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A Manch to reach out to rural India

NEW DELHI: The Confederation of Non-Government Organisations of Rural India has announced the launch of the “Jana Seva Manch”, a people-oriented networking body at the grassroots level.

The JSM chairman, Mohan Dharia, said here this past week that the aim of the Manch was to reach out to target groups and beneficiaries and build a larger platform comprising all of them in the context of development of rural India. “The Manch will pay attention to the current problem of extremes of wealth and poverty in our society by suggesting measures to bring about quantitative and qualitative changes in the standard of living of people on the principle of opportunities as well as give and take,” said Mr. Dharia.

“In order to achieve this, the Manch will involve every section of society on a non-discriminatory basis and build a composite society which respects merit but prevents the exploitation of the weak and disadvantaged by the relatively strong and influential,” he added.

In a message, former Judge of Supreme Court V. R. Krishna Iyer, who has consented to be the chief patron and adviser to the forum, said: “I have gladly accepted this position as it is an opportunity to communicate even at this stage of my life my feelings and commitment to the poor people of India who are hungering for justice and expect fair play from authorities in charge of governance.”

The JSM will extend its presence to every village, gram panchayat, block, district and State all over the country providing an interface between the Manch and the NGO sector under the umbrella of CNRI.

The CNRI co-chairman, L.V.Saptharishi, said: “We have identified seven target groups as the seven pillars of society around which the Jana Seva Manch movement would be carried on apolitical lines. These groups are farmers, rural artisans and small entrepreneurs, women, youth, social workers, elderly professionals and the deprived and depressed sections of society including the differently-abled.”

“The incorporation of these groups in our organisation was made because we realised that it was impossible to build a grassroots movement by looking at these target groups individually.”

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