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Development Solutions Branch (DSB) |
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NABARD -TDF-Wadi
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A one-day training-cum-workshop on soil and
water conservation was organised for the Sahariya community on 27 August
2012, in which 32 participants from Bajna, Sahariya families attended the
programme.
Under Agri Business Development Services
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Ten more farmers have been registered under Agri BDS membership, taking
the total number of registration to 370.
ICRISAT-Watershed
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A total of 86 solar lanterns were distributed among the farming community
of watershed area from Deloitte Co. Lucknow (under the clean technology
initiative)
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Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) |
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SPEED
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SPEED Partner Coordinating
Meeting was held in Hyderabad on 9 August 2012. Various partners provided
updates and also finalised their plan of action till October 2012.
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Under ESCO Engagement
Process, meetings were conducted with First ESCO, Greenfields and
Telesolar. Details of respective clusters Chattarpur, Kesla and Vaishali
were shared with them. First ESCO has visited the sites with SPEED team
and RF team to Chattarpur.
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Telesolar visited SPEED team
in Delhi and has finalised four sites in Vaishali cluster. Pre-feasibility
reports (PFRs) for these sites are under process.
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A meeting was conducted on
policy and regulatory component of SPEED project with Prayas at DAWHQ on
23 August 2012. The team from Prayas updated SPEED over various studies
and research conducted by them in Rural Energy and Decentralised
Distributed Generation field and shared their findings and
recommendations.
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On SPEED Capacity Building
Modules, TLA and ISB have been working in coordination and have prepared
the first cut database on the two major technologies, solar and biomass
for Training and Capacity Building of Operators and Managers.
TARA Livelihood Academy
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Training on Livelihood
Security Enhancement, Income Generation Activities and SHG formation took
place on 22-31 August 2012 under the JICA project of UP Forest department.
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Innovation Systems
Branch (ISB) |
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The Bundelkhand Knowledge Platform Workshop was conducted on 14 August
2012 under the SDC-DA ‘Climate Resilient Development’ Project on ‘Water
Availability and Accesibility: Undersanding the Significance of Aquifers
and Energy in Water Management’ at TARAgram Orchha.
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Communication Solutions
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TARA Akshar project with READ India in Geejgarh, Rajasthan was completed
successfully. 119 women were made literate as a result of this project.
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