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                          RURAL DEVELOPMENT

“India lives in her village”, is true even to this day. Nearly 60 percent of the population depending on agricultural sector for their livelihood and is contributing nearly 40 percent of the national income. Agricultural sector has its influence on industrial development, which not only helps in the earning of foreign exchange but also in satisfying the basic needs of the population. As the population in the country is increasing enormously in spite of various measures to curb it, the demand for food and other consumer goods is increasing rapidly, to meet this demand we have to depend mostly on agriculture. Without having a substantial increase in the agricultural production, the economy is not in a position to achieve the plan objectives. CAPART under Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India provided fund to ICDA to carry out such programs as Bore Well Irrigation, Inter Cropping & crop Diversifications, Tube Well for Drinking Water.
                                         BORE WELL IRRIGATION:

In fact Orissa’s agriculture has suffered much due to its dependence on the vagaries of the monsoon and extensive damage caused by floods and droughts. There are little stress on minor irrigation schemes, which required less investment and shorter time of completion. 

The underground water potential in the coastal district of Orissa is enormous. Therefore attempt has been made to provide bore well irrigation by ICDA in Padhani Gram Panchayat of its operational area under Bhadrak Dist. The entire program is participatory in nature. 

The stakeholders were motivated to carry out the entire activities of installation of bore well and its maintenance. There are 6 groups of such stakeholders and each group consists of 10 no. of marginal farmers. The project has been conceived to provide irrigation to minimum 60 hact. of land. As regards the functioning of the groups; they are transferred with the rights to manage the irrigation system. Every group is functioning in a democratic and economically efficient manner. The need of each and every member has been taken care of. A sense of the ownership of the system and its management has been instilled into them for optimum management of water.

                                      INTER CROPPING & CROP DIVERSIFICATION:

Another major activity of ICDA in rural development is to increase production by crop diversification and inter cropping system. We had put strenuous and continual effort to develop our farmers’ aptitude towards crop diversification and inter cropping system. Human activity is not only determined by capability but it is also subject to external influences such as social and moral values and an economic incentive which determines the attitude 

and motivation to adopt new methodologies/technologies. We are content to place here that 280 no. of house holders of marginal farmers were covered under the present program, whose attitude to agriculture underwent a dramatic change.

                                                     DRINKING WATER:

Consumption of contaminated drinking water was another area, which drew attention of ICDA on an urgent basis. Six no. of hand pumps were installed in Padhani Gram Panchyat for safe drinking water. These measures would not have been effective if the community was not involved. The community was involved in the implementation, acceptance and maintenance of hand pumps. 

The villagers were also consulted with regard to the location of the hand pumps. Special drives were organized using members to contact groups from each village and trained over five days on the linkages between water and disease and the importance of hygiene. Another area of concern here was in the disposal of wastewater. This problem was solved by the community who undertake the responsibility of diverting the stagnant water around the hand pumps for productive purpose, as for instance, for growing plants etc.
                                                        RURAL SANITATION:

Rural Sanitation was another component of ICDA under Rural Development programme. It is believed that a well-designed project combined with water supply, excreta disposal and hygiene education can reduce diarrhea morbidity by 30 to 50 percent, reduce mortality by an even grater extent and can significantly reduce other communicable infections and parasitic infestations. 

They also help to improve the nutritional status of infants and children. It is because of above-mentioned facts ICDA has been providing simple latrines to the rural households of below poverty line groups. These latrines do not require any special servicing and are user friendly. As of now, 600 no. Of such families are covered under the programme. Dist. Water & Sanitation Society under Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India had provided fund to ICDA for Integrated Household Latrine Prog.
INTEGRATED HANDLOOM TRAINING PROGRAM: 

One of the priority areas of ICDA is to generate employment for the craftsmen, who have lost their income due to their failure to meet the changing demand of the customers. This is a natural phenomenon. Every generation has its own test towards their live. 

Chairperson, DRDA Balasore of Govt. of Orissa & Dpty Director, WSC, BBSR of Ministry of textile Govt of India, giving inaugural speech.

Therefore it is incumbent upon the craftsman to produce things that has demand in the market. Understanding this ICDA has been implementing Integrated Handloom Training Program of Ministry of Textile, Govt. of India at Sabira under Soro Block of Balasore Dist. There are 20 no. of trainees and they are being trained by Master Craftsman appointed by Weavers Service Center, 

Bhubaneswar under Ministry of Textile. Training is specially meant for value addition so that the craftsman gets maximum benefit out of their labour. The quality of the product should rise to a level where this will be a demand driven and not supply driven. The entire programme is stipendiary.