Creating Economically Empowered Panchayat(s) For CFM: Saurav K Ghosh (Ashoka Fellow)

“The task before every lover of the country is how to reconstruct the villages of India so that it may be as easy for any-one to live in them as it is supposed to be in the cities.” - MK Gandhi

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Saurav K Ghosh Co-Founder of Community Friendly Movement (CFM) Ashoka Fellow 2016 Entrepreneur | Dreamer| Writer | Compulsive Walker

Community Friendly Movement | CFM Anhad Gram: Agri Infra Input Cost Reduction for farmer Bio-Entrepreneurship Access to Financial services Livestock management Value add to farm produce SwaNigamit Panchayat: Panchayat Infra 9-5 office of Panchayat Generates revenues, pays taxes Ensures service delivery of Govt. schemes Skilling and Entrepreneurship Centre for local youth JalDhar: Water Infra Watershed management Potable and safe drinking water at household level Washing and Sanitation at household level Waste water disposal and bio remediation of water for reuse Panchayat Water Infra Agri Infra

CFM’s Work: Watershed Management: JalDhar encompassing 40 villages in Jhabua, MP

CFM’s Work: Natural and Organic Farming

CFM’s Work: Animal Husbandry

CFM’s Partners

CFM’s Reach Completed Projects Ongoing Projects Amroha Agastmuni Shambhal Amarpur Jaipur Jhabua Tharad New Delhi Rapar Bhagalpur Munger

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Statistics No. of villages in India: Over 6,40,000 No. Gram Panchayats: Over 2.5 lakh Number of ‘Adarsh’ villages: 2,379

Gram Panchayats across India Open Panchayat at Narsingarh, MP Saleh Danda Rajewadi Kanukula

Progressive Panchayats of India Hiware Bazaar, Maharashtra Over 2 decades ago the Panchayat set up Women thrift groups, Milk Dairy Society, Youth Clubs and focussed on family planning and reforestation. A watershed development programme has also been started here, along with an annual water audit that has been conducted in this village since 2004. Hiware Bazaar is considered a model for community-led, multi-sectoral growth of rural parts of the country

Progressive Panchayats of India Punsari village, Gujarat The village has modern urban amenities such as: 24x7 power supply WiFi connectivity CCTV cameras Pucca roads A reverse osmosis plant that supplies 20 litres of water to each household at Rs 4. Use of solar power for agriculture Accidental Insurance cover to one member of every household Air-conditioned primary schools with no dropouts

Represented by Panchayat The Disconnect Central Government State Government Academic and Research Institutes Funding agencies Mission and projects Represented by Bureaucrat Govt Officials Academics Technocrats Scientists Highly trained | Organized | Professional setup | Visionary Affects optimal utilisation of resources Limited Skill | Unlimited local synergy| Myopic vision Represented by Panchayat Rural Community

Connect the Disconnect…People | Skilled people Govt. Academic & Research Institution CFM SwaNigamit Panchayat SHG/ FIG Funding Agency Panchayat is considered to be the lock, while the elected representative is the key which enables them to unlock the value they need to develop Panchayat as the skilling and resource centre for the village for knowledge, skill, tools and team.

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SwaNigamit Panchayat: Our Vision WE MAKE FARMERS RICH   Participative planning inclusive action and creating values for the economic independence of village by making Panchayats the hub of economic activities and generate resources that make Panchayat self-corporatized- SwaNigamit. The SwaNigamit Panchayat then enables its habitants to access and support their livelihood opportunities and access the larger product and service basket available to the city dwellers through its trained and aware staff.

SwaNigamit Panchayat: Four Pillars Identify first set of villages whose Panchayats will be upgraded to become SwaNigamit in 18 district of Uttar Pradesh for pilot mission. The focus of the SwaNigamit model is on health is wealth principle and will focus on four pillars Soil Health- Solution and services for Integrated Pest and Nutrient Management at community level Animal Health- Solution and services for Integrated Livestock, Feed and Fodder management Human Health- Access to potable drinking water, water resource management, health and hygiene Digital Health- Access to Government enabled Insurance services, financials services and products

SwaNigamit Panchayat: Action Plan CFM has launched SwaNigamit Panchayat (SNP) towards self-reliance and economic independence of Panchayats.   The model has to be scaled up by creating full time ‘Office support system’ of Panchayat which runs like any other corporation to assist community to access Government schemes and services in order to meet its requirements and generate economic freedom to pursue quality of life improvements.

Sustainability of SwaNigamit Panchayat Gram Panchayat will be able to mobilize common interest groups/farmers at the village level and build clusters to plan and implement product specific requirements/commercial crop cycles; strengthen farmer capacity through agricultural and allied best practices for enhanced productivity. Panchayat will provide quality information and services for intensive agriculture enhancing cluster competitiveness; and facilitate access to fair & remunerative markets include linking common interest groups. These activities will generate a permanent source of revenue for GP to sustain itself and its beneficiaries. Sustainability of SwaNigamit Panchayat Gram Panchayat will be able to mobilize common interest groups/farmers at the village level and build clusters to plan and implement product specific requirements/commercial crop cycles; strengthen farmer capacity through agricultural and allied best practices for enhanced productivity. Panchayat will provide quality information and services for intensive agriculture enhancing cluster competitiveness; and facilitate access to fair & remunerative markets include linking common interest groups. These activities will generate a permanent source of revenue for GP to sustain itself and its beneficiaries.

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