www.villagetransformation.org

Government of Maharashtra

Village Social Transformation Foundation

MISSION

• Transform ~1000 villages in Maharashtra, by enhancing development indicators of drinking water

access, infant mortality, education index , agri-income to highest level across India

• Bring about wide-scale behavioural change to empower villages towards self-sustainable

development

• Build a development model that will be scalable across the state by 2019

Transformation Targets (1/2)

Infant Mortality Rate

Per hectare productivity (kg)

1304 1126

2373 2046

4349 4330

All cereals All Foodgrains

Maharashtra India Punjab

86%

98%

Maharashtra India Kerela

Access to Drinking Water

83%

40

24

12

India Maharashtra Kerela

6426 7386

18059

India Maharashtra Punjab

Avg Monthly Income/ agri household (Rs.)

Each key development indicators in the 1000 Model Villages should match that in the best

performing state

Transformation Targets (2/2)

Sanitary toilets

in rural

households

• Mobile network and access to

internet for all villages

•India’s first Digital Village is

being developed in Harisal

presently

45.3% 52.6%

97.6%

India Maharashtra Kerela

100 % Pucca Housing

All village households to get

pucca housing under the

Housing For All Initiative

2.8% 3.1%

7.6%

India Maharashtra Kerela

Tree cover

Pucca Housing Digital

Connectivity

Education

Index

Standard V Students who can

subtract

41%

51% 71%

Maharashtra India Kerela

21.92%

17.35%

11.28% 7.05%

India MaharashtraTamil Nadu Kerela

% Population

below poverty line

1. Every household has access to clean drinking water

2. Reducing infant mortality rate to lowest in India i.e. 12

3. Doubling income of agricultural households

4. Doubling per hectare productivity

5. Increase in Education index to best in India i.e. 71%

6. Reducing % population below poverty line to 7%

7. Every gram panchayat has digital connectivity and access to

internet

8. 100% pucca housing

9. Every household has a sanitary toilet with water availability

10. Increasing tree cover to 7.6%

Transformation Targets

Board of Patrons

Executive Council

District Mission

Council

Rural Development Fellows

• Chief Minister

• CEOs/ MDs/ Heads of Contributing partners

• Eminent individuals & social workers

• Heads of government departments

• CSR heads of contributing

partners

Board of Directors

• Members of executive council

on annual rotation basis

• District administration

• Social & technical experts

• CEO, CFO

• Mission managers, Field

managers

• Young development professionals

• Action researchers

• Agents of Social reforms

• Facilitators

Foundation Structure

Foundation

Implementation team

Beed

8

Parbhani

8

Nanded

5

Amravati

14

Wardha

18

Nandurbar

12

Aurangabad

8

Phase 1 & 2 District

Phase 2 District Only

Phase 1 District Only

Raigad

22

Yavatmal

22

Gadchiroli

13

District-wise Distribution of Fellows

Chandrapur

11

143 Gram Parivartaks, 12 Districts, 310 revenue villages

Gram Parivartaks: The eyes, ears and arms of the Village Social Transformation Foundation

Action-researchers

• Conduct socio-economic analysis using Data collection • Scientifically ascertain the needs of the people using data collected • Track real time progress on ground in 15 key thematic areas

Development Professionals

• Create innovative yet comprehensive Village Development Plans • Improve delivery of services by local administration at village level • Converge Govt. schemes and ensure 100% delivery of benefits to

beneficiaries • Identify organisations with sectoral expertise to carry out interventions

Facilitators

• Converge vast expanse of multi-sectoral resources to fill development gaps

• Act as the link between Govt., Corporates, NGOs and community members

• Strategize and implement cost-effective developments activities in 15 key thematic areas

Agents of Social

Reform

• Increase Transparency, Efficiency and Accountability in the development process

• Create lasting awareness and Behaviour Change by promoting self-sustainability Create a development model for replication across India

• Carrying out large scale community building activities

Rural Development Fellowship: General information

• VSTF reserves the rights to place selected candidates in Gram Panchayats in various districts as per its expansion plans

• Candidates are required to compulsory stay in assigned Gram Panchayat • Fellowship is a full time program and Fellows are not expected to undertake other

employment, assignments and / or study program during the period of fellowship • Selected fellows have to provide fitness certificate and character certificate at the

commencement of the program • Selected fellows successfully completing fellowship of 11 months will be awarded

with a Certificate • Selected fellows will undergo field and classroom training during the 1st month of

fellowship program • Accommodation, food and training costs will be borne by VSTF during training

programs organised by VSTF • The nature of the CM Rural Development Fellowship is purely temporary in

nature. This is not a government employment (permanent or temporary) and will not ensure any future employment in the government after completion of the program.

VSTF – 4 Point Strategy

Jalyukt Shivar

Group farming

NREGA

Skill development

Swacchata curriculum - HUL

Tanishka

Internet Saathi

BAIF Research and Development institute

Watershed Organisation Trust

Wildlife Conservation Trust

CAIM

Data Driven

VDPs

Converge

Government &

corporate

initiatives

Direct

Implementation

through NGOs

Plugging Gaps by

Govt. & Corporate

Partnerships

CM Water supply scheme

CM Gram Sadak yojna

Jio 4G connectivity

Syska LED

Direct funding by partner (specific issues)

Gram Parivartak

Baseline data collection

Mapping of village needs

Community driven Village development plan

Transform 1000 villages to global human indexes and visible infrastructure

Village Development Plans – 16th August

District GPDP

approved

Revenue

villages with

accepted VDP

Amravati 8 17

Aurangabad 8 23

Gadchiroli 13 39

Nandurbar 5 8

Raigad 10 23

Wardha 10 18

Yavatmal 20 50

Total 74 178

Comprehensive GPDPs drafted by Fellows discussed, debated and approved in 178 villages

7.12

213

VSTF Govt

~Allocation of Funds

(in Crs) through

convergence of Govt

schemes

Livelihood collaboration

Convergence – Govt. & Corporate Initiatives

Swacch Aadat Curriculum

launched in 67 schools

Workshops conducted

for youth in 10 districts

All villages included

under Jalyukt Shivar

Employment generation

& poverty elevation

Collaboration for

livelihood activities and

SHGs

Increase in productive

& income Group farming

22 villages Jio 4G connected

Direct Intervention

Engaging reputed organizations like BAIF, CAIM, WOTR and Wildlife conservation trust for sectoral expertise and experience to aid successful

implementation

Digital services

All villages under phase 1 & 2 to be connected through Jio 4G

VSTF to essential services

1. Digital services

2. Tele - medicine

3. mKrishi – TCS

4. Digital Education

BAIF

Local capacity building for sustainability

Sectoral expertise

Facilitate field level operations

Technical inputs to District Mission Councils

Wildlife Conservation Trust

Conservation through community participation

Involvement of WCT to implement conservation-related activities

Focus on both rural development and wildlife conservation

Glimpses of Activities: Governing Council Meeting: 28th August 2017