Dear All
Happy to update the progress made on my Research study and Publication in DESH VIKAS of January - March 2021 and details includes:
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ABSTRACT
Poor in decision making, implementation, utilization of resources, service delivery, monitoring, evaluation, documentation, reporting, impact and tracking affect health and wealth of the people and communities. It is the fact that Nation has got sufficient resources to cater the needs of its people but not their greed. The benefits of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization, shift from People oriented Development to Business oriented Development and Service Delivery Systems have limited reach to the people in general and particularly poor and ruralites. Majority of the strategies and initiatives are dominated with top down approaches and are costly compared to that of the benefit reached to the people. The increase in population and luxury living are putting higher demand on water, food, land, housing, employment and other human critical needs affecting larger population. The causes and consequences of industrialization, urbanization, transportation, sewerage, waste disposal, luxury style of living, increase in population, exploitation of natural resources, power generation, food processing, and other man made activities have resulted for hazards and disasters which further resulted for global warming and climate change and are alarming to the stakeholders. The opportunities in the form of Good Government with Government, Private, Corporate, NGOs and others will work for the achievement of Sustainable Development and further move towards the vision of New India. The initiatives are need based and effective to work by the people for the people. The strategies, initiatives and models are simple, flexible, replicable, scalable and sustainable matching to the dynamics of the people and communities.
Poor in decision making, implementation, utilization
of resources, service delivery, monitoring, evaluation, documentation, reporting,
impact and tracking affect health and wealth of the people and communities.
Initiatives
The author has worked with Government, Private
and NGOs and having good connectivity in working for the development of people
and communities covering larger parts of the Nation. Some of the initiatives
taken up by the author during the last four decades includes:
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Awareness
cum Advocacy Programmes to understand the dynamics of the targeted groups and
their living communities, and disseminate the processes of development from all
sectors.
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Mapping,
Identification, Assessment, Protection and Management of Water Resources with
better visibility.
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Rainwater
harvesting, collection, filtering, storage, and utilization on one side and recharge
to ground water with suitable structures with local resources on the other side.
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Surveying,
mapping, data collection, storage and processing, assessment and estimation
(both qualitatively and qualitatively), safe excavation of natural resources (minerals).
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Use
of Geotools (like Geology, Geophysical, Hydrological, etc.) supported with GPS
(Global Positioning Systems) and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and other
data collection, storage, processing and interpretation software for mapping
and management of minerals as part of healthy geoenvironment.
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Assessment
and protection of Environment from all possible pollutants with better ways for
happy and healthy living.
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Mentoring
NGOs working on various needs of people and aspects of communities for improving
the systems with better access.
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Mobilization
of resources for NGOs from Government, Private, Corporate (Corporate Social Responsibility
– CSR), Financial Institutions, Funding Agencies (both National and
International), and others.
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Connecting
Government, Corporate and NGOs to work on the mode of partnership known as
GPNP.
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Organizing
Trainings, Workshops, Conferences, and Seminars for targeted groups on various platforms.
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Sharing
and dissemination of information by way of publications in various journal and
books and e-forums.
The study made is very much relevant to
the people, community and Nation and some of the conclusions emerged include:
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It
is the fact that Nation has got sufficient resources to cater the needs of its people
but not their greed.
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The
shift from people oriented development (POD) to business oriented development
(BOD) has exploited the natural and other resources.
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The
benefits of the development have not reached the people in general and
particularly poor and ruralites.
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Majority
of the strategies and initiatives are dominated with top down approaches (TDAs)
and thus the cost of service delivery is much higher than the benefit reached
to the targeted groups.
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Increase
in population and luxury living (of small group) are putting higher demand on
water, food, land, housing, employment and other human critical needs and
affecting larger population.
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The
causes and consequences of industrialization, urbanization, transportation, sewerage,
waste disposal, luxury style of living, increase in population, exploitation of
natural resources, power generation, food processing, and other man made
activities have resulted for hazards and disasters which further resulted for Global
Warming and Climate Change.
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The
development which balances all the four domains or areas will work for better
sustainability with inclusive, accessible and empowered environment or
community.
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The
initiatives of Government in working for the development of People and Nation is
expected for better participation, accountability, responsibility and
transparency (PART); making products and services available, accessible and
affordable (3As); acts as a channel of empowerment; and better growth in an
inclusive environment which finally improves the wellbeing of all with better
equality and equity.
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Nation
has got the vision of New India and accepted to work for the achievement of
targets and indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
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The
principles or elements of Good Governance are interrelated and works as a cause
and consequence of each other and rule of law will improve all others with
better frame of administrative, financial and technical and even to mobilize
resources from all sectors like Government, Private, Corporate, Funding
Agencies, Donors and others.
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The
frame of working for the development of NGOs covers Legal, Administrative,
Financial, Resources – RIC and Technical (LAFRT).
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The
challenges of Good Governance affect the governance and development on one side
and People, Communities, Environment and Nation at large on other side.
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The
wellbeing of the people and communities is poor with vulnerabilities,
marginalization, and isolation with wide gap between urban & rural and rich
& poor and this situation is alarming to the stakeholders.
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The
output and impact of opportunities should work for good governance; need based
and participatory development; effective and efficient service delivery
systems; monitoring and evaluation; social auditing; and reporting and to
develop inclusive and accessible environment.
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While
working with opportunities, in addition to Private (including Corporate), Government
will depend more on NGOs in achieving its targets and indicators of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and New India or Empowered India or Developed
India.
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The
processes of NGO development and support from various stakeholders will certainly
work for the sustainability of NGOs with better stability and to serve people
and communities more effectively and efficiently.
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The
outputs and impact of Good Governance in Government, Private and NGOs and
working on the model of partnership (GPNP) will support for the development of
strategies, systems and service delivery channels which will improve
participation, accountability, responsibility and transparency (PART) and will
keep products and services available, accessible and affordable (3As).
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The
initiatives taken up are innovative and creative matching to the needs of the
people and communities. The effectiveness and efficiency of the models and
systems developed have resulted for outputs with significant impact among the
groups as well as the communities.
The processes of Governance and
Development have to be continued matching to the needs of the People and Nation
and recommendations made include:
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Government
should support and encourage Private (Corporate) and NGOs to work on the model
of Partnership as GPNP.
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Conduct
more and more Awareness cum Advocacy programmes for making the people to known
their living environment and ways to move forward for better living.
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Support
for the implementation of the provision of Right to Information (RTI) for Good Governance
as a channel of empowerment.
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Utilize
the valuable experiences and expertise of Senior Citizens who can be a guide,
advocate, facilitator, trainer, change maker and can bridge the gap with
connectivity to the younger generation.
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Encourage
and support students to take up study, project works and research in the area
of Development, Good Governance, and NGOs.
ü Organize Workshops & Seminars and develop & use E Forums for effective sharing and dissemination including publications.
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This is for your kind information and suggestions please.
With thanks
