Guide Line for PRA

Guideline for PRA and FGD

Guide Line for PRA

PRA is a set of processes designed to encourage involvement from the people to be involved in a project. The idea is to use creative, interactive processes that enable the people to determine what information is important to them. PRA builds on and acknowledges local knowledge. The processes to be used in any particular situation will chance according to the needs requirements of the project. Here following topics will be undertaken for PRA exercise. ( Social Mapping (Dwellings (Sahi), Roads- paths, Water sources, Religious places, key infrastructural facilities like, School, Anganawadi Center, Club, Bhagabata tungi etc. Location of influential and poor HHs, Lower social groups

( Resource Mapping (

( Sourrounding villages with distance

( Common Property Resources

( Land pattern (Agrl. Land, Grazing land, Wasteland, Common land, etc.

( Water bodies (River, Stream, Pond, etc.

( Forest(Types, Area, Major trees, Use

( And any other resources available in the village

( Transects (

( Physical lay out of an area

( Main land use zone

( Soils, water sources, forests

( Crops, trees, livestock( Ranking and scoring (Well being ranking

( Destitute

( Deficit

( Self-sufficient

( Surplus/ Standard (just maintain food and cloth)( Seasonal Calendar ((Analysis of seasonal factors or activities within a community or village.

( Economic issue- occupational activities in different seasons both men and women.

( Cropping major crops, planting, harvesting in different time periods, extent of inter-cropping( Labour management within village, out side village, out side district, wage variation (men & women)

( Forest NTFPs collection time, consumption & selling

( Health issue- disease and occurrence( Income types, sources, when

( Livestock types, rearing, sale

Issues for FGDs1. Villagers perception about the Land Acquisition Act, gaps in the legislations, and their suggestions to improve those

2. Villagers perception about R&R policy, gaps in the policy and its implementation, and their suggestions for better implementation. 3. What are the major problems confronted by the affected people with regard to valuation of properties under acquisition by the projects and payment of compensation amount for the lost properties?

4. Problems (livelihood, CPR, pollution, etc) faced by the affected people due to various projects, and their suggestions on how to address those problems

5. What are the apprehensions of the affected people, their expectations and their felt needs?6. Present and past condition of environment, crop grown, soil condition (degree of salinity, water-logging), areas owned and areas cultivated, Land tenure systems, etc. 7. Discussion on advantage and disadvantage of alternative compensation (land for land)

8. Various impacts due to the project and feasible measures and strategies9. Employment situation and measures to ensure temporary workers, contract job, self employment programme, skill training, etc. 10. Local/ Village based economic development plans11. Restoration of affected rural enterprise, businesses (traditional, caste based), social net, environmental conditions, damaged infrastructures, etc. Meetings/ Discussion( Respondents

Possible Information

( Village leader/ Villagers

(Community interaction

( Poor Households

(Community interaction

( School teachers

(Perception about village livelihood,

people and their progress

( Govt. officials(Experiences of the project and plans, Perception about village livelihood, people and their progress

( Village religious leader(Beliefs, community activities

( Women leader(Women issues, changing role and responsibility in HH management

( Health worker(Health status, nutrition, mother and childcare

( Old people(Settlement History, land tenant systems, land revenue, folklore, and tradition

( Business persons

(Opportunities, scope and perceptions

( Forest Deptt. / Staffs(Forestry issues, deforestation, growth, management, etc

( Local NGOs/ Experienced Persons ( Experiences of the local development and plans, Perception about village livelihood, people and their progress

Suitable case studies will be collected based on above issues.