Kind to cash

Dear All

See the comments posted in the Down to Earth on the study made by Mr Rechards Mahapatra as:

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Dear Rechard

Happy to go through your study and observations. It is big YES that the benefit is not reaching the needy. This needs to be seen in two ways as:

@ Mapping the BPL
@ Benefit reaching the BPL

Mapping the BPL:

The tag of poor has become opportunity for the people to grab it mostly by the one who never need it. This happens due to the inadequate measures followed in mapping. Once, these measures were made transparent then the target groups can be mapped.

Benefit reaching the BPL:

Yes, it is the fact that GO is spending very high (365%) for the benefit of Rs.1. No words to justify this wide gap??????

Based on the issues related with:

@ High cost of reaching the people,
@ poor identification &
@ poor remains poor

moving toward the conditional cash transfer (CCT), though looks better, still it needs to be seen what happens at the ground.

As per the estimates of 2007-08, if every identified family gets an amount of Rs.2140/- per month which is expected more than the income limit fixed for the BPL, certainly it will improves the situation of the groups and moves forward with development. This needs critical study by adopting villages in different regions.

This support with the creation of better livelihood opportunities matching to the challenges, skills, needs and living circumstances of the target groups alone can work for their sustainable development with quality of life (QOL).

I am with the people and making efforts in building their capacities for better livelihood opportunities. The rural people are facing several challenges in respect of opportunities matching to their local resources, their skills and needs and poor price for their products. We are seeing and reading all these challenges but still nothing is moving in the real sense to chage the crises / challenges.

Understanding the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the area and the people,still chances are bright to move forward with sustainable development.

I will be happy to share more on this to make an action plan with the sole intention of seeing the brightness in the eyes of the targeted people.

Looking forward for better networking and thus to reach the people with sustainable solutions...

with thanks
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Sometimes, it works when we all share with concern for the development of the people as well as the community.

Looking forward...

with thanks