Transcript Ms.Urvashi Prasad, consultant, MoDW&S

SCALING UP RURAL SANITATION PROGRAMME IN INDIA
WITH QUALITY AND CONVERGENCE
NATIONAL SEMINAR ON DECENTRALIZED
GOVERNANCE IN WATER AND SANITATION
28TH JUNE, 2012
NIAR,LBSNAA
URVASHI PRASAD
CONSULTANT
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
WHY CONVERGENCE?
 Sanitation is Multildimensional
 Multiple Impacts and Determinants
 Poor Sanitation Impacts Health particularly of Women and
Children Diarrheal diseases resulting from poor sanitation
and hygiene kill more than 400,000 persons in India every
year.
 Poor Sanitation Impacts learning ability - Study in Alwar,
Rajasthan showed school toilets increased enrollment by
11%
 Poor Sanitation Impacts Nutrition
 Poor Sanitation Impacts Environmental Pollution
WHY CONVERGENCE?
3 FS OF SANITATION PROGRAMME
FUNCTIONS,FUNDS AND FUNCTIONARIES
A) FUNCTIONS - Range of Components
Creating Sanitation infrastructure
Software activities IEC, Hygiene Education
Capacity building
Alternative Delivery Mechanism- Effective supply of sanitation
goods and Services
School Sanitation
Solid & liquid waste management
Operation and maintenance
Monitoring and Evaluation
WHY CONVERGENCE?
B) Funds - Limited Budget allocated for specific component or
to improve quality of a specific component
Eg – Cost of construction of Individual Household Latrine –
Convergence of NBA with MGNERGA
C) Functionaries – Multiple Institutions/ Ministries which look
after the same programme/population /category of population
School Sanitation – Ministry of Human Resource Development
& Drinking Water and Sanitation
Children – MHRD, MWCD
NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN (NBA)
GOALS
• Making Nirmal Bharat
• Community saturation approach –APL, BPL
• Conjoint approach – water supply, sanitation,
housing, SLWM
• Dedicated funding for capacity building of stake
holders like Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs),
Village Water and Sanitation Committees
(VWSCs) and field functionaries for sustainable
sanitation
• Prioritize Malnutrition and JE affected Districts
Convergence of NBA with other Schemes
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Village Water Health, Sanitation Committees (VWSHC) to
review and monitor convergence of schemes – Define Roles,
mechanisms for pooling of funds & functionaries
• Common information and monitoring mechanism for tracking
impact of poor sanitation on diseases and key health
indicators like IMR, MMR- Eg. JE affected areas of UP
• Capacity building of ASHA, ANMs on sanitation promotion.
Incentives to ASHA of Rs. 75/- from NBA funds
• Joint IEC plans – Inclusion of WATSAN messages in ASHA
radio programme, Use of rubber stamps messages on
sanitation by doctors
• Convergence of SSHE with School Health Programme
• Joint Action Plans for Epidemic illnesses – JE, Polio
Convergence of NBA with other Schemes
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,(SSA) Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD) & SSHE under NBA
• Coverage of all schools with WATSAN – Toilets
in Schools prior to 2007 – NBA All new schools
SSA
• Sharing of School coverage data – DISE data
updated to include indicators on handwashing,
functionality, O& M
• Capacity building – Teacher Training on
hygiene Education, Common training Module
and Training Calendar
• Inclusion of hygiene Education in Curriculum
Monitoring of toilets constructed in Schools
• Pilot Projects on School Water Supply &
Sanitation – Linking Solid Liquid Waste
Management with Schools Mid Day Meal
Programme –Biodigestors in Schools for
kitchen waste
Convergence with other Schemes
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
• Joint surveys for identification of manual scavengers and status of dry
latrines and manual scavenging in States.
• NBA guidelines outline conversion of the existing bucket latrines into pour
flush latrines
• Instructions to States which show large percentage of dry latrines to
conduct survey to identify dry latrines and prepare and send project
proposal for their conversion to sanitary latrines.
• Organizing awareness camps with Karamcharis and Scavengers to stop
manual scavenging
• Manual Scavengers may also be given incentives under TSC for acting as
motivators for creating awareness on sanitation issues and demand
generation for sanitation facilities in the village
• Training may be imparted to the eligible members of the target group for
self employment ventures and skill development for taking up income
generating activities in industry
Convergence of NBA with other Schemes
CONVERGENCE OF TSC WITH MGNERGA
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Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) expanded the scope of
works under Schedule 1 Para 1 (ix) of MGNREGA guidelines to
include works relating to access to sanitation facilities.
Construction of IHHL -Unskilled labour (upto 20 person days) and
skilled labour (upto 6 person days, under material component
under MGNERGA Total amount to be booked under MGNREGA
not exceed Rs. 4,500 per IHHL
Construction of Anganwadi Toilet Unit and School Toilet Unit as
Institutional Projects as per prevailing SORs.
Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) works in proposed
or completed Nirmal Grams.
Cost incurred in providing skilled labour and mate will be booked
under material component of MGNREGA
DWSM will communicate to GPs approved TSC plan which
includes total No. of IHHLs for their respective GPs. The GPs will
, following approval of the Gram Sabha, finalize list of Individual
beneficiates within the given numbers and will also include this as
part of approved shelf of projects under MGNREGA.
Estimates of IHHL will be based on type design of MDWS and
combined Technical Sanction(TS) will be issued as per the
combined Administrative Sanction and Financial Sanction
Convergence of NBA with other Schemes
Indira Awas Yojana
• All IAY beneficiaries who are sanctioned a house will
be sanctioned one toilet each under TSC
simultaneously
• Layout , location and technology of sanitary latrines
in IAY houses to be appropriately designed
• IEC material to be included in IAY publicity material
• Joint training programme to be organized for
functionaries under TSC and IAY at State level,
District , Block and Gram Panchayat level
NEW AREAS OF CONVERGENCE
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• NRLM aims to provide financial support to BPL SHGs in terms of
revolving fund for microenterprise development activities, skill
development Training to BPL youth for gainful self-employment and
wage employment opportunities
• SHGs to be involved as motivators/campaigners for sanitation
promotion.
•Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) to train Women
SHGs. Training may be provided in setting up Rural Sanitary
Parts/Production Centres, as masons
•SHGs be provided assistance to start Rural Sanitary Marts and/or
Production Centres
•Linking SHGs to VWSC for monitoring water supply and sanitation
projects and also to help in developing village water security and
sanitation plan.
•Water quality testing by women SHGs
•SHGs to be entrusted with operation and maintenance of community
sanitary complexes.
NEW AREAS OF CONVERGENCE
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources
• Construction of Biogas linked toilets specially in NGP
villages
• Research, Development, Pilot projects on sustainable
sanitation technologies including biogas linked toilets
• Capacity building of Panchayat on taking up Clean
Development Mechanism projects for gaining carbon credits
for biogas linked toilets
• State level Biogas development and training Centres under
MNRE may be linked to WSSO,KRCs, Regional Resource
Centres for providing technical, training support
NEW AREAS OF CONVERGENCE
Ministry of Youth Affairs
• National Service Scheme (NSS)
Volunteers may work as
motivators in awareness
generation , IEC activities on
sanitation , construction of toilets
and hygiene Education in villages.
• Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan a
network of Youth Clubs involved in
Sanitation promotion
• National Youth Corps, Scouts and
Guides as Swachchata Doots
EVOLVING A CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK
Objectives
Convergence with
scheme/ Department
Convergence options
IEC
WCD
Anganwadi Workers as
Swachata Doots
NRHM
ASHA worker as Swachata
Doots
Providing Revolving Fund
NRLM
SHG women trained as
masons for running
Production Centres
Construction of pits for IHHL
M GNERGS
Construction of IHHL Unskilled labour (upto 20
person days) and skilled
labour (upto 6 person days,
under material component
Construction of Toilets in
IAY houses
IAY
Convergence Framework
Objectives
Convergence with
scheme/ Department
Convergence options
School Sanitation Hygiene
Education
SSA, MHRD
Teacher Training on hygiene
Education
MGNREGS
Construction of School Toilets
Blocks
Hygiene Education
School Health programme
NRHM
Ensure water supply in all
Schools
NRDWP
Anganwadi Sanitation
ICDS MWCD
MGNR EGA
NRDWP
AWW as Swachchata Doot
Awareness on safe disposal of
child faeces in pottys
Labour Component of
Construction of Anganwadi
Toilets Blocks
Ensuring water supply in AWCs
Steps to Strengthen Convergence
 Setting up Coordination Mechanisms with all Ministries at Central, State,
District and village level
 Officials implementing the specific programmes must be made members
of the Coordination Committees.
 Capacity building of functionaries on mechanisms for convergence
 Identifying specific key component of the scheme and define roles,
responsibilities mechanisms of pooling of financial and human resources.
 Lateral Learning- Exposure visits to Project areas where convergence
work has happened
SCALING UP SANITATION PROGRAMME
WITH QUALITY AND CONVERGENCE
COMING TOGETHER IS BEGINNING
WORKING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS
REACHING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS