NABARD - A BOON FOR RURAL INDIA

There has been a particular trend in the way things work in India. Everything in this country is Politicized to an extent that the politicians are never able to come over and the common man. The bureaucracy has never been able to work out the way people want it. Corruption has always been on the High no matter what the issue is.

But amidst all this there did happen something that people welcomed with both their hands open, Its was set up of NABARD.

NABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts. It also has the mandate to support all other allied economic activities in rural areas, promote integrated and sustainable rural development and secure prosperity of rural areas.

With its effective overseeing and monitoring of the implementation of the Government of India's programme to double the flow of credit to agriculture over a three-year period from 2004-2005, the total disbursement of credit reached Rs 1,25,309 during 2004-2005. Ground level credit flow to agriculture and allied activities reached Rs 1,57,480 crore in 2005-2006.

As on 31 January 2007 through the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Rs,59,795.35 crore have been sanctioned for 2,31,702 projects covering irrigation, rural roads and bridges, health and education, soil conservation, drinking water schemes, etc. Developing among hosts of other infrastructures, RIDF will create 20971 schools, 6239 primary health centres and provide drinking water supply in 7267 villages.

Watershed Development Fund , with cumulative sanctions of Rs.578.95 crore for 427 projects in 124 districts of 14 states, has created a People’s Movement in rural India.

Farmers now enjoy financial access and security through 582.50 lakh .Kisan Credit Cards that have been issued through a vast rural banking network.

Planting a Tree

On 15th of August I had gone to Jaipur to spend holidays with my dad, there I planted a DHAK tree more commonly known as the parrot tree in a park just opposite my with the help of the guard there.

I had never planted a tree before so the experience was a really nice one. There is this inner happiness in doing something like this, though I am sad that I wont be able to take care of it daily never the less dad would do the needful and I would go when ever I can to see it rise high in the sky>

The climate change in India is estimated to be far more worse than the previous calculations done. Studies show that by the year 2050, there would by a temperature rise by 3- 4 degrees than current temperatures over current temperature would change the rainfall pattern too on a very large scale. Rains are predicted to be heavier but scarcely thus abrupting agriculture completely.

This study results are conducted by Pune's Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, one of the key government institutions studying climate change in India. The findings are currently under review by a well-recognized scientific journal.

If even a part of the projections turn into reality, the IITM model has dire implications for almost all aspects of life in the country — AGRICULTURE, POWER, WATER RESOURCES.

This study is and eye opener for India. According to it Northern India and Western India would be worst affected and slowly and gradually it would move towards the south.

Imagine heavier rainfalls? What would happen of our country or taking an example just of our capital where one hour of rainfall disrupts the life of the masses and leads to traffic jams for hours and hours. If it rains for a day or two our life would come to stand still. Other places in the country are also not better off.

So there has to be planning doneand methods found out to use the water in the right way and reduce pollution so that ozone is layer is saved so as to not face catastrophic situations later where the solution would be just impossible.

Independence

Tomorrow is 15th August, our 61st Independence day! So here we are changing from slowly addin years to our life to life to our years. 15th August 1947 is a GOLDEN LETTER DAY IN INDIAN HISTORY. We got our well deserved freedom for which our forefathers had struggled very hard. Its simply due to that day we can practice all the rights.
But Independence Day is just 1 day, there are 364 other days in the year. So actually speaking each day is as important as the 15th August. I don't need a day a day to practice my rights in my own country and that goes with my duties too. They are not meant for a special day. I can't be insensitive on the rest of the days and suddenly turn patriotic on 15th August!
My duties for my Alma Mater have to be done daily, they maybe really small and insignificant but all these small things add up to it. A population of a billion plus can definitely make a difference with their small little significant things for our country.


Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling!
Let's be proud to feel the Freedom!
all of us get to-gather &
Celebrate Our Freedom

By helping those who need it the most
Lets be the guiding light instead of finding 1


Stop cribbing and start acting
Jai Hind!

Shrinking Water, Burgeoning Needs.

India faces a turbulent water future. If the practices are not changed very soon, India will be on the verge of facing a severe water crisis and to add to the problem it neither has the cash nor the water needed by its growing economy and its ever rising population

Due to lack of water supply and low levels of connectivity of water resources, farmers and urban dwellers alike have resorted to helping themselves by pumping out groundwater through tubewells. Today, 70% of India’s irrigation needs and 80% of its domestic water supplies come from groundwater. This practice has led to rapidly declining water tables and critically depleted aquifers, and is no longer sustainable.

Ganga flows around 1550 miles, passing (and giving life to) some of the most populous cities of India, including Kanpur (2 million), Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, and Calcutta (14 million)

The major polluting industries on the Ganga are the leather industries, especially near Kanpur, which use large amounts of Chromium and other chemicals. However, industry is not the only source of pollution. Sheer volume of waste - estimated at nearly 1 billion litres per day - of mostly untreated raw sewage - is a significant factor. Also, inadequate cremation procedures contributes to a large number of partially burnt or unburnt corpses floating down the Ganga.

Take the example of river Yamuna which flows through the heart of our capital city and forms the base support of all our water needs. Yamuna enters Delhi at Palla village 15 km upstream of Wazirabad barrage, which acts as a reservoir for Delhi. Delhi generates 1,900 million litre per day (mld) of sewage, against an installed wastewater treatment capacity of 1,270 mld. Thus, 630 mld of untreated and a significant amount of partially treated sewage enter the river every day.

The Wazirabad barrage lets out very little water into the river. In summer months especially, the only flow downstream of Wazirabad is of industrial and sewage effluents. Lesser discharge means lesser river flow and thus, greater levels of pollution. From the Okhla barrage, which is the exit point for the river in Delhi, the Agra canal branches out from Yamuna. During the dry months, almost no water is released from this barrage to downstream Yamuna. Instead, discharges from the Shahadara drain join the river downstream of the barrage, bringing effluents from east Delhi and Noida into the river. This is the second largest polluter of the river after the Najafgarh drain.

Water crisis has already hit a major chunk of the population, mainly the areas that are economically productive and with high population. According to Estimates by 2020, India’s demand for water will exceed supply from all the possible sources. We hardly have around a decade to save ourselves. If plans remain just on paper we will remain no more.

primary health centre

As we know, In India, fertility, mortality and morbidity remain unacceptably high, both compared to countries in the region and those at similar income levels. Although poverty and low levels of education are the root causes, poor stewardship over the health system bears some responsibility. India’s primary healthcare system is based on the Primary Health Centre (PHC) which is not spared from issues such as the inability to detect diseases early due to lack of multi-disciplinary medical expertise and laboratory facilities and insufficient quantities of general medicines. At the same time, patients usually do not visit PHCs in the early stages of their diseases, while healthcare providers (if at all present) are forced to focus only on seriously ill patients due to the volume of cases.

Studies from developed countries demonstrate that an orientation towards a specialist-based system enforces inequity in access. Health systems in low income countries with a strong primary care orientation tend to be more pro-poor, equitable and accessible. At the operational level, the majority of studies comparing services that could be delivered as either primary health care or specialist services show that using primary care physicians reduces costs, and increases patient satisfaction with no adverse effects on quality of care or patient outcomes.
In India, Primary Health Centres are the cornerstone of rural healthcare; a first port of call for the sick and an effective referral system; in addition to being the main focus of social and economic development of the community. It forms the first level of contact and a link between individuals and the national health system; bringing healthcare delivery as close as possible to where people live and work.


Henceforth, as said health is wealth...
so we should all join hands to promote this concept of health care and not be negligent about it!