Section - XIX - The Budget for the Intervention

A Typical Budget for the Intervention would be as follows (3 years):

Please note the following:

1. The overall coordinator’s cost is divided over more than one place of intervention (Minimum as of now would be 4. The places are: Magadi, Kolar, Chitradurga and Raichur Districts). This overall coordinator would stay at one of these districts for about 2 months to establish the social process, identifying good SHG women, local leadership, local coordinator, identifying the first ½ acre of land, negotiation with the panchayats etc., He would be somewhat the fulcrum who would draw upon the resource persons for social mobilization, irrigation, water balance study, crop management etc.,

2. The item lines (a) and (b) would be subject to change depending on the local panchayat’s response. If the panchayat responds to give us the complete EGA then the amount would drastically change. Districts where there is no NREGA if we get a favourable panchayat then the item lines (a) and (b) would change. For eg. in Kolar because of the Local MLA taking interest we don’t need to worry about the EGA components in (a) and (b) wheras in Magadi we still don’t know the Panchayat’s response

3. Please note that item line (d) is totally as a credit for irrigation which would be used as a revolving fund for the subsequent neighbourhood units

4. Please note that the assistance offered by us to the farmers in the years 2 & 3 is ½ the cost and the rest half is borne by the farmers in a service agreement with the landless women

5. The resource persons’ pool would be for the travel of best practitioners. Again this is considered for all the possible 4 places as of now.