Right to livelihood.

All the development efforts after 1960 were directed to the development of agriculture through so called green revolution. It was a huge event with a huge number of hidden known and unknown side effects. The farmers with small and marginal holdings did not gain from the coined revolution and they remained as poor as earlier. The benefit of so called agricultural development did not percolate to the large numbers of agricultural labourers either. The overall situation was that a visible disparity between the rich and the poor emerged. The livelihood scenario in RCHSS working area was the same as other part of the country.

As a consequence of past experience, RCHSS put its thrust on capacity building and empowerment of the community for their own entitlement, development and sustainability. It established linkages with the govt. institutions, CBOs and involved the village collective which had control over the community.

This shift in strategy favoured and organisation saw people more interested in earning their livelihood with self-respect rather than provided. The community began to help RCHSS in planning and decision making process in ensuring food security, income generation etc, thus owning the programme and responsibilities.To know RCHSS route direction please browse  http://rajadighingo.blogspot.in/