J.P.Naik. Center for Education and Development, Pune

Centre Facilities

The J. P. Naik Centre for Education and Development, located at Kumbre Park, Kothrud, caters to lodging and boarding facilities for government institutions and non-government institutions, especially for those institutions working in the areas of Education and Development. The main objectives of the J. P. Naik Centre are to explore innovative and alternative paths to educational, economic and development. The centre strives to bring together governmental and non-governmental organizations including National and State bodies like the NCERT & SCERT for discussion on educational problems. The Staff of this centre are also actively involved in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), mid-day meal (MDM) monitoring project and the National level Monitoring (NLM) of ministries, GoI.

The hostels, seminar hall and conference hall facilities, being well furnished, are often in use by governmental and non-governmental organizations for conduction of workshops, seminars and training programmes. This facility is available on non-commercial tariff for the above mentioned institutions. The premise also provides a Conference hall that can accommodate 300 persons with facilities such as LCD, OHP etc. It have houses 2 seminar halls with 40 person’s capacity per hall with all facilities. A Committee room, with AC, is also available which can facilitate 20 persons with all facilities. The hostel has facility with 24 rooms with catering facility for 48 persons and 10 VIP rooms accommodating for 20 persons.

Project - National Level Regular & Special Monitoring of Rural Development Programme Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, GoI.

The officials of the J.P.Naik Centre are actively involved in the National Level Monitoring project

Introduction:

Rural development being a State subject, receives funds from the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India for implementing various schemes ,that are beneficial for the rural population in the country. Detailed guidelines have been framed by the Ministry for the release and utilization of the funds by the State. Also, while recognizing the importance of regular and special independent monitoring of its programmes under the various schemes, the Ministry

devised a comprehensive monitoring and Evaluation system for its various programmes through Monthly Progress Reports, Management Information System in these states. For this purpose, a Performance Review Committee, Vigilance and Monitoring Committees were established by the Ministry across various Staes.

This National Level Monitoring was launched in the year 2003-04 in order to achieve an unbiased and objective monitoring and in the recent years, this monitoring has become very important due to several factors;

These programmes target almost 1/3 of the country’s population;

Significant increase in the allocation of funds for various rural development programmes;

The increase in demands of accountability and transparency in the execution of these programmes

Some of the schemes implemented so far are as follows;

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India launched the People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’ during 2018 in order to give thrust to the process of preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) in all the GPs/Villages across the country. Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) are the planning instruments which provide for the socio-economic development utilizing the resources available to the Panchayats. The GPDP planning process has to be comprehensive and based on participatory processes which involve full convergence with schemes of all related Central Government Ministries & Line Departments related to 29 subjects listed in the XI Schedule of the Constitution. Government of India has decided to continue the People’s Plan Campaign ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’ from 2nd October to 31st December, 2019.

Objective of National Level Monitoring:

Tree Plantation Individual Work under MGNREGA at GP Marodi

Open well Individual Work under MGNREGA at GP Muchuru

Interview with NSAP beneficiaries at GP Kaliya training programme at DDU-GKY, Bangalore

NLM observing renovation of School schemes GP BALPA (SAGY)

Regular Monitoring:

The Purpose of any monitoring of development activities is to provide government officials, development managers, and civil society with better means for learning from past experience, improving service delivery, planning and allocating resources and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key stakeholders. The purpose of this NLM system is to strengthen all the rural development programmes and ensure the effectiveness, transparency and progress of implementation.

The objectives of visit of the NLM to districts are to ascertain the following:

– Whether the programmes of the Ministry are being implemented in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the Ministry.
– Whether the selection of beneficiaries under the programme has been transparent, unbiased and fair.
– Whether the assets created are genuine and useful to the community.
– Whether the Vigilance & Monitoring Committee (V&MC) Meetings are held regularly. If not, reasons, if any.
– The views of the villagers on the programmes and their suggestions for improvement.

Special Monitoring: Objectives of the Campaign – ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’

Strengthening Role of 31 Lakh elected Panchayat Leaders and approximately 6 Crore Women members of SHGs under DAY-NRLM, in effective Gram Sabha.

Evidence Based Assessment of Progress made in 2019-20 and proposals for 2020-21 in all 29 subjects of XI Schedule.

Public Information Campaign – Full public disclosure on a Village Display Board on Schemes, Finances, etc. of all Programmes in Gram Panchayat Office and on Gram Samvaad App.

Structured Gram Sabha meetings spread over 2nd October – 31st December, 2019, with physical presence and presentation by frontline workers/Supervisors of all 29 Sectors in XI Schedule.

PlanPlus strengthened to provide for a pragmatic and holistic Gram Panchayat Development Plan.

Scope: The National Level Monitors on their visits shall cover the following programmes of Ministry of Rural Development/Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM)

1 Livelihoods
2 Aajeevika Skills

Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana - Gramin (PMAY- (G))

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

1 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
2 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)
3 Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
4 National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)

Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)

SansadAdarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY)

Pradhan MantriSinchayeeYojana – Watershed Development (PMKSY)

Deen Dayal Upaddhay - Gramin Skills Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Panchayat Raj (PR)

Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP)

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI)

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) (SBM-G)