Ragi revolution in Jharkhand’s Gumla a case analysis for Harvard Business School

By PTI

GUMLA: A Jharkhand district recognized for its extreme poverty and Naxalite insurgency is now witnessing a silent revolution centering spherical snacks constructed from a form of millet which can assist forestall malnutrition.

The new agro-industry creating on this backwoods district is an initiative of a youthful bureaucrat Sushant Gaurav who says he would like Gumla to be the Ragi capital of jap India.

Tucked away spherical 100 km from state capital Ranchi, his work in Gumla has been chosen for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration that recognises exemplary work by civil servants all through the nation.

Previously Gumla’s monetary system revolved spherical rain-fed agriculture with the cultivation of 1 crop — rice.

Ragi cultivation was initiated with procurement of high-quality seeds by the use of the National Seed Corporation, Deputy Commissioner Sushant Gaurav knowledgeable PTI in an interview.

“From an initial cultivation of Ragi in 1,600 acres, it was increased to 3,600 acres. Net output increased 300 per cent. What helped in the success story is procurement by Sakhi Mandal Samuh (women self help group). We established a Ragi processing centre which is the first in Jharkhand. Ragi Laddus, Bhujia snacks and flour are being produced which help battle malnutrition and anaemia (as it is rich in protein, calcium and iron),” Gaurav acknowledged.

Gaurav obtained the award on Friday throughout the “holistic development through aspirational district programme — overall progress with special focus on saturation approach” class at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the award to 16 of us.

Conferring the award, Modi acknowledged youthful civil servants have the possibility to make a mark of prominence in historic previous when the accomplishments of the nation could be evaluated after 100 years of independence.

“You can say with pride that I have played a role in creating new systems for the country. I am sure all of you will continue to expand your role in nation-building,” Modi acknowledged.

This was the first time {{that a}} Jharkhand district was chosen for the award.

Exuding confidence, Gaurav acknowledged, “We will transform this aspirational district to a transformational and inspirational one.”

The deputy commissioner acknowledged, “The success story of the production, procurement and processing of Ragi spread and more and more people have come forward to cultivate the grain. It is on 26,000 acres (an increase of ten times) of land now instead of rice and will be 30,000 acres by the month end. People gave proposals for Ragi cultivation. I view this change in just two years as the success which I wanted. We will make Gumla the Ragi capital of the whole eastern India in a year or so and strive for the success of agriculture from farm to fork,” he acknowledged.

Ragi processing centres owned and operated by solely women assure a every single day manufacturing of 1 tonne of Ragi flour, 300 packets of Ragi Laddus and 200 packets of Ragi snacks beneath the Brand Johar Ragi.

The laddus fabricated from Ragi are being provided to youngsters to battle malnutrition along with ‘saag and greens’ from acknowledged 52 kinds — primarily moringa powder and curry leaves — in mid-day meals to boost vitamin at a extremely cheap worth, the DC acknowledged.

Avinash Kumar, Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow, Ministry of Skill Development, Government of India, who made a case analysis presentation at Harvard Business School on behalf of the deputy commissioner acknowledged the institute is doing a case analysis on the Gumla model that may be circulated amongst worldwide enterprise schools and can be utilized for teaching bureaucrats.

The deputy commissioner acknowledged a door-to-door survey was accomplished amongst school youngsters, and lactating mothers and they also have been acknowledged for “severe, moderate and medium anaemia and malnutrition for which preventive and curative measures were taken”.

“A multi-pronged approach was adopted to combat anaemia, aiming to address and identify it at a very early stage among pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescents. Over 400 model anganwadi centres were set up equipped with digital haemoglobin-meters, height growth charts, innovative blue MTC (malnutrition treatment card) and follow-up cards,” the deputy commissioner acknowledged.

“Fitness of children has improved. We have ensured indoor stadiums at all three subdivisions where equipment is free besides open gyms. . You can see women doing gym in sarees,” he acknowledged.

Emphasis was moreover given to coaching – many colleges purchased IT companies, he acknowledged.

The district the place 85 per cent of the inhabitants has agriculture as the primary provide of livelihood with over 90 per cent of small and marginal farmers, picture voltaic elevate strategies, drip irrigations, and renovation of ponds have moreover helped enhance the proportion of irrigated land, officers acknowledged.

The administration has moreover elevated acreage beneath mango cultivation to 9,492 acres, promoted pure farming in 5,000 acres along with organising pilot duties for dragon fruit, pear and strawberry cultivation.

Recognising the importance of millets or nutri-cereals, and making a house and worldwide demand along with providing nutritious meals to the oldsters, India spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) choice for declaring the yr 2023 as International Year of Millets.

The proposal by India was supported by 72 worldwide areas.

Millet is a regular time interval to categorise small-seeded grasses which could be sometimes termed nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals and comprises Sorghum (Jowar), Pearl Millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi), Little Millet (Kutki), Foxtail Millet (Kakun), Proso Millet (Cheena), Barnyard Millet (Sawa), and Kodo Millet (Kodon).

GUMLA: A Jharkhand district recognized for its extreme poverty and Naxalite insurgency is now witnessing a silent revolution centering spherical snacks constructed from a form of millet which can assist forestall malnutrition.

The new agro-industry creating on this backwoods district is an initiative of a youthful bureaucrat Sushant Gaurav who says he would like Gumla to be the Ragi capital of jap India.

Tucked away spherical 100 km from state capital Ranchi, his work in Gumla has been chosen for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration that recognises exemplary work by civil servants all through the nation.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Previously Gumla’s monetary system revolved spherical rain-fed agriculture with the cultivation of 1 crop — rice.

Ragi cultivation was initiated with procurement of high-quality seeds by the use of the National Seed Corporation, Deputy Commissioner Sushant Gaurav knowledgeable PTI in an interview.

“From an initial cultivation of Ragi in 1,600 acres, it was increased to 3,600 acres. Net output increased 300 per cent. What helped in the success story is procurement by Sakhi Mandal Samuh (women self help group). We established a Ragi processing centre which is the first in Jharkhand. Ragi Laddus, Bhujia snacks and flour are being produced which help battle malnutrition and anaemia (as it is rich in protein, calcium and iron),” Gaurav acknowledged.

Gaurav obtained the award on Friday throughout the “holistic development through aspirational district programme — overall progress with special focus on saturation approach” class at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the award to 16 of us.

Conferring the award, Modi acknowledged youthful civil servants have the possibility to make a mark of prominence in historic previous when the accomplishments of the nation could be evaluated after 100 years of independence.

“You can say with pride that I have played a role in creating new systems for the country. I am sure all of you will continue to expand your role in nation-building,” Modi acknowledged.

This was the first time {{that a}} Jharkhand district was chosen for the award.

Exuding confidence, Gaurav acknowledged, “We will transform this aspirational district to a transformational and inspirational one.”

The deputy commissioner acknowledged, “The success story of the production, procurement and processing of Ragi spread and more and more people have come forward to cultivate the grain. It is on 26,000 acres (an increase of ten times) of land now instead of rice and will be 30,000 acres by the month end. People gave proposals for Ragi cultivation. I view this change in just two years as the success which I wanted. We will make Gumla the Ragi capital of the whole eastern India in a year or so and strive for the success of agriculture from farm to fork,” he acknowledged.

Ragi processing centres owned and operated by solely women assure a every single day manufacturing of 1 tonne of Ragi flour, 300 packets of Ragi Laddus and 200 packets of Ragi snacks beneath the Brand Johar Ragi.

The laddus fabricated from Ragi are being provided to youngsters to battle malnutrition along with ‘saag and greens’ from acknowledged 52 kinds — primarily moringa powder and curry leaves — in mid-day meals to boost vitamin at a extremely cheap worth, the DC acknowledged.

Avinash Kumar, Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow, Ministry of Skill Development, Government of India, who made a case analysis presentation at Harvard Business School on behalf of the deputy commissioner acknowledged the institute is doing a case analysis on the Gumla model that may be circulated amongst worldwide enterprise schools and can be utilized for teaching bureaucrats.

The deputy commissioner acknowledged a door-to-door survey was accomplished amongst school youngsters, and lactating mothers and they also have been acknowledged for “severe, moderate and medium anaemia and malnutrition for which preventive and curative measures were taken”.

“A multi-pronged approach was adopted to combat anaemia, aiming to address and identify it at a very early stage among pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescents. Over 400 model anganwadi centres were set up equipped with digital haemoglobin-meters, height growth charts, innovative blue MTC (malnutrition treatment card) and follow-up cards,” the deputy commissioner acknowledged.

“Fitness of children has improved. We have ensured indoor stadiums at all three subdivisions where equipment is free besides open gyms. . You can see women doing gym in sarees,” he acknowledged.

Emphasis was moreover given to coaching – many colleges purchased IT companies, he acknowledged.

The district the place 85 per cent of the inhabitants has agriculture as the primary provide of livelihood with over 90 per cent of small and marginal farmers, picture voltaic elevate strategies, drip irrigations, and renovation of ponds have moreover helped enhance the proportion of irrigated land, officers acknowledged.

The administration has moreover elevated acreage beneath mango cultivation to 9,492 acres, promoted pure farming in 5,000 acres along with organising pilot duties for dragon fruit, pear and strawberry cultivation.

Recognising the importance of millets or nutri-cereals, and making a house and worldwide demand along with providing nutritious meals to the oldsters, India spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) choice for declaring the yr 2023 as International Year of Millets.

The proposal by India was supported by 72 worldwide areas.

Millet is a regular time interval to categorise small-seeded grasses which could be sometimes termed nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals and comprises Sorghum (Jowar), Pearl Millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi), Little Millet (Kutki), Foxtail Millet (Kakun), Proso Millet (Cheena), Barnyard Millet (Sawa), and Kodo Millet (Kodon).