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Activities 2022-23 : Services in Rural & Tribal Areas

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.  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 – 12) Secondary Schools (9 – 10)

Jr. High / Middle Schools (6 – 8) Jr. Basic / UP / LP Schools (1 – 5)

Pre-Basic / KG / Nursery / Crèches

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.


 

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