In a first of its kind programme, Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK), one of the leading NGOs working in Jharkhand in the area of empowerment of rural masses through skill development, will felicitate skilled entrepreneurs of various villages working under Total Village Management (TVM) programme in Ranchi on Thursday. The programme aims to portray the positive changes, creative ideas and qualitative changes through new technology in villages and at Panchayat levels.
The ceremony organised by KGVK for the first time will continue every year to encourage local persistent rural development and provide recognition to successful villagers. It will aim to make beneficiaries as successful entrepreneurs to develop villages as model ones.
The TVM model of the KGVK is based on business principles adapted to the rural setting, community ownership and grassroots entrepreneurship. The aim of the programme is to eventually surpass the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in its area of its operations. The basic aim of the TVM is begin initiatives at the grassroot level through Public–Private-People’s Partnerships (P4) for sustainable rural development.
Under the TVM the villagers are considered more as stakeholders than beneficiaries and it is believed that the development of the stakeholders will eventually lead to the development of the village. The model also makes use of creative skills and local knowledge of the rural masses for successful implementation of the programmes.
The KGVK is running continued rural development programme under theTVM model in 278 villages of the state. The work is a part of the CSR activity of Usha Martin group, which is also working with various partner organizations across the state for community development. The TVM model catapults development of villages working in eight different areas -- Natural Resource Management, Resource Mobilisation, Women’s Empowerment, Health: Nutrition & Sanitation, livelihood Intervention, Education, Energy Inclusion and Capacity Building & Market linkage.
During the programme awards will be presented in various categories, including Best Farmer, Best Village for Paddy Cultivation, Best Village Assistant, Best livelihood promotion villages, Best problem solving groups, best TVM village, best Self Help group etc.