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No. J I l0l1/l l/201S-Rll-I (314831)
Government oflndiaDepartm€ot of Rural DeveloPmerlt
(Mahatma Gandhi NRECA Division)
KrishiBhaNanl8rhApril- 2016
ToDirector GeneralNatiotral Itrstitute of Rural Dcvelopmetrt & PR (NIRD - PR)
Hyderabad
Subject: Barefoot Technicians Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and role ofNIRD
Dear Sir/Madam.
As you are aware. the Ministry jointly with state govemments-has.fixed a target of
training ani deployment ofBarefoot Technicians in the financial year 2016- t7 (Annexe l)'
2. The ke) process€s involved are as follows:i. Training ofBlT Trainersii. Preparation for BFT Trainingiij. BFT Trainingiv. Assessment and Certification!. Deployment
3. l hc kcy stakeholders are as follows:i. Slate Covernmenlii. State lnstitute olRural Derekrprncnt
iii. Programme Division. MoRDiY BFT Cell. MoRt)\'. National lnfonnatics Centre, N4oRD
vi. National Institute for Rural Dcvelopmenl
rii. Agriculture Skills SectorCouncil of lndia
viii. MasterTrainers, as selected by MoRDix. BF f Trainers, as nominated by State Govern0rents
x. Recommended BFT TBiners, as recommended by MoRD
xi. BarefootTechnicianCandidatesxii. Barefoot Technicians (BFTs)
.,t. Tte comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) incorporating thc ke)
i.o""r.".. .o1", ,nd responsibilitiis of the kel- stakeholdcrs for the exccution of thi\
project is enclosed (Annexgz).1
The lollo$ing may be noted as the rolc ofNIRD;i. An;horing ofTraining ofBFT Trainers al NIRD bascd on the l raining
Calendar of20l6-17ii. Training Material
a. The Training Materiat consists of t\"'o catcgo esl Trainers
Cuide for the Training of BFT Tminers held at NIRD and 12
Leaming Units for the Trainings to BFTS held at SIRD' The
former has to be distributed dLlring the To't and the latter
couri€red to the concemed person in the State
b. NIRDto print adequate numbers ofTraining Material as per the
Training Calendar issued (for Trainers Guide) and BFT Batch
Targets (for L€aming Units).c. Master Trainers may be provided onl) I sct of Trainers Guide
and l2 Leaming Units in either E glish or Hindi'd. BFT Trainers to be provided only I copy ofthe Trainers Guide
in either English or Hindi.e. BFf Candidates to be provided only I set of l2 Leaming Units
in either English o{ Hindit NIRD to maintain inventory of printing and distribution of
materialwhich is to be shared on quarterly basis with MoRD as
per format enclosed (Annexef !-iii. Assist SIRDs to become parlner alencies of ASCI and cntcr batch
details in NSDC Portal.iv. Forward complete monitoring lormat in Section Vll ofthe SOP lvith
enclosures (Part A and Part B) for each BFT batch receivcd from
respective SIRD'S to MoRD fbr approval of lund release from
Capacity Building funds.
\'. Reimburse ASCI @ Rs. 800 per assessmcnl based on actuals'
vi. The role of SIRD'S as detailed in the SoP may be communicaled to
them specifically lor lhe smoolh runninS of the proiccl including the
monitoring lbrmats in Section VII ofthe SOP.
lhu! thc fu ds placed \\ilh NIRI) lor Barclool Technicians \\ill be towlrds rhc
fillo\\ ins headsii. l raining ot lll'T n'ainers as per cllcndarii. t>rinting and couriering ollnalcrial per balch
iii. Reimbursemenl lo StRD's and ASCI per batch
We look lbrward to your continued support to ensurc that we meet the targets
successfullt. .
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Anne\e I
BIrl'Targets 2016-17
S. No. Stxtc No. of bntcltes No. of BFTS
1 Chhattisgarh 6 I,t0
2 Kerala { 120
Jharkhand (separale scheme) (separate scheme)
4 Rajasthan 17 510
5 Andhra Pradesh 17 510
6 Telengana 1 r20,7 Utlrakhand I2 360
8 Madhya Pradesh t7 5t0
9 Cuiarat 4 120
10 Jarrmu and Kashmir I 120
n Kamalaka t5 ,150
12 Manipur 91)
1l Puniab 6:
l4 ArunachalPtadesh 60
l5 Meghala]a 60
16 Bihar t; )10
17 Uttar Pradesh l131
21030
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('losinc Stock
openin! Stock
and DistributioD ol Trainers Guides -
Disrribulion through ToTi.ll: tll' l2l ' Il
r.Jnhs - EnclishClosing Stock
oDeninll Slock ,)rinled Dislribulion through Courier
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Date Nodalofficer Stale
Status(rece;red/i No. Date Balance
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srandard ooeratine Procedure tor Barelbolllscluaiarirsiqcr
Stakeholders and Processes
Trainirg ofBFT Trainers I
for Trainingof BFTS
Traifling olBFTs Assessmenl De
State State
Skilled uagcrale to Blrlt
NIRD Stitte
I:irancial As per budgel Rs.29,616 PerRF-T candidrlcro SIRD
slipcnd Perday to BFIcandidates
cand;dare 10
ASCI
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MoRD, BFTCell @
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RecommendedBFT Train€rs Le
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BFTCandidates
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L MoRD, PD = Ministry ofRural Developnent' Programme Division
i. i"i"iio, -rtt
a",i = niinistrv ofRural Development' Barefoot Technician cell
3. NIC = Nalional lnfonnalics Centre' MGNREA
4. NIRD = National lnslitute ofRural Developmerr
5. Stale DePl = MCNRECA DePa menl
o SIRD - Slale lnslilule of Ruml De\clofmcnt
7. ASCI = Agriculture Skills Sector Council of'ndia
8. Master Tra;ners = Selected bv MoRD
9. BF t"tminers: Nominaled b State Governmenl
tO. Recom*enaed Sff frainers: Reconrmended by NIoRD'Irer'to I'
- ii ,t*ol.r'" tnl,adrrdidrres t\4CNt{l ('A $orkc'sLall(J Inr\crucrrrl'i re'r
ii. to i'i"ro'a"*: *GNRECA $orl'crs passed scrceniDg test and sL'lccred lor rrainins
il. st'f, - gur.fon, f..hnicians cenilled b) ASCI alicr lrairing
1.s {-_
L
II Standard Operarinr Procedurc
r <trc ,act!-li\: r4!1irg of RFT I r'tilt]1s
S. No.
I lorc Actll'Stakeholder
aorsoltdare'itila;;nd mo"'tor targers of batches
and BFTs.
BFT Cell. PD BFT'fargels2016-17
Slale Dopl.
Dalabase ofMasterTrainersTraining ofBFI-TrainersCalendar 2016-t'7
2.
4-
Nominate Bt'T Trainers toMinistry as pcr crrlerra 1n
.-^,i^n 1 < A s ^l rhe Annual Masler Crrcular.
rraainra-;, auur^e or Masr"t truirn.' to, sn '
rs@for Training of BFT Trdiners al NIRD f'om time lo
lime.
BFT CellPDPI]
\ IRD
6
Communicate budgel for conducling lrarnrng o' ttr I
T rainels.
a.p-provat of buagets foLI!4M4!ll 14!91 t,t)
BFT TminerTrainingMateriirl
Dalabase of
Trainers
Eiiib?iners;6Eolodav-trliningissuedlrrainersGuide in EnglishHindiand pcndri\e $1lh di) $i'epresentations ifl English and Hindi.
BFITra;ners.MasterTrainers.NIRDNIRD8. Matrtaj,i,altlrr,,altlrrn€ainirwentoryofrrainir,g Marerial for BFT
Trainers (lraining Suides and pendrives) p nted and
distributed.
9. t or eactTr;"tnc ofBfT Tmtners, recommend l] FT
Tminerlo state goremmenl on the assessment by
Master Trainers/ASCL
uui,'ri;n aurit*e ot .rae wise relomrnen.ied rrurnc[
Masterl rainerslASCl, BFT Ccll.PDBt T Cell. PD
10.
[.
ll - .2 c"re Acti"l$, P."P '
C;;mun[ut. Sl'ur" BFI Calcndar $'ith balch dan trnd
end dates. details ofnodal person, number o[sels ol'
training material, prefened language and address to
$hich lo b< couriercd.cn-.un.ire to rlxu,o Dnnr and corrri(r rhe r(qu'5i'(
lraining material consislinS ol l2 Lcarling Units I'r
LA!!t!!&!1111!Stal!- Dctl
BFT Cell.PD
Slate BfT'Imining
Calendat l
(ach BF I candidalc. ]
p.inr ana *-rn.tfia'rne N'aa.rirl torL'ft'r^\lRD' \lRD In\enloD irfBrt Trairilu
H
as per communication receivcd froln lhc I'linislr\ and
rnainrain an invelllor) of Ihe 'anrc.
t*"bp *"drl. ""d
,.p",1.-tbr srl il",,lillt"r;on "'per eligibility critcria and redress anllssues rclarcd to
the same.ffi"""iialt..
* p"i.r,e;uiliry crireria in section :'5'o"l'.n.l enrer their details in NRECASoft module.
NIC
-)
State Depl.
BFr c"ll, PD
Malerial
nepon fli. -
15.
t6.
^':"-'
G.t,"" B",rkSLr* q,r*ti;" b";k *th st"t" G."1 for screening t€st
for seleclion ofBFTs.1',l. 6.d,rc1i**;-s t""t f*
"umerical abilit) for all SIRD.
3 Corlr Aclivitt: t){l daLIIn h inL.'q. I c;"d;r u F'l r., n i rB ar't ari d i ri r-i.'t, u n o i'r,,.' ..'.,
I as per Trainine Crlendcr.
I
d BFT'I rainel.S.
BI:T
til.
pr-osp"ctiu.E iunaiaur.*ittt a suggesled ratio of a1
least 2:1.
D;A;;Aul.;,d;po'r. i"r b"rch crearion nr Bl I
candid;les on NREGASof, and redres' all issue: r(laled
lo the same.
BF'tS
!44'd9!9sNIC. BFTcandidates
-urco"pr,
BFT
SIRD
Repo l.l.l.
Repon:1.1.
Da) *iiefrainingCalendar
19. Eiediittre results ofthe screeoing iest. Slate
Covemment to inform selected candidates and ibrnr
batches ofl0 in NREGASofI nodule
ll.
:0. Prepararion of a dal $ i'e'l raining CdlenJ'rr a' Der lhe
standardi'ed module, u ilh MoRD relornrrrended lraincr'
anMinren.qainsl each session.
6;ration of comPE-rairlingIit. for eu"h
candidate 1o includer
a. set of l2 Lea$ing Units
b- I pair ofuniform as approPriate.
c. Measuring taPe (3On).3 m ste€ltape. pockel
calculator,8 m leveltube, spirit level, plum bomb,
L- scale, steep scale, I *P.!9!9!99!.bug'
SII{D
SIRt)
NSDC module
NSDC-.d"1"
Pr.rd" "t
th" tatrtrg * ;e the following equipmen!:
wooder/plaster of paris live dcmo ofworks. for 25 key
MGNREGA works
21. iomplete documentation lo become a parner agency
with ASCI.
SIRD. ASCl
24. A-t.t slRD. t" bec".. p"nr. agencies ofASCl and
enrer barch details in NSDC Pg!q!-ASCI, NIRD
25. Enter batch details n NSDC ponal. SIRD. 1'{SDC NSDC module
26. bn co-pGtt.t o-prept"iion and prior io stan of batch'
submission ofmonitoring formar Part A. to NIRD 'jbrfirrt inslalment oIfunds
SIRD. NIRI)
NIRD
Monitorng
Collc€t Monitoring formais Parl A tionr 5lRUs.
calculate amounl for fund rclease offirst instalmenl and
communicale to Minislr).18. Iross chcck calculation and provide approval for firsl
inslalment retease upon receipl ofcommunicalion lilrNlt ).
1r'.r i ingpt3 Corlr Aclivit!:t){l
l'ro!. t)r\
LBl.l s
s tli I)
Maintain afiendance ofBF l candidalcs and disbtrrse
dail! nipend a R\. 150 pcr da\ lor on d.') '
sll{ l)- Bl I Auenoilncccandidates Sheel
ll public?iscloswe otr.aining Cosls Per candidale and
per batch. candidates
BFI Cell. IMonitoringany agenc) | rramerrortdeputed by
IMoRD i
12. Monitoring of ongoing training
:1.
i1.
35.
n ""po,rse
ro feeaUu.f fro," fff rtainertnnf Cett
- -- -- - -- Assessmcnr of qIJs
Asffienr ]estt'stnubased on balch delaiL in NSDC ponal'
-M;ifi; dendilf balch ard rft *ise a\sc"menr ]
ASCI L
dales. .. ^^, i
D. Stale
16. Cnnduct ot Assetsment as per ASCI normt'i*r^-a .^.r," ^i^**-i onal AS('I31.b-o*nroaa tesrrts orussettment from NSDC portal'
-.ini,nd.li.rrih te cenificates,
SIRD, StalcDepl.-18.
ASCI. BFIcell. PD
Databas€ ofcenifie.d BI-TS39. Share soft copy ofbatch wise ce(ihcairon ol Lrr' I s'
NIC Repofl 2i.i. I
ReDon 2i.i.
,10. Sevelop module and reports for certillcallon ot Bt ts rn
NRTCASofI.4l o"Ginr* ofO"tuitt of"enificarion ol BFIS'
iffis.,iSlate Dept.BFT Cell.NIC
Monitoring
-.142.
43' Upo" complelio, ofastersment. pul up bill lo NIRD
based on cenificalion of Bff cary!43!!::-ASCI
i€i,"br"" ASCI d."don bin r"*d bv them according
to MoU.
NIRD, ASCI.PD
45.
.16.
llioiiiioiiiion of bat.h-G m'n,n icut ion ofmoniloring formal Pan B to NIRD tor second instalfrenl
of lunds
SIRD. N]Rt)
NIRD
PD
cott""i _-mot
itoring for-at Pan B from slRDs_ calculale
amount for fund release for second insialment and
communicale lo N.4inistry.
+?. .;ss cffik "tcul"tto"ar,d
p";vide approval for second
instalment release upon receipt ofcommunication for
NIRD,
SIRD. S[ale
menror BFTS on lhe iob. -
tM;;;in; G,.\\l'edatcbs*ol Bf lsdeplo)(d' Bl I(ell&'
rrt;6kl;;A;;nd .io'f.rlm(nr Io Bl lsri.rrr1", ut $orL cslinrdl( for eech $ orL sup(n i'(d lrouhl('
lpDfllrc
I shooling on RFT module including rcvisions and
.4n,|g9!-
TDat"l,*. "r.RFTs Deolo\cJReport 2l-1.
1--
sibilir) and
FTs l
l=t"r. D.pr, T-L.lte, ofI ot- ts. v"nn oept,'r ment
4
Documcnt/RePori PreD!red B) ToS. No.
I
rBFT Targels -
-Liil ofMasler lrainers
Calendar ofTraininp ofBFI Tminers
-
r ."1^r D*^nnanap,j RFT Trainers
MoRD
U9LD -MoRD NrRt--l
MoRD StateIDDT T.ainino allPnd Slare Depl N4oRDj
Calendar of Batch Assessme]1lq4g! ASCI \,loRD
7 fr""i"i." ^fRFl Tr2iner Maierial N IItL) NIoRD
NIItD MoRD8 rAFl'l'.,inino Mrt.r:al
r ..,:"- ^-nifi^qri^n ^f BFT ASCI MoRD
Srare l)ept MoRDl0 Deotovment orders of BFTs
II
lrffifir*c f".*;t AE B lr"tu(i) Daily attendance & disburscment ofslipcnd( ii) c0 Da) trainilgqqB!4ll SIR D NIRD
2 Moniloring Framework MoRD
Exnlanatorv DDt on NREGASoft modulc NIC/MoRD Siate
I ExDlanator) ppt on NSDC Eojlqlg ASCIINloRI) NIRD & SIRDS
5 R 23.t BFTS ldentified NRECASoII
6 1 . DET Lt.r.has are,rPrl NIIECASoIINREGASofi1 R 2:.3 Batch wise Cenificalion ofBFTs
l8 R 23.4 BFTS Deployed NRL:GASofi
t.
IV. Role and entill€ments ofBFI candidal€s
1. Attend screening test conducted by SIRD
,. una"n*" eo au'y t*;ning including field components as per Training Calendar shared
wirh them.
3. Rece;ve complete training kit including l2 Learning Units' unifo'm and olher prescribed
ilenrs.4. Rec€iye stipend @ Rs. t 5 0 per dav based on attendance m aintaj ned b) SIRD alg!8 Nith
inlormation of full tmining costs.
5. On colnpletion of90 day trainillg, gi!e assessrnenl lesl coDducled b) ASCI'
6. Ifqualiied via the assessment. receive a hard copy oflhe certificale ll'om SIRD-
7. lf;ertified, will he desiSnaled as a 'Barcfoot I echnician" receir'*le'tter oldeplo) 'rrenl
$ith role respoas;bility and reponing structurc l'mm Sialc Governmenl'
8. BFT5 have the entitlemenl to acquire a skill. nol iiob or a iull time posilion'
9. Palment\tillbemadelhroughNRECASofifronrl%olworkestimatcbatedoDnumberol lvorks supervised.
10. Relains the;i8h1t€ do unskilled work on thejob card' provided thar il is not6tiEsdrne' \,vork he/she is tasked to supervise.
v. Role oI Master Tminer', ' _ : :_ '
1. Respond lo requests ofBFT cell/Prog Di'? on conducting ToT al N|RD as per
availabilily.' 2. Entitled to fee @ Rs. 50OO per day for conducting I 0 day ToT -
Documents and Rcports
5
vl.
rl Pro!ide iruict and onloing,eedhrck lo lhe Minr5lry otr lhc ongointslraininS''vcr lhe
period oil0 dals lhrough lext \\halsapp email
o. L""ir" **'**,.t att grr trainers lasea on prescribed merhodolog)'
i. 6" "..0*,1". "t*ch
ToT communicate recommended lrainers to BFT
CellProgramme Division
Role ofBFT Trainers
il si - *i*" *. . ue recommended b) "rare sovemrncnr to Mrn]'l
^ ., -, -:. BFTlminer\will receive l0da] lminingal\lRlJandrecer!e I IrarnerqL'uro(crurrr
. inslish or in Hindi and a pen drrve wilh da) trise presenlation('
r i]"."'^*tt..", tlUasler TraineriASCI $ill be recommended lo rlate go!emment';,5;;il;'.;'titrainers$irlbeauthorisedtoconducrrheBF'rtrdininsarthesrate
level.+- I"."*rr"na"a' will draw terms ofreference with state govemment to deliver-
;;;;;;J;,,r"ll) decided rates rhe russesred norms are: stRD raculq
.lrnsi, nJr,on.t r;r., trainer olher than lacuhy members bul lrom an) olher
nou.rrr.nr a.p"-.nt p Rs l000 da) lrainer olher lhan goternment emplolee'
irom CSO background etc. Rs' 2500day'
S. n"*rntn*a"a-Sm rainerc to coordinate wilh SIRD to ensure that all requirements- ,;;;ii;";i;il"s ","
provided for includins field visits etc lfnot' should be brouehl
ro the notice of state co\4./BFt Cel'/Minislry'
6. Hand hold and suppon BFTS during tmining and for the assessment
7. State may depute BFT Traioets ro mentor BFTS on theiob'
6
vlt. MonitorinS Formals - Pa A& B
I ,lo;";rl status'(Complcle
lncomPlcte' l rclo.edl
l. \llctt,l rrt.l- ( op! ol (laill attrrrdan.. rrrri di!l-'uis.nrerrr ol \llpcnrl r/ Ils ii0 fer
\1,,r i.,r:r .- \ 1,, :,,:r ,j
' lt(:spon\c to gttric\ bl Bl I CcLL \isi(r rn\ 'l|'r 3!'rr'l (icftLr'J h-\
r,luirr.r As\ersmcnl
- (ompletiorr ot.tss$-sm.nr lorall lll I crn,li'IlLrts Lrl /\sClI r t)isrihrlion ofCcrtitlcarcs
- Do$nloed. p.inr and dislrilrurc cenificares I
M."it,,.trsr"-."1- P*f4 l49r!q sralllf BrT Barch
Data entry in NRECASoft- Enter balch wise details ofcertificalion ofBf i s R 21.1.
Deployment- Enclose f lstler of olBF Is.
S.No. Activil)
90 day Training Calendar
- Enclosi copy 90 day training calendar with session wise break up
and calend; wirh indication ofd€puled lrainer from Recommended
AFT Tnin.r
Slatus(Complelc/lncomplete/Enclosed)
I
Screenin8 Test- Date ofscreening test
- Number ofcandidates attended
- Norms for selection upholding preference to women, SC and S1'
).
Data entry in NRECASoft- BFT identification fromjob cards (R 2i.l )_ BFf balch formalion lR 2i'))
4. TraininE Kit for each BFT candidate- Sel of l2 Leamine Unir' (r€ceived from NIRD)- I pair ofuniform- Other Material; Tape (30 M), 3 M steel lape, I pockel c'lculalor'
mt Ievellube, Spirit level, Plumb bob. L-scale. Steel Scale Cap'
Notebool, Bag
5. Training Aids at Training Venue- -Provide daails of audio-vis ual aids. Plasler of Paris/ Wooden/l'ive
model demo ofalleasl 75 worls
6. Documentation for certifi cation- SIRD-ASCI Partner agency
- Data entrv ofbalch details in NSDC podal
- - Mo,'t."4elq'qr!:f4LB oqS9!I'!"!!oI!'1BM4(0!r
s.r.r,r I ,loivilr status
1
VIll. State BI t lraining calendar
sta€ Bl'I traininrr Calcndnr l0lG ll
fio. ofsets of TrallL-nguage of ar Tmining vateriat
Balch wise ( alendar 2016-17
stale BFT Nodal Person
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