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{{Infobox organization
|name=Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana
|logo=Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana Logo.gif
|logo_size=100px
|type=[[Non-governmental organization]]
|founded_date=2002
|location=[[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|key_people=P. Sampath Kumar, [[chief executive officer|CEO]]
|area_served= [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[India]]
|focus=Women [[Empowerment]], [[Poverty]] Reduction
|method=[[Community Mobilization]], [[Capacity Building]]
|homepage=[http://www.rgmvp.org/ www.rgmvp.org]
}}

The '''Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana''' (RGMVP) is the flagship programme of [[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust]], a registered [[non-profit]] institution, working for [[poverty reduction]], [[women]] [[empowerment]] and [[rural development]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] since 2002. RGMVP believes that "the poor have a strong desire and innate ability to overcome [[poverty]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103341/http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 |archivedate=2012-06-01 }}</ref> It aims to organise poor rural women into [[community]] institutions and promotes [[financial inclusion]], [[health-care]], [[livelihood]] enhancement, [[education]] and [[Environmentalism|environment]].

==Vision and mission==
RGMVP has highlighted its vision "to reduce [[poverty]] in [[India]] through women as the central change-agents".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rgmvp.org/about-vision.asp?lk=ab2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602102914/http://www.rgmvp.org/about-vision.asp?lk=ab2 |archivedate=2012-06-02 }}</ref> The stated Mission of the organisation is "to empower poor women by helping them overcome [[poverty]] and [[discrimination]] through community institutions in the form of SHGs". The organisation thus, seeks to provide the women a platform through which they can access their rights and [[entitlements]], and social and development initiatives can be executed effectively.

==Model and strategies==
===Community Institutions of the Poor===
RGMVP aims to organise the rural women and build their institutions to enable them to overcome poverty and channelize their collective strength to access information, services and entitlements.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/seeds-rahul-sowed-promise-to-bear-fruit-not-all-of-it-sweet/901319/2] {{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> These institutions are organized in a three tier system of Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organizations (VOs) and Block Organizations (BOs). An SHG usually consists of 10–20 poor women, typically from similar socio-economic backgrounds. All SHGs mobilized at the village level are federated into Village Organizations (VOs), representing 150 to 250 poor families drawn from 10 to 20 SHGs. The VOs in turn are federated into Block Organizations (BOs) representing 5000 to 7000 women. These institutions aim to act as a systemic interface between poor people and development initiatives.

===Strategies===
The key strategies of RGMVP include [[social mobilization]], building of [[social capital]], synergy and convergence, scaling up and the saturation approach.

==Programmes==

===Financial inclusion===
RGMVP enables the poor to build capital through their own savings within the SHGs and access credit through SHG-bank linkages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/financial-inclusion/beyond-micro-lending/19062/0|title=Beyond Micro Lending | Forbes India|website=Forbes India|accessdate=22 April 2021}}</ref> It has garnered support from 17 rural and central banks in its project areas.

===Livelihoods===
The main focus of RGMVP is on promotion of income generation activities through providing backward linkages to the livelihood activities through specific initiatives on [[agriculture]] and [[dairy]], [[livestock]] management and non-farm activities to ensure that every poor household has at least two or three sources of income.

Agriculture and dairy: Under the agriculture and dairy initiative women are trained in making organic compost, sustainable agricultural practices such the [[System of Rice Intensification]] (SRI)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/news/2010.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615122527/http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/news/2010.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) and the best practices of dairy management. RGMVP also aims to promote Farmers Clubs.
Livestock management: This initiative focuses on supplementary livelihoods such as goatry, [[bee-keeping]] and [[poultry]] through facilitating access to sources and training activities.
Non-farm sector: RGMVP tried to encourage poor women to explore opportunities in the non-farm sector by providing training in activities such as stitching and [[embroidery]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-25/news/31398952_1_supply-chain-unchartered-territory-clients |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023757/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-25/news/31398952_1_supply-chain-unchartered-territory-clients |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[food preservation]], cane furniture making, mechanised [[knitting]], leather work, pottery making, detergent making, etc.

===Health===
Behaviour change management is promoted among the poor household to reduce [[Infant mortality rate|IMR]] & [[Infant mortality#Classification|NMR]] and facilitates linkages with the [[health system]] at a local level in order to improve access of health services.

===Education===
The organisation has also taken some initiatives in education with a view to enhance the [[community]] participation in [[education]], encourage education of girls and promote affordable good quality children's education.

===Environment===
[[Environmentalism|Environment]] friendly solar-[[LED]] lighting solutions managed through community managed [[Solar Energy]] Kiosks,<ref>[http://www.boell-india.org%2Fdownloads%2FGender_Concerns_in_Renewable_Energy_Options_of_Solar_and_Biomass_Systems.pdf] {{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> and bio-gas energy for the rural poor are some other initiatives promoted by the organisation.

==Outreach==
Based out of [[Raebareli]], RGMVP has(as of September 2012)reached out to around 500,000 poor households in 191 blocks of 39 districts in the most backward and poverty-stricken regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103341/http://www.rgmvp.org/about.asp?lk=ab1 |archivedate=2012-06-01 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rahuls-selfhelp-groups-fan-out-over-10-districts/504786/0] {{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref>

==Partners==
The project has been partnered with the [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] and [[Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty|SERP]] for promotion of credit linkage and [[federation]] of SHGs in select districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nabard.org/microfinance/RGMVP.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613091321/http://nabard.org/microfinance/RGMVP.asp |archivedate=2010-06-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inclusion.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=550&Itemid=77 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120905162815/http://www.inclusion.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=550&Itemid=77 |archivedate=2012-09-05 }}</ref> For its community mobilisation project on maternal and neonatal health RGMVP has partnered with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through a consortium headed up by the [[Public Health Foundation of India]] (PHFI) and including the [[Population Council]], the Community Empowerment Lab, and the Center for Global Health and Development at [[Boston University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/blog/meeting-new-and-greeting-old-partners-uttar-pradesh |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020085903/http://ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/blog/meeting-new-and-greeting-old-partners-uttar-pradesh |archive-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Women in India]]
* [[Poverty reduction]]
* [[Millennium Development Goals]]
* [[Community economic development]]
* [[Social responsibility]]
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.rgmvp.org RGMVP- Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120407060255/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

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