development of sub-sectors would require strong institutions, which would spearhead and sustain
initiatives for the development of the sub-sector in the long run. Appropriate policy formulation, raising financial
resources for investments, creating demands for research and extension, vigorous promotion of products, protecting
the entitlements of the producers and widening stakeholder base are some of the important areas in Tasar
Sericulture, which would require strong initiatives. Creation of appropriate organizations, designed to enhance the
stake and control of the producers, would be a major challenge in the context of Tasar as majority of the producers
come from the tribal and backward communities and are financially very poor. However, it is envisaged to create
relevant institutions with the involvement of the producers and enabling them to exert their control in the long run.

9. Human Resource Development: The sector in the present context where states are reducing its size,
there is high need of young and energetic people to rejuvenate it. The professional influx will help to anchor a multi-
stakeholder in complex socio-cultural region of the country to deliver the mandate of establishing and spreading
Tasar sector. This will strengthen the human resource systems for direct work, inclusion of new areas by influencing
other actors, especially by strengthening capabilities of other civil society actors.

In the absence of the skilled people to support the Tasar Sericulture activity at the grass root, there is high level of
deficit of the scientific know how at the community level. There is pressing need to engage with the community to
build their skills, making them aware about new scientific practices of doing in the field of Tasar Sericulture and
building their vision and understanding around collectives. So there is a high need to create a sector specialist cadre
who works with a belief that engagement at cutting edge will bring the theory of change and one of our major
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PRADAN for Skill Development for the existing producers of special SGSY projects in Bihar and Jharkhand. The
training will be provided jointly by PRADAN and CSB and skilled person would be utilized in the field for the
implementation of such projects. The PRADAN personnel would also be trained by the CSB around the technical skill,
project implementation and monitoring under Trainers Training Programme.

Training and capacity building would very important component of the project. FIA team would require exposure
visit to different organization for learning best practices and new technologies relevant to the project.
Representatives from the target families can be taken to see related works of different agencies to broaden their
understanding. To groom women to mature SHG members, knowledgeable and skilled human resources, these
women need different trainings like membership training of SHG, technical training on nursery, improved agriculture,
Tasar production, entrepreneurial training, membership of people’s institution, etc.

In case of Tasar, there are various kind of training to be provided at various stage such as in case of rearing,
understanding Tasar sector with respect to rearing activity, maintenance of Tasar host plants, understanding
backward and forward linkages, Tasar silkworm rearing technology, rearing management, cocoon storage and
marketing. Such kind of training will be provided in batches of beneficiaries. Similar training will be also provided to
the private graineurs also. Most of the training will be provided residential at village level school building /Gram
panchayats Bhawan. Selected nursery farmers will be trained on nursery raising and maintenance. Residential
training will be provided that will cover class room conceptual training as well as practical training in the field.

Extensive training will be provided on the vegetable cultivation on both the rabi and kharif vegetable right from the
selection of varieties, nursery raising, pest control and maintenance of crop at the time of vegetative growth and
fruiting. All the families will be trained on scientific practices and handholding supporting will be provided on the field
directly to adopt the scientific practices so that the standard productivity could be achieved. Training will also
provided on the selection of crop based on the type of land.

Additionally, PRADAN will also use the services of Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) to provide technical support to the
beneficiaries at different stages of growth period of plants. A large number of village based resource persons would
be trained under the project. This resource person would be part of a rigorous follow-up mechanism to offer
handholding support to the beneficiaries of the project.

There will be multiple numbers of trainings to cater the knowledge deficits of professionals, Community Resource
Persons and at Community level; trainings around extension services, handholding support to communities,
improved agriculture, Vegetable cultivation, Institution buildings of Producer Collectives and Nurturing of SHG’s will
remain the prime focus. The HR development is a year round programme and therefore will continue throughout the
year or seasonal if the activities are seasonal in nature. The engagements of trainings are elaborately mentioned in
the Gantt chart.

10. Target Group: The target group would comprise of rearer’s, private graineurs, reeler’s and spinners. The
farmers who have one or more hectares of forest plantation or who have 0.7 ha to 1 ha waste land and are willing
to take up Tasar culture as subsidiary occupation would be the project beneficiaries in pre-cocoon sector.
Unemployed youth or interested local entrepreneurs would be encouraged to raise Kisan nurseries for raising
seedlings of Tasar food plants and/ or to organize grainage activity. Efforts would be made to cover as many tribal
families as possible under the Project. The identification of target families will start right after the inception of the
project from the very first month.

11. Community Resource Persons (CRPs) : Emphasis will be given on selection of beneficiaries,
organizing Self Help Groups (SHGs) for various activities, signing of agreement with beneficiaries, development of
infrastructure etc during the early period of the project, to get maximum project output and keep the tribal’s
interested in Tasar culture, utilization of the existing Tasar food plants in the forest areas/ raised under other
schemes, Skill up-gradation, handholding support to beneficiaries in creation of activity groups are the primary
activities which will be achieved by engaging Community Resource Persons (CRP). Disease monitoring, technological
support etc will also be looked after by these groups of resource person’s. Development of pool of Community
Resource Persons will be a prime focus of the project.

Large pool of CRP will be built under the ISDS project of CSB that would help the project to run in a better way.

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12. Strengthening of community based organizations (CBOs) : Entire project will be implemented by
ensuring active involvement of the communities. Existing community based organizations viz. Women self help
groups (SHGs), Activity groups and producer groups will be strengthened to consolidate the ongoing activity while
new groups will be formed to expand the activity in neighboring areas.

Generic institutions like women SHG will be trained in addressing issues of health and nutrition security through
community health trainings, raising perennial kitchen gardens etc. Capacity building of members of livelihood
institutions will be undertaken.

13. Publicity and Extension: Under this head following work are to be done:-

 Workshops and seminars

 Printing and distribution of extension material.
 Audio visual demonstration.
 Krishi melas will be organized in the project area to bring the extension officials, progressive
beneficiaries, group leaders, providers of support services etc., to a common platform to exchange the
experience, ideas, problems and concepts.

The activities will be done round the year to promote the project, brining in new ideas, bridging gaps and to revive
the sector.

E. How the individual activity will be undertaken & by whom

The project would be implemented by existing PRADAN team based at District level and headed by a team leader
and anchor the project implementation. The team would set up a Field Implementation Units (FIU) at Block level
that would spearhead grassroots action. The FIU would comprise Professionals, Subject Matter specials and
assistant.

At village level where there is a potential of sericulture, all the women would be organized in to SHGs and after
conducting a baseline survey the tasar producers would be organized in to an activity group called “Tasar Vikas
Samity” (TVS) out of SHGs comprise plantation farmers, rearers, graineurs, reelers and spinner. The TVS would
further form a small group out TVS as Project Execution Committee” (PEC) to implement the project

The implementation structure will create space for the individual activities and will be supported by well stated
processes to guide the implementation structure. At first village level planning will be done by the activity group
(TVS) where individual families will express their interest, resource base etc. and based on the physical plan, TVS
will place their requisition for the transfer of fund in to TVS account specially dedicated for the project
implementation. The requisition will be further verified by the concerned PRADAN professional and will be submitted
to PRADAN. Based on the requisition PRADAN team at District level would transfer the fund in to TVS accounts.

The individual families with the help of PEC and the community service provider will implement the activities and
the bills/ Master rolls of the works will be raised on weekly basis and payments will be made as per the bills/ Master
rolls of the works produced. The bills against the grants will be submitted to PRADAN after verification by the
representative of PRADAN along with representatives from PEC and the community service provider. Here the role of
monitoring will be undertaken by the PEC & PRADAN. Individual families will carry out the activity under the
handholding support of Service Provider and the Representative of PRADAN. TVS will submit the entire bill to
PRADAN at the end of every month and after settling all the accounts fresh requisition will be placed based on the
plan along with the physical and financial report.

The project implementation plan will be developed and the detailing of the plan will be done by conducting a specific
TVS meeting for the planning process and proper minutes will be kept. The members of PEC will also be trained by
PRADAN around the processes, financial management, monitoring etc.

Keeping such a small group will help members of the TVS to interact with each other effectively, maintain the
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selection of rearer’s, selection of proper rearing site, maintenance of host plants, promotion of new plantations,
monitoring of quality standard of DFLs and helping rearer’s to access services for rearing and marketing of cocoons.

Trainings and capacity building at different levels will further ensure the participation of the individual families and
will help the families to express their interest in a logical manner. To ensure the objective of participation, different
training events would be organized for community, PEC members, CRPs apart from planning events which
themselves an element of capacity building processes.

1) For every aspect of interventions, there will be a strong focus on building required skills and capacities among the
beneficiaries in order to enable them manage their livelihoods in the long run. Training would be provided to all
categories of beneficiaries to help them acquire technical skills. These trainings will help them to plan in a better
way.

2) The TVS and PEC being the spearhead to roll out the project will be trained in different aspects of documentation
and book keeping. They will also be trained around the activities and exposure visits around the activities will be
done to broaden their perspective and to make a better implementation plan.

3) It is essential for the project to create appropriate mechanism for rigorous monitoring, door step delivery of
services and enabling the producers to follow strict quality control regime. PRADAN would create cost-effective and
efficient mechanism by involving village based resource persons/ service providers, who would perform the key
functions of managing input-output linkages and ensure delivery of inputs and services at the doorstep. These
people will give handholding supports in Tasar, Improved agriculture, Vegetable cultivation and SHG formation. They
will manage linkages for seeds, would help the community in procuring inputs such as fertilizers, seedlings, DFLs,
establishment of village level nursery for the production of seedlings and also help them in storage and marketing of
cocoons. Under the project village level Community Resource Persons/ Service providers will be selected and
provided with all kinds of training on the implementation and management of the project and delivering different
kind of service even after the end of the project.

5) All the beneficiaries selected under the project would be from existing SHGs in the proposed area. Places where
SHGs do not exist, the PIAs would form SHGs to initiate community mobilization. The beneficiaries will be organized
in to activity groups at the hamlet levels that would be federated to producers’ collective at block / district.

6) Rigorous training, exposure, facilitating experience sharing among producers and an internal review mechanism
among the producer groups for assessing member performance and CRPs would go a long way towards supporting
individual families/ producers to adopt best practices, set better standards and create space for mutual learning. The
PIAs would involve the women institutions / producers’ groups at every stage from planning, implementation and
review in order to create a strong stake of the villagers. Delegating financial responsibility to the primary groups—
including the task of fund handling, record keeping and periodic reporting of progress would be important
procedures to build ownership of people in the project.

F. Expected Output

F.1 Expected Annual Output

 Total Family Coverage under the Project :1,257
 Total Family Coverage under Direct Livelihood :731
 Total Family Coverage through indirect livelihood benefits :183
 Total Families to be mobilized into SHGs :343
 Total Area (in Ha.) of Plantations to be raised :150
 Total Area (in Ha.) of Natural Forest to be rejuvenated :313
 DFLs to be produced :
 Commercial DFLs (Lakh Units) :0.72
 Total Cocoon Production by the end of 1st Year :44.77 Lakh Pieces
 Value of the Project output by 1st Year (Rs. In Lakh) :107.47

F.2 Expected Convergence

The total project cost will be raised from three sources respectively MoRD, CSB, contribution from Beneficiaries and
credit, other than that convergence from any other sources are not considered during conceptualizing the project.

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MoRD and CSB will provide the total grant of 87.2% having individual share of 65% & 22.2% respectively, the
remaining 12.8% will be contributed by the project families either from their own contribution or by arranging loan.

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F.3 Quarter-wise expenditure plan – Quarter wise physical & financial plan for the 1st year of the project is as follows:

Sl. Component/ Activity Unit Quarter-1 Quarter-2 Quarter-3 Quarter-4 Total

No Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin (Rs. Grant (Rs
Lakh) Lakh)
1 Raising of Block plantation
1.1 Raising tasar host plantation Hac. - - 150 39.59 150 15.63 150 11.89 150 67.11 53.77
Sub-total - 39.59 15.63 11.89 67.11 53.77
2 Assistance to Basic Seed Rearers
2.1 Supply of rearing equipments No. - - 48 2.91 - - - - 48 2.91 2.63
2.2 Supply of inputs for maintenance of Hac - - 33 3.19 - - - - 33 3.19 2.94
block plantation
2.3 Assistance for tasar silkworm rearing No. - - - - 48 1.14 - - 48 1.14 0.46
2.4 Crop insurance Dfls - - - - 9,550 0.18 - - 9550 0.18 0.18
2.5 Rearers insurance No. - - - - 48 0.01 - - 48 0.01 0.01
Sub-total - 6.10 1.34 - 7.44 6.22
3 Assistance to Commercial Rearers
3.1 Supply of rearing equipment No. - - 400 24.40 - - - - 400 24.40 22.00
3.2 Assistance for tasar silkworm rearing No. - - - - - - 400 8.01 400 8.01 1.01
3.3 Crop insurance Dfls - - - - - - 80,000 1.63 80000 1.63 1.63
3.4 Rearers insurance No. - - - - - - 400 0.12 400 0.12 0.12
Sub-total - 24.40 - 9.76 34.16 24.77
4 Assistance to Private Graineurs
4.1 Construction of grainage building No. - - - - 12 12.00 - - 12 12.00 11.40
4.2 Supply of grainage equipment No. - - - - 12 5.04 - - 12 5.04 5.04
4.3 Working capital No. - - - - 12 4.20 - - 12 4.20 2.28
4.4 Grainage consumables No. - - - - 12 0.36 - - 12 0.36 0.24
Sub-total - - 21.60 - 21.60 18.96
5 Assistance to Basic Seed Production Units
5.1 Construction of grainage building No. - - 1 36.34 - - - - 1 36.34 36.34
5.2 Supply of grainage equipment No. - - 1 2.94 - - - - 1 2.94 2.94
5.3 Working capital No. - - 1 2.98 - - - - 1 2.98 2.98
5.4 Grainage consumables No. - - 1 0.10 - - - - 1 0.10 0.10
Sub-total - 42.36 - - 42.36 42.36
6 Organisation of Pagoda Camps No. - - - - - - 15 27.75 15 27.75 27.75
Total (1 to 6) - - 112.45 38.57 49.40 200.43 173.83

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Sl. Component/ Activity Unit Quarter-1 Quarter-2 Quarter-3 Quarter-4 Total

No Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin (Rs. Grant (Rs
Lakh) Lakh)
7 Humance Resource Development
7.1 Technical training of project No. 2 0.20 - - - - - - 2 0.20 0.20
personnel
7.2 Technical training for Households for implementation of seiculture activities
7.2. Nursery farmers No. - - 45 0.44 - - - - 45 0.44 0.44
1
7.2. Nucleus Seed Rearers No. - - - - - - - - - - -
2
7.2. Basic Seed Rearers No. - - 49 0.46 - - - - 49 0.46 0.46
3
7.2. Private Graineurs No. - - 12 1.50 - - - - 12 1.50 1.50
4
7.2. Commercial Rearers No. - - 400 2.76 - - - - 400 2.76 2.76
5
7.2. Pagoda Camps No. - - 125 1.42 100 1.14 - - 225 2.56 2.56
6
7.2. Study tour/ Exposure visit No. - - 80 0.75 32 0.30 70 0.66 182 1.72 1.72
7
Sub-total - - 7.34 1.44 0.66 9.44 9.44
7.3 Technical training for sectoral activities
7.3. Improved Agriculture No. - - 200 0.66 400 1.31 86 0.28 686 2.25 2.25
1
7.3. vegetable cultivation No. - - 60 0.13 77 0.17 - - 137 0.30 0.30
2
7.3. Exposure of Swarojgaris to improved No. 172 0.59 - - - - - - 172 0.59 0.59
3 practices
Sub-total 0.59 0.79 1.48 0.28 3.14 3.14
7.4 Training of Community Resource Persons (CRPs) for extension of activities
7.4. Orientation and training on tasar No. - - 8 2.04 5 1.28 5 1.17 18 4.49 4.49
1
7.4. Exposure to improved practices No. - - 6 0.09 2 0.03 1 0.01 9 0.14 0.14
2
7.4. Technical and Refresher Training No. - - 8 0.10 5 0.06 5 0.06 18 0.22 0.22
3
Sub-total - 2.24 1.37 1.24 4.85 4.85
7.5 On-field training / handholding provided by CRPs to the Project Families
7.5. Tasar Silkworm Rearing No. - - - - 449 3.23 - - 449 3.23 3.23

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Sl. Component/ Activity Unit Quarter-1 Quarter-2 Quarter-3 Quarter-4 Total

No Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin (Rs. Grant (Rs
Lakh) Lakh)
1
7.5. Raily Eco race conservation No. - - - - 225 1.62 - - 225 1.62 1.62
2
7.5. Tasar Seed Production No. - - - - 12 0.10 - - 12 0.10 0.10
3
7.5. Est. of Community Arjuna Nursery No. - - - - 45 0.65 - - 45 0.65 0.65
4
7.5. Improved agriculture No. - - - - 200 0.86 486 2.10 686 2.96 2.96
5
7.5. Vegetable cultivation No. - - - - 47 0.10 90 0.19 137 0.28 0.28
6
Sub-total - - 6.55 2.28 8.84 8.84
7.6 Institution building of Producer Collectives
7.6. Membership training No. - - - - - - 686 4.73 686 4.73 4.73
1
7.6. Leadership/ Governance Training No. - - - - - - 34 0.88 34 0.88 0.88
2
7.6. Exposure of Board members & staff No. - - - - - - 8 0.40 8 0.40 0.40
3
Sub-total - - - 6.01 6.01 6.01
7.7 Nurturing of New Self-Help-Groups (SHGs)
7.7. Membership training (25%) No. 150 0.69 - - - - 22 0.10 172 0.79 0.79
1
7.7. Leadership Training (20%) No. 110 0.77 - - - - 27 0.19 137 0.96 0.96
2
7.7. Book keeping Training (7.5%) No. 40 0.34 - - - - 11 0.10 51 0.43 0.43
3
7.7. Exposure of Cluster & Federation No. 10 0.06 - - - - 5 0.03 15 0.10 0.10
4 Members (2.25%)
7.7. Livelihood Visioning (50%) No. 300 0.57 - - - - 43 0.08 343 0.65 0.65
5
Sub-total 2.43 - - 0.50 2.93 2.93
7.8 Trainers Training programme LS LS 3.00 - - - - - 1.00 LS 4.00 4.00
Total (7.1 to 7.8) 6.22 10.37 10.85 11.98 39.41 39.41
8 Publicity and extension
8.1 Workshop/seminar No. 1 4.00 - - - - - - 1 4.00 4.00
8.2 Printing passbook/pamphlets LS LS 2.00 - - - - - - LS 2.00 2.00

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Sl. Component/ Activity Unit Quarter-1 Quarter-2 Quarter-3 Quarter-4 Total

No Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin (Rs. Grant (Rs
Lakh) Lakh)
8.3 Krishi mela No. - - - - - - 1 0.50 1 0.50 0.50
Sub-total 6.00 - - 0.50 6.50 6.50
9 Disease monitoring LS - - LS 2.00 LS 3.00 - - LS 5.00 5.00
10 Design Development & LS - - - - - - LS 2.00 LS 2.00 2.00
Diversification
11 Documentation and evaluation LS - - - - - - LS 5.00 LS 5.00 5.00
12 Consultancy & Advocacy LS LS 1.25 LS 1.25 LS 1.25 LS 1.25 LS 5.00 5.00
13 Technology Extension and LS LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 13.17 13.17
Business Development support
14 Project administrative expenses LS LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 3.29 LS 13.17 13.17
15 Project Monitoring cost LS - - - - LS 1.98 LS 1.98 LS 3.95 3.95
Total (8 to 15) 13.83 9.83 12.81 17.31 53.78 53.78
GRAND TOTAL 20.05 132.65 62.22 78.69 293.62 267.02

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G. Budget Template

To create the appropriate budget heads, the budget is segregated into three broad heads

A. Programme Cost: In this budget head mainly the cost incurred at the community level, creation of resources and
infrastructure is taken into account. The budget line items are as follows:-

I. Raising of Block Plantation : This includes Cost of raising the plantation, cost of nursery raising, cost of soil
conservation works in the plantation, Fertilizer & medicine cost, Cost of intercropping and all the related activities
and payments needed to raise the plantation.

II. Assistance to Nucleus Seed Rearer’s (NSR) : This include cost incurred for the supply of rearing equipments,
supply of inputs for maintenance of plantation, assistance in the rearing, cost of insurances of the crop and the
rearer.

III. Assistance to Basic Seed Rearer’s (SR) : This include cost incurred for the supply of rearing equipments, supply of
inputs for maintenance of plantation, assistance in the rearing, cost of insurances of the crop and the rearer.

IV. Assistance to Commercial Rearer’s (CR) : This includes cost incurred for the supply of rearing equipments,
assistance in the rearing, cost of insurances of the crop and the rearer.

V. Assistance to Private Graineurs: This includes the cost incurred in the construction of the Grainage building, cost
of equipments for the grainage, Working capital for the grainage activity and cost for the consumables used in
the grainage activity.

VI. Assistance to Basic Seed Production Units (BSPU) : This includes the cost incurred in the construction of the
Grainage building & its wall, cost of equipments for the grainage, Working capital for the grainage activity and
cost for the consumables used in the grainage activity.

VII. Assistance to Rearer’s Collectives: This includes cost for the creation of the Cocoon storage and office facilities
along with equipments and furniture cost for supporting the Rearer’s collectives.

VIII. Establishment of Cocoon Bank: This includes all the cost incurred in the construction of the infrastructure of the
cocoon bank and the cost of the onetime revolving capital to run the Cocoon Bank.

IX. Establishment of Tasar Yarn Bank : This includes the cost of one time revolving capital and the cost of equipments
to run the Tasar Yarn Bank.

B. Human Resource Development cost : In this budget head mainly the cost incurred to build the capacity and skill
at all the levels right from community to Community Resource Persons to different level functionaries of PRADAN will
be catered. This includes cost of travel, boarding, lodging, honorarium to resource persons, stationery and training
materials, hiring equipments and infrastructure for the training, printing and all other related costs to the training.

I. Technical Training of Project Personnel: This includes all the Costs related to the training of the personnel
involved in the implementation of the project of the FIA.

II. Technical training of households for implementation of sericulture activities : This includes all the Costs related to
the training to improve the technicalities of the community engaged in Tasar Sericulture activities. The training
includes training of Nursery farmers, Nucleus Seed Rearer’s, Basic Seed Rearer’s, Private Graineurs, Commercial
Rearer’s and study tour & exposure visits of them.

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III. Technical training for sectoral activities : This includes all the Costs related to the training to improve the
technicalities of the community engaged in Sectoral activities. The training includes training in improved
agriculture, Vegetable cultivation and study tour & exposure visits of them.
IV. Training of Community Resource Persons (CRPs) for extension of activities : This includes all the Costs related to
the training to improve the technicalities of the Community Resource Persons (CRPs) engaged in extension of the
Tasar Sericulture and other Sectoral activities. The training includes training in orientation on Tasar, Exposure to
improved practices around Tasar Sericulture, Vegetable cultivation, improved agriculture and times to time their
refresher training on technicalities.

V. On-field training/ handholding provided by CRPs to the Project Families : This includes all the Costs related to the
on field training and handholding support given to the project families by the CRPs. The cost incurred to support
the Tasar silkworm rearing, Tasar seed production, Establishment of Community Arjuna Nursery & raising of
plantation, improved agriculture and Vegetable cultivation.

VI. Institution building of Producer Collectives: This includes all the Costs related to the training of the producers to
build their institution. The cost incurred for the trainings to build membership, build leadership, building of
Governance structure and their exposure to different areas to build their perspective will be catered.

VII. Nurturing of New Self-Help-Groups (SHGs) : This includes all the Costs related to the training of the SHGs. The
cost incurred for the trainings to build their membership, build leadership, Book keeping & maintenance of
accounts, Livelihood visioning of the SHG members and their exposure to different areas to build their perspective
around clusters and federation structures will be catered.

VIII. Trainers Training Programme: This includes all the Costs related to the training of the trainers involved in the
implementation of the project.

C. Programme support Implementation cost: In this budget head mainly the cost incurred to support the
programme, workshops, Krishi melas, disease monitoring, documentation and evaluation, consultancy & advocacy,
monitoring and the cost for the implementation will be catered:-

I. Publicity and Extension: This includes all the Costs related to the publicity of the project and its extension. All
type of costs for organizing Workshops & seminars, printing of passbook, pamphlets and other resource materials
and cost to organize krishi melas will be incurred under this head.

II. Disease monitoring: This includes all the Costs related to the monitoring of the diseases of the different sectoral
activities.

III. Documentation and Evaluation: This includes all the Costs related to periodic evaluation of the project and
documentation of the best practices & learning’s.

IV. Consultancy and Advocacy: This includes all the Costs related to the support hired for the better implementation
of the project, research & development around new ideas & constraints, policy level advocacy works and all other
works which require external support to build on the project and to overcome the issues.

D. Project administrative expenses: Cost of Institutional overheads and other expenses for the project management
at state level and district level offices.

E. Technology Extension and Business Development support: This includes all the Costs related to the project
implementation at block and village level. This includes salary and travel costs of staff engaged in the technology
transfer, extension work and institution building. It also includes printing & stationary, Office Rent, Electricity, Office
Furniture & Office Equipments at block level.

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F. Project Monitoring cost: This includes all the Costs related to the periodic monitoring of the project at different
levels by the fund routing/ coordinating agency (CSB).

Annexure-1: List of Staffs of the Project implementation team in Chhattisgarh

Sl. Experience in
Name Sex Location Designation
No. PRADAN (in Years)
1 Saroj Mahapatra M Raipur Programme Director 17.38
2 Tamali Kundu F Raipur Integrator (Theme) 15.81
3 Kuntal Mukherjee M Raipur Executive (Projects) 8.57
4 Md. Shamshad Alam M Deoghar Integrator (Tasar Theme) 17.40
5 Binod Raj Dahal M Deoghar Integrator (Tasar Theme) 13.32
6 Ashis Chakraborty M Deoghar Integrator (Tasar Theme) 14.10
7 Rajendra Kr. Khandai M Deoghar Integrator (Tasar Theme) 8.50
8 Manoj Kumar M Dhamtari Team Leader 16.88
9 Sujit Kumar Das M Raigarh Team Leader 10.11
10 Arpon Kumar Bhattacharjee M Bastar Team Leader 8.25
11 Vishal M. Jamkar M Kanker Team Leader 8.48
12 Masroor Ahmad M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 7.27
13 Partha Sarathi Behura M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 5.45
14 James Tigga M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 5.45
15 Rakesh Ekka M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 5.45
16 Ashutosh Nanda M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 2.23
17 Preetam Gupta M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 3.29
18 Samarth Singh M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 2.32
19 Sandeep Kumar Chanderiya M Dhamtari Executive (Projects) 2.29
20 Ipsapratibimbita Sarangi F Raigarh Executive (Projects) 7.30
21 Roopali Dutta Mohapatra F Raigarh Executive (Projects) 7.04
22 Nalini Kant Goudo M Raigarh Executive (Projects) 5.02
23 Arijit Patra M Raigarh Executive (Projects) 4.00
24 Narendra Kumar Barik M Raigarh Executive (Projects) 3.29
25 Supriya Pradhan F Raigarh Executive (Projects) 2.29
26 Neelam Rani F Raigarh Executive (Projects) 2.20
27 Kanchan Thomasina Ekka F Raigarh Executive (Projects) 1.41
28 Arty Kumari F Bastar Executive (Projects) 6.03
29 Aditya Kumar M Bastar Executive (Projects) 3.41
30 Sneha Kaushal F Bastar Executive (Projects) 1.42
31 Ajitanshu Rout M Bastar Executive (Projects) 1.29
32 Shantanu Sahu M Bastar Executive (Projects) 1.29
33 Shruti Pandey F Bastar Executive (Projects) 1.29
34 Varnica Arora F Kanker Executive (Projects) 2.10
35 Uday Shankar Jha M Kanker Executive (Projects) 3.01
36 Chandrashekhar M Kanker Executive (Projects) 3.01
37 Tarkeshwar Yadav M Dhamtari Assistant (FAA) 4.62
38 Sangram Mohanty M Kanker Assistant (FAA) 3.87
39 Devanand Dewangan M Raigarh Assistant (FAA) 10.79
40 Deepak Kumar Pandey M Raipur Assistant (FAA) 3.29
41 Suman Prabhat M Dhamtari MIS Assistant 1.00
42 Deepesh Kural M Raigarh MIS Assistant 1.00
43 Dinesh Patel M Raigarh Field Assistant 2.00
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44 Leboram Nagesh M Bastar Field Assistant 2.00

45 Pankaj Mishra M Raigarh SMS(Agriculture) 2.00

Note: The staffs of the project implementation team mentioned above are as on 1 st November, 2013. The recruitment
of the new project personnel as per the requirement of the project will be intimated to the MORD along with the DPR.

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