NABARD: Swachch Bharath Abhiyan

NABARD: Swachch Bharath Abhiyan




Financial Literacy Awareness Programme (FLAP)

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) launched financial literacy and awareness programme (FLAP) to create awareness among the financially excluded people in rural areas.

FLAP aims to create awareness on various schemes like Prime Minister Suraskha Bima Yojana, Prime Minister Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana. During the programme, people in rural areas would be taught on savings, credit, remittance, insurance and pension.

Karnataka State Finance Corporation has launched low interest rate schemes for rural youth’s starting their first Generation business. For SC/ST 4% per annum and for General 8% per annum.

Swatha Bheema Yojan, Jan-Dan Yojan and National Pension Schemes were launched.

Under the FLAP, special emphasis would be given on Atal Pension Yojana (a pension scheme) that guarantees a fixed monthly pension after turning 60 years.

Organic farming on Capsicum

Leadership Training

Leaders influence workers and assist them in reaching goals. They do not direct and dictate but they drive and encourage. Leadership seminars/trainings are conducted in order to help you develop the qualities of good leadership that are essential for the career and organizational success.

Some of the examples of good leadership qualities are: integrity, honesty, courage, commitment, sincerity, confidence, positivity and determination.

Good leaders usually have an intense perceptive of relationships within moderately large and complex systems and networks.




Child Development

Children Club, summer camp, life skill education

Child development refers to the transformations that occur as a child undergoes change and develops in relation to health, emotional, social and physical. Parents play important role in a child’s life, socialization and development. Child care programs have vital opportunity for the promotion of child development.

Organizing Summer Camps

3 summer camps covering 150 children to be organized in the SACRED area of operation to expose their talents and broaden their perspectives or horizons.

Process:

  • Summer camps to be conducted during summer vacation of children for 1-2 days
  • Short listing of children from the tuition centres and children’s clubs
  • Informing the parents and getting their consent
  • Planning the itinerary of the summer camp
  • Sharing experiences with other children

Life Skill Education

To impart life skill education for adolescent children in the age group of 14-18 years in order to prepare them to face life in the project area

180 adolescent girls and 180 boys will be assisted in 6 sensitization and capacity building programmes to steer their lives in the proper direction and make right choices regarding age of marriage, career guidance, personality development, building skills in the SACRED area of operation by 2014.

Process:

  • Training staff in curriculum preparation of life skill education
  • Develop innovative play way methods to motivate children to identify skills
  • Dividing the curriculum plan into specific lessons
  • Developing criteria for the selection of adolescent girls and boys
  • Organizing separate clubs for boys and girls in the village
  • Organizing review programmes for the children and staff separately

Skill Training




Committee Meeting



Life Skill Education




Staff Exposure




Farmer Exposure

Summer Camp