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Performance audit of food security schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – A report by Centre for Environment and Food Security

This report by the Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS) deals with performance audit of ten food security and poverty alleviation schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh (UP). The schemes covered under this audit include, (a) Public Distribution System (PDS), (b) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), (c) Mid-day Meals (MDM), (d) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), (e) National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS), (f) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), (g) Annapurna, (h) National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS), (i) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), and (j) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

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Performance audit of food security schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – A report by Centre for Environment and Food Security (2011)	951.74 KB

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Bolangir, OR, India
Latitude: 20.716667, Longitude: 83.483333

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Employment Guarantee Schemes, Food Security, Food Security Entitlements, Hunger, Livelihood, Livelihood Security, Mid Day Meals, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Poverty Alleviation Schemes, Public Distribution System, Social Security, Social audit, Wage Employment
Associated People / Organizations: ActionAid India, Concern India
Author: Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS), Parshuram Rai
Source: Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS)
Location / Time: Banda, Bansapal, Beguniapada, Bhawanipatna, Bolangir, Bundelkhand, Chhatrapur, Chitrakoot, Gajapati, Ganjam, Ghatgaon, Hamirpur, India, Jaitpur, Kalahandi, Karvi, Kendujhar, Kesinga, Khaprakhol, Kurara, Lalitpur, Lanjigarh, Lephripara, Mahoba, Manikpur, Mohana, Nuapada, Orissa, Rampur, Sundargarh, Tangarpali, Uttar Pradesh, 2011
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Special Tags: General

Orissa Community Tank Management Project – A paper by World Bank on proposed project restructuring

This document provides an appraisal of the World Bank financed Orissa Community Tank Management Project. The project on tank rehabilitation in the state was focused on institutional strengthening, agricultural livelihood services and some irrigation improvements in the project area.

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Orissa Community Tank Management Project – A paper by World Bank on proposed project restructuring (2008)	42.54 KB
Orissa Community Tank Management Project – A paper by World Bank on proposed project restructuring - Data Sheet (2008)	23.36 KB

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Bolangir, OR, India
Latitude: 20.716667, Longitude: 83.483333

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agricultural Livelihood Services, Agriculture, Institutional Strengthening, Irrigation, Irrigation Improvements, Irrigation Works, Land Improvement, Livestock, Tank Rehabilitation, Tanks, Water Sector Restructuring, Water User Associations
Associated People / Organizations: Bekzod Shamsiev, Isabel M Guerrero, John H Stein, N Roberto Zagha, Simeon Kacou Ehui
Author: World Bank (WB)
Source: World Bank (WB)
Location / Time: Bolangir, India, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawrangpur, Nuapada, Orissa, Rayagada, Sonepur, 2008
Difficulty Level: Expert

Tribal movements and livelihoods – Recent developments in Orissa – A working paper by CPRC-IIPA

This working paper by Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) and Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) deals with recent developments in tribal movements and livelihoods in Orissa. For the last few decades and more particularly since 1990’s the issue of human rights-violation of rights to life and livelihood of tribal peoples’ is a central concern. Therefore, the discourse on tribal movements and issues of tribal livelihood revolved around securing their well-defined rights on land and forest resources.

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Tribal movements and livelihoods – Recent developments in Orissa – A working paper by CPRC-IIPA (2011)	1.17 MB

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Keonjhar, OR, India
Latitude: 21.633333, Longitude: 85.583333

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agitation, Bauxite Mining, Development Induced Displacement, Forest Resources, Indebtedness, Land Resources, Livelihood Security, Natural Resources, Natural Resources Based Livelihood, Rehabilitation, Right To Livelihood, Shifting Cultivation, Tribal Livelihoods, Tribal Movements, Tribal People, tribal rights
Associated People / Organizations: Nabakrushna Choudhury Center for Development Studies
Author: Sakti Padhi, Nilakantha Panigrahi, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Source: Indian Institute of Public Administration
Location / Time: Baitarani, Bamara, Bonai, Boudh, Brahmani, Budhabalang, Eastern Ghat Regions, Garjat, India, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Mahanadi, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Northern Plateau, Orissa, Rairakhol, Rushikulya, 2011
Difficulty Level: Expert

Guidelines for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies with external assistance and domestic support - Ministry of Water Resources (2009)

These two documents by the Government of India, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) provide information and details on the 'Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies' scheme that has been launched by the Ministry under the state sector, one with domestic budgetary support and the other with external assistance.Read More

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Guidelines - Repair, Renovation and Restoration - Water Bodies with External Assistance- Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) (2009)	49.5 KB
Guidelines - Repair, Renovation and Restoration - Water Bodies with Domestic Support - Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) (2009).	45.33 KB

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Content Type: Policies & Laws
Category: Agriculture, Drinking Water, Environment, Groundwater Recharge, Irrigation, Water Bodies, Water Management, Water Quality, Water Storage
Associated People / Organizations: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Central Water Commission (CWC), District Implementing Agencies, District Level Implementation Agency (DLIA), District Level Implementation and Monitoring Committee (DLI&MC), District Planning Committee (DPC), Drinking Water Supply Department, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), Panchayats, State Governments, State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA), Water Users’ Associations (WUAs)
Author: Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)
Source: Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)
Location / Time: Bolangir, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jammu & Kashmir, Kalahandi, Koraput, North-East, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, 2009
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Drought studies for Kalahandi district in Orissa - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The study attempts to advance the understanding of regional drought phenomenon in the Kalahandi district of Orissa and present mitigation strategies. The dry spells during the monsoon crop growing season and wide variations in the quantum of rainfall from year to year result in frequent failure of crops in Kalahandi and as a result the district is categorised as drought prone. Read More

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Drought studies for Kalahandi district in Orissa by NIH (1998-99)	1.46 MB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agricultural Drought, Crop Coefficient (Kc), Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc), Crop Water Requirement, Deficit Rainfall, Drought Mitigation, Drought Prone, Droughts, Dry Spells, Hydrological Drought, Hydrology, Land Use, Monsoon Crops, Ponds, Rainfall, Reference Crop Evapotranspiration (ETo), Regional Drought Phenomenon, Reservoirs, Soils, Supplemental Irrigation, Tanks
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, Kalahandi, Kalampur, Lanjigarh, Orissa, Th Rampur, 1998, 1999
Difficulty Level: Expert

Strengthening the learning alliance: Scaling up options for SRI in Orissa – A report by the Xavier Institute of Management

This report on scaling up options for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Orissa attempted to strengthen the SRI learning alliance in Orissa through this scoping study. It begins with this overview chapter which provides the basics of SRI for the uninitiated apart from situating the productivity of rice within the All India context reiterating the case for SRI. The report highlights the efforts of the department and provides information on the costs of cultivation at the state farm and reported yield increase in different demonstration plots. The government is looking towards SRI as an important option to increase the cropping intensity by expanding the area under rabi where indications are that yield increases could be substantially higher. The chapter also indicates constraints faced and challenges that need to be overcome. Read More

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Strengthening the learning alliance: Scaling up options for SRI in Orissa – A report by the Xavier Institute of Management (2008)	1.25 MB

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Kalahandi, OR, India
Latitude: 20.103299, Longitude: 83.164900

Research outputs - National Institute for Hydrology (1998-99)

This page provides access to research papers from the National Institute of Hydrology (Roorkee):Read More

Estimation of Sedimentation Rates and useful Life of Lake Nainital in Kumaun Himalayas, U P, using Radiometric Dating Techniques. (Size:1.8MB)
Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils in Central Bihar (Size:1.1MB)
Development of Geomorphological Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph for Myntdu - Leska Basin (Size:0.8MB)
Variation of Soil Moisture Characteristics in a part of Hindon River Catchment (Size:1.2MB)

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, , India
Latitude: 0.000000, Longitude: 0.000000

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Climate, Climate Change, Dams, Disasters, Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Forests, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Groundwater, Hydrology, Industry, International Development Agencies, Oceans and Seas, Rainwater Harvesting, River Basins, Rivers, Sanitation, Society, Soils, Traditional Water-bodies, Urban Water, Waste, Water Balance, Water Bodies, Water Management, Water Quality, Water and Health, Watershed Development
Author: National Institute of Hydrology (Roorkee)
Source: National Institute of Hydrology (Roorkee)
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Hardwar, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Kalahandi, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Roorkee, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh, 1998, 1999
Difficulty Level: Expert

Traditional water harvesting as a solution to Western Orissa's perennial drought - A case study by MASS

This case study of Padiabadmal village in Sambalpur district by Manav Adhikar Seva Samiti (MASS) advocates traditional water harvesting as a solution to Western Orissa's perennial drought. Known for its agricultural prosperity in the past Western Orissa is now infamous for its parched reality of water scarcity, migration, starvation and all the woes attached to a ‘perennially drought-ridden’ society. In the last 100 years this belt has already had around 42 drought attacks, most of it coming after 1965.Read More

Location

Kalahandi, OR, India
Latitude: 20.103299, Longitude: 83.164900

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Content Type: Case Studies
Category: Agriculture, Bunds, Climate, Deforestation, Droughts, Forests, Irrigation, Migration, Rainfall, Rural, Society, Traditional Water Harvesting, Traditional Water-bodies, Traditional Water-body Restoration, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development
Author: Manav Adhikar Seva Samiti (MASS)
Source: World Prout Assembly
Location / Time: Balangir, India, Kalahandi, Orissa, Sambalpur, 2006
Difficulty Level: Beginner

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Performance audit of food security schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – A report by Centre for Environment and Food Security

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Orissa Community Tank Management Project – A paper by World Bank on proposed project restructuring

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Tribal movements and livelihoods – Recent developments in Orissa – A working paper by CPRC-IIPA

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Guidelines for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies with external assistance and domestic support - Ministry of Water Resources (2009)

Drought studies for Kalahandi district in Orissa - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

Strengthening the learning alliance: Scaling up options for SRI in Orissa – A report by the Xavier Institute of Management

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Research outputs - National Institute for Hydrology (1998-99)

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Traditional water harvesting as a solution to Western Orissa's perennial drought - A case study by MASS

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