TLA has conducted a 15 days’ training for the Watershed Committee Presidents’ Secretaries at TARAgram, Orchha on May 7-21, 2012 under the Intregrated Watershed Development Project of the Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission, Bhopal. A total of 29 participants have participated in this training programme.
 

The TARA Scholarship Exam 2012 was organised at village Raksa on May 20, 2012 through the Vocation Training Centre. This examination saw the participation of 120 entrants.
 

The Community Training Centre (CTC) was inaugurated at village Rajapur near Jhansi on May 28, 2012 with a training programme on Beauty Culture and Hair Dressing.

Under the Village Electrification through Sustainable Energy project, two plants were commissioned in Behratola and Bakhriwa in the Vindhyachal Cluster.
 

Behratola is ensuring power supply to 112 households on an average for three hours per day for at least 20 days per month. VEC has been formally taking ownership in plant operations such as revenue collection activity. In the months of March - April 2012, the VEC has made revenue collection of about Rs 3650 from 32 households.

A notification for the establishment of a task force for the promotion of clean and low carbon brick technologies was passed by the Government of Bihar on May 9, 2012. The decision to set up a task force was taken by the Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest to leverage the work being done through the project ‘Accelerating Clean and Low Carbon Technologies in the Indian Brick Sector’ by Development Alternatives (DA), supported by the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation. The task force will work on increasing awareness, demonstration for producers and consumers and favourable policy regime in the sphere of clean brick production.
 

A contract has been signed with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on May 15, 2012 to carry out a project on ‘Mangroves Conservation and Management: Enhancing Livelihood Opportunities for Mangrove-dependent Communities in Bhitarkanika Reserve Forest’. The 10-month project is being implemented by DA in partnership with Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA).
 

On May 23, 2012 a meeting was held with the Planning Commission and UN agencies for the review of activities related to National Resource Cell for District Planning (NRCDP). The knowledge repository prepared under this project has been highly appreciated among the members of the Planning Commission. The official launch of the website will take place in the last week of June 2012.