PVM Annual Convention Report

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Dated - 30 to 31st Dec 2009

Place - Mandpam Sabhagar, Orai

Supported By

PARM ARTH & Action Aid


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5t h Annua l Convent ion

of

PAHUC H VIKAS MAN CH

(30-31st December 2009)

Context

Pahuch Vikas Manch is a Community Based Organization emerged during

course of implementation of PARMARTH Samj Sevi Sansthan, Bundelkhand.

Pahuch Vikas Manch has emerged as visible and credible membership based

organization in the district of Jalaun with more than 10000 women and men

members. Since it inception from 2002, Pahuch Vikas Manch has been workingon the agenda of Fear, Exploitation & Starvation with the support of larger civil

society groups and common villagers. It has taken the issues of drought &

livelihood more specifically and demonstrated progressive examples in

addressing the immediate needs of the drought affected poor and marginalized

community members. It has also facilitated the community processes towards

ensuring access over social and food security scheme in favour of eligible

families through collective action.

Since last five year, the region is facing regular drought, which has not only

affecting the livelihood of the community members but it has weakened the

community coping mechanism. Even government welfare and food secuirity

schemes are not effectively implementing. Pahuch Vikas Manch was

instrumental in making PDS, ICDS and Mid Day Meal schemes functional in few

operational villages, but still reach over welfare and food security schemes

among eligible families over these schemes is limited. Drought Proofing

Programme and welfare measures are also not being effectively implemented

due to weak governance.

Observing the present vulnerability factors and deprivation conditions of the poor

& marginalized community groups, Pahuch Vikas Manch has facilited a pressure


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building process by organizing its 5th Annual Convention at Orai, Jalaun. The

prominent social activist will attend this convention and provide their solidarity to

Pahuch Vikas Manch in their endeavor.

Report of ANNUAL CONVENTION OF PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH 30-31

December 2009

PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has organized its 5th ANNUAL CONVENTION at

Mandapam Sabhagar, Orai, Jalaun on 30-31 December 2009. More than 1000

members of Pahuch Vikas Manch

along with community members,

panchayat members, development

service providers, media functionaries,

social activists and other

representatives of diversified civil

society groups were present in the

convention. National and Regional

leaders of Dalits, Small & marginal

Farmers and other leaders of community & women based organization were also

present in the convention. Mr. Colin, Lawyer & Legal Experts, Human Law

Network, Dr. B.D.Sharma, National Leader of Mazdoor & Farmer, Mr. Ambrish

Rai, National Convener, Lok Sangarsh Morcha, Mr. K.K.Rai, Lawyer, Supreme

Court, Allahabad & Director, Human Law Network, Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi,

PVCHR and other regional leaders has attended the annual convention.

All present members have witnessed the strength, zeal and progressive move of

PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH, which they have traveled over the years and dent in

the lives of the drought & ravine affected community members in the region.

PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH with the support of local village level organization i.e.

Mahila Mandal, Gram Chetna Mandal and Village Water & Sanitation Committee

has been working on Food, Work, Livelihood and Dignity agenda in the region.


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During the convention discussion and interaction was held mainly on Food,

Work, Livelihood and Dignity issues of poorest, dalits & marginalized community

groups and action agenda has been worked out.

CONVENTION started with National Song followed by introductory remarks by

Shri Ramkrishna Shukla, Convener, Aapda Nivarak Manch, Bundelkhand. Mr.

Sanjay Singh, Director, Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan has introduced the

present members

Mr. Nathuram Bodh, Convener, PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has presented the

annual progress of the MANCH. He has also brief about the PAHUCH VIKAS

MANCH i.e. it a nonpolitical community based organization, which is working for

securing rights & entitlements of the poorest, marginalized and socially excluded

groups. It was established in year 2002 for taking up the agenda of poorest,

marginalized community members small & marginal farmers of 25 villages of

Rampura & Madhogarh Block of Jalaun District of Bundelkhand region of Uttar

Pradesh. In the journey of last 7 Years, PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has played

lead role in collective assertion of rights & entitlements in favour of the poorest &

marginalized community groups with focus on dalits & women groups. He has

also informed that PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has mainly taken the agenda of

Food, Work, Livelihood, Debt, Agriculture and Dignity and favoured the

associated members as well as common poor & marginalized villagers in the

region. He also shared about progress of MANCH as PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH

has spred its arms in more than 300 villages of all 9 blocks of Jalaun district of

Uttar Pradesh with10582 regular members. PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has gained

its own images and credibility in the region and developed institutional linkages.

Nathuramji has also shared about focused programme implemented in the year

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Dr. Lenin has addressed the

meeting and informed about the

Bundelkhand Package but he also

cautioned that local level planning

and community awareness is verymuch needed for ensuring effective implementation of Bundelkhand Package

Programme. Middlemen and vested interest groups are not supporting the poor

community member and present political system is also not much interested for

the well being of the poor villagers. Problems in agriculture of Bundelkhand

region is also reaching to Maharastra & Andhra Pradesh and it require serious

intervention for addressing the problem related to agriculture. He emphasis on

collectivization processes for realization of rights & entitlements over services,

welfare schemes and government programme.

Mr. Bhupender Nishad, Lawyer, Supreme Court expressed the present

economic condition and increasing price of commodities, which ultimately

affecting the poorest & marginalized families. These categories of community

members are forced to migrate for managing their livelihood. Stock of grain

equation in our country is also affecting the poorest as we all know about the

failure of PDS. Marketing of agriculture product of small & marginal farmers is

also affecting the gain of the farmers as they are getting low prices of their

agriculture product through middlemen.

Mr. K.K. Rai, Lawyer, Supreme

Court, Allahabad has addressed the

participants by saying that judiciary

never support and progressive to the

poorest and marginalized groups. He

further highlighted the present

anomalies in effective

implementation of the NREGA

programme. Though NREGA is


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progressive move by the government but when it reaches at panchayat level than

it become challenging for the representatives of panchayat members. Panchayat

members along with implementing bodies get extra benefits / advantages by un-

favouring the eligible community members. Land Rights, NREGA entitlements

and other development agenda always need collective assertion by the poorest &marginalized community members. One side the small & marginal farmers of

Bundelkhand are committing suicide due to debt problems but in other region of

the country i.e. In Vidharva and Punjab region farmers are acing problems due to

use of GM seed. Assertion over services, welfare schemes and government

programme always require collective assertion exercise under the leadership of

community & women based organization.

Further participants has been organized into four different groups for group

interaction on different four agenda Right to Work under NREGA and

Livelihood, Right to Information & Challenges, Water Management &

Environment, Right to Education, Women & Girls right, Sanghthan.

Highlights of NREGA/Food Security

Need to extend number of wage workday in a year

Need to provide incentive and recognition of best performing gram

panchayat under NREGA

Government programme / drought proofing should be properly

implemented in favour of small & marginal farmers

Women should get wage work under NREGA as per the norms of 33%

reservation

Highlights of Right to Information Act

Need to clarify about payment norms among the community members

sometime BPL cardholders have to pay charges for getting information

Need to organize right to information day in a month

Highlight of Water Conservation & Management


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Need to respect local village level water micro plan by the panchayat and

government implementing bodies

Need for promotion of organic farming practices in the region

Need for afforestation in the region on priorities basis

Extraction of Ground Water Use need to be check in the region

Highlight of Right to Education

Government teacher attendance and timing should be closely monitored

Teacher pupil ratio should be make1:30

Village Education Committee needs to make functional in the region

Highlight of Women & Girls Rights

Participation of women should be encouraged in planning, implementation

and monitoring & evaluation of the programme

Need to facilitate the women gram sabha in the region

Timely payment of widow pension

Capacity building of women panchayat members for effective discharging

of their rights & responsibility

Joint account of Women & men

Women entitlement over land patta of agriculture land and homestead

land

Highlight of Sanghathan

Timely dissemination of information about government programme,

services and welfare schemes

Risk management plan for reducing the incidens of violence against

leader of community based organization

Need to organize community programme


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Alliance building with like minded regional, state and national association /

groups / networks

Cultural programme was organized in the evening of 30 th December 2009.

Second day convention was started with songs. Further each group has

presented the outcome of the group discussion. Further representative of

PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has welcomed the members of panelist Mr. Kolin,

Right To food Campaign, Dr. B.D.Sharma, National Leader, Mr. Ambrish Rai, Lok

Sangarsh Morocha.

Mr. Ambrish Rai has addressed the

participants and highlighted the

present existing unequal practices of

social & economic dimension in the

society. He shared about the

struggling pattern of dalits &

marginalized community groups as

they are facing multiple ranges of

problems. There means of livelihood is

not very gainful and they struggle throughout the year for meeting their livelihood.

Middlemen and local moneylender are unknowingly exploiting them anddevelopment service providers are also supporting them in realizing their social

security schemes, food security schemes and other government programme.

Mr. Kolin has further expressed about

the roles of National Right to Food

Campaign that how it has initiated the

struggle of entitlement realization over

social welfare & food security schemes

through legal intervention (PUCL). But

he also expressed that the entitlement

realization of the social welfare and

food security schemes in the


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Bundelkhand region is very disappointing and even complaints / violation

reporting are not coming by the community members or leader of the community

based organization frequently. He shared about the information of formation of

Commission under the leadership of Retd. Judge, Supreme Court, who will camp

in the villages of the Bundelkhand region and assess the present condition ofvulnerability of the dalis & marginalized community groups and status of

realization of social welfare & food security schemes in favour of eligible

community members.

Dr. B.D. Sharma has highlighted the

wage discrimination aspect of labour

during his addressing. He also

highlighted the aspects of debtproblems of the community members.

He stressed about the need of

community control over water, forest

and land resources and these resources

should not transfer in the hand of

multinational companies. He highlighted the strength of Small & Martginal farmer

that todays FARMERS ARE NOT POOR BUT THEY ARE BEING EXPLOITED

and discriminated in the existing government policy. He also requested for

collective assertion process of claiming rights and asserting entitlement under the

leadership of community based organization.

Further open discussion was held, in which the participants has clarified their

doubts and asked for information related to redressal of their problems.

At the end of session, the representatives of PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH has

shared about the priority agenda of the MANCH for the year 2010

To make hunger free Bundelkhand

Mobilizing the community members towards realization of their

entitlements over social security and food security schemes


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Strengthening the NREGA UNION for getting 100 days wage work

employment under NREGA

Analysis of suicide cases of starvation death and farmer suicide

Increasing the violation reporting and complains redressal mechanism

Networking and Alliance Building with like-minded groups on the Drought

& Livelihood agenda

Facilitating the panchayat election voter campaign and encouraging for

emergence of progressive SCs, STs and women leaders in the PRIs

bodies.

Prevention of Child below 6 years from malnutrition

Mr. Nathu Ram gave vote of thanks to all participants and guest of the

programme. He especially thanks to the members of PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH

who has contributed in cash and kind for successful completion of the Annual

Convention of the PAHUCH VIKAS MANCH.


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IN MEDIA EYES.,..


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Documents

PVM Annual Convention Report