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GENESIS
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In developing countries like
India - mainstream approaches and institutions fail
to reach the poorest, especially in remote and less
developed regions like northeastern and eastern India.
Many voluntary non government organizations (NGOs) play
a significant role in fostering meaningful opportunities
for the poor, particularly in innovating ways for them
to work together towards self reliance and to deal effectively
usually with the mainstream. NGOs depend heavily on
foreign funds in the absence of indigenous sources of
non government funding and highly bureaucratic and schematized
nature of government funding. Consequently, smaller
NGOs often
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as they lack access to international donors. Much potential
for outreach and innovation thus remains unharnessed.
Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN) was created as
an indigenous development donor to fill this "institutional
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RGVN was founded as an autonomous,
non profit organization in April, 1990 and is registered
under the Society's Registration Act of 1860 in the
State of Assam, with Head Quarters at Guwahati. It is
also registered with the Foreign Contribution Regulation
Act. RGVN has obtained exemptions under Section 80G
of the Income Tax Act providing tax concessions to donors.
Founded as organizational innovation in support of social
action, RGVN'S main objectives are to
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Promote, support and develop voluntary organizations
engaged in the social and economic uplift of rural
and urban poor, physically and socio-economically
handicapped people;
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Improve the pace and quality of economic development,
especially relating to the village and decentralized
sector;
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Focus attention on groups which are disadvantageously
placed in society, but have the potential for
pursuing socially and economically productive
activities;
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Assist the urban and rural poor especially tribals,
scheduled caste,
women and children for their economic self sustenance.
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RGVN operates in 14 states of the country. RGVN chose
to focus on northeastern India including Sikkim initially
as this region lacked NGOs as well as donors. It is
head quartered at Guwahati to ensure special focus on
the Northeast and eastern India. Program activities
were gradually extended to the "poverty pockets"
of eastern India - eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Orissa, northeastern Andhra Pradesh and the Bastar region
of Chattisgarh.
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