MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT(SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)
(a)The annual membership contribution of India to Afro Asian Rural Development
Organisation (AARDO) is US$ 106,000
b) The year wise contribution for five years to AARDO is as under:
Year Annual Contribution
2004 US $ 106,000
2003 US $ 106,000
2002 US $ 106,000
2001 US $ 106,000
2000 US $ 106,000
c) AARDO in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs has organized
various training courses with the participation from different countries on subjects such
as
(i) Promotion of Micro Enterprises
(ii) Assessment and Transfer of Indian Technology
(iii) Information Storage and Retrieval System
(iv) Small Enterprises Management
Consultancy
(v) Small Enterprises policy and promotion
(vi) Total Quality Management
and ISO 9000/QS 9000
(vii) Empowerment of Women through Enterprises
(viii) Rural
Industry Promotion in Developing Economies (ix) Data Warehousing and Data Mining
(x) Adoption of Indian Technologies for sustainable Industrial Development (xi) Training
Methods and skill for managers (xii) Promotion of Export oriented Agro Industries (xiii)
Small Industry Financing – Approaches and Strategies (xiv) Strategies for sustainable
Agriculture and Rural Development (xv) Textile Training Quality Control, Textile
Extension etc.
d) AARDO is a forum with which India is closely associated so as to further
cooperation in the field of rural development in the member countries. Our contributions
have helped the Organisation to sustain its main activities such as human resource
development and development of pilot projects through partnership with the rural
beneficiaries, addressing the basic physical and social infrastructure, transfer of
technology and poverty alleviation programmes through income and employment
generating activities.
