Oxfam India calls for closing the gap between the two Indias
New strategy launched by Ms. Nisha Agrawal, CEO, Oxfam India and Mr. Rahul Bose will focus on seven lagging states and four lagging groups
~ FOCUS STATES: Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand ~
~ FOCUS GROUPS: Women v/s Men; Dalits v/s non Dalits; Tribals v/s Non-tribals; and Muslims v/s non-Muslims~
New Delhi, April 16.Oxfam India’s new strategy for 2010–2015 was launched by Ms. Nisha Agrawal, CEO, Oxfam India and Mr. Rahul Bose, Global Ambassador, Oxfam here at Constitution Club today. The strategy aims at reducing the extreme development disparities that exist among various socio cultural groups and states of India. The new strategy formulated by integrated researches and discussions with academicians, social activists, government officials and development experts revolves around the three key pillars of change: an active citizenship, an effective and accountable state and a responsible and accountable private sector.
Deeply concerned over the widening divide between the two Indias - the developed and the underdeveloped - and the lack of an inclusive development path that India is currently on, Oxfam India has given the call for closing the gap between four groups of people -- women and men; dalits and non dalits; tribals and non-tribals; and muslims and non-Muslims.
Launching the new strategy, Mr. Rahul Bose, Global Ambassador for Oxfam said, ``I share Oxfam's concern over the widening divide between the two Indias - the developed and the underdeveloped - and the many miles the country has to travel to tread a truly inclusive path of development. I also support Oxfam India's call for closing the gap between four groups of people -- women and men; Dalits and non-Dalits; tribals and non-tribals; and Muslims and non-Muslims. As an active citizen of India, I have been supporting many of these causes in the past and I am passionately committed to also supporting them in the future through Oxfam India.''
