1 00:00:01 --> 00:00:05 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Model Village : Hiware Bazar 2 00:00:06 --> 00:00:08 In this tutorial we will learn about 3 00:00:09 --> 00:00:12 1.Problems faced by people of Hiware Bazar 4 00:00:13 --> 00:00:15 2.Current Condition of Hiware Bazar and 5 00:00:16 --> 00:00:19 3. Practices that helped bring about these changes 6 00:00:20 --> 00:00:23 Problems faced by the people of Hiware Bazar 7 00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 The people of Hiware Bazar' depended on rain for agriculture. 8 00:00:29 --> 00:00:34 Heavy soil erosion had degraded the land quality. 9 00:00:35 --> 00:00:39 Drinking water was scarcely available. 10 00:00:40 --> 00:00:43 They did not have enough fodder. 11 00:00:44 --> 00:00:48 Fuel wood was also unavailable. 12 00:00:49 --> 00:00:52 These lead to a lot of social problems like:- 13 00:00:53 --> 00:00:54 Unemployment. 14 00:00:55 --> 00:00:57 People were finding it difficult to get jobs 15 00:00:58 --> 00:00:59 Migration 16 00:01:00 --> 00:01:02 People started migrating from the village 17 00:01:03 --> 00:01:05 And Increase in crime rate 18 00:01:06 --> 00:01:08 Current Condition in Hiware Bazar 19 00:01:09 --> 00:01:18 Per capita income increased from Rs 830 in 1995 to Rs 30,000 in 2012 20 00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 The village has 60 millionaires 21 00:01:23 --> 00:01:33 The number of families below poverty line decreased from 168 in 1995 to only 3 in 2012 22 00:01:34 --> 00:01:42 During the same period, milk production per day increased from 150 litres to 4000 litres. 23 00:01:43 --> 00:01:50 Literacy rate has grown from 30% to 95% 24 00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 Crime rate has come down drastically. 25 00:01:54 --> 00:01:56 And Employment has increased. 26 00:01:57 --> 00:01:59 Practices that helped improve the condition. 27 00:02:00 --> 00:02:04 Five pronged approach or Panchsutri 28 00:02:05 --> 00:02:08 1.Free voluntary Labour or Shramdaan 29 00:02:09 --> 00:02:13 2.Ban on Grazing or Charai bandi 30 00:02:14 --> 00:02:18 3.Ban on Tree-cutting or Kurhad bandi 31 00:02:19 --> 00:02:24 4.Ban on liquor or Nasha Bandi 32 00:02:25 --> 00:02:29 5. Family planning or Kutumb Niyojan 33 00:02:30 --> 00:02:31 Shramdaan 34 00:02:32 --> 00:02:37 People started working together for community welfare. 35 00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 Villagers developed a work culture. 36 00:02:42 --> 00:02:49 They came together to construct check dams near the hill, to reduce water flow speed. 37 00:02:50 --> 00:02:57 Check dams helped in increasing the ground water table and reduce soil erosion. 38 00:02:58 --> 00:02:59 CharaiBandi 39 00:03:00 --> 00:03:04 Overgrazing of cattle was banned. 40 00:03:05 --> 00:03:11 Overgrazing leads to desertification and soil erosion. 41 00:03:12 --> 00:03:13 Ban on grazing - 42 00:03:14 --> 00:03:29 increased the production of grasses from 200 tonnes in 1994-95 to more than 5000-6000 tonnes in 2001-2002 43 00:03:30 --> 00:03:31 Kurhad Bandi 44 00:03:32 --> 00:03:34 Cutting of trees was banned. 45 00:03:35 --> 00:03:39 Trees help in preventing soil erosion 46 00:03:40 --> 00:03:46 Soil erosion causes degradation of land and hence less farm produce. 47 00:03:47 --> 00:03:53 Trees slow down rain water and helps in increasing groundwater level. 48 00:03:54 --> 00:03:59 Tree wastes are useful in increasing soil fertility. 49 00:04:00 --> 00:04:01 Nasha Bandi 50 00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 22 liquor shops were closed 51 00:04:05 --> 00:04:09 Consumption of liquor and tobacco was completely banned 52 00:04:10 --> 00:04:16 Gram Sabha tied up with the banks to provide loans to those who had liquor shops 53 00:04:17 --> 00:04:19 Crime rate reduced 54 00:04:20 --> 00:04:25 People got involved in more productive work which helped the community 55 00:04:26 --> 00:04:27 Kutumb Niyojan 56 00:04:28 --> 00:04:32 A strict one child per family rule was imposed 57 00:04:33 --> 00:04:38 Birth rate has been reduced to 11 per thousand 58 00:04:39 --> 00:04:43 It prevents pregnancy related health risks in women 59 00:04:44 --> 00:04:48 Family Planning also reduces infant mortality 60 00:04:49 --> 00:04:54 It helps empower people and enhance family education 61 00:04:55 --> 00:05:00 Family Planning is the key to creating a sustainable community 62 00:05:01 --> 00:05:03 From this tutorial we can conclude that 63 00:05:04 --> 00:05:08 Collective effort of the village can bring great changes 64 00:05:09 --> 00:05:14 Panchsutri principles have proved to be very effective 65 00:05:15 --> 00:05:20 Following these practices can lead to creation of more such Model Village 66 00:05:21 --> 00:05:23 This brings us to the end of this tutorial. 67 00:05:24 --> 00:05:27 Watch the video available at the following link 68 00:05:28 --> 00:05:31 It summaries the Spoken Tutorial project 69 00:05:32 --> 00:05:36 If you do not have a good bandwidth you can download and watch it 70 00:05:37 --> 00:05:43 The Spoken Tutorial project team conducts workshops using spoken tutorials. 71 00:05:44 --> 00:05:47 Gives certificates to those who pass an online test. 72 00:05:48 --> 00:05:54 For more details, please write to: contact@spoken-tutorial.org 73 00:05:55 --> 00:06:00 Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project. 74 00:06:01 --> 00:06:08 It is Supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India. 75 00:06:09 --> 00:06:20 More information on this mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro 76 00:06:21 --> 00:06:27 The script is contributed and narrated by Mayank Milind, drawings by Saurabh Gadgil 77 00:06:28 --> 00:06:30 This is Mayank Milind signing off from IIT Bombay. 78 00:06:31 --> 00:06:36 Thanks for joining.