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1 Government of Rajasthan Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Rajasthan Rural LIVELIHOOD PROJECT Social Assessment 2010 Prepared by Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur pdfMachine Is a pdf writer that produces quality PDF files with ease! Produce quality PDF files in seconds and preserve the integrity of your original documents. Compatible across nearly all Windows platforms, if you can print from a windows application you can use pdfMachine. Get yours now! 1 Content List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Executive Summary Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Social Assessment 7 Chapter 3 Poverty & Human Development in the Project Area 15 Chapter 4 Baseline Information 52 Chapter 5 Stakeholder & Institutional Framework 100 Chapter 6 Project Benefits.

2 Impacts & Risk 109 Chapter 7 Stakeholder Consultation 113 Chapter 8 Recommendation for Project Design and Implementation 125 Chapter 9 Monitoring & Evaluation Plan 134 Chapter 10 Gender Action Plan 137 Annexure Summary of district and state consultations pdfMachine Is a pdf writer that produces quality PDF files with ease! Produce quality PDF files in seconds and preserve the integrity of your original documents. Compatible across nearly all Windows platforms, if you can print from a windows application you can use pdfMachine.

3 Get yours now! 2 List of Abbreviations AWC Anganwadi Center BGVS Bharat Gyan Vigyna Samiti BMI Body Mass Index BPL Below Poverty Line CIG Common Interest Group CDP Combating Desertification Project DCCB District Central; Cooperative Bank DDP Desert Development Program DPAP Drought Prone Area Program DPIP District Poverty Initiative Project FGD Focused Group Discussion GDI Gender Development Index GoI Government of India GoR Government of Rajasthan GSDP Gross State Domestic Product HDI Human Development Index HH Household ICDS Integrated Child Development Services IMR Infant Mortality Rate IWDP Integrated Wasteland Development Program IWMP Integrated Watershed Management Program M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MFI Micro Finance Institution MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act MMR Maternal

4 Mortality Ratio NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NCA Net Cropped Area NGO Non Governmental Organization NRAA National Rain-fed Area Authority NREGA National Employment Guarantee Act NSAP National Social Assistance Program NSSO National Sample Survey Organization OBC Other Backward Castes PAD Project Appraisal Document PDS Public Distribution System PRA Participatory Research Appraisal PRI Panchayati Raj Institution RKVY Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana RRLP Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project SA Social Assessment SHG Self- Help Groups SMU State Monitoring Unit ST Scheduled Tribe SC Scheduled Caste TAD Tribal Area Development TCA Total Cropped Area TPDS Targeted Public Distribution System UNDP United Nations Development Program pdfMachine Is a pdf writer that produces quality PDF files with ease!

5 Produce quality PDF files in seconds and preserve the integrity of your original documents. Compatible across nearly all Windows platforms, if you can print from a windows application you can use pdfMachine. Get yours now! 3 Acknowledgements The Social Assessment & Tribal Development Framework Study for the Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project was undertaken in six districts of Rajasthan . This report is a collaborative effort. We are grateful to the Government of Rajasthan and its Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj for sponsoring this study. We are grateful to Shri. Rajan, Principal Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of Rajasthan for involving the Institute in this exercise.

6 We would also extend our gratitude to Ms. Punam, Project Director, RRLP- Rajasthan for her help. Mr. Adeel Abbas- Social Development Specialist of RRLP- Rajasthan for his contribution and support in conduct of study. We would also like to thank the World Bank for support specially Mr. Amarinder Singh and Mr. Varun Singh for their support and contributions. We would also like to appreciate the help provided to us by the SPMU unit of Government of Rajasthan headed by the Project Director of RRLP. It is our duty to appreciate the contribution of the District- level and Block- level officers of the six districts. We would like to specially thank and acknowledge the time and contribution of the village community of all the twenty-four villages.

7 Their suggestions and discussions were of immense importance for the study. We are also grateful to participants of district and state consultations for comments and suggestions. Last but not the least we appreciate the support and contribution of the research staff of IDS- Gopal Singh, Shyam Singh, Kamna Khurana, Rakesh Pareekh, Jitendra Singh, Surendra Singh and Ahish Acharya. Varsha Joshi Surjit Singh Mohanakumar S pdfMachine Is a pdf writer that produces quality PDF files with ease! Produce quality PDF files in seconds and preserve the integrity of your original documents. Compatible across nearly all Windows platforms, if you can print from a windows application you can use pdfMachine.

8 Get yours now! 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Government of Rajasthan is proposing Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project in line with DPIP Rajasthan . The project objective is to increase and sustain income of the poor especially women in selected districts of the State. This would be achieved through: social inclusion and community mobilization; building sustainable member-based organizations of the poor; creation of linkages between these organizations and financial (banks and insurance companies) and other service providers; new livelihood strategies that are adaptable to climate change and improved access to social security/ protection including food security, fodder security and health risk.

9 The Project Components include: Institution Building & Social Empowerment: The objectives of this component are to empower the poor communities to organize themselves and aggregate their development demand at various levels, and to build the capacity of the community to meaning engage in the project. Community Investment Support: The project will facilitate the community to invest both financial and other resources in their own livelihoods. This investment will be partly financial, where community institutions at different levels will be provided revolving fund grants which will be passed on to the4 households as loans.

10 Skills development and employment promotion. Climate Change Adaptation Vulnerability to climate change has social, economic and political dimensions, which influence how climate change affects different groups. Project Implementation and Support Social Assessment: As part of preparation of RRLP, a detailed Social Assessment (SA) within the project area was conducted. The study involved field survey and consultations in 6 project districts, including consultation with tribal communities, Government departments and NGOs. The social assessment has involved i) identification of the social perspectives, impacts, benefits and issues relevant to the objectives and interventions of RRLP; ii) holding informed consultations with the primary and secondary stakeholders of the project, particularly the scheduled tribes, the scheduled castes and women s groups; iii) identifying mechanisms and processes to promote the participation and inclusion of the poor, the women and tribal communities in the project districts; and iv) preparing a tribal development and gender action framework.