One of the goals of
RGMVP is to maximise the advantage that the CIPs
can receive from existing public or private
services or facilities. This is achieved through
the convergence strategy which aims to ensure
effective people’s participation with optimal
resource utilisation by forming formal/informal
associations with institutions and programmes
working in related areas. The institution
building process also seeks to link the RGMVP
social capital to existing structures of service
delivery and poverty reduction that have been
put into place by the government and other
non-governmental agencies. For instance,
healthcare issues of the poor are addressed
through tie-ups with Rajiv Arogya Yojna which
has 16 Block-level health care centres, or Rajiv
Gandhi Sachal Seva which provides mobile
healthcare through 16 vans in the area, or the
Sanjay Gandhi Hospital and IGEH&RCs at
Munshiganj and Lucknow, or by encouraging
government workers such as the Anganwadi worker
or the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)
to use the SGH meetings as a platform to
disseminate information. RGMVP also uses its
convergence approach to bring the benefits of
the several programmes initiated under the
Government of India’s National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) to members of SHGs. For instance,
women are made aware of the financial benefits
offered by the Janani Suraksha Yojana, a
component of NRHM, for institutional deliveries.
Convergence in the livelihood enhancement area
has resulted in RGMVP organising women to
purchase cattle and mulching animals to produce
milk around specific locations where the
National Diary Development Board (NDDB) has set
up its 95 bulk milk coolers (BMCs) in the area.
Each BMC has the capacity to process 2,000
litres of milk daily.
Thus the RGMVP adopts a holistic strategy
towards not just poverty reduction but also
improvement of living standards and overall
human development. The CIPs serve to channelise
efforts towards democratising service delivery,
ensuring receipt of entitlements and making
governance more accountable.
Last updated:
August 30 2010 by RGMVP Website
Coordinator
