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Transforming Livesthrough Partnerships

A Process Documentation of the Smart Village

Smart Ward Initiative of Andhra Pradesh in its First Year


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Transforming Lives through PartnershipsA Process Documentation of the Smart Village Smart Ward Initiative of

Andhra Pradesh in its First Year


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Acknowledgment

@ 2016

This is a working document. It has been prepared to facilitate the exchange of knowledge.

This document would not have been possible without the support of the partners and Centre for

Economic and Social Studies. UNICEF thanks them for their contribution in making this document

and capturing the journey undertaken in the first year of Smart Village Smart Ward towards Smart

Andhra Pradesh initiative of Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Inputs received from

Sri. S.P Tucker, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Shanti Priya Pandey, IFS, Spl. Secretary, Planning Department

Dr. V. Suryanarayana Sastry, Director, Planning Department

Sri. R.Vijay Kumar, CEO, Smart AP Foundation

Prof. S. Vijay Kumar, Head, Division for Child Studies (CESS-UNICEF collaboration)

Sri. Ravi Siriki, Programme Officer, Division for Child Studies (CESS-UNICEF collaboration)

Sri. Deepak Kumar Dey, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Hyderabad Field Office (HFO)

Documentation and Designing: New Concept Information Systems

Disclaimer:While this document is published with financial support from UNICEF, UNICEF does not

guarantee the accuracy of the data presented, findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed

in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. This work does

not necessarily reflect the views of UNICEF, its board or the governments they represent.

The document and its contents are intended for public use and reproduction in parts, or quoting its

findings etc. can be done with proper attribution.


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Smart Village-Smart Ward towards Smart Andhra Pradesh

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From the Chief Ministers Desk

I sincerely thank the people of Andhra Pradesh for their faith in me and my

government and for their continued support in taking the State further on the

path of growth and sustainable development.

The State Government launched the 'Smart Village -Smart Ward Towards

Smart Andhra Pradesh' programme at Velivennu village of West Godavari

district on January 18th 2015. The State has been a witness to a reassuring

movement with people from different walks of life contributing in their own

ways for the benefit of the community. Many people have partnered and taken up activities of

utmost priority to the State and local communities. They have provided facilities for drinking water,

sanitation, solar power, developed health centres, schools, roads, water-harvesting structures and

organised people to plant trees, greening villages and wards. In January 2016, the Government of

Andhra Pradesh facilitated 607 Partners for their contribution to the programme through different

Entry Point Activities.

The State Government registered the Smart AP Foundation on 23rd January 2016 under the

Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001. The Foundation will play a important role of

proactive facilitation and advocacy as a think tank providing action research, synergising efforts,

resources, skills and knowledge of different stakeholders for achieving the State's vision.

I am pleased to share the document "Smart Village-Smart Ward Towards Smart Andhra Pradesh",

that chronicles some of the cases, the transformations taking across villages and towns of Andhra

Pradesh and more importantly, in the hearts of the people. I would like to thank UNICEF for their

technical support and the help provided in bringing out this document, which will enthuse all thoseassociated with this programme and also inspire others to join this movement.

While the accomplishments so far are encouraging, a lot remains to be done. I appeal to everyone

to optimally utilise all existing local resources, maximise available services, improve service chains,

adopt appropriate technologies, create learning platforms, improve existing knowledge and skills

for collective actions to bring social change towards village and ward self-sufficiency and advance

inclusive growth to the last mile.

I would appreciate your active involvement in contributing towards Smart Andhra Pradesh. You

may continue posting your views, progress, innovations and good practices on the portal (www.

smart.ap.gov.in) created exclusively for this programme, which will guide us in our endeavour.

Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh


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Introduction

Asilent movement is brewing in the small

villages and towns of the Indian state

of Andhra Pradesh, which heralds

a change a change from the casual

indifference of ordinary people in matters of

importance to them and to the development of

the State, to one where they keenly collaborate

and work together to make a difference.

People from different walks of life are coming

together under a new initiative to create a new

future and transform their localities, towns and

villages. Localities, towns and villages, which

still hold firm to their soul, their character and

yet seek to embrace modernity.

The soul of India lives in its villages, said

Mahatma Gandhi in the previous century. Hisview that India lives in her villages still holds:

demographically, socially and culturally,

villages are our bulwark, preserving our

Indian and regional identities. In a letter that

he wrote to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1945,

the Mahatma sketched his ideal of an Indian

village:

My ideal village still exists only in my imagination.

After all every human being lives in the world of his

own imagination. In this village of my dreams thevillager will not be dull he will be all awareness.

He will not live like an animal in filth and darkness.

Men and women will live in freedom, prepared to face

the whole world. There will be no plague, no cholera

and no smallpox. Nobody will be allowed to be idle

or to wallow in luxury. Everyone will have to do body

labour.

Granting all this, I can still envisage a number of

things that will have to be organised on a large scale.

Perhaps there will even be railways and also post and

telegraph offices. I do not know what things there

will be or will not be. Nor am I bothered about it. If I

can make sure of the essential thing, other things will

follow in due course. But if I give up the essential thing,

I give up everything.

Mahatma Gandhi, Letter to

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, 5th October 1945

India has a rich cultural heritage and is a land

of diversities, reflected in the multi-social, multi-

lingual, multi-religious and multi-caste nature of

its society. Villages form the basic units of Indian

rural society, which have their own structuredepending on the region.

According to the 2011 census,1of the 495.8

lakh people living in the state of Andhra Pradesh

after its bifurcation, 349.7 lakh lived in its rural

areas. The rural populace also seek the fruits of

development and better opportunities, even as

they continue holding onto traditions and long-

established livelihoods.

1Source: Andhra Pradesh State Development Planning Society, Planning Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh;

http://www.apsdps.gov.in/ap_gmis/Demography/District_Population/StatPlanet.html

Not just smart cities, my vision is tomake smart towns and smart villages too,thus making a smart State by taking smartdecisions, using smart technology and with thehelp of smart manpower.

Shri Nara Chandrababu NaiduChief Minister of Andhra Pradesh


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Education, robust employment or livelihood

opportunities, better health facilities, access

to drinking water all are key to bringing

about the changes necessary to ensure socio-

cultural and economic development as well

as environmental protection. There is a strong

case for more investment and effort in basiceducation, food, water and health, since most

of the worlds poorest people are illiterate,

and children not attending school and families

unable to afford basic services mostly live

in rural areas. This can only be achieved in

partnership with communities, individuals,

corporates and governmental departments.

The Smart Village-Smart Ward programme

has been conceived with a vision to achieve

holistic, inclusive and sustainable developmentof the state in partnership with all stakeholders.

It focuses on improved resource-use efficiency,

empowered local self-governance, access

to assured basic amenities and responsible

individual and community behaviour to build a

vibrant and happy society. It aims to harness

the momentum generated by existing missions,

campaigns, grids, programmes and schemes

Srikakulam22.7

Vizianagaram18.5

Visakhapatnam22.5

East Godavari39.7

West Godavari31.9

Krishna26.7

Guntur32.4

Prakasam27.3

Nellore21.1

Chittoor29.4

Anantapuram29.4

Kurnool29.0

YSR19.0

*Population in lakhs

Figure 1: Rural population Andhra Pradesh

(Census 2011)

of the State and Central Governments and theState of Andhra Pradeshs Janmabhoomi Maa

Vooru (JBMV) programme.

The programme aims to rouse the community

spirit, possibly the essential thing that

Mahatma Gandhi hoped to develop in Indian

society and which he referred to, in his letter to

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.


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The Government of Andhra Pradesh iscommitted to achieving holistic, inclusiveand sustainable development of the state.

The state government drafted SwarnandhraVision 2029, with a vision to be among thetop three states in India by 2020 and to be

the best-developed state by 2029 (Figure 2).The programme is being implemented underthe leadership of the Honourable Chief MinisterShri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu and aims atstructural transformation, both economicallyand in terms of its impact on the lives of thecitizens of the state.

Towards Double-digit, Inclusive GrowthThe achievement of targets envisioned inVision 2029 depends on a shift of the GSDP

growth rate to a double-digit growth rate ofover 10 per cent for each year, beginning from201516.

In order to achieve these targets, theGovernment of Andhra Pradesh has setup the agenda in the areas of welfaredevelopment (Result Oriented Sector), ofeconomic development (Growth Sector) andof areas that are strategically important forcompetitiveness (Strategic Sectors), as shownin Figure 3.

Result Oriented SectorsWelfare Development:The agenda sets minimum levels of welfareand social support for all citizens and promotesbasic infrastructure requirements of people.

Growth SectorsEconomic Development: Thisentails collective and sustained initiatives to

bolster economic health of the state and toimprove peoples standard of living, leadingto sustained, long-term growth, reflected inqualitative and quantitative indicators.

Strategic SectorsState Competitiveness:Actionin the areas of technology, governance, globalcompetition, political accountability and so on,to help develop a result-oriented culture thatsharpens the states competitiveness.

In order to achieve the targets set for double-

digit inclusive growth, the Government of AndhraPradesh has put in place a framework (See page4) for sustainable, holistic development, focusingon both the socio-economic development andthe happiness levels of society. The governmenthas adopted a mission-based approach to createappropriate social and economic infrastructure.It has initiated campaigns to raise awareness,seeking participation of all concerned stakeholdersand partners. The participation and empowermentof the stakeholders, partners and local leadershipwill improve the outcomes of ongoing programmes.

Swarnandhra VISION2029

Amongst the top-three, high performancestates of India

2015-16 2018-19 2021-22 2028-29 2050-51

Best state ofthe country

Leading investmentdestination of the world

Figure 2: Vision 2029 Sunrise State of Andhra Pradesh


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Results Oriented Sectors-

Welfare

SDG and Global Index

Financial Inclusion

Decentralisation

Market Efciency and Flexibility

Institutional Reforms

Environment for Capital Flows

Employee Performance,

Knowledge, Skill, Jobs

Equity and Gender

24x7 Power and Adequate Water

Drinking Water, Solid

Waste Management

Living Standards Health,

Nutrition, Education

Productivity Efciency

and Inclusion

Competitiveness

Citizenship Aadhaar-centric

Services

Smart Village-Smart Ward

Connectivity and Logistics

New Capital

Housing Construction

Grievance Redressal

Fighting Corruption

Life Cycle Approach

Citizen Perception

Growth Sectors Economic

Development

Fiscal Sustainability and Economic Debt

Productivity Performance

Openness to Trade and Business

Agri-Processing, Agri-Businesses

Milk, Paddy

Logistics, Ports

Leather, Textiles, Pharmaceuticals

and Automobiles

Micro Irrigation and Horticulture

Irrigation and Basin Transfer

Communication

New Universities

IT and ITER

Urban Services

Capital City

Industrial Corridors

MSME

SHG and Enterprises

Tourism

Health Promoting Cities

Mega Cities, Tier II and III Cities

Housing

Export Promotion

Enterprise Promotion

Strategic Sectors Competitiveness

Structural Economic Reforms

Financial Reforms

Governance Reforms

Innovative Governance and Policy Reforms

Land Policy

Labour Reforms

Structural and Institutional Changes

Economic Development Board

Debt Restructuring

Attractiveness to FDI Infrastructure

and Investment

Urban Sector Centric Economy

Capital Development and Urban Sustainability

Inclusive and Equitable Growth

Women Workforce Participation

Benchmarking and Standardisation

To be Regional Economic Powerhouse

Figure 3: Sectors for Double-Digit Inclusive Growth


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Target-oriented PerformanceThe illustration of The Framework depicts

the Seven Missions, Five Grids and Five

Campaigns launched by the government,

which along with the underlying support

provided by the Janmabhoomi Maa Vooru

(JBMV) Programme, are designed to helpthe new state develop rapidly in the next ten

years. The Seven Missions ensure bottom-up

planning and give importance to the backward

areas of the state to achieve equitable

growth and development. The Missions

ensure participation by all stakeholders,

while providing basic social and economic

infrastructure, creating jobs, and human and

institutional capacity.

These missions act as catalysts for attainingoptimum performance and resource-use

efficiency. Strategic objectives with Key

Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been

defined for each of them as part of the

comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation

(M&E) Framework. These include indicators

aligned with global benchmarks, which are

in conformity with Sustainable Development

Goals. For each sector or district, some growth-

propelling engines and their KPIs for monitoring

and evaluation have been identified. The KPIs

are periodically updated to ensure the indicatorsreflect the Government of Indias priorities.

The Five Grids were launched with the vision of

providing basic amenities to each household

in a definite timeframe by establishment

of relevant grids. All these initiatives are

underscored by the Janmabhoomi Maa Vooru

(JBMV) programme, which would develop

social capital and create an environment

conducive to development.

The Five Campaigns launched by the

government have helped raise awareness

amongst people. They aim to increase

stakeholder participation in the important

initiatives of the government.

Framework for Holistic, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

Five Campaigns for soliciting participation of all stakeholders in important government initiatives

Pedarikam Pai GelupuSHGs for employment Agriculture & Technology

Smart Village-Smart Ward Programme for improved resource-use efciency, empowered local self-governance, access to assured basicamenities and responsible individual and community behaviour for faster and more inclusive growth

Seven Missions: Provide basic social and economic infrastructure, create human and institutional capacity, create jobs and focus on growthareas in identied sectors for increased resource use efciency

Janmahboomi Maa Vooru (JBMV) Programme focused on all Gram Panchayats and wards

Five Grids: Connect each household to access basic amenities in a denite timeframe

Water Grid

SMART

Infrastructure

SMART Service

Delivery

SMART Technology

& Innovation

SMART

Institutions

Road Grid Power Grid Gas Grid Fibre Optic Grid

Primary Sector

Mission

Social

Empowerment

Mission

Urban

Development

Mission

Personal & Human

DevelopmentProgramme

Components

Social

Development

Environment

Development

EconomicDevelopment

Smart Governance

Infrastructure

Mission

Industry Sector

Mission

Knowledge & Skill

Development

Mission

Service Sector

(IT & Tourism)

Mission

Elementary E ducation Water-use E fciency Cleaner S orroundings

Polam Pilustondi Badi Pilustondi Neeru-Chettu Swacha Andhra


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The Government of Andhra Pradesh

has envisaged a comprehensive and

integrated local development approach

that harnesses the social capital and pro-

development environment generated by

the existing efforts of the State and Central

Governments. These missions, campaigns,

grids, programmes and schemes, with the

Janmabhoomi Maa Vooru (JBMV) programme,

would renew the peoples sense of ownership

and responsibility towards their janmabhoomi,

i.e., their village or ward. This initiative, named

Smart Village-Smart Ward Towards Smart

Andhra Pradesh, focuses on both rural and

urban areas of the state. This programme

was launched by the Honourable Chief

Minister of Andhra Pradesh, by undertaking apadayatra of 18 Kms from Velivennu village to

Brahmanagudem of Undrajuvaram (M) in West

Godavari district on 18th January, 2015.

To help achieve the Smart Village or Smart

Ward status, the community, individually

and collectively, is empowered to become

Catalysing Community Actions

Building on existing missions, schemes, grids and programmes of the State and Central Government, the

Government of Andhra Pradeshs Smart Village-Smart Ward programme intends to achieve faster and moreinclusive growth along with optimal mobilisation and utilisation of available resources.

self-sufficient, to take smart decisions using

smart technologies with the support of smart

manpower.

The Smart Village-Smart Ward initiative was

envisioned for implementing a comprehensiveand integrated local-development programme

where people, partners, departments and other

stakeholders participated wholeheartedly,

catalysing community action.

SMARTInfrastructure

SMARTInstitutions

SMART Technology andInnovation

SMART ServiceDelivery

At East Godavari district, the former District

Collector, requested all district-level

government employees to contribute half-a-

days salary. The Rs. 20 crores thus mobilised

helped admit meritorious children from poorfamilies into corporate schools.

Thus administrators can play an important

role in motivating people and government

employees to contribute in their own way to the

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Collective OutcomesThe Smart Village-Smart Ward aimed at

collective outcomes with the following

guiding principles:

Aim at participatory approach with

partners for self-reliant development of

the Gram Panchayat or Ward. Build partnerships with voluntary

organisations, co-operatives, academic

and research institutes.

Engage with and mobilise community for

participatory, local-level development.

Support convergence of government

schemes with private and voluntary

initiatives in line with peoples aspirations

and help local potential to develop and

flourish.

Leverage leadership, capacity,commitment and energy of partners

volunteering for this task.

In order to attain the vision foreseen under the

Smart Village-Smart Ward programme and to

provide leadership and work in partnership

with the local communities, the Government

of Andhra Pradesh sought partnerships with

Gram Panchayats and Wards. It appealed

to public representatives, celebrities, NRIs,

NRVs, corporate houses, government

officers, NGOs, volunteers and members of

the community to partner with a village or

ward. The partners contributed by working on

critical issues concerning children, women and

marginalised groups.

Expected Programme OutcomesNon-NegotiablesThe Smart Village-Smart Ward status requires

sustainable and inclusive development of all

sections of its community, so that they enjoy

a high standard of living. The intervention

areas are broadly categorised into (i) Rural

and Urban Infrastructure, (ii) Skill Development

and Livelihood and (iii) Awareness Generation.

The 100 per cent achievement of 20 basic

amenities, outcomes and services in a definite

time frame years is a non-negotiable condition

that would be monitored against the baseline

and agreed milestones.

We sincerely believe that our objective cannot

be achieved in totality without participation of

people, of the community, in the development

process. Hence, I appeal to the people of

Andhra Pradesh to proactively come forward for

collective collaborations in the development

process without waiting for someone from

outside to come and help.

Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister,

Andhra Pradesh


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11. Zero school drop outs

of boys and girls up to

twelfth standard

12. No girl-child marriages (girls

below 18 years of age)

19. Every GP/Ward has telecom/

internet connectivity

20. Every GP/Ward has functional

Information Centre, Computer

Lab, and Mee-Seva Centre

7. End all

preventable

maternal deaths

and infant deaths

8. 100 per cent

institutional

deliveries

9. Malnutrition free

(children below

9 years of age)

10. End to open

defecation,

across every

village and ward

1. Homes for all with

access to toilets, safe-

drinking water and

regular power

Livelihood Opportunities

Health for All

Child Rights

Last-mile Connectivity

13. Every farm has soil

health card, enriched

essential micro-nutrients

and diversification with

livestock and trees

14. Every GP/Ward

has green

trees all over

its geographic

boundaries

15. Every GP/Ward

has functional

water conservation

and harvesting

structures

Technology in Agriculture and Water-use Efficiency

16. Every GP/Ward has

its own dynamic

development plan

prepared by community

participation

17. Gram Sabha/Ward

Sabha are held

four times a year

with minimum two-

thirds attendance

18. Every GP/Ward

has a functional

grievance

redressal system

Local Self-Government

4. Every household has

diversified livelihood

opportunities and/or

micro-enterprise

5. Every village household

has a functional bank

account/PM Jan Dhan

Bank Account

6. SHGs and youths haveaccess to skills developmentand Village EnterpriseDevelopment with bank andmarket linkages

Basic Infrastructure

3 Functional toilets, potable water,

electricity available in Anganwadi

Centres, schools, health centres,

GP/Ward buildings

2. Functional solid

and liquid waste

management systems

Twenty Non-Negotiables


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Funding Support

In order to ease partner funding for implementing projects, afinancial gateway will be created and activated by the Smart APFoundation at the website. Various departments will list at thewebsite fundable projects that take into account the 20 non-nego-tiables, to enable donors to contribute.

Partners, non-partners, groups of individuals, NRIs or foreign citi-zens who are willing to take up any activity and contribute finan-cially can do so through the gate-way after providing all requiredinformation. The projects can be funded through various modes:

Partners of any type (individuals, institutions, corporates underCSR, the community etc.) can fund 100 per cent of the projectcost, if they wish to.

These projects can be taken up by individual partners (individu-als, institutions, community) donating 50 per cent of the esti-mated amount, or by corporate sector providing up to 75 per centunder CSR, if required, jointly with villagers NGOs and institu-tions. The remaining 50 per cent or 25 per cent of the funding inthese two respective cases, would come from the government asa matching grant.

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Participatory, Bottom-up Approach

The objectives of the Swarnandhra Vision

can be achieved by 2029 and grow

beyond, only if the intermediate steps

for the Smart Village-Smart Ward and other

initiatives are successful. And that needskeen, self-organised groups of committed

stakeholders working together to achieve the

interim and long-term goals.

Therefore, it was crucial to organise the Smart

Village-Smart Ward initiative in a way that it

garners maximum participation from common

people and other stakeholders,

and their enthusiasm remains undiminished

over time.

Departmental programmes or projects need

to take a holistic view, rather than a narrowly

focused approach. A lack of inter-departmental

convergence and lax monitoring often leads

to project under-performance. The resulting

disenchantment from persistent shortfalls in

meeting targets leads to lack of participation

from stakeholders, the community and local

leadership, creating a vicious cycle.

The Smart Village-Smart Ward initiative

envisions implementing a comprehensive and

integrated, local-development programme,

where an empowered community of

stakeholders participate wholeheartedly,

catalysing community action.

Programme Components and ActivitiesThe Smart Village-Smart Ward programme

envisages activities carried out in five

programme areas Personal and Human

Organising for Transformational Change

Development, Social Development, Economic

Development, Environment Development and

Smart Governance.

The activities will help realise the 20 non-

negotiable development indicators, for

whose realisation the members of the gram

panchayat, ward or nagar panchayat must

make a pledge. These members, together with

partners and stakeholders, will participate and

create a development vision for their area.

The Smart Andhra PradeshFoundation (SAPF)In its endeavour to facilitate a proactive,

advocacy role and thereby synergise efforts,

resources, skills and knowledge towardsachieving the vision of Smart Village-Smart

Ward towards Smart Andhra Pradesh, the

Figure 4: Parameters for Smart Village

development

Smartgovernance

Socialdevelopment

Environmentdevelopment

Humandevelopment

Economicdevelopment


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State Government established an autonomous

and independent Smart Andhra Foundation

as a platform for the general and sectoral

partners. Given the nature of this flagship

development programme for the GoAP and the

rate at which partners enrolled over the past

year, it became imperative that the Foundationbe formed swiftly to take on activities at

earnest. The Foundation aims at inclusive,

sustainable growth of the state while promoting

the happiness and wellness of its people.

On 7th January 2016, orders vide G.O.Ms.

No.1, Planning (VII) Department, were issued

to establish the Smart AP Foundation. The

Foundation, registered as a Society under

Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration

Act, 2001 on 23rd January 2016, wouldbe supported by a group of accomplished

corporates, civil-society organisations,

individuals, Community Based Organisations

and other progressive research and academic

institutions.

The Registered Office of the Foundation shall

be in the Capital Region Development Authority

area of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

SAPF ObjectivesThe SAPF will work to a significant scale with

specific objectives:

To act as a state-level nodal agency

facilitating, networking and advocating the

Smart Village- Smart Ward programme at

different levels.

Promote Brand Andhra Pradesh with a

focus on inclusive growth and equitable

development.

To lay the foundation for a process ofsustainable engagement with citizens and

other stakeholders.

To coordinate and channelise the energies

and programmes of all key stakeholders

of governance with active involvement of

citizens.

Network and engage with various

individuals, institutions, institutional donors,

community, social responsibility foundations

and other resource agencies for knowledge

sharing, support services and resource

mobilisation.

Channelise resources (or mobilise

investments) from various quarters to

promote philanthropic activities in the state

and fill critical resource gaps.

To report activities in the state, donors and

meet statutory compliances. Assist capacity building of partners so that

they develop and implement community-

driven development plans based on

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

devised for the programme.

To act as a think tank and provide action

research to help translate programme

goals, objectives and policy priorities into

tangible reform action plans.

To serve as a knowledge resource

agency and document best practices andinnovations across the state and outside

and to ensure their effective dissemination

through various communication channels;

including social media, for scale-up and

replication.

SAPF StructureState-Level Advisory BodyThe Foundation shall have an Advisory Body

(Figure 5), which through its advisory role will

provide overall guidance and direction to the

Foundation in furtherance of its objectives and

policies. The State level Advisory Body members

have no voting power and legal obligations.

State-Level Executive BodyThe Executive Body of the Foundation,

consisting of one Member Convener and other

members, will guide and oversee the activities of

the Foundation. The Executive Body will identify

areas that will improve performance and servicedelivery and make the Foundation responsive

to the needs of the people. It will create a

bank of best practices and tools for improved

programme design and create a corpus fund

and undertake or accept the management of

and execute any endowment or trust fund or

donation. The Executive Body will appoint or

employ, temporarily or permanently, any person

or persons, experts, consultants that may be

required for purposes of the Foundation. The

Executive Body shall ordinarily meet at least


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District-MandalVillage level Foundation

Structure

Town-Ward LevelFoundation Structure

Smart AP Foundation

State-Level Advisory Body

Eminent Members from selected IndianCorporates and International NGOs

COORural Development

COOUrbanDevelopment

State-Level Executive Body

Chairperson

Members

Members - Representation from various Government Department,

Corporates, Thirteen Districts of Andhra Pradesh

CEO, Smart AP Foundation

Member Convener

Figure 5: Smart AP Foundation

once in a year or more on such dates and

at such places as may be decided by the

Chairperson. The appointment, emoluments

and the terms and conditions for the post of

Chief Executive Officer, shall be made by the

Chairperson of the Executive Body.

As of February 2016, various eminentpersonalities consented to be part of Advisory

and Executive Bodies of the Foundation.

CEO and COOsA CEO, responsible for translating the vision of

the state leadership and providing operational

leadership has been appointed. The CEO will

act as the link between the Executive Body

and the field functionaries and district, mandal

or village level structures that may be created

by the Foundation to achieve the objectives of

the Foundation. The CEO, in consultation with

the Chairperson of the Executive Body shall

appoint two Chief Operating Officers (COO)

to the Foundation, one with expertise in Rural

Development and another with expertise in

Urban Development to assist and guide the

CEO in designing appropriate programmes

and their implementation to achieve theobjectives of the Foundation.

District, Mandal, Village FoundationsThe SAPF will monitor operations for the

development of each village or ward. At the

same time, district, mandal and village level

foundations, prefixed with the name of each

area or level, shall monitor development works

and identify the most effective partners. These

foundations will comprise of officials of their

particular level.


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Funding Models, Accountability andMonitoringThe funding mechanisms and the outline of

the processes to be followed in making the

Foundation and its work operational are given

below.

Up to 100 per cent by partners of anytype (Individuals,Institutions, CSR,

Community, etc.).

Up to 75 per cent by Corporate Sector

Partners with CSR Component.

Up to 50 per cent by partners of any

type/non-partners (Individuals/Group of

Individuals/Institutions, etc.).

In all the above models, the balance cost will

be met from government funds and also from

community contributions. Fundable projectswill be floated through the SVSW website, with

a financial gateway to ease partner funding.

Anyone willing to take up activities and

contribute financially can contribute through

the gateway or offline, after providing relevant

information.

Institutional Arrangement andManagement MechanismEffective coordination and systematic

monitoring is the key to achieving desired

outcomes in a time-bound manner. Various

committees at the state, district, mandal,

municipality, gram panchayat and ward levels

are responsible for achieving outcomes.

People assume that we have plenty of money

and we can donate a good amount to various

causes. However, that is not true.

It is our commitment for our people, for theplace that we hail from and where we lived,

which gives us the strength and the means

to go on. Unless the local community gets

involved and owns the effort, there cannot be

any sustainable development.

Babu Yalamanchali, CEO

Cybersoft Solutions and General Partner,

Digavalli village, Nuzvid mandal,

Krishna District

In an important milestone, the Planning (VII)

Department of the GoAP issued G.O.Ms.

No. 22 dated 9th October 2014 on the

Janma Bhoomi - Maa Vooru programme

to be conducted in all the Gram Panchayats

and Municipal Wards of the state. In

order to ensure effective implementationand coordination at the district level, the

Government constituted Committees at the

District, Gram Panchayat, Municipal Ward and

Municipal Corporation levels.

Committees constituted under the

Janmabhoomi Maa Vooru programme oversee

the implementation of Smart Village, Smart

Ward programme at all levels district, mandal,

GP and ward. Each level coordinates with

those above and below to oversee and guidethe community in developing village/ward

development plans.

Self-Monitoring and Learning SystemAll key stakeholders in the programme,

including sponsors and service providers, must

1. Capture the 5 P elements of the

programme:

Progress measured against work plans,

key results and inputs

Process level of adherence to quality

Performance achievement of outcomes

and impact

Participation level of participation

of people, partners, SHGs, other

stakeholders

Persistence level of coverage and

sustainability of these benefits

2. Work through SMART approach andindicators:

Specific simple and relevant to the

location, intervention, people

Measureable easily measurable and

observable by the community

Appropriate to the local culture,

programme, resources

Reliable valid information

Time-bound timely for decision making

and policy guidelines


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Promoting community action through committees and the youth

The government school at Digavalli village of Nuzvid mandal in Krishna District was badly maintained.

The MPDO, the General Partner Babu Yalamanchali, the village president and other officials organised

a meeting with the villagers, where they decided to repair and paint the school and rebuild school toilets

utilising Swachh Bharat funds. The partner helped meet other expenses and as a result of all the efforts,

the children of Digavalli got a wonderful school.

After this work was completed, the partner proposed the school be fenced.The villagers discussed this

and proposed that instead of a wire fence they must build a compound wall. However, some residents

pointed out that having a concrete compound wall all around the school could pose security problems.

As a result, they decided that a compound wall be built on the side facing main road, while on the othersides, a three-feet thick wire fence be developed with suitable plantation all around the compound.

Babu Yalamanchali, the General Partner says: We have initiated something different. Instead of pushing our

ideas for the village, we encourage them to come out with ideas or proposals. The villagers list their needs.

Babu Yalamanchali adds, Let the villagers be an integral part of the plan for their village. It should be

their ideas and initiative and not one of the partners alone. The partners will help, but the execution

should be handled by the villagers. The people have to be at the heart of the villages development.

Village Committees, with the youth at their core, should be formed. I have initiated discussions for

forming community committees for cleanliness, toilet maintenance, school plantation and so on. Thetasks will be assigned to committees and monetary aspects managed by partners.

In this regard, a few common and periodic

data sets and output reports are generated

and made available on the portal to facilitate

effective tracking and sharing. These include:

At Community Level

Gram Panchayat or Ward BaselineInformation (one time)

Gram Panchayat or Ward-wise Outcome

Monitoring Report

Innovation and Good Practices (as needed)

At State Level in Partnership with UNICEF Programme Process Documentation

(Annual updates)

Mid-Term Evaluation

End-Term Evaluation

Result-based ManagementResult-based management framework, tools,

timeframe and formats developed for each

of the above are shared with partners forreporting and participation, as appropriate.

After assessing their performance, recognition,

in the form of awards and appreciation letters,

will be given to groups and people in different

categories.


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wJune 2nd 2014 -State formation

wG.O. Ms.No.22,

Planning (VII)

Department:

Constitution of JBMV

Committees at district

level 09.10.2014

Key Milestones

Smart Village - Smart Ward Towards Smart Andhra Pradesh

w3rd Round of

Janmabhoomi with

SWSV theme -

2nd 11th January

2016 Grading of

GPs/ Wards and

awards given to

partners

wG.O. Ms. No.1,

Planning (VII)

Department:

Establishment of

Smart AP Foundation

07.01.2016

wSmart Andhra

foundation

Registered under AP

Societies Registration

Act [23.01.2016]

wCEO appointment

[Last week of January,

2016]

wDistrict level Partners

interactive workshop 2nd to 10th February,

2016

wHonble Chief Minister

- Padayatra and

Launch of Smart

Village Smart ward

Towards Smart Andhra

Pradesh - [18.01.2015]

Subsequently

Released manual with

the support of UNICEF

wCMs - Workshops

with partners

[22.02.2015]

wPartner Interaction

Meeting [04.08.2015]

wMPDOs training

29.09.2015

[15.10.2015]

wPartner Interaction

workshop with

Honble Chief Minister

[17.10.2015]

Decisions on Smart AP

Foundation, awards

to partners, funding

models were taken

Partners for the

first time shared their

experiences directly

with Honble Chief

Minister

2014

2015

2016


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On 1 January 2015, Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu

Naidu unveiled a draft Smart Village-

Smart Ward plan aimed at making Andhra

Pradesh, a top state in the country by 2029.

The Chief Minister had said at a press

conference at Vijaywada, while releasing the

document Smart Village-Smart Ward towards

Smart Andhra Pradesh, that Andhra Pradesh

should be developed on all fronts with the

comprehensive development of villages with

public participation.

The Chief Minister appealed to all sections of

society to become stakeholders in realising this

ambitious initiative. He said suggestions from

villages would be incorporated into the finaldraft. Following a number of positive reactions

to the initiative from the people and eminent

persons, the Government of Andhra Pradesh

launched the Smart Village-Smart Ward

Towards Smart Andhra Pradesh initiative on

18 January, 2015. The programme, with initial

Smart Andhra - Laying the Foundation

focus on the identified 20 non-negotiable

indicators, envisages holistic development of

all the gram panchayats and municipal wards

in the state in a definite time frame.

It has been a year since that launch and

already initial steps towards achieving the

Smart Andhra 2029 have been initiated in

different parts of the state.

Setting the Stage for the DevelopmentCatalystIn this first year, the GoAP set the stage for

the success of the Smart Village-Smart Ward

initiative by launching several major programmes

and initiatives, which will support achievement of

double-digit growth, and has devised strategiesto ensure sustainable economic growth. These

initiatives and programmes form the fertile base,

and set the constructive context required for

accelerated development within which the Smart

Village-Smart Ward initiative will operate. About

forty critical growth engines have been identified

to push growth to desired levels on a sustainable

basis. The GoAP has set up reporting systems

that will help monitor progress quarterly.

Mission ModeIn line with the thinking in Sunrise Andhra

Pradesh, the GoAP launched Seven

Missions, Five Campaigns and Five Grids to

accelerate development and ensure welfare

of the people, especially the under-privileged.

In order to make micro-planning and policy

making more useful, the Government embarked

on compilation of mandal-level domestic

product, successfully piloted in East Godavari

and Anantapur districts, and to be completedin the remaining districts soon.

We need to make every village and every

ward Smart in which the community,individually and collectively, is empowered

to take smart decisions using smart

technologies with the support of smart

manpower to be self-sufficient for their

inclusive and sustainable development in 20

non-negotiable development commitments.

We believe this would lead us to make the

State of Andhra Pradesh Smart.

Honble Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh


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Janmabhoomi Maa VooruInspired by the outcomes achieved during

earlier rounds of Janmabhoomi, the GoAP

launched Janmabhoomi Maa Vooru programme

in all gram panchayats and municipal wards

focusing on certain key areas. Preparation of

a micro-plan for every gram panchayat andmunicipal ward forms the basis for all its future

development endeavours whose outcomes will

directly address four missions. Primary Sector,

Social Empowerment, Knowledge and Skill

Development, and Urban Sector Missions.

Institutional Mechanisms for InitiativesThe GoAP has set in place institutional

mechanisms for major initiatives. For example,

the government established Rythu Sadhikara

Samstha (Farmers Empowerment Corporation)

as an integrated institutional mechanism for all

programmes, schemes and activities intended

for empowerment of farmers.

The government established Andhra Pradesh

Mahila Sadhikara Samstha (APMSS) as an

integrated institutional mechanism for all

programmes, schemes and activities intended

for poverty elimination in both rural and urban

areas through SHGs.

We focused on plantation under the Smart

Village-Smart Ward programme and later we want

to work on solid waste management by preparing

a dumping yard. Our focus is on cleanliness, safe

drinking water and sanitation.

Srinivas Ganjivarapu, General PartnerBodhivalasa, Visakhapatnam

Development and transformation cannot

happen overnight. It takes time. We cannot deny

that a lot development still needs to happen.

But in certain areas: laying roads, sanitation,

provision of clean water, pensions, housing, tax

collection etc., we see some positive changes.

Sector Partner,

Hosur Gram Panchayat, Kurnool District

Economic Development BoardThe GoAP established an Economic

Development Board this year as a statutory

body for coordination of diverse activities

for accelerated development as well as for

mobilisation of additional resources. This will

help to compete with other states by investing inlong term assets for transformation of the state.

E-GovernanceE-Governance is a means of enabling good

governance. The GoAP initiated a series of

administrative reforms to improve transparency

and predictability in governance, to minimise

physical interaction of citizens when

transacting at government offices. These steps

will also improve service delivery system by

removing bottlenecks. A new State Data Centreand a State Enterprise Architecture have been

conceptualised, which will enable a transparent

system of administration.

Introduction of e-tracking in the Commercial

Taxes Department and smart cards in civil

supplies, a strengthened e-poss system

in welfare departments, Comprehensive

Finance Management System (CFMS),

e-payments in Finance Department, and real-

time, online monitoring of boarders of Welfare

Hostels are ways e-governance will improve

citizens lives.

HousingThe Housing programme aims to provide

pucca houses for rural and urban poor and

make Andhra Pradesh a slum free state.

The data pertaining to all the beneficiaries is

available at the housing website and the entire

fund flow is being managed electronically.

Education for AllThe GoAP is committed to education for all.

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a flagship

programme of the GoI that targets enrolment

of all children in the age group of 614 years

in regular schools till they complete eight years

of schooling, gets top priority. Teachers have

been given in-service training, school levels

and facilities upgraded, model schools with

ICT infrastructure, full-time computer teachers,


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Partners and officials team up to develop Nandikotkoor mandal

Mr. Pratap Reddy, Nandikotkoor mandal, Kurnool district, was inspired by the call of the Smart

Village - Smart Ward programme and the desire to make a difference in peoples lives. He has

helped construct houses for all families from Oorvakallu village under the Indiramma scheme.

He encouraged partners Mr. Gowru Venkat Reddy, Janardhan Reddy and Sivananda Reddy to

fund projects and develop their villages.

They constructed 800 toilets under the Swachh Bharat scheme, which was partly funded by the

government. The partners funded toilets for poor families. A water pipe line was laid, which now

supplies safe drinking water from the Kadappa-Kurnool canal to eight villages. They utilised

MNREGA funds to remove thorny scrubs and weeds around twelve villages and the villagers

planted saplings of neem, tamarind, mango and other useful plants. Under Neeru-Chettu

(water-tree) programme, each house was given a sapling to nurture. Cement-concrete roads

were laid utilising gram panchayat funds, which has been of great help to the villagers.

Mr. Pratap Reddy says Due to the SVSW programme, awareness about education, sanitation

and good practices in farming has increased and the people co-operate with the staff and help

in co-ordinating activities. Currently we are examining how best to use pits left after quarrying,

for recharging the ground water. Those sites are being used as dumps. We will clean them

up with the help of villagers and partners and hopefully in a few years the villages will benefit.

Working on such projects has been a humbling and inspiring experience and I hope to take

this work forward to other areas in the coming years.

internet connectivity and other facilities

sanctioned.

The government plans to develop Andhra

Pradesh as an international educational hub

in the next few years, utilising the states vast

natural and human resources. Efforts are being

made for establishing national-level educational

institutions, viz., IIM, IIT, IISER, IIIT, NIT, Central

University, Petroleum University, Agricultural

University, National Institute of Disaster

Management and Tribal University before the

start of the next academic year.

Rural Water SupplyThe thrust of the Rural Water Supply &

Sanitation Department is on coverage of

habitations with poor-quality or inadequate

water supply and SC/ST communities.

Drinking water is supplied through bore wells,

Protected Water Supply (PWS) Schemes

and Comprehensive Protected Water Supply

(CPWS) Schemes. Funds for water supply

schemes are being provided by Government

under various schemes, State Plan and through

loans from financial institutions. Total Sanitation

Campaign (TSC) renamed as Swachh Bharat

Mission (SBM-G) since 2 October 2014,

envisages covering the entire community to

create Nirmal Gram Panchayats (NGPs).

Urban DevelopmentThe State Government has taken many policy

decisions and initiatives to facilitate holistic and

inclusive growth of urban areas. The Urban

Development Mission focuses on developing

smart, vibrant cities that are self-sustaining

economic growth engines. The National

Urban Information System (NUIS) Scheme has

been created to establish a comprehensive

information system in Urban Local Bodies. Inurban areas, 125 projects have been sanctioned

in sectors of Water Supply, Sewerage, Storm

Water Drainage (SWD), Urban Development,

etc. Of these, 98 are complete; the remaining

27 projects are in progress and targeted

for completion by March 2016. The Mission

for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas

(MEPMA) is working at enabling the urban poor

to come out of poverty and vulnerability in a

sustainable manner by organising them into

groups and providing them bank linkages.


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Industries and CommerceThe State Governments Industrial Investment

Promotion Policy 201015 provides various

incentives and concessions to new industries

in the state. The government has implemented

Single Window Clearance System and offers

industrial clearances within 21 days. The Vizag-Chennai and Bengaluru-Chennai industrial

corridors are being developed. The government

has approved setting up of National Investment

and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) in Chittoor

and Prakasam districts in an area of 5,000

6,000 hectares, with expected investments of

Rs 30,000 crore with a potential for three lakh

jobs. The NIMZ will be an integrated industrial

township with state-of-the-art infrastructure

and land use on the basis of zoning, clean and

energy efficient technology, necessary socialinfrastructure and skill development facilities.

Information Technology andCommunicationsFor development of ICT the GoAP has

constituted three entities: e-Governance

Authority, Electronics & IT Agency, and

Innovation Society. The state has so far

attracted IT companies with a proposed

investment of Rs 4311 crore and projected

employment for 25,110 IT professionals. For

incubating start-ups, the government has set

up a Sunrise Startup Technology Research and

Incubation Park (TRIP) in Visakhapatnam. An

integrated information system for departments

of Revenue, Irrigation and Agriculture, HARITA

(Harmonised Information of Agriculture,

Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation

Agenda), is being developed. It will be a single

source of data for the three departments and

for citizens. A portal has been launched forthe Smart Village-Smart Ward initiative, which

provides citizens and partners single-point

access to various MIS and analytical reports

to monitor the progress of assets or activities

sponsored by donors or partners.

Smart AP FoundationThe establishment of the Smart AP Foundation

(SAPF) in 2016 marks a pivotal moment in the

development of the state. For the first time in

India a foundation with independent charge

will give a bigger role to committed individuals

and organisations who been working for

transforming villages and wards, while the

government acts as a facilitator. It will help put

to best use funds and expertise contributed by

donors.

The SAPF will play a strategic and catalytic

role in realising the vision of the state. It

will work closely with policy makers and

key stakeholders for implementing various

innovative social, economic development

initiatives for sustainable development of the

state.

Partner and investment statusThe Smart Village-Smart Ward initiative has

made some noteworthy accomplishments in theshort period since its inception.

As Figure 6 shows, there are a significant

number of partnerships in villages and wards

across districts, both sectorally (33%) and

for general activities (59%). The partner

composition is shown in Figure 7.

The partners committed to invest significant

amounts in projects in the districts of their

choice. The total amount committed across

districts is around Rs 301.12 crore (Figure 8).

However, the investments were not uniform

across districts. Guntur received pledges for

33.7 per cent of the total, while Nellore and

Cuddapah received the least, around 1.1 per

cent of the total pledged investment.

A significant proportion of investment (61 per

cent) came from NGOs, while Others pledged

12.5 per cent. These partners along with NRIs(11.7 per cent), corporates (5 per cent) and

locals (3.2 per cent) together contributed 93.4

per cent of the total pledged investment (Pie

chart in Figure 8).

The execution of geo-tagging is assigned to

APSAC and will be completed in all GPs and

wards by end of May 2016.

In Janaury 2016, during the third phase of

the Janmabhoomi- Maa Vooru, the gram

panchayats and wards were graded as


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Figure 6 : Partnerships Status Figure 7 : Category wise Partnered GPs/Wards

1246

1070

1115

1433

864

1199

1247

1440

1147 1

255

1158

1632

1046

1376

546 6

27

1160

315

4725

38

1180

420

652

1100

1032

668

54%

96%

59%

33%

99%

60%

54%

34%

80%94%

46%

29%

52% 46%

27%

Total GPs+Wards

16311

9639

5306

GPs+Wards Partnered

(General)

GPs+Wards Partnered

(Sectoral)

NGO

Local

Officers

Institutions

NRINRV

Elected Representatives

Corporates

Others

28%

28%12%

4%

4%

4%

3%

6%

11%

Total GP+Wards Vs Partnered

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

Source : Partnership graphs: As per reports generated from official website i.e., www.smart.ap.gov.in

Figure 6.1 : District wise Partnerships (General)

General

Figure 6.2 : District wise Partnerships (Sectoral)

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GPs+Wards No. of GPs & Wards Partnered (Sectoral) % of GPs & Wards Partnered (General)


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A,B,C & D, with respect to the 20 non-

negotiables (Page 8).

Figures 10 to 11 show the work done in the

areas of Community Micro Planning and

Village Development by the partner Tata

Trusts for the Vijayawada parliamentary

constituency. The goal is to support the

administration and MPs office in development

of 264 villages under the Vijayawada

parliamentary constituency through integrated

development plans and convergence of

schemes under the SVSW initiative over the

next three years.

The development planning process covered

four legislative constituencies with 264 grampanchayats that have 2.26 lakh households

with a population of 9.9 lakh.

As Figure 10 shows, the work done so far at the

Vijayawada parliamentary constituency is:

Completed baseline surveys in all 262 GPs

Developed dashboards for households and

villages.

Developed Village Development Plans for

all villages.

The activities planned in the future for the

constituency are shown in Figure 11.

Figure 8: Total investment pledged by partners across districts (Rs crore) and category-wise share

Safeguarding village assets while drawingvillage development plans

At Digavalli village of Nuzvid mandal,

Krishna district, under the SVSW

programme, the following activities havebeen taken up:

Village survey completed and uploaded

at the SVSW portal

Water plant built to supply potable,

drinking water

CC road constructed in the village

School building and toilets rebuilt and

painted. Construction of compound wall

in progress

District wise Investment indicated by Partners(Rs. In Crores)

Category wise Investment indicated by Partners(In Crores)

Guntu

r

Kurn

ool

Prak

asam

Krish

na

East

Godava

ri

Srika

kulam

Anantap

ur

Chitt

oor

West

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ri

Vizia

nagaram

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apatn

am

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re

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apah

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8

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2

22.5

6

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8

14.9

4

12.8

0

6.9

5

5.0

2

3.4

6

3.3

5

100.00

80.00

60.00

40.00

20.00

0.00

NGO

Local

Officers

Institutions

NRI

NRV

Elected Representatives

Corporates

Others

61%

3.2%3.3

%0.9

%

11.7%

1.7%

0.7% 5.0%

12.5%

Source : Partnership graphs: As per reports generated from official website i.e., www.smart.ap.gov.in


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District-level WorkshopsIn February 2016, the Planning Department

conducted district-level partner interaction

workshops in collaboration with APMAS in all

districts except Srikakulam, East Godavari

and Visakhapatnam, where such workshops

are scheduled in the following weeks. Theseworkshops are aimed at ensuring that these

partners (General and Sectoral) understand

the Smart Village-Smart Ward (SVSW) initiative

better and can help scale up efforts. The

objectives of these workshops are:

To create a platform for interaction between

government officials and the partners.

Orient partners on the philosophy and

approach of SVSW towards Smart Andhra

Pradesh and on the 20 Non-Negotiables.

Orient partners on the baseline survey,

preparation of village developmentplans, entry point activities and other

aspects essential to the execution of the

programme.

Share experiences, best practices and

constraints.

District Wise Grading of GPs/Wards

Figure 9: Grading of GPs/Ward

110

819

4

29

18

7

387

211

5

43

708

453

144

74

718

282

15

444

264

23

13

1069

106

9

936

214

27

137

45

18 3

3

837

372

13 3

8

748

412

44

27

751

336

14

246

507

86

90

339

169

70

9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Overall - state status

Grade A

500

8139

3800

430

3510

Grade B Grade C Grade D Not Graded0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

Anantap

ur

Chitt

oor

East

Goda

vari

Guntu

r

Kada

pa

Krish

na

Kurn

ool

Nello

re

Nello

re

Prakas

am

Visakhapa

tnam

Vizian

agar

am

West

Goda

vari

Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D

Source : Grading: District / mandal reports received from Chief Planning Officers during 3rdround of JBMV

programme(2nd11thJanuary, 2016)


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Mr. Ratan Tata and Tata Trusts lead the way for the Smart Village-Smart Ward Programme

Im here to support the MoU with the State to undertake various social projects. I realise that

money cant buy one thing and that is to create an excitement in your life. At this point of time,

to be associated with Chandrababu Naidu, is what creates that excitement within me. The new

State will have every bit of support that I can personally give, said Mr. Ratan Tata, the Chairman

Emeritus of Tata Group, after the Tata Trusts signed a MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Government

to develop 264 villages in Vijayawada constituency 24th August 2015. The MoU covers these

broad areas:

Drinking water: To provide safe drinking water, utilising innovations to over 150000 people

from water-stressed regions, in partnership with the GoAP and NTR Sujala. So far, social-

entrepreneurs supply water to over 5000 households with the help of over 40 kiosks

promoted by the Tata Trusts. These trust locations will serve as e-seva centres or PHCs

for providing public services, in the future.

Nutrition: To target micro-nutrient deficiency and severe acute malnutrition (SAM), the Tata

Trusts will facilitate higher coverage of nutrient-fortified staples in food-aid programmes.

PDS, ICDS, MDM and government establishments will migrate to double-fortified salt and

fortified-oil, initially through a pilot at Krishna district. Tata Trusts will promote fortification

of milk through dairy co-operatives.

Fisheries development: Development of a comprehensive participatory fishing model

for APs 80000 marginal fisherfolk. The Tata Trusts will help establish a Farmer Producer

Company for collectivisation of fishermen and aggregation of produce for processing.

The Trusts will help set up Cage Culture pilots at Vishakhapatnam and Kakinada

and a hatchery pilot in East Godavari. It will provide technical support to Fisheries

Department for developing inland reservoirs and help revive the fishing harbour market at

Vishakhapatnam.

Smart Village development: To ensure development investments in villages based on

real-time data and its needs

Livelihood development around bamboo: Bamboo can generate income for over 30,000

small and marginal farmers, given its various applications. The Tata Trusts will develop

a furniture unit to train and employ youth. A 200-acre demo plantation will be developed

and scaled across the state later.

Tribal broadband: To ensure internet access to 12 lakh people from remote regions not

covered by fibre. A MoU is being developed with IIT Bombay for a platform for delivery of

public services.

Mr. Tata believes that application of technology to meet energy challenges, clean and safe

drinking water and health are the issues India needs to examine first. The kind of start-ups

that excite me are those which do not emulate start-ups in the US or elsewhere, but ones

which strike a chord within India and overseas and reflect the investors confidence, he said.

Mr. Ratan Tatas presence at Vijayawada during the launch ceremony of the GoAPs Smart

Village-Smart Ward project was a milestone for Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Minister, Shri

Nara Chandrababu Naidu exulted, Today, it is an emotional moment for me to be here in

Vijayawada, while embarking on creating a new state and capital with numerous ideas.We

are fortunate to be associated with such a great and respectable mentor, Tata garu, who will

lend us a helping hand in transforming Andhra Pradesh into a Sunrise State.


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Dashboards

for householdsand villages

Completedbaseline

surveys in all262 GPs

villageDevelopmentPlans for all

villages

Meeting DistrictAdministration,Finalization of

questionnaires

Communitymobilization &

meetings in 264villages

Selection of1200 volunteers

Training of Trainers for microplanning and tab usage

Developmentof Village &Householddashboards

mandal coordinators,village facilitatorsVillage level datacollection process

Data cleaningand analysis

Figure 11: Way forward at Vijayawada parliamentary constituency

Prioritise illagesand Interventionareas

FinaliseFive-yearImplementationPlan

OperationaliseScheme-leveldatabase

Collaboratewith funders,CSRs,NGOs

Dovetail withVijayawadaUrbandevelopment plan

Monitoring modulesof Village &

Householddashboards

Prepare264 VillageDevelopmentPlans

Handoverdata toDistrictadministration

SpecialGram Sabhato vet theVDPs

State, Districtmeetings forbudgetary allocationand spending

Continuousinteraction with

State, District andMPs office

Focuson overall

developmentand community

ownership

Leveragetechnology for

implementationmonitoring,reporting

1

2

3

Activities may not follow a linear pattern, some activities will be initiated simultaneously

Implementfirst year plan

Set upProjectManagementUnit

Figure 10: Work done so far at Vijayawada parliamentary constituency

Discuss strategies on resource mobilisation

from possible sources or donors

and leverage resources from various

government schemes and programmes.

Develop a common vision, among all

stakeholders, on the SVSW programme.

Trainings and RecognitionTrainings of MPDOs on the intricacies of

conducting baseline surveys and preparation

of Village Development Plans (VDPs) are

in progress. The Training of Trainers (TOT)

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of all mandals at district level. The MPDOs,

in turn, will train gram panchayat officials at

mandal headquarters.

This training will build skills of field

functionaries to facilitate the successful

achievement of the programmes. It willorient participants on indicators related

to the 20 non-negotiable development

commitments and help understand how these

are monitored. It will orient the participants

on financial formats, assessing financial

requirements, availability and gaps thereof

at each GP level. MPDOs are expected to

participate actively in the activities of theSVSW initiative.

Capacity enhancement workshops like

these should be initiated even at the Gram

Panchayat and Mandal level. Apart from the

topics covered, such workshops must include

practical handholding exercises at the initial

stages on how to accurately conduct transect

walks, social mapping etc.

General Partner, Kadapa

I consider this programme the equivalent of

nurturing your own garden, and feeling happy

when you see it grow. Your efforts paying off.

Partner

Denduluru

West Godavari

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Green Shoots of Hope

The global financial crisis that started with

the credit crunch in 200708 affected

India as well as the world slipped into

an economic winter. To add to this, the erratic

and deficient rainfall in many parts of the

country has affected an economy that is largelydependent on agriculture and has created

anxiety about the impending consequences of

climate change.

For a young state born in such a bleak

scenario, the outlook may not appear

promising and yet the state of Andhra

Pradesh has responded to the challenge

by re-imagining its future believes that

the enterprise and the pro-active, whole-

hearted participation of citizens in acollaborative development process will

usher in a prosperous future for all. The

use of appropriate technologies is central

to this vision of Swarnandhra 2029 and the

Smart Village-Smart Ward initiative, pivotal to

effecting that transformation.

The people of Andhra Pradesh and other

stakeholders too have responded to the

call for transformation and the results the

little green shoots of hope are now visible

across the state. This chapter presents some

of these inspirational stories, which illustrate

how change is slowly seeping in in the way

people look at things around them and come

together to cobble resources and bring the

perseverance, passion and vigour needed to

bring about this transformation.

Helping the Youth Create aSecure FutureAt Ch. Pothepalli village in Dwaraka Tirumala

mandal of the West Godavari district of Andhra

Pradesh, the Sri Sathya Sai Institute provides

vocational training and moral values tomembers of self help groups and the youth of

all districts. Thus, young men and women can

get skills that provide them with the means to

earn a livelihood and secure their future, and

be useful members of society. This is in line

with one of the important non-negotiables for

the community and partners under the SVSW

initiative.

Weaning a Village off Faction Fights,onto a Path of DevelopmentKapatrala village, Devanakonda mandal, Kurnool

district, has a long history of violent infighting,

leading it to be categorised as a Category-1

faction village. The village has 3,900 people,

primarily practising agriculture. Several families

migrated to other places due to faction feuds.

The village was backward, lacking basic

amenities. The youth got involved in clashes and

when caught, spent a good part of their life in jail.

Kapatrala was adopted under the SVSW

programme. Ake Ravi Krishna, the

Superintendent of Police, Kurnool, visited

the village and identified the areas needing

development. The SP and his team conducted

sessions with the villagers to make them aware

of the programme and to encourage them to

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Winds of change sweep tribal hamlets of Lammasingi

Thanks to the efforts of three NGOs, thirty-five tiny tots of a tribal hamlet Chekrayibanda started

schooling in their own village. Lammasingi, is a panchayat in Chintapalli mandal of Visakhapatnam

districts agency area. It is situated a 1000 metres above sea-level. The children of the tribal hamlet

Chekrayibanda in this panchayat, missed schooling. The nearest school was eight kilometres away.

During the rains, the parents did not risk sending the children to school on slippery, hilly paths.

The NGOs, First Step Foundation and Snehahastaalu worked with tribals here and when they

requested them to help set up a school, they teamed up another NGO, Chaitanya. The NGOs

provided books, bags, uniforms, furniture, sports and educational materials for the Girimitra Patasala

(Friends of Tribals School). The tribals helped the NGOs construct the small school and lugged

all the materials up the hilly terrain. They appointed a DEd-qualified teacher at the school. Theparents joy and pride knew no bounds when they saw their children happily go to school. We never

expected our children would go to school. Thanks to the NGOs our children are getting education,

said a proud parent. The MPDO visited the hamlet and deputed a government teacher at the school.

He assured government recognition to the school and provision of mid-day meals. A road connecting

the hamlet was also agreed under the MGNREGS.

The NGOs also helped other tribal hamlets Gadigoyyi and Gogulabanda, which faced acute

drinking water problems, by diverting water from streams into small water tanks. Pipelines

connecting the tanks to a distribution tank in the hamlets were provided by the panchayat.

The NGOs developed a microplan and are coordinating with mandal and panchayat officers

to implement Smart AP programmes in Lammasingi. They have targeted education in schools,promotion of eco-tourism and organic agriculture with marketing facilities, setting up youth

co-operatives and helping youth, women and farmers get loans and facilities under various

government schemes.

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would ultimately benefit them and the village.

They achieved the following:

A high-school building was constructed

within six months, and equipped with the

help of local NGOs. The district authorities

provided land next to the school for aplayground. The children and villagers

planted saplings at the yard under the

Neeru Chettu programme.

Cement factories from Kurnool district

helped re-lay the main streets with concrete.

A blacktop road now connects the

Nellibanda bus stop and Kapatrala village.

Children and youth participated actively

in a Swachha Kapatrala programme

conducted as part of Swachha Bharat

campaign, which included an awareness

campaign on cleanliness and hygiene and

sanitation works taken up with the help of

RDT.

A facility to provide clean drinking water

was set up. There were free medical camps

and eye camps.

Sports events were organised, where the

students participated enthusiastically.

The team met teachers and students to

understand their concerns. The students

were encouraged to focus on their studies

and were given books.

The village women formed a Self-Help

Group to encourage thrift and the spirit of

entrepreneurship. The villagers benefited

from a session with experts on best

practices and the latest developments in

agriculture.

These small but important steps help the villageto move away from its grisly past towards a

brighter, safer future.

The Home of an Ancient Dance formMoves to a New BeatKuchipudi is a village in Movva mandal of

Andhra Pradeshs Krishna district and the

source of the eponymous classical dance

form. Today the artistes and scholars living in

Kuchipudi village continue the age-old tradition

and bequeath their knowledge to their disciples.

A sudden death jolts a community into action

Posani Kiran Teja, a trader of Nandigama, a small town in Krishna district, was grieved when a close cousin

died suddenly due to dengue. Posani started researching dengue and the reasons for its occurrence. He

realised that if further deaths due to dengue and other diseases were to be prevented, the people had to

develop civic sense and clean their localities. Posani decided to target schoolchildren first. He distributed

pamphlets and spoke to schoolchildren about dengue and the need for cleanliness and keeping their

surroundings clean and green. He started fogging operations, removal of rubble and wild shrubs,plantation and beautification of public places, soon catching the attention of others in his town.

The former Municipal Commissioner of Nandigama motivated him to join the Smart Village-Smart Ward

initiative as a Sector Partner. Posani felt Nandigama needed to improve its green cover, so he added that

to his cleanliness campaign. His group Bangaru Nandigama (Golden Nandigama) Foundation aims to

rejuvenate his ward and town, by inspiring everyone to take up small activities that make a difference.

The Bangaru Nandigama team uses Facebook, YouTube, Whatsapp and the SVSW portal to mobilise

and inform people. Their short Facebook film, Keep Your City Clean caught the attention of the Swachh

Bharat Swachh Andhra team, who invited them to speak at their workshops. This influenced others

in the town to emulate them. The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has highlighted their achievements

during his meeting with SVSW partners.

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Uncommon acts

Tallam Venu, a Sector Partner from Pathikonda,

Kurnool district, runs a small computer centre.

Inspired by the SVSW initiative, Venu signed

up to help bring about a change in his village

and mandal. He decided to first tackle the lack

of cleanliness and greenery in his village andmandal.

Venu worked with the villagers and the

panchayat to raise awareness about these

issues. He trained students at his centre and

so used the opportunity to motivate them to join

his greening project. The villagers and students

came together to clean their surroundings

and plant trees around schools. The village

panchayat mobilised resources for clean

drinking water facility and sanitation.

Tallam Venus experience shows that even

laymen with limited resources, but charged with

enormous goodwill, can help communities take

those small, first steps towards a better society.

Waste Management

The group Silicon Andhra adopted Kuchipudivillage to develop it into a world-class,

smart and cultural heritage village, following

the ideas of the SVSW programme. The

roads at Kuchipudi were in a terrible state.

SiliconAndhra initiated a road development

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