MADHYA PRADESH DARSHAN III EDITION

RURAL IMMERSION 2011

Group1Datia

RahulBakshi
MirzaFarazAlam
AneeshChopra
NitishChawla
IshangJawa
KMNiranjan
RajeevKumar
AlokrajAmbadipudi
RameenKhan
ManpreetSinghRekhi

AboutDatia

Datia is a small rural town and a municipality in Datia district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the
administrative center of Datia District. It was formerly the seat of the eponymous princely state in the British Raj.
Datia is situated near Gwalior and on the border with Uttar Pradesh (U.P); the town of Jhansi in U.P. is only about
25 km away.
The old town is surrounded by a stone wall, enclosing handsome palaces and gardens; the 17th century palace of
Bir Singh Deo is one of the finest examples of Hindu domestic architecture available in north India.
Datia is located at 25.67N 78.47E. It has an average elevation of 302 meters (990 feet).

District
Collector

Ashok Deswal, IAS

Address

Collector & DM office,Collectorate Building Civil Lines Datia, Madhya

Pradesh,PIN-475661

Email

dmdatia@nic.in

Phone

07522-234100 (off),07522-234101(Res)

Fax

07522 - 233017

Majoractivities
1. TalkedtoCollectorWeinteractedwithMr.AshokDeswalandwereexplainedhowthewholesystem
works.TheCollectorreportstoDivisionalCommissionerinGwalior.TheCollectorisalsoDistrict
magistrate(DM)forthedistrict.UnderhimisanAdditionalCollectorandtwoDeputyCollectors.
TheDistrictconsistsof3divisionsDatia,SevdaandBhandermanagedbyTehsildarsandNayakTehsildar.
2. KnowaboutvariousGovernmentSchemesinDatiabytakingtoOfficialsandNodalOfficerofthe
Schemes.
Thevariousschemesare:
SGSYSelfhelpGroupSwatantraYojanaTheSchemeinvolveslendingtoSHGswheretheaimistolift
familiesfromBPLtoAPLin3years.

1020people/groupTheprocessinvolvesgradingtheSHGsandarelendRs10000afterfirstgrading.
AftersecondgradingtheyarelenduptoRs125000.
MDMSchemeTheMiddaymealinvolvesprovidingfoodinallgovernmentschoolsinordertopromote
parentstosendtheirchildrentoschool.Allutensils,shedsetc.arecoveredunderthescheme.75%of
fundsarecontributedbycenterwhiletheremainingbyState.
Theschoolmusthave:
1. Min.25students1rasoiya
2. Min.100students2rasoiyas
3. Rs1000ispaidtoeachRasoiya
MNREGA
Theschemeinvolvedprovidingmin.100daysemploymentinruralareas.TheemployeesarepaidRs
122/day.Themoneyiscreditedinbankaccountsofthebeneficiaries.
CMAwaasYojana
TheSchemeinvolvesgivingRs60000toafamilyforconstructionofPuccaHousestobenefitpeoplein
theBPLcategory.
TotalSanitationCampaign
TheschemeprovidesRs3200asaprizetofamilieswhoconstructpropertoiletsintheirhouse.
108AmbulanceScheme
Incaseofemergencyonecancall108andambulancewillcomeinmax.1hour

3. MeetingwithJanPratinidhis:
Mainproblemsidentified:

Lackofeducation

Castewisevoting

AbsenceofGoodteachersinVillageSchools

Chequesmadeinthenameofminorscouldnotbeencashed

NREGSwageisRs122whileMarketwageisRs200

Schemesno.ismorebutimplementationnotproper

Nofeedbacktakenfromlocalrepresentatives

Sometimesittakesmorethanonemonthtogetpaymentsinthebankaccounts.

4. VisittoVillages:
WevisitedtwovillagesDariyarpurandBargain
Thevariousproblemsseeninthevillages:

Lackofcomputersteacherswiththecomputerinfrastructuregettingwastedinschools.

Harijansstillliveinseparateareas

NREGSprojectconstructedataveryslowrate

InefficientImplementationsofSchemes

Majorlearning(s)fromtheentireexperience:
1. Gottoseethegroundrealities
2. UnderstandtheproblemsfacedinruralIndia
3. LearnhowvariousschemesareimplementedattheDistrictCollector
4. ProblemsinImplementationoftheschemes