--------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN to organise GRAMSABHA ZAGRUT ZA a Citizens Awareness Campaign on the occasion of National Voters Day ----------------------------------------------------
GOACAN will organise GRAMSABHA ZAGRUT ZA a Citizens Awareness Campaign on the occasion of National Voters Day being observed on 25th January. The focus of the month long campaign is to make democracy work at the grass root level by enlisting the participation of the new young voters who become members of the Gram Sabha of the village after they are listed on the electoral rolls and issued a voters identity card. It has been noticed that a large number of students & youth do not actively participate in the meetings of the Gram Sabha and thereby are alienated from the functioning of the Village Panchayats. Many of the students & working youth who are equipped with various skills besides being academically well qualified are not drawn to participate in the activities of the Gram Sabha. During the Campaign, GOACAN volunteers will circulate information about the Village Panchayats 24 fortnightly meetings wherein voters can send petitions to their ward members with copies to the Secretary of the Panchayat. The Campaign will also focus on the 8 meetings of the Gram Sabha to be convened by the Sarpanch in a financial year. The four ordinary meetings are to be held on any Sunday of April, July, October and January while the four Special Meetings are to be held on 15th August, 2nd October, 19th December and 26th January. The Campaign will encourage the young voters to exercise their civic rights by submitting proposals on social, economic and environmental issues at these Gram Sabha meetings and ensure the passing of resolutions on the same. The young voters will also be encouraged to examine the minutes of the meetings and seek Action Taken Reports (ATRs) on a quarterly basis. The young voters will be encouraged to review the Budget Estimates, Annual Development Plan, Utilization Certificates, the various Gazette notifications and the circulars issued by various Departments, the District Collector, Taluka Mamlatdar and the Block Development Officer. The Campaign will encourage the young voters to join & support the various Committees of the Village Panchayat on Garbage Management, Health & Sanitation, Road Safety, Water & Sanitation, Child Protection and Ward Development by assisting in their site visits and report preparation. The Campaign will also highlight the need for all Village Panchayats to develop their own Website, Citizens Charter and use email for communications with the young voters. Besides to achieve transparency, the Campaign will advocate the uploading of all Gram Sabha minutes, Budget and the Annual Development Plans on the Panchayat website in due course. Youth Associations, NSS volunteers, Self Help Groups, Students of Political Science, Sociology & Law who wish ro benefit from this campaign by organising awareness sessions in their respective villages or institutions can write to GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao 403 601 or goa...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------
