Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust - Revision history

Realsouravbiswas: basic correct section based on references and fixed typos

2025-11-25T07:12:53Z

basic correct section based on references and fixed typos

Show changes

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-06-07T05:09:31Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

Show changes

->Rlink2 Bot: archive link repair, may include: archive.* -> archive.today, https for ghostarchive.org and archive.org

2021-12-30T23:12:38Z

archive link repair, may include: archive.* -> archive.today, https for ghostarchive.org and archive.org

imported>Mean as custard: Added {{Advert}} tag

2021-08-31T13:18:20Z

Added {{Advert}} tag

New page

{{Advert|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox organization
|name=Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
|logo=Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust Logo.png
|logo_size=220px
|type=[[Non-governmental organization]], [[Indian Trusts Act 1882]]
|founded_date=2002
|founder= Smt Sonia Gandhi,(Rahul Gandhyi) ]], [[Priyanka Vadra (Gandhy) ]]
|location=[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|key_people=[[Sonia Gandhi]], [[Chairperson]] <br/> [[Deep Joshi]], [[chief executive officer|CEO]]
|area_served=[[India]]
|focus=[[Education]], [[Healthcare]], [[Poverty reduction|Poverty Reduction]]
|method=[[Community Mobilization]], [[Empowerment]], [[Capacity Building]], [[Service Delivery]]
|homepage=[http://www.rgct.in/ www.rgct.in] <br/> [http://www.rgmvp.org/ www.rgmvp.org] <br/> [http://www.igehrc.org/ www.igehrc.org]
}}

The '''Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust''' (RGCT) is a registered [[non-profit]] institution, established in 2002 "to commemorate and take forward the vision of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] – [[India]]’s former Prime Minister".<ref>http://www.igehrc.in/about-rgct.asp?links=rgct{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> RGCT aims to implement a people oriented, [[community]] driven [[Rural development|development]] program that would have a [[sustainable]] impact. The Trust works in close collaboration with the [http://www.rgfindia.com/ Rajiv Gandhi Foundation], a [[think tank]] whose operations are aimed at influencing [[public policy]], [[governance]] – [[Local community|local]], [[Nation]]al and international—and aims at increasing opportunities for the [[underprivileged]] and the deprived. The activities currently undertaken by the Trust include women [[empowerment]] and [[eye care]] .

== Initiatives ==

=== Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana ===
[http://www.rgmvp.org/ Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana] (RGMVP) is a flagship program of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) which "aims to build and strengthen the [[community]] institutions of the poor".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120602102914/http://www.rgmvp.org/about-vision.asp?lk=ab2 ]</ref> It is a rights-based [[initiative]] that works for [[poverty reduction]], women’s [[empowerment]] and [[rural development]] in the backward regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The main activity of RGMVP includes organising poor [[rural]] women into [[community]] institutions in the form of Self Help Groups (SHGs) - each consisting of 10-20 women - that act as [[social]] platforms to address issues of [[financial inclusion]], [[healthcare]], [[livelihood]], [[education]] and [[Environmentalism|environment]]. The organisation has "the belief that the poor have a strong desire and innate ability to overcome [[poverty]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103341/http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 ]</ref>

RGMVP has been designed by RGCT and [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] ([[NABARD]]) with [[technical assistance]] from the [[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty]] ([[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty|SERP]]) for promotion, credit linkage and federation of SHGs in select districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613091321/http://nabard.org/microfinance/RGMVP.asp ]</ref> The programme has been visited by the [[Microsoft]] [[Chairman]], [[Bill Gates]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/album/listing/news/bill-gates-visits-amethi-with-rahul-gandhi-7365/slide/1 |title=Bill Gates visits Amethi with Rahul Gandhi, Photo Gallery |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=2010-05-12 |accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article427068.ece?homepage=true |title=Gates promises to make Amethi an IT hub |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-05-11 |accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Rahul+takes+Bill+Gates+to+Amethi/1/96842.html |title=Rahul takes Bill Gates to Amethi : Latest Headlines, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2010-05-11 |accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref> and the British ex-Foreign Secretary, [[David Miliband]].<ref>[https://archive.is/20130122232944/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/rahuls-selfhelp-groups-fan-out-over-10-districts/504786/ ]</ref>

=== Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre ===
[https://archive.is/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre] (IGEHRC) was established by the Trust (RGCT) in 2006 to address a requirement for quality and affordable [[eye care]] and eliminate curable [[blindness]] in Northern India and Asia. Currently, two hospitals are operating in [[Uttar Pradesh]]: a secondary level facility in [[Amethi]], and a tertiary level hospital in [[Lucknow]]. Two additional centres are operational in [[Gurugram]]. IGEHRC aims "to provide timely and affordable world-class eye care to all segments of society".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130218060804/http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 |archivedate=2013-02-18 |df= }}</ref> Regular community outreach programmes are organised in rural areas to provide quality eye care and to create eye care awareness among the rural population.<ref>http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-acvieve.asp?links=igehrc6{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== {{anchor| Rajiv Gandhi Trust scams }} Controversies ==
=== {{anchor| Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam }} Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam ===
In 1983 [[Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation]] had taken 65 acres land from farmers to set up a factory by Emperor Bicycle Company in Kauhar village of Amethi. After company failed to set up the factory, instead of returning the land to farmers as per rule, it was given to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in violation of rules. The trust was sued. On 26 August 2015, the local court ordered the Rajiv Gandhi Trust to return the land to Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.<ref name=scam1/>

=== {{anchor| Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam }} Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam ===
Between 2004-2014, [[Government of Haryana]], then under the administration of [[Indian National Congress]]'s Chief Minister [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]], had handed over 1,400 acres of panchayat land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in the name of [[public interest]] use, resulting in this trust being sued by the [[gram panchayat]] in [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] against the [[land grabbing]] of the Gandhi family by the Hooda government.<ref name=scam1>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fperformindia.com%2Fland-fraud-of-gandhi-family%2F Rahul ji! See how Gandhi family has grabbed thousands of acres of farmers], [http://performindia.com/ Perform India], 7 Dec 2017.</ref>

=== Related land grab scams ===
[[Rahul Gandhi]] and [[Sonia Gandhi]] family are the trustees of National Herald and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. Several similar scams of ownership or land grab related to the entities and family members associated with National Herald and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust are either already in court or being investigated by the CBI.<ref name=scam1/>
* [[National Herald scam|National Herald ownership scam]]
* [[National Herald scam#National Herald Panchkula land grab scam|National Herald Panchkula land grab scam]] In 1982, in the related development the Congress government gave the National Herald 3,500 square meters of plot number C-17 of Panchkula in Haryana to publish a newspaper, but for ten years, there was no news published from here, hence as per the rules the land should have been returned to the government, but the ownership was illegally transferred to [[National Herald (India)|National Herald]] by Hooda government in 2013. This case and National Herald's possession of INR 2000 crores worth land are being investigated by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (c. December 2017).<ref name=scam1/>
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam|Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam]]: Between 2004-2014, [[Government of Haryana]], then under the administration of [[Indian National Congress]]'s Chief Minister [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]], had handed over 1,400 acres of panchayat land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in the name of [[public interest]] use, resulting in this trust being sued by the [[gram panchayat]] in [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] against the land grabbing of the Gandhi family by the Hooda government.<ref name="scam1"/>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam|Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam]]: In 1983 [[Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation]] had taken 65 acres land from farmers to set up a factory by Emperor Bicycle Company in Kauhar village of Amethi. After company failed to set up the factory, instead of returning the land to farmers as per rule, it was given to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in violation of rules. The trust was sued. On 26 August 2015, the local court ordered the Rajiv Gandhi Trust to return the land to Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.<ref name=scam1/>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Related land grab scams|Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam]]: It is a case related to 50-acre land grab in 2013 in Amipur village of Haryana during the Congress' Hooda government. Vadra, Hooda and [[DLF (company)|DLF]] are being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).<ref name=scam1/>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Related land grab scams|Robert Vadra Bikaner land grab scam]]: it is a 275 bigha 2010 land grab in Bikaner of Rajasthan being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).<ref name=scam1/>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Related land grab scams|Shimla Gandhi family land grab scam]]: It is a case related to 4 bigha land grab in 2007 in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla. The case is pending in [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]] (c. December 2017).<ref name=scam1/>

== See also ==
* [[National Herald scam]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.rgct.in RGCT- Official Website]
* [http://www.rgmvp.org RGMVP- Official Website]
* [https://archive.is/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ IGEHRC- Official Website]
* [http://www.rgfindia.com/ Rajiv Gandhi Foundation] - a sister organisation
* [http://www.rspn.org/publications/PDFs/VISIT%20TO%20RGMVP.pdf A note on RGMVP] by Shoaib Sultan Khan
* [http://www.thelivelihoodschool.in%2Ffile-for-pdf%2FRGMVP%2520case%2520study%2520final.pdf A case study on RGMVP]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by the Livelihood School

{{DEFAULTSORT:RGCT}}
[[Category:Organizations established in 2002]]
[[Category:Charities based in India]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Nehru–Gandhi family]]
[[Category:Charitable trusts]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:42, 31 December 2021
Line 8:		Line 8:
	\|type=[[Non-governmental organization]], [[Indian Trusts Act 1882]]		\|type=[[Non-governmental organization]], [[Indian Trusts Act 1882]]
	\|founded_date=2002		\|founded_date=2002
	\|founder= ~~Smt~~ Sonia Gandhi,(Rahul ~~Gandhyi)~~ ]], [[Priyanka ~~Vadra (Gandhy)~~ ]]		\|founder=[[Sonia Gandhi]], [[Rahul Gandhi]], [[Priyanka Gandhi]]
	\|location=[[Delhi]], [[India]]		\|location=[[Delhi]], [[India]]
	\|key_people=[[Sonia Gandhi]], [[Chairperson]] <br/> [[Deep Joshi]], [[chief executive officer\|CEO]]		\|key_people=[[Sonia Gandhi]], [[Chairperson]] <br/> [[Deep Joshi]], [[chief executive officer\|CEO]]
Line 24:		Line 24:
	[http://www.rgmvp.org/ Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana] (RGMVP) is a flagship program of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) which "aims to build and strengthen the [[community]] institutions of the poor".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120602102914/http://www.rgmvp.org/about-vision.asp?lk=ab2 ]</ref> It is a rights-based [[initiative]] that works for [[poverty reduction]], women’s [[empowerment]] and [[rural development]] in the backward regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The main activity of RGMVP includes organising poor [[rural]] women into [[community]] institutions in the form of Self Help Groups (SHGs) - each consisting of 10-20 women - that act as [[social]] platforms to address issues of [[financial inclusion]], [[healthcare]], [[livelihood]], [[education]] and [[Environmentalism\|environment]]. The organisation has "the belief that the poor have a strong desire and innate ability to overcome [[poverty]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103341/http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 ]</ref>		[http://www.rgmvp.org/ Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana] (RGMVP) is a flagship program of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) which "aims to build and strengthen the [[community]] institutions of the poor".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120602102914/http://www.rgmvp.org/about-vision.asp?lk=ab2 ]</ref> It is a rights-based [[initiative]] that works for [[poverty reduction]], women’s [[empowerment]] and [[rural development]] in the backward regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The main activity of RGMVP includes organising poor [[rural]] women into [[community]] institutions in the form of Self Help Groups (SHGs) - each consisting of 10-20 women - that act as [[social]] platforms to address issues of [[financial inclusion]], [[healthcare]], [[livelihood]], [[education]] and [[Environmentalism\|environment]]. The organisation has "the belief that the poor have a strong desire and innate ability to overcome [[poverty]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103341/http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 ]</ref>

	RGMVP has been designed by RGCT and [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] ([[NABARD]]) with [[technical assistance]] from the [[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty]] ([[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty\|SERP]]) for promotion, credit linkage and federation of SHGs in select districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613091321/http://nabard.org/microfinance/RGMVP.asp ]</ref> The programme has been visited by the [[Microsoft]] [[Chairman]], [[Bill Gates]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/album/listing/news/bill-gates-visits-amethi-with-rahul-gandhi-7365/slide/1 \|title=Bill Gates visits Amethi with Rahul Gandhi, Photo Gallery \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2010-05-12 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article427068.ece?homepage=true \|title=Gates promises to make Amethi an IT hub \|~~publisher~~=The Hindu \|date=2010-05-11 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Rahul+takes+Bill+Gates+to+Amethi/1/96842.html \|title=Rahul takes Bill Gates to Amethi : Latest Headlines, News - India Today \|publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in \|date=2010-05-11 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref> and the British ex-Foreign Secretary, [[David Miliband]].<ref>[https://archive.is/20130122232944/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/rahuls-selfhelp-groups-fan-out-over-10-districts/504786/ ]</ref>		RGMVP has been designed by RGCT and [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] ([[NABARD]]) with [[technical assistance]] from the [[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty]] ([[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty\|SERP]]) for promotion, credit linkage and federation of SHGs in select districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613091321/http://nabard.org/microfinance/RGMVP.asp ]</ref> The programme has been visited by the [[Microsoft]] [[Chairman]], [[Bill Gates]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/album/listing/news/bill-gates-visits-amethi-with-rahul-gandhi-7365/slide/1 \|title=Bill Gates visits Amethi with Rahul Gandhi, Photo Gallery \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2010-05-12 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article427068.ece?homepage=true \|title=Gates promises to make Amethi an IT hub \|work=The Hindu \|date=2010-05-11 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Rahul+takes+Bill+Gates+to+Amethi/1/96842.html \|title=Rahul takes Bill Gates to Amethi : Latest Headlines, News - India Today \|publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in \|date=2010-05-11 \|accessdate=2016-09-10}}</ref> and the British ex-Foreign Secretary, [[David Miliband]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130122232944/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/rahuls-selfhelp-groups-fan-out-over-10-districts/504786/ ]</ref>

	=== Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre ===		=== Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre ===
	[https://archive.is/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre] (IGEHRC) was established by the Trust (RGCT) in 2006 to address a requirement for quality and affordable [[eye care]] and eliminate curable [[blindness]] in Northern India and Asia. Currently, two hospitals are operating in [[Uttar Pradesh]]: a secondary level facility in [[Amethi]], and a tertiary level hospital in [[Lucknow]]. Two additional centres are operational in [[Gurugram]]. IGEHRC aims "to provide timely and affordable world-class eye care to all segments of society".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2012-05-15 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130218060804/http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 \|archivedate=2013-02-18 ~~\|df=~~ }}</ref> Regular community outreach programmes are organised in rural areas to provide quality eye care and to create eye care awareness among the rural population.<ref>http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-acvieve.asp?links=igehrc6{{dead link\|date=April 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		[https://archive.today/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre] (IGEHRC) was established by the Trust (RGCT) in 2006 to address a requirement for quality and affordable [[eye care]] and eliminate curable [[blindness]] in Northern India and Asia. Currently, two hospitals are operating in [[Uttar Pradesh]]: a secondary level facility in [[Amethi]], and a tertiary level hospital in [[Lucknow]]. Two additional centres are operational in [[Gurugram]]. IGEHRC aims "to provide timely and affordable world-class eye care to all segments of society".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2012-05-15 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130218060804/http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-vms.asp?links=igehrc2 \|archivedate=2013-02-18 }}</ref> Regular community outreach programmes are organised in rural areas to provide quality eye care and to create eye care awareness among the rural population.<ref>http://www.igehrc.in/about-igehrc-acvieve.asp?links=igehrc6{{dead link\|date=April 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

	== {{anchor\| Rajiv Gandhi Trust scams }} Controversies ==		== {{anchor\| Rajiv Gandhi Trust scams }} Controversies ==
Line 55:		Line 55:
	* [http://www.rgct.in RGCT- Official Website]		* [http://www.rgct.in RGCT- Official Website]
	* [http://www.rgmvp.org RGMVP- Official Website]		* [http://www.rgmvp.org RGMVP- Official Website]
	* [https://archive.is/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ IGEHRC- Official Website]		* [https://archive.today/20130217233722/http://www.igehrc.in/ IGEHRC- Official Website]
	* [http://www.rgfindia.com/ Rajiv Gandhi Foundation] - a sister organisation		* [http://www.rgfindia.com/ Rajiv Gandhi Foundation] - a sister organisation
	* [http://www.rspn.org/publications/PDFs/VISIT%20TO%20RGMVP.pdf A note on RGMVP] by Shoaib Sultan Khan		* [http://www.rspn.org/publications/PDFs/VISIT%20TO%20RGMVP.pdf A note on RGMVP] by Shoaib Sultan Khan