Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination and Infrastructure (TRIPTI), a World Bank assisted project being implemented by the Odisha livelihood Mission, has made a headway in the State. The total utilisation in the project till March last has been around 89 per cent (Rs185.9 crore) against a target of planned expenditure of Rs 209 crore.
At a high level review meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra in the Secretariat on Tuesday, World Bank Team leader for TRIPTI Samik Sundar Das mentioned that the expenditure in the State has shown a very good indication of creating institutional framework at grassroots level.
Chief Secretary Mohapatra advised the project authorities to focus on dairy, fisheries and other farm sectors as these fields have a vast scope for creating sustainable livelihood in the coastal districts.
TRIPTI aims at enhancing the economic status of the poor and disadvantaged groups through sustainable livelihood promotions. The project has been started in 10 districts including Angul, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsingpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri. Institution building and capacity enhancement at the grassroots for livelihood promotions is the principal activity of the project. Available data shows till today 8, 16, 435 households in 1,013 gram panchayats in the districts have been covered under the project. Among them, 5, 39,302 (around 71 per cent) are poor and extremely poor vulnerable group households. In the meanwhile, the Cluster level Forum (ClF), Gram Pachayat level Forum (GPlF) and Block level Federation (BlF) have been made totally functional. A total of 69, 061 SHGs have been constituted and 7,154 cluster level federations have been formed. 97 per cent of the GPlFs institutions have received start up and institution building fund. Pro Poor Inclusion Fund (PPIF) ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 at different phases has been provided to the SHGs.
A total of 15,000 farmers in Kharif and 25,000 farmers in Rabi season of 2012-13 have been brought under 458 producer groups under SRI cultivation method. The crop cutting data collected from the fields of these farmers show that there has been an average incremental yield of 7 to 8 quintals per acre. In seed village component of the project, 834 farmers have been included and 50 producer groups have been formed. These groups have produced 4,500 quintal of seeds. Some new initiatives approved to be taken up under the project are Mo Badi, Nutritional Cluster and Community learning Centre, said sources.