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

2. “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

3. What We Seek to Implement
Broad Flow of the Presentation
Who We Are
What We Found Out
What We Seek to Implement

4. What We Seek to Implement
Broad Flow of the Presentation
Who We Are
What We Found Out
What We Seek to Implement

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

6. 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

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

8. CFM’s Work: Natural and Organic Farming

9. CFM’s Work: Animal Husbandry

10. CFM’s Partners

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

12. What We Seek to Implement
Broad Flow of the Presentation
Who We Are
What We Found Out
What We Seek to Implement

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

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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.

19. What We Seek to Implement
Broad Flow of the Presentation
Who We Are
What We Found Out
What We Seek to Implement

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. Thank You! Community Friendly Movement (CFM)
A-11, LGF, Neeti Bagh, August Kranti Marg
New Delhi , India
Landline: , |