Rufford Small Grant Monthly update: RSG II/4 (May 2010). 6 Jun 2010

• RSG project is now progressing on all levels which include local grass root level, district, state and national level. I am also planning to extend this work on other river basins also.
  
• 18 to 20 May 2010. Government of Rajasthan, Rajasthan University and Tarun Bharat Sangh arranged 3 days workshop to evolve methodology of the water auditing for India. As a resource person they have invited me to deliver a presentation on village level water auditing and role of MNREGA in the conservation of riverine resources. MNREGA based conservation of wetland resources has been included in the water budgeting.
  

• 21 and 22^nd May 2010. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and PRAYAS, an NGO, organized 2 day brain storming workshop on MREGS at TISS campus at TULJAPUR, Maharashtra. I have delivered presentation on RSG project generated experience on village planning.
  
  • 3 May 2010. State Agriculture department and VIKALP, an NGO, arranged one day workshop on sustainable agriculture. I have delivered presentation on environment friendly agriculture.
    
  • 4^th May 2010. Local governance arranged 1 day capacity building workshops for the government officers at Mangrulpir. I have conducted the same.
    
  • 5^th May 2010. New office of the RSG project has been inaugurated by local MLA Mr. Prakash Dahake.
    
  • 6^th May 2010. One day field work with NREGA labor in the UMA river basin has been carried out. Through capacity building done by our organization about eco-restoration work in the UMA river basin local labor earn about 6000 Sterling as wages.
    
  • 6^th May 2010. I have been appointed as social and technical expert on the district level steering comity on the central government's development schemes.
    
  • Massive eco-restoration and drought proofing work is going on in the Adan river basin.