PERSPECTIVE
PLAN AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF
ACTIVITIES :-
Floriculture : The society
already constituted at the district level
will look after the overall implementation of
the floriculture activity. This society will be responsible
for:-
(a) Timely completion of
the project and various infrastructures being
created.
(b) Providing necessary
inputs to the farmers like seeds cuttings,bulbs,pesticides etc.
(c) Hiring of staff for
demo- farms , collection centers, their salary, wages etc.
(d) Day
to day management of the assets created .
(e) Arranging better
marketing facilities for the produce by
locating market outside the state.
Minimum service charges
will be charged from the beneficiaries for the services provided on cost to cost basis.
This will help to make the assets self sustaining in near future.
Mushroom
Cultivation : The society constituted at the district level will look after
the overall implementation of the mushroom activity. The society will undertake
following:-
(a) Timely completion of the compost unit so as to being it in production by mid- October.
(b) Future management of
the compost unit.
(c) Organizing training capsule for the growers at NRCM, Solan whose cases are sanctioned from the
banks.
(d) Hiring technical, managerial staff / labour for the compost unit.
(e) Smooth functioning of unit .
(f) Procurement of raw material and
supply of finished produce i.e. compost to the Mushroom growers at their doorstep.
(g) Day to day management of the assets created.
Sericulture
Activity
1. Marketing Centres :- The 3 Technical Service Stations Bhadoli
Kalan,Daslehra and Hatwar and two cocoon collection –cum- marketing centers
Sanghaswin and Kandrour to be set up under the Project will be managed by forming a
society consisting of leading Sericulture growers of the area, technical experts from the
sericulture department, DRDA and District Administration. The Chairman of the committee
will be the Deputy Commissioner . The society will employ the requisite manpower in the
Technical Service Stations and collection cum
marketing centers and pay and allowances will be paid out of income generated under the
project.
Society will ensure that good quality of mulberry sapling are
supplied to the farmers and will also ensure
the distribution of good quality of silk seed to
the rearers.
Cocoon collection-cum-marketing centers will maintain
liaison with silk exchange located at CSTRI ,Bangalore and will ensure that rearers get a
good price for their produce.
Deployment of staff : The service of one chowkidar will be hired
at each T.S.S and collection / Marketing center while S.S.P.O will hand over the charge of each building to Sericulture Inspector concerned for better and full utilization of the
assets created.
2. Purchase of 10 basin, multiend reeling machine and to be leased out to the
existing silk reeling Unit : One silk reeling unit with a capital investment of 27.00 lacs.has been set-up in private sector with
the annual capacity of 20 qntls.of silk yarn. Besides this, 2 reeling units will be set up in the district . Plant / Machinery
will be provided on lease hold
basis to the entrepreneurs in the private
sector , who will run the unit. Annual lease money will form as corpus fund of the
society.
3. Degumming & finishing of silk yarn :- Degumming of silk yarn is
essential before weaving. The cost of this
machine is above Rs.5.00 lacs.This machine is planned to be purchased under the project
and may be handed to the existing reeling unit on annual lease rent basis.
4. Weaving Unit :- 20 weaver trained at CSTRI Bangalore will be organized in 2
SHGs. Two working sheds involving Rs.4.50 lacs. will also be constructed under the project
and 8 Nos. modified silk weaving handlooms would be installed in these sheds. These Units
will be handed over to the SHGs on nominal lease rent basis. Two more units will be set-up
under this project.
5. Dyeing/Finishing Unit :- One SHG of 10 farmers will be formed to
undertake silk dyeing and finishing. This group will be provided plant/machinery at a cost
of Rs.4.50 lacs. and a workshed will be constructed at a cost of Rs.3.00 lacs and this infrastructure will be
handed over to the SHG on nominal lease rent basis. The
group will be provided training in silk dyeing and finishing trade at CSTRI
Bangalore in January,2002.
CONCLUSION
:- As informed from the foregoing pages, in the short span of 1.5 year of its
implementation, project “GOLD-MINES” have
been largely successful in its objectives. Since inception , the progress in establishing backward as well as
foreward linkages is satisfactory . On the one hand the work of creation of necessary
infrastructure have been undertaken
speedily, while on other physical performance activity wise is also satisfactory . In sericulture, the work of one TSS at Hatwar
has been held up due land dispute . The alternative site for the same is being finalized and work will be started soon. In case of compost
plant, construction work is nearing
completion . Unit is likely to be
commissioned by November,2002. In
floriculture , the work of demo-form at Makri Markand and collection-cum0 grading center
at Namhol in
progress.
