· MVSTF signs
key MoUs in the presence of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra
Fadnavis
· Strategic
partnership to empower development of rural Maharashtra
·
Maharashtra
Village Social Transformation Foundation (MVSTF) initiative with a mission to
transform 1,000 villages across the state today signed Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with leading corporates and philanthropists in a bid to
empower and push development work in rural part of the state.
In an effort
to converge the developmental efforts between the Government of Maharashtra and
Corporate India, MVSTF enables a public-private partnership in development work
at grass root level. The partners provide financial resources to MVSTF, along
with domain knowledge and expertise to bring about lasting change in key
development areas. The MoUs were signed with the intent of furthering
collaboration between the Government of Maharashtra & Corporate India.
The MoUs were
signed in the presence of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis
and other dignitaries like – Smt. Rajashree Birla, Idea Cellular, Mr. Amit
Chandra, ATE Philanthropic Foundation, Investor Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Mr.
Radhakrishna Damani, Founder, D-Mart, Mr. Hemendra Kothari, Wildlife
Conservation Trust, Mr. Vallabh Bhansali, Enam Financial Consultants Mr.
Krishnan Dharmarajan, CDFI & Mr.
John Santosh, BillionLives, and Mr. Ramnath Subramaniam, CEO, MVSTF signed the
MoUs on behalf of MVSTF. Also
present at the occasion were Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister of Finance &
Planning Forests, Girish Mahajan, Cabinet Minister for Water Resources, Pankaja
Mundhe, Minister of Rural Development Women and Child Welfare Vishnu Sawra,
Minister Of Tribal Development Mahadeo Jankar, Minister for
Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Development, Ranjit Patil,
Minister
of State Home(Urban),Urban Development, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Law & Judiciary, Parliamentary affairs Sumeet Mallik
- CS- Government of Maharashtra, Praveen Pardeshi - ACS to CM.
Speaking on this occasion Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis said, “The
public and private sector partnership for village transformation brings
responsibility towards delivering change in rural Maharashtra. The ability,
technology, flexibility, knowledge and management skills of the private sector
will change the lives of the people with greater speed by enforcing social
schemes of the government.” He further
added, “Our main focus is to solve the agrarian crisis through water
conservation and tackle the problems of malnourishment in the tribal belt as
well as to provide best education in the rural sectors of Maharashtra.”
Speaking at
the event Mr. Ramnath Subramanian. CEO MVSTF, said “It is indeed very heartening to have people
of great status and caliber as also corporates join hands with Government of
Maharashtra, thereby endorsing their confidence on the vision and mission of
Honorable Chief Minister. MVSTF looks forward to their active participation and
guidance towards the transformation as also their support in roping in more
philanthropists and corporate partners.”
Under the
guidance and mentorship of Additional Chief Secretary Shri Praveen Pardeshi,
VSTF is gaining rapid momentum with 310 villages already covered under the
program and close to another 300 villages to be added shortly. His huge hands
on experience, passion and commitment has resulted in convergence of various
government schemes and innovative interventions by corporates. Secretary Rural
Development, Shri Aseem Gupta is a Director on board of MVSTF.
MVSTF is a
unique Public-Private Partnership in the country. MVSTF provides opportunity to
the youth in the form of Chief Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (CMRDF)
programme. CMRDFs are assigned to a Gram Panchayat and work in close
association with local administration to prepare and implement participatory
development plans.
In the 1st
phase, 143 Fellows have been on-board since April, 2017 to serve 310 Villages
across 12 Districts of Maharashtra. The Fellows create community-led and
participatory Village Development Plans (VDP), which have been approved in the
Gram Sabhas. The Fellows are now working with the local administration and
District Mission Council (DMCs) to implement the plans. Several initiatives,
including setting up of solar electrification projects, last-mile digital
connectivity, promotion of local Self-Help Groups, are being piloted in these
villages.
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