Ramakrishna Math
Rural & Tribal Work: Rural & tribal work is accomplished in three ways, viz, (i) through our centres located in rural and tribal areas, (ii) through our urban centres which have taken up development projects in rural and tribal areas, and (iii) through our educational and medical institutions in semi-urban areas, where rural people form a significant percentage of the beneficiaries. Rural & tribal work covers the following fields:
a. Community Development Field,
b. Medical Field,
c. Educational Field, and
d. General Welfare Field.
a. Community Development Field: In the year under review, the following services were provided by the Math in rural and tribal areas:
|
Rural Development Services |
No. of Constructions / Prog. & Qty. Distb. |
No. Â of Villages Served |
No. of Beneficiaries | |
| Total |
Socially Backward |
|||
| Agri. Camp / Demonstrations
Awareness Programmes (Health, Social, etc.) Constructions & Repairs |
1
22 15 |
3
14 12 |
50
3,645 126 |
—
3,391 14 |
| Total | — | 29 | 3,821 | 3,405 |
b. Medical Field: In the year under review, the Math had the following medical units in rural and tribal areas:
| Units | No. of Units | No. of Beds | In– Patients | Out– Patients | Break-up of Total Patients | |||
| Male | Female | Children | ||||||
| Hospitals
Dispensaries (Allopathy) -do- (Homeopathy) -do- (Ayurveda & Others) Mobile Medical Units Eye Camps Other Medical Camps Other Medical Services |
2
13
12 55 138 38 |
50
— — — — — — — |
743
— — — — — — — |
14,010
61,174 22,908 5,788 74,011 6,897 9,987 14,010 |
6,316
20,704 6,758 3,153 21,021 2,512 3,756 6,002 |
7,242
32,401 11,500 2,465 41,362 3,403 4,882 6,841 |
1,195
8,069 4,650 170 11,628 982 1,349 1,167 |
|
| Total | –– | 50 | 743 | 2,08,785 | 70,222 | 1,10,096 | 29,210 | |
Moreover, 46 units of blood were collected from voluntary blood donors through 1 blood donation camp.
c. Educational Field:
1. Formal & Non-formal Institutions:
| Institutions | No. of Units | No. of Students | |||
| Boys | Girls | Total | Socially Backward | ||
| Sanskrit Colleges
Higher Secondary Schools (11 Р12) Secondary Schools (9 Р10) Jr. High / Middle Schools (6 Р8) Jr. Basic / UP / LP Schools (1 Р5) Pre-Basic / KG / Nursery / Cr̬ches |
1
3 3 2 3 2 |
22
1,800 1,033 400 539 50 |
26
645 781 344 464 42 |
48
2,445 1,814 744 1,003 92 |
5
2,008 975 651 760 7 |
| Total (Formal Institutions) | 14 | 3,844 | 2,302 | 6,146 | 4,406 |
| Computer Training Centre
GAP/VAP Coaching Centres (school-goers) Coaching Centres (other students) Rural Development Units & Others Vocational Training Centres** |
4
25 50 8 19 15 |
143
595 1,402 84 772 315 |
75
580 1,290 95 753 2,117 |
218
1,175 2,692 179 1,525 2,432 |
38
841 2,387 48 1,455 2,177 |
| Total (Non-formal Institutions) | 121 | 3,311 | 4,910 | 8,221 | 6,946 |
| Grand Total | 135 | 7,155 | 7,212 | 14,367 | 11,352 |
** Details of various vocational training courses are given below:
|
Vocational Courses |
Batches Trained |
No. of Students |
||
|
Boys |
Girls |
Socially Backward |
||
| Cutting, Tailoring, Designing, Embroidery, etc Repairing of Electrical and Electronic Goods Basic Computer Operations
Typewriting Courses Basic Computer Hardware Spoken English Beauty & Wellness & Others |
21
4 12 2 1 4 3 |
—
100 85 19 — 109 2 |
1058
— 71 700 162 76 50 |
893
100 156 693 162 140 33 |
| Total | 47 | 315 | 2,117 | 2,177 |
2. Other Educational Services:
i. School / College Libraries:
| Libraries & Reading Rooms | No. of Units | No. of Books | Newspapers | Periodicals | Books Issued | Attendance |
| School / College Libraries | 12 | 56,216 | 19 | 37 | 4,466 | 16,296 |
| Public Libraries | 15 | 52,981 | 22 | 877 | 4,789 | 6,403 |
ii. Hostels / Students’ Homes:
| Institutions | No. of Units |
No. of Students |
|||
|
Boys |
Girls | Total |
Socially Backward |
||
| Hostels / Students’ Homes | 6 | 123 | 23 | 146 | 126 |
iii. Cultural Activities:
|
C ul t u r a l U n i t s / C a m p s / S e m i na r s |
No. of Units/ Programmes |
No. of Participants/ Delegates |
| Cultural Units (Balak Sangha, Jnana Vahini, etc) Camps for Children
Personality Development Yoga & Meditation classes Competitions (Quiz, Elocution, Essay writing, etc) Values Education Programmes Childrens’ Rallies & Others |
21
4 7 3 47 55 3 |
431
270 580 1,356 5,056 14,526 420 |
| Total | 140 | 22,639 |
d. General Welfare Field: The Math provided the following services in rural and tribal areas:
| Items / Help Given | No. of Beneficiaries | |||
| Male | Female | Children | Total | |
| Rice / Wheat etc.
Ration bags Snacks / Tiffin Meals (Annadanam) Water / Buttermilk Milk Hygiene kits Education kits Clothes Winter clothes Pecuniary help Medical help Educational help Other types of help |
51
98 125 — — 80 72 1,209 2,316 1,174 159 736 234 138 |
523
543 160 — — — 70 691 4,537 1,440 3,817 327 135 366 |
—
— 528 — — 1,337 42 3,035 613 185 547 82 164 166 |
574
641 813 3,95,594 490 1,417 184 4,935 7.466 2,799 17 1,145 533 670 |
Ration bags contained rice, pulses, salt, cooking oil, condiments, sugar, tea leaves, etc
Hygiene kits contained toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, soap bars, antiseptics, nail-cutters, etc
Education kits contained textbooks, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, geometry boxes, rulers, uniforms, etc
The statistics relating to the institutions furnished in this section (i.e. Rural and Tribal Work) form part of the figures already mentioned under
‘General Welfare Work’, ‘Medical Work’ and ‘Educational Work’.
The Math spent Rs. 5.55 crore specifically for Rural & Tribal (Community Development) work.
Ramakrishna Mission
Rural & Tribal Work: Rural & tribal work is accomplished in three ways, viz (i) through our centres located in rural and tribal areas, (ii) through our urban centres which have taken up development projects in rural and tribal areas, and (iii) through our educational and medical institutions in semi-urban areas, where rural people form a significant percentage of the beneficiaries.
The rural & tribal work covers the following four fields:
a. Community Development Field
b. Medical Field
c. Educational Field
d. General Welfare Field
a. Community Development Field: In the year under review, the following services were provided by the Mission in rural and tribal areas:
| Type of Services | No. of Constructions
/ Prog. & Qty. Distb. |
No. of Villages Served | No. of Beneficiaries | |
| Total | Socially Backward | |||
| Potable Water:
Digging of Wells / Ponds Installation of Water-Filters/ Purifiers Water Testing and others Washing & Sanitation: School / Community Toilets, etc Household Toilets Drainage Systems/Soaking Pits Disinfection, Sterilization, etc Other Sanitation Programmes Agriculture & Irrigation: Agricultural Camps/ Demonstrations Farmers’ Fair (Kisan Mela) Distribution of items: Seed / Saplings distribution (No. of saplings) |
3
3 38,857
26 6,315 8 — 112
185 5
7,172 |
3
14 11,386
26 1,356 4 41 45
134 121
429 |
45
2,041 65,04,441
6,404 31,744 40 7,143 5,294
7,025 21,044
3,421 |
45
— 6,74,936
2,499 4,780 40 1,664 3,564
6,606 20,211
2,389 |
|
Type of Services |
No. of Constructions / Prog. & Qty. Distb. |
No. of Villages Served |
No. of Beneficiaries | |
|
Total |
Socially Backward |
|||
| Fertilizers (Qty. in kg)
Pesticides (Qty. in litre) Tools / Equipment Soil Testing (No. of samples tested) Check Dam / Irrigation Unit Excursion / Exposure Visits Animal Resource Development: Distribution of Goats/Chicks/Bee-box Veterinary Clinic / Vet Service Awareness Programmes: Health, Hygiene & Immunization (AIDS, Leprosy, Drug-abuse, etc) Environment Social / Civil Values / Healthy Habits etc Counselling on Financial Services Counselling to Self-help groups Other Awareness Programmes Construction & Repairs: Community Halls Other Construction & Repair Works Other Activities: Solar Energy units Social Forestry Others Development works |
990
9,056 1,326 2,387 4 10
147 41
5,424 35 73 5 35 752
2 2
2,49,438 16,447 189 |
244
180 57 405 4 45
9 25
9,165 35 219 11 78 943
2 2
1 22 8 |
1,987
2,698 845 2,073 40 769
142 500
1,75,404 1,845 7,973 252 1,415 18,185
200 1,637
2,400 9,163 196 |
1,987
1,575 845 1,073 40 769
59 469
47,593 1,084 5,804 243 362 4,032
200 1,356
2,400 2,692 18 |
| Total | — | 25,014 | 68,16,366 | 7,89,335 |
b. Medical Field: In the year under review, the Mission had the medical union in rural and tribal areas.
| Units | No. of Units | No. of Beds | In– Patients | Out– Patients | Break-up of Total Patients | ||
| Male | Female | Children | |||||
| Hospitals
Dispensaries (Allopathy) -do- (Homeopathy) -do- (Ayurveda & Others) Mobile Medical Units Eye Camps Other Medical Camps Other Medical Services Old Age Home |
2
38
46 516 285 118 1 |
280
— — — — — — — — |
19,744
— — — — — — — 6 |
2,36,403
2,79,405 90,932 18,565 6,78,969 43,906 38,198 1,55,054 — |
1,82,250
1,04,033 29,767 9,466 2,40,582 20,107 14,195 64,126 3 |
48,183
1,21,731 47,433 8,906 3,15,814 20,143 16,362 76,064 3 |
25,714
53,641 13,732 193 1,22,573 3,656 7,641 14,864 — |
| Total | –– | 280 | 19,750 | 15,41,432 | 6,64,529 | 6,54,639 | 2,42,014 |
Moreover, 1596 units of blood were collected from voluntary blood donors through 24 camps.
c. Educational Field:
1. Formal & Non-formal Institutions:
|
Institutions |
No. of Units |
No. of Students | |||
|
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
Socially
Backward |
||
| University Faculty Centres
Colleges (Arts, Science & Commerce) PGBT / BEd College Colleges of Physical Education Higher Secondary Schools (11 – 12) Secondary Schools (9 – 10) Jr. High / Middle Schools (6 – 8) Jr. Basic / UP / LP Schools (1 – 5) Pre-Basic / KG / Nursery / Crèches Primary Teachers’ Training Institutes Jr. Technical & Industrial Schools Polytechnic Colleges Institutes of Agriculture Rural Dev. Training Institutes NIOS Centres |
5
1 1 1 14 28 20 55 29 3 4 2 2 1 3 |
645
2,135 38 175 9,336 6,809 1,410 3,463 759 70 1,056 954 2,482 31 153 |
248
51 — — 2,795 4,731 1,034 2,702 693 150 490 — 369 — 188 |
893
2,186 38 175 12,131 11,540 2,444 6,165 1,452 220 1,546 954 2,851 31 341 |
615
1,381 30 175 9,333 7,104 1,734 3,908 1,452 125 1,385 736 753 17 107 |
| Total (Formal Institutions) | 169 | 29,516 | 13,451 | 42,967 | 28,855 |
| Computer Training Centres
GAP / VAP Coaching Centres (school-goers) Coaching Centres (other students) Night Schools / Adult Edu. Centres Rural Development programs & Others Vocational Training Centres** |
15
73 259 186 1 82 49 |
1,469
2,015 7,043 3,524 — 2,301 15,980 |
1,334
2,129 7,760 3,355 30 2,161 12,197 |
2,803
4,144 14,803 6,879 30 4,462 28,229 |
2,082
3,058 10,307 3,943 30 1,771 17,378 |
| Total (Non-formal Institutions) | 665 | 32,332 | 28,966 | 61,350 | 38,569 |
|
Grand Total |
834 | 61,848 | 42,417 | 1,04,317 | 67,424 |
**Details of various vocational training courses are given below:
|
Vocational Courses |
Batches Trained |
No. of Students |
||
|
Boys |
Girls |
Socially Backward |
||
| Dairy, Poultry, Duckery, Goatery, etc
Pisciculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, etc Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, etc Organic Farming, Vermicomposting, etc Mushroom Cultivation Crop Husbandry Farmers’ Training & Orientation Food-processing Handicraft Tailoring, Designing, Embroidery, etc Motor Driving Automotive Servicing & Repairing Welding, Binding, Fabricating, etc Masonry, Plumbing, etc Carpentry & Joinery, Roofing, etc Repairing of Elec. & Electronic goods Elec. Wiremanship, Motor Winding, etc Physiotherapy/Hospital/Ward/OT Asst. Basic Computer Operations Basic Computer Hardware Typewriting Course Commercial Art & Painting Photography & Videography Spoken English Beauty & Wellness & Others |
92
111 152 37 24 4 143 25 12 113 17 16 5 3 1 27 23 21 25 4 1 2 1 11 77 |
1,130
2,801 3,470 652 404 17 2,839 102 30 160 321 816 142 554 11 573 480 188 398 69 2 103 18 57 643 |
1,412
1,418 1,835 503 469 89 1,594 446 154 2,285 7 27 — — — — — 254 301 6 25 9 2 116 1,245 |
2,681
3,669 4,371 1,096 623 31 658 463 87 988 201 125 64 22 11 172 306 252 264 59 27 5 15 89 1,099 |
|
Total |
947 |
15,980 |
12,197 |
17,378 |
2. Other Educational Services:
i. Libraries:
| Libraries & Reading Rooms | No. of Units | No. of Books | Newspapers | Periodicals | Books Issued | Attendance |
| School / College Libraries | 49 | 4,30,255 | 76 | 471 | 63,802 | 2,52,893 |
| Public Libraries | 14 | 1,09,136 | 116 | 598 | 3,717 | 13,098 |
ii. Hostels / Students’ Homes:
| I n s ti t u t i on s | No. of Units | No. of Students | |||
| Boys | Girls | Total | Socially Backward | ||
| Hostels / Students’ Homes | 51 | 7,638 | 1,361 | 8,999 | 7,112 |
| Orphanages | 3 | 100 | 50 | 150 | 150 |
iii. Cultural Activities:
| Cu l t u r al Un i ts / Ca mp s / S em i nar s | No. of Units/ Programmes | No. of Participants/ Delegates |
| Cultural Units (Balak Sangha, Jnana Vahini, etc)
Camps for Children (including those during vacations) Personality Development Programmes Yoga & Meditation Classes Values Education Programmes Competitions Youth Conventions / Workshops / Symposiums / Seminars Childrens’ Rallies & Others |
173
207 75 128 263 137 191 706 |
4,287
6,889 928 4,746 15,397 10,724 31,500 85,842 |
| Total | — | 1,60,313 |
iv. Museum / Gallery / Exhibition: In all, 17 rural units of museums, exhibitions and galleries were run by our mission centres; 2,19,350 persons visited them.
These services were mainly provided by the centres in Aalo (Arunachal Pradesh), Hatamuniguda (Rayagada), Narainpur (Chhattisgarh), Narendrapur (Kolkata), Ranchi (Morabadi), Belur (Saradapitha) and Sohra (Cherrapunjee) through rural development training institutes and integrated rural development projects. The Lokasiksha Parishad unit of Narendrapur centre, and Janasiksha Mandira and Samaj Sevak Sikshana Mandira units of Saradapitha centre (Belur), extended dedicated services to rural people. The centre in Mumbai continued its comprehensive rural development project at Sakwar village in Vasai taluka.
Apart from this, there were audio-visual units to serve rural and tribal people, details of which are shown below:
|
Audio-visual Units |
No. of Units |
Films screened | Villages covered | Schools covered |
Beneficiaries |
|
6 |
180 | 195 | 12 |
26,557 |
d. General Welfare Field: In the year under review, the Mission provided the following services:
|
Items / Help Given |
No. of Beneficiaries |
|||
|
Male |
Female | Children |
Total |
|
| Rice / Wheat etc
Ration bags Snacks / Tiffin Meals (Annadanam) Water / Buttermilk Milk Hygiene kits Education kits Clothes Winter clothes Pecuniary help Medical help Educational help Other types of help |
296
3,490 1,746 — — — 850 1,131 5,404 2,423 308 15,835 3,797 661 |
2,926
5,167 4,183 — — 440 1,485 1,274 8,245 3,038 492 19,492 2,792 86 |
131
470 99,482 — — 42,317 5,312 13,256 6,439 522 13 2,092 1,050 — |
3,353
9,127 1,05,411 3,16,701 2,01,055 42,757 7,647 15,661 20,088 5,983 813 37,419 7,639 1,252 |
Ration bags contained rice, pulses, salt, cooking oil, condiments, sugar, tea leaves, etc
Hygiene kits contained toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, soap bars, antiseptics, nail-cutters, etc
Education kits contained textbooks, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, geometry boxes, rulers, uniforms, etc
The statistics relating to the institutions furnished in this section (i.e., Rural & Tribal Work) form part of the figures already mentioned under
‘General Welfare Work’, ‘Medical Work’ and ‘Educational Work’.
The Mission spent Rs. 95.99 crore specifically for Rural & Tribal (Community Development) work.