Steering Committee for Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).

Voluntary Sector

Summary Record of First Meeting

Dated 5th Febrary 2001

In the context of the formulation of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07), it has been decided to set up the following Steering Committee for the active involvement of Voluntary Sector in the development process:

1.

Dr. D.N. Tiwari
Member, In-charge of Voluntary Action, Planning Commission, New Delhi
e-mail tiwari@yojana.nic.in

Chairman

2.

Secretary, Planning Commission, New Delhi.
e-mail: ncsaxena@yojana.nic.in

Member

3.

Principal Adviser (Energy & VAC), Planning Commission, New Delhi
e-mail: pkm@yojana.nic.in

Member

4.

Secretary
Ministry of Rural Development, Krishi Bhavan New Delhi

Member

5.

Secretary
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shastri Bhavan New Delhi

Member

6.

Secretary
Department of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhavan New Delhi

Member

7.

Secretary
Department of Economic Affairs, North Block New Delhi

Member

8.

Secretary
Department of Science & Technology, Institutional Area New Mehrauli Road New Delhi

Member

9.

Secretary
Department of Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan New Delhi

Member

10,

Secretary
Department of Indian System of Medicine & Homeopathy, Red Cross Building New Delhi

Member

11.

Director General,
Forests Ministry of Environment & Forests CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi

Member

12.

Secretary
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shastri Bhavan New Delhi

Member

13.

Secretary
Department of Elementary Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi

Member

14.

Secretary
Department of Culture, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

Member

15.

Director General
CAPART Zone-V-A (Core C) India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi- 110 003

Member

16.

Secretary
Department of Planning, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

Member

17.

Secretary
Department of Planning, Government of Gujarat Gandhinagar-382010

Member

18.

Secretary
Department of Planning, Government of Maharashtra Mumbai

Member

19.

Secretary
Department of Planning, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-500022

Member

20.

Secretary
Department of Planning, Government of Assam Guwahati

Member

21.

Dr. Rajesh Tandon
Executive Director, PRIA 42, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110 016

Member

22.

Shri Shankar Ghosh
National Foundation for India (NFI), India Habitat Centre Zone -IV-A,
Upper Ground Floor Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110 003

Member

23.

Shri Nanaji Deshmukh
Deen Dayal Upadhayay Research Institute, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh)

Member

24.

Shri Harnath Jagawat,
Director, N.M. Sadguru Water & Development
Foundation Village Chosala, Post Box 71, Dahod-389151 (Gujarat)

Member

25.

Shri Deep Joshi
Programme Director PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action)
3, Community Centre, Niti Bagh, New Delhi -110 049

Member

26.

Shri Vijay Mahajan BASIX,
403, Nirmal Towers, Dwarakapuri Colony Punjagutta, Hyderabad – 500082

Member

27.

Shri Satish Girija
Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra P.O. Box 37, Village Amrit Nagar, Korra Hazaribagh-825 301

Member

28.

Dr. Kaushal Kumar
General Secretary Utthan – Centre for Sustainable Development & Poverty Alleviation
18-A, Auckland Road Allahabad-211001

Member

29.

Shri Jagdananda
Centre for Youth & Social Development, A-70, Shaheed Nagar Bhubaneswar-751 007

Member

30.

Swami Nityamuktananda
Rama Krishna Mission Ashram PO Cherra Bazar, Cherrapunji East Khasi Hills Distt. Meghalaya

Member

31.

Shri Harsh Mander
Country Representative Action Aid, 71, Uday Park New Delhi – 110049

Member

32.

Mr. H.R. Purshotam Raj
Director Programmes
Business & Community Foundation Upper Ground Floor,
Himalaya House 23, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi –110001.

Member

33

Shri Ashutosh Tripathi
AHEAD India Foundation
342, Sector 21, Gautam Budha Nagar NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh)

Member

34.

Shri Anil Singh
Voluntary Action Network of India (VANI), B-52, Shivalik Colony New Delhi- 110017

Member

35.

Dr. Swapan Garain
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Post Box No. 8313, Deonar Mumbai - 400 088

Member

36.

Prof. Rajendra Prasad
Centre for Rural Development & Technology, IIT, Hauz Khas New Delhi - 110016.

Member

37.

Dr. N.N. Mehrotra
Scientist, NICDAP
Central Drug Research Institute P Box 173, Lucknow –226001

Member

38.

Shri Y.N. Chaturvedi
Sanskar Shiksha Samiti, C-II/131,Moti Bagh, New Delhi

Member

39.

Shri Lalit Kumar
Business Economist, A-68, Yojana Vihar Delhi-110092

Member

40.

Deputy Adviser (VAC), Planning Commission New Delhi

Member-Secretary

The Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee will be as follows:

  1. to review the policies, procedures, guidelines of the government and other organisations for involving voluntary organisations in different programmes / schemes and suggest alternative policies and simplified procedures / guidelines for involvement of the voluntary sector.
  2. to review the existing arrangements for capacity building of the voluntary sector and suggest measures to make VOs / NGOs more effective for good governance, service delivery and managing newer challenges of development.
  3. to examine the existing partnership levels between voluntary sector and private sector & PRIs / Municipalities and recommend appropriate steps to facilitate and enhance such partnerships.
  4. to review the level of people's participation and volunteerism in development programmes and suggest measures for reviving / galvanising the spirit of volunteerism and people's participation in development, particularly, suggesting ways for effectively utilizing services of volunteers, through VOs / NGOs, in the management of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, famines and cyclones etc.
  5. to review the existing methods for monitoring and evaluation of schemes / programmes implemented through VOs / NGOs and suggest improvements in methodologies for effective monitoring and evaluation.

The Chairman of the Steering Committee may, if necessary, constitute Sub-Groups on any specific area / problem and also co-opt additional Members.

The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Steering Group will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry/Organization to which the officers belong. Non-Official members will be entitled to TA/DA as admissible to Grade-I Officers of the Government of India and this will be paid by the Planning Commission.

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