MODI schemes: Rural Infrastrcture

MODI schemes: Rural Infrastrcture Part 6

 

 

  1. Sansad adharsh gram yojana

OBJECTIVE OF SAGY__

  • Leveraging the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of the Members of
    Parliament (MP) to develop model Gram Panchayats.
  • Engaging with and mobilizing the community for participatory local level development.
  • Converging different government programmes and private and voluntary initiatives to
    achieve comprehensive development in tune with people’s aspirations and local
    potential.
  • Building partnerships with voluntary organisations, co-operatives and academic and
    research institutions.
  • Focusing on outcomes and sustainabilityACTIVITIES __

    ADARSH  GRAM  An  Adarsh  Gram  should  evolve  out  of  people’s  shared  vision,  using  their
    capacities  and  available  resources  to  the  best  extent  possible,  duly  facilitated  by  the  MP,
    theGram Panchayat, civil society and the government machinery. Naturally, the elements of
    an Adarsh Gram would be context specific. However, it is still possible to broadly identify the
    important activities.

     

    They would include:

     

    1. Personal development
    2. Inculcating hygienic behaviour and practices
    3. Fostering healthy habits including daily exercise and games

    iii. Reducing risk behaviour- alcoholism, smoking, substance abuse, etc.

     

    1. Human Development
    2. Universal access to basic health facilities consisting of health card, medical examination ii. Total immunization

    iii. Balancing the sex-ratio

    1. 100% institutional delivery
    2. Improving nutrition status for all, with special focus on children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers
    3. Strong focus on the special needs of Persons With Disability (PWD), especially children and women

    vii. Universal access to education facilities up to Class X and retention

    viii. Conversion of schools into ‘smart schools’. Smart schools will have IT enabled

    classrooms, e-libraries, web based teaching and will make all students e-literate required for providing quality education

    1. Adult literacy
    2. E-literacy
    3. Village libraries including e-libraries

     

    1. Social development

     

    1. Activities for promotion of voluntarism like Bharat Nirman Volunteers
    2. Building the capacity of the people to fully participate and contribute to local development iii. Activities for honouring village elders, local role models especially women, freedom
      fighters and martyrs
    3. Activities for violence and crime free villages such as:
    4. Setting up Citizen Committees
    5. Sensitization, especially of youth
    6. Village sports and folk arts festivals
    7. Having a village song to instil a sense of pride among the people vii. Celebrating ‘Village Day’

    viii. Proactive steps for inclusion and integration of socially excluded groups, especially Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

     

    1. Economic Development

     

    1. Promoting diversified agricultural and allied livelihoods, including livestock and horticulture, through Organic farming
    2. Soil health cards
    3. Crop intensification such as SRI
    4. Setting up of seed banks
    5. Collection and value addition to Non Timber Forest Produce, Livestock development including Gobar Bank, cattle hostel
    6. Livestock development including Gobar Bank, cattle hostel
    7. Micro-irrigation
    8. Agro-service centres
    9. Rural industrialization like:
    10. Post-harvest technology applications
    11. Micro-enterprises
    12. Dairy development and processing
    13. Food processing
    14. Traditional Industries

    iii. Skill Development of all eligible youth for self-employment and placement

    1. Village Tourism including eco-tourism All the above activities should focus

    particularly on lifting households out of poverty, for which organising and federating women SHGs, providing employment to all workers, and bringing about financial inclusion are very important.