| Sanction Date: | 15.12.2025 | |||
| Project Category | Category I | |||
| Year | 2025-2026 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years | |||
| BTA : | SDCB | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Manipur |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Tezpur University, Napaam-784028, Tezpur, Sonitpur, Assam | |||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
| 1. | NA | |||
| Lead Proponent: |
Prof. Ashalata Devi |
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| Project Brief Description: | Manipur’s diverse ethnic communities possess rich traditional knowledge of biodiversity, handloom, and handicrafts, vital for food, health, culture, and livelihoods. However, modernization, cultural dilution, and oral transmission threaten the survival of these practices. Indigenous crafts, though economically significant, suffer from weak promotion, limited policy support, and poor market access, leading to declining incomes for artisans. Simultaneously, overexploitation of wild bioresources risks biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and erosion of socio-ecological knowledge systems. To counter these threats, documenting and reviving indigenous practices is essential for cultural preservation and sustainable development. Community seed banks offer resilience against climate change by conserving agrobiodiversity and empowering farmers. Promoting GI certification and systematic documentation will safeguard endangered bioresources, revive traditional crafts, enhance livelihoods, and ensure long-term sustainability of Manipur’s unique heritage. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: |
• Local tribal people and indigenous artisans and craftspeople |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs.1,92,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore Ninety Two Lakh Only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
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• Inventory of bioresource, its associated socio-cultural beliefs and their significance in socioeconomic livelihoods. • Documentation and revival of indigenous handloom and handicrafts. • Assessment of climate change on agrobiodiversity and adaptation strategies. |
• Comprehensive inventory of bioresources along with associated indigenous knowledge, socio-cultural practices, and livelihood significance. • Documentation of traditional handloom and handicraft techniques, materials, motifs, and community-specific craftsmanship. • Skill development modules for youth, women, and artisan groups on sustainable harvesting, value addition, and craft innovation. • Community knowledge repository and digital archive on bioresources, handlooms, and handicrafts. • Policy-oriented recommendations for integrating indigenous bioresources and crafts into sustainable livelihood and climate resilience programmes. |
• Monitoring in comparison to the baseline information/ data to be provided by the proponent: • No. of bioresources documented along with cultural and livelihood linkages. • No. of handloom and handicraft traditions recorded and revived. • No. of Capacity-building programs and training modules • No. of climate-affected crops documented and adaptation strategies identified. • No. of Policy-oriented recommendations. |
| S.No. | No. of Sanctioned Post | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 02 SRF | @ Rs.42,000/- + 10% HRA for 3rd Year |
| 2. | 02 JRF | @ Rs.37,000/- + 10% HRA for first 2 Years |
| 3. | 03 Field Assistant | @ Rs.20,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Use of Equipment/ Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | 02 Laptop @Rs.1.0 Lakh per Unit, 02 Digital Cameras @Rs.2.0 Lakh per Unit, 02 Voice Recorders @Rs.0.30 Lakh per Unit, 02 Video Recorders @Rs.1 Lakh per Unit, 02 GPS @Rs.0.30 Lakh per Unit, 02 Projectors @Rs.0.70 Lakh per Unit, 02 Projector Screens @Rs.0.15 Lakh per Unit, 01 Workstation Desktop Computer (03), UPS (04), External Hard Disk (08), SSD Cards (03), Laser Printer (01), Scanner (02), Data Storage (02), 01 Workstation, Internet connection @Rs.19.70 Lakh. | 30,60,240 |
