Development -India
7 Years of Smart Cities Mission, India – A Review https://www.cenfa.org/7-years-of-smart-cities-mission-india-a-review/
By Gaurav Dwivedi and Kenneth Gomes | September 14, 2022
This report is aimed at assessing the targets set under the mission; and what has been achieved so far. A thorough and complete assessment of SCM would involve asking fundamental questions about the need for these projects; questions of whom they are meant to benefit, and whether decision-making on choice of projects and priorities accorded to them was democratic. ..The data used for the study has been accessed from the Smart Cities Mission website dashboard to project a national picture of the status of work under the mission.
The full report is available at https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/7-Years-of-Smart-City-Missions-in-India-A-Review.pdf
although the Smart Cities Mission nears completion, several questions remain: The
future of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), for instance. Will these continue to own/operate
and maintain these projects? Financial support to SPVs for constructing new projects and
operating existing ones, and the long-term impact of SPVs on existing structures of
governance, especially given the increasing privatisation of public assets and services,
remains to be addressed. Will there be universal access to these public services in future?
Will we see increase in tariffs for using these services?
..The use of online mediums and social media platforms for consultation with local people for
voting on projects needed in area-based development led to the exclusion of various
marginalized communities due to non-accessibility to the internet -- in Bhopal, lack of local
participation happened since voting was done via social media platforms, and the poor
had no access to the internet. In Tumakuru, upon interviewing members of urban deprived
communities including Pourakarmikas, Underground Drainage System workers, street-
vendors and leaders and activists of organizations working across various low-income
settlements, it was found that they were not included in any survey or outreach programme
during the development of the Smart City Proposal. Exclusion of such communities is also
prominent in the implemented projects and expenditure.
The Digital Revolution and the State | #7 | Venture Capital in the 21st Century https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQxfEPD-xQ The digital revolution was pioneered by the mission-driven State, and has evolved considerably since. Janeway considers the impact of the digital revolution, and how it might have led to the puzzle of productivity growth slowdown. This includes large increases in industrial concentration, rising inequality, overall decline in business dynamism, increased globalization and financialization, and its attendant fragility, and political polarization. The digital revolution, enabled by the State and speculation, has fed back to transform the market economy and the State's ability to offset the consequences of its own disruptions.
Towards Rehab At Your Door-Step: Poverty Hunger and Disability – The Missing Link
The Third in a Series of Global Webinars
20 September, 2022
Video of Full Webinar: https://youtu.be/Zezn9YuLDvA. Moderated by Ms. Meenakshi Balasubramanyam, Senior Associate, Center for Inclusive Policy
Malleswari of Reddypalli, In AP testified how how her daughter was rehabilitaed after being being mentally disabled. She is member of the local Self Help group of disabled people. https://youtu.be/K15UMaFXonE
An
alysis of WHO Rehab 2030 Call for Action by Christy Abraham, Independent Development Professional https://youtu.be/A8JUqgaYI5g
CBR in India, Radhika Alkhazi, AASTHA https://youtu.be/TNvwfE439L4
Landscape Change in Primary Health: Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic, by Dr. Nimmi Rastogi
OBGYN & Infertility Specialist, https://youtu.be/RkXjedozFPk
The Impact of Revitalizing Traditional Healers as Community Health Workers in Wound Management to Prevent Disabilities by Dr. Lauis Paluku Sabuni, Leprosy Mission, Congo https://youtu.be/eWfxv5wPZg8
Testament by Padmavathi from Bukkarayasamudram, AP, India on how her son Narendra, a table tennis player was
rehabilitated https://youtu.be/HmYBF3jFUwo
Reducing the Treatment Gap for Mental Health Problems and Increasing Demand for Mental Health Services: Role of Lay or Non-Specialist Health Workers
Dr. Shital Muke, Sangath, India https://youtu.be/PF_Kw7peTS8
Access to Assistive Technology in Rural Communities by Prof Dr. Luc diWitte, Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organization (GAATO), https://youtu.be/UZdki8yfP0U
Launch of Advocacy Campaign, B. Venkatesh. https://youtu.be/l-n85gCnLnc 
Vote of Thanks: by Ms. Snigdha Sarkar, President, Disability Activists Forum, https://youtu.be/OCw33LhkFAg
A Panel Discussion
Introducing the Speakers and Sneh Aangan https://youtu.be/oA980WXPsGM
| Dr Wilona Annunciation, Consultant Psychiatrist | Dr. Avinash Desousa, Consultant Psychiatrist | Shernaz Doctor, Psychotherapist & Counsellor |
| Main causes of Anxiety and Depression? Is depression the no.1 cause of Suicide? https://youtu.be/fEyI7arE7jw |
the symptoms and common signs as per your experience of Anxiety/ Depression / Suicide in India? https://youtu.be/oc5p3qraw7k |
Helplines and what is most helpful to people in distress https://youtu.be/-wXU8PPKT3o |
| Right time for referring the client for Psychiatric help and counseling? https://youtu.be/9Kee4dQg6Xc | Advice to people complain of repetitive and disturbing thoughts and don’t know how to stop them https://youtu.be/CTxB8ulIBA8 | Reasons for family and friends to brush aside anxiety and sadness when observed in a loved one https://youtu.be/H9WZpm9mcKYI |
| How can we help people to be less rigid in their thinking? https://youtu.be/AYVdQOtOPDs https://youtu.be/rvrK-n8gLzc | Coping strategies for people with anxiety, depression? https://youtu.be/fI1dDanVJaY | How does one deal with survivors’ guilt? https://youtu.be/42_8bXnW4Rs |
| How has lockdown and Internet addiction increased the suicide risk in the younger population? https://youtu.be/yPCz462t90g | How far does the medication help in the stability of a patient? At what point do you need counseling support? https://youtu.be/9-0IEG0Yg0Y | Counsellor's role in extreme circumstance? https://youtu.be/UgggAZ_m0I4 |
Creating mental health awareness in the community as a preventive measure – would you like to briefly share with us how this helps?
https://youtu.be/JZfBZ6o2kvM
Panel Discussion "Hope in the Times of Despair" organised by Sneh Aangan on the occasion of Suicide Prevention Day on 11-September-2021 .
Speakers Dr Wilona Annunciation, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Avinash Desouza, Consultant Psychiatrist, Shernaz Doctor, Psychotherapist & Counsellor, Moderated by Sonali Sikdar
Google Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgggAZ_m0I4&list=PLILjXRcfegE1bsnVuFYPyEBPvmueGSw5B
WHO Resolution on Persons With Disabilities Omits Mention of CBR – Why You Should Care https://thewire.in/health/who-resolution-on-persons-with-disabilities-omits-mention-of-cbr-why-you-should-care
'Community-based rehabilitation' attempts to ensure that persons with disabilities can live the fullest lives possible with the participation of those around them, no matter where they live.
A new decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to move away from a policy it initiated over four decades ago has surprised disability rights activists, particularly those working in countries of the ‘Global South’.
“What the WHO is saying now is that we are a health organisation, [and] inclusion is not our mandate,” B. Venkatesh, founder-convenor of the Indian Forum for Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology and president of the CBR Global Network, told The Wire. “That’s why the entire focus in the recent literature coming out of Rehab 2030 is shifting towards increasing infrastructure, more primary health centres, etc.”
“The Rehab 2030 agenda may want to make health-service delivery the same in all countries, but that’s not going to happen without the political will, and not for many, many years,” Venkatesh said.
Instead, to reach the most marginalised people, he suggested investing in communities. “You have to increase the knowledge and skills of people in the community, to provide care wherever they are. There is no universal health coverage without CBR. There’s no other developed methodology available.”
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Community Based Services
In an alienating economic system, Basic Human Rights Services provided by unpaid care givers, need to be protected, supported and even paid for, rather than be preyed upon by formalised for-profit systems. Traditional Education Systems, Family Health Care including child care, Local Social Security Systems would be an important source, after being vetted of unacceptable practices and being upgraded with new knowledge and referral systems.