Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has decided to extend its activities to the backward districts of Hyderabad Karnataka region and Vijayapura district in Mumbai Karnataka region.
L.H. Manjunath, executive director, SKRDP, told presspersons on Tuesday that offices had been inaugurated in Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Yadgir and Bidar districts. “The SKRDP already has its presence in Raichur, Koppal and Ballari districts for the past four years,” he said.
Dr. Manjunath said their main objective was to ensure that the benefits extended by the government through different schemes reached the targeted sections.
He said that the SKDRDP would appoint a women empowerment officer, an agriculture officer and a coordinator for each village and act as a bridge between the government and the people to ensure effective implementation of different welfare measures.
Dr. Manjunath said that 10 representatives from the respective villages would be appointed for each of the hobli and one rural development officer would be appointed for each taluk to monitor the progress of the project. The SKDRDP would help the farmers to get loans and the team members would help them repay loans taken from banks.
He said that they had tied up with banks such as Union Bank of India, State Bank of India, IDBI, Corporation Bank and Pragati Krishna Grameena Bank to make the process of loan disbursement for farmers easy.
In Kalaburagi district, the SKRDP had tied up with SyndicateBank.
Dr. Manjunath said that they had helped over 3.2 lakh self-help groups (SHG) so far to organise themselves and get financial assistance of more than Rs. 20,000 crore. In Kalaburagi district, there were plans to organise 10,000 SHGs covering 1 lakh members and extend financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 100 crore.
“The SKRDP also funds construction of school buildings and hospitals,” he added.
