Tata Power has implemented a holistic growth and developmental plan for 56 villages through its ‘Model Village Development Programme’. The programme will have real time monitoring, mid-term and final socio-economic evaluation to analyse the outcome and impact of the development projects.
Government’s vision of building the nation through developing its villages has inspired this model village initiative which is helping rural communities become sustainable. While this initiative is improving overall well-being of the rural communities, it is also supporting in generation of maintenance of resources without affecting economic, social and environmental values.
The basic objective of this initiative is to facilitate the process of development y targeting the key prioritized issues and addressing through collective engagement of key stakeholders including local communities so that the villages become self-sustaining. The programme will be implemented in three phases. The first phase (2015-2017) will cover 10 villages, and the second (2017-2019) and third phases (2019-2022) will cover 23 villages each. The 56 identified villages have a pan India presence covering 5 states namely Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha & Gujarat in the vicinity of Mundra, Maithon, Trombay, Dharavi, Kalinga Nagar, Maval, Haldia and Jojobera.
Talking about this initiative, Mr. Anil Sardana, CEO & MD, Tata Power, said, “At Tata Power, we are pursuing the legacy of our founder, Mr. Jamsetji Tata, who had stated that in a free enterprise, community is not just a stakeholder but in fact the very purpose of its existence. With this programme, we will work towards building and developing the 56 communities into model villages to bring about their social upliftment and inclusive development. We will fully support the communities and help them under our philosophy of being a Neighbour of Choice.”
Mr Ashok Sethi, COO & ED, Tata Power who is mentoring the Initiative adds, “academic institutions and civil society is being also reached out to add value to the initiative by helping develop a scientific approach to facilitating plan, implement, monitor programs and collectively mobilize resources and evaluate the social outcomes. The unique proposition being that Location Leader of Tata Power Divisions are the key Champions who are involved and driving the program. Perhaps as a true leader, it is required to look beyond operations and precisely demonstrate the“Tataness”
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