Target Date

Mile stone

Agency responsible

By 7^th April 2003

ü      Activity-wise identification of existing SHGs and handing over them to the RDs

DRDA

By 10^th April 2003

ü      Day-long training to all Nodal officers/field staff of each dept on SHGs.

ü      SHG-wise charging of a specific officer/field level functionary by each RD

-          RDs

-          DRDA

-          NABARD

-          LDM

7^th May 2003

ü      Problem-specific intervention Action Plan will be chalked out (both Short-term and Long term)

-          RDs

31^st July 2003

ü      All existing SHGs should be functionally engaged in key activities (key activities need not necessarily be restricted to those presently identified under SGSY)

-          RDs

-          DRDA

31^st Aug 2003

ü      Completion of gradation of all existing groups.

-          DRDA

-          Blocks

31^st Aug 2003

ü      Mobilize NGOs and animators to open another 3,500 SHG accounts bank (progress be reviewed by DRDA in it’s monthly review meetings after fixing a block-wise targets)

-          DRDA

-          BDO/Sr BDOs

-          GPs

-          LDM

31^st Oct 2003

ü      Bankable schemes including direct finance should reach banks.

-          RDs

-          DRDA

-          LDM

28.02.2004

ü      Completion of gradation all additionally formed new 3,500 groups, which are opened by 31^st Aug 2003.

-          DRDA

-          Blocks

-          LDM

31.03.2004

ü      Majority of 4,000 SHGs be credit linked.

ü      The ineligible SHGs should also be functional economic activity-wise .

-          NABARD

-          LDM

-          DRDA