NABARD adpoted 5 villages
Five revenue villages at Karamadai block in Coimbatore district are bound to better themselves in parameters like economy, literacy rate and health index over a period of three years from now, says V Suresh, Assistant General Manager (District Development), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).Celebrating its Silver Jubilee, Nabard has adopted the five villages - Pungampalayam, Thimmampalayam Pudur, Thimmampalayam, Marudur and Kanuvaipalayam under its Village Development Plan.“We are preparing the plans. The project may take off by August 1,” he said.While NABARD’s earlier scheme - Pilot Project for Integrated Development of Backward Block (PPID) - focussed on selected blocks, the Silver Jubilee plan focuses at the micro level.Under PPID, convergence of all the government schemes and their implementation is ensured in the chosen blocks. Under the Village Development Plan, credit and promotional support from various funds maintained by NABARD would be extended after assessing the needs of these villages.“For infrastructure development, we will impress upon the government to avail funds from the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF),” Suresh added. The bank has engaged Imayam Social Welfare Organisation in Coimbatore to implement this plan.Meanwhile, to commemorate its completion of 25 years of service to the nation, NABARD organised a one-day sensitisation programme for bankers here on July 17.
Coimbatore district Collector Neeraj Mittal, while complimenting NABARD for its efforts in credit planning, creation of rural infrastructure and micro credit, asked it to support and focus on labour saving devices in agriculture since there is acute shortage of agricultural labourers in the district.S Arumugam, Assistant General Manager, Canara Bank, in his opening remarks, lauded the role played by Nabard in promoting the self-help group (SHG) concept.J Ganesh Kanna, Project Officer, Mahalir Thittam, K A Raman Kutty, AGM, Reserve Bank of India, B K Gopalakrishnan, AGM of SBI, Suresh Kumar, District Coordinator of Indian Bank, M Balakrishnan, DGM (Retd), Nabard, spoke.
