Executive Summary Society for Elimination
of Rural Poverty (SERP) is implementing Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP)
in all the 22 rural districts of A.P.
Institution
Building There are 1,06,60,968
members in 9,33,585 SHGs exclusively for women. A total of 36,391
Village Organizations (VOs), 1099 Mandal Samakhyas (MSs) and 22
Zilla Samakhyas have come into existence in 22 districts. As on
today, the total Savings and Corpus of SHG Members are Rs.2660.96
Crores and Rs.4508.92 crores respectively.
Bank Loans and Pavala Vaddi
During this financial year
up to December 2009, Rs.3445.52 crores of bank loans are given under
Bank linkages programme. Under Pavala Vaddi Incentive Rs.117.08
Crores is given to SHG members during the financial year, thus
totaling to Rs.527.08 Crores since inception of the scheme.
Enhanced
Livelihoods of the Poor To enhance the
livelihoods of the poor, an amount of Rs. 922.59 Crores is given as
Community Investment Fund up to end of December 2009. Under the
land Access Programme the rights of the poor over 3.62 lakh Acres of
land restored. The incomes of the rural poor are secured and
enhanced through 2,06,799 jobs for rural youth up to end of December
2009.
Community Managed
Sustainable Agriculture
Under this initiative,
pesticide free cultivation is encouraged by the farmers in 10.56
lakh Acres up to December 2009 as against proposed to reach 20.00
lakh Acres in 2009-10. The net saving to the farmer depending upon
the Crop ranges from Rs. 2500/ to Rs. 37500/- per ha. . More...[+]