Harit Prayas - 2 Situation of Gram Sabha in Sankargarh Block of Allahabad District

Gram Sabha Ya Kuch or/ Gram Sabha or Something else.........

Harit Prayas Team Interacting With Community

Gram Sabha a real planning commission of India from ground zero but Is it real a planning commission or just corom is being fulfilled in the name of Gramn Sabha. Under Ministry of Panchayti Raj, Gram Sabha has been given special power and after the implementation of 73^rd amendment in Panchayati Raj act its power increased but what is its real identity. It’s always shared that any work is done for the development of villager should be passed through gram sabha but is it actually happening.

1.      Gram Sabha has following major responsibilities while functioning in a panchayat:

2.      Conducting development work in the village through MGNREGA

3.      Special Gram Sabha on Nutrition Issues

4.      Special Gram Sabha on Child Sex Ration and Domestic Violence

5.      Special Gram Sabha on Women Empowerment

While initiating the process of baseline for Harit prayas- 2 in Shankar Garh block of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh I interacted with lot villagers in different villages like “Takai, Quari No 4, Quari No 5 etc’ to my utter surprise whenever I asked villagers “KYA AP GRAM SABHA KI BAITHAK MA JATE HA” Do you go to the meeting of Gram Sabha. They counter me by asking Gram Sabha KYA HOTI HA. What is Gram Sabha. We say every work in village has been done through Gram Sabha, but people don’t even know what Gram Sabha is. How can we expect about Gram Sabha meeting but I am saying this too that on papers meeting must have happened  and villager  have even signed on the proposal that would have been fictitiously passed and so called Grabha Sabha “KA MEETING HO GYA”.

But “Do we Desire for Change” I believe just by sitting like this Change will not come. Caritas India Harit Prayas Project has initiated its Journey of Change  

 Regards

Alok Tripathy