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ABOUT SURE
Genesis of SURE
Padmashree Mr.MagrajKhangarmal Jain has been a life of commitment and passion to fight the underlying causes of the decrepit plight of the marginal and poor communities in Barmer who are denied basic entitlements of life and dignity. With a team of committed people from Barmer, under the banner of SURE, in 1990 he reaffirmed his pledge to work for the empowerment and improvement in the lives of the vulnerable and marginalized people living in the countryside of the district.
SURE’s vision is that all social and economic relationships must be non-exploitative with ‘just’ social order. The basic principle followed by SURE has been to involve the village communities in the development processes and programmes right from the beginning to the end. This ensures a commitment to transparency and accountability as well as it fosters community ownership of assets, funds and institutions.
To begin with, SURE worked in Binjrad(70kms from Barmer), the area that was remote, inaccessible and devoid of any facilities, with almost no means of communication, no electricity, no transport. In the beginning, SURE worked with women folk of the refugees from Pakistan of the Indo-Pak war 1971. These women had exquisite skills in embroidery and patchwork. In the absence of any other options for livelihood, they had started producing for the market on a very low wage rate and caught in a vicious debt cycle. SURE tried to organize these women by organizing skill enhancement programmes, exposure visits to craft exhibitions and other NGOs.
From then on, SURE has worked persistently in the region and has been able to involve the community in improving their lifestyle. It worked on the issues of dalit and women empowerment by making them aware about their rights, improving their income through various interventions, increasing their participation in local governance, education, health and other aspects of society.
From the initial service delivery provider role that SURE started with, it now looks forward to its role as a facilitator for development processes owned and managed by people’s institution. With all this, SURE continues to work with hundreds of village level institutions for developing their own lifestyle and to vision for a just society.
SURE’s Vision
- All social and economic relationships must be non exploitative
- There is a ‘just’ social order
- Women are empowered
- There is opportunity for the downtrodden to develop by their own efforts
SURE’s Mission
To work for sustainable development of the villages and the improvement in quality of life of deprived people (tribal, SC and other backward communities, especially women of all castes and class) through capacity building and appropriate programme interventions.
Objectives of SURE
- To work for development of the village in all respects using appropriate technology in the field of Agriculture, Animal husbandry, cottage industries including handicrafts etc.
- To promote and popularize the non-conventional energy sources for all purposes and to benefit the rural women folk in general.
- To promote development of needy and weaker section of population with special reference to the desert tribal’s and provides relief to the poor.
- To provide relief to the needy in the area affected by the natural calamities and other emergencies.
- To train persons for self-employment and to enrich the handicrafts of the area and introduce income generating projects for the poor and needy persons with special reference to women.
- To undertake the work of wasteland development in the rural areas in particular and promote tree-plantation campaign by establishing nurseries.
- To undertake the programmes of education including ShikshaKarmiYojna, Adult and non-formal educations for development of human resources fins the area and adopt measures for continuing education of the rural masses.
- To organise community health centres for promoting the cause of rural health in all its aspects as curative, preventive an primitive with the view to make the rural people and environments as ideal for health.
- To initiate and organise activities for the active involvement and participation of community in the process of Nation Building.
- To inculcate the sense of awareness and social responsibility in the youth.
- To work for improvement of women in rural and urban areas.
- To improve the skill of the rural artisans by providing technical assistance and imparting knowledge.
- To educate consumers against exploitation by middlemen, producers and manufacturers.
- To work towards improvement of local village societies.
- To organise exhibitions, fair and other promotional activities for the sale of handicrafts of the area, to benefit the rural artisans and to assist in the marketing of such products.
- To act as a link between government and people so that assistance of the government reaches to those whom it is intended.
- To borrow loan from Higher Financing Institution, Central / State Government Departments, Foreign Aid Agencies and other organisation for the development activities.
Legal status of SURE
SURE has been registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958 as an Non-Government Organization. SURE has also got FCRA for foreign funding opportunities. SURE has got Certificate 80(G) and 35(AC) under Income tax act 1961. Under this certificate, 100% exemption is provided to those who are donating.
The following are the legal status of SURE
S.N. | Act | Registered as/for |
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1 | The Rajasthan Societies Registration Act 1958 ( Act 28,1958) | Incorporated as a Society |
2 | Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,1976 | FCRA Registration |
3 | Income Tax Act1961,Section 12 A (a) | 12 A(a) Registration |
4 | Income Tax Act 1961,Section 80(g) | Exemption under 80(g) |
5 | Income Tax Act1961,Section 35 AC | Exemption under 35 AC |
6 | The persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights & full participation ) Act 1995 | Reg. under sec.52(2) |