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Govinda Pradhan Smurti Sansada (GPSS)
\n(An initiative to establish wellbeing)
\nORGANIZATION PROFILE
\n1 Name and address of the Organization : Govinda Pradhan Smruti Sansada (GPSS)
\nBhismagiri, District-Ganjam, Pin-761055
\n2 Branch Office, Address-State Office, Address : Bank Coloney,1st Lane, Gate Bazaar, Berhampur,Ganjam-760001
\nPlot No.ND-12,VIP Colony,Nayapalli,Bhubaneswar,Pin-751015
\n3 Contact Person (1) Mr. Brundaban Panda, Secretary, Mobile: 9438251126&9776293001
\nE-Mail-bpanda@gpssodisha.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Contact Person (2) Mr.Satyajit Tarei,Treasurer\/Executive Director,Mob-9437407342
\nE-Mail-satyajit@gpssodisha.org<\/p>\n

5 E-Mail- gpssodisha@gmail.com
\n6 Website- www.gpssodisha.org
\nRegistration Details:<\/p>\n

7 SR Act.1860 GJM 1589-140\/1991-92, Dated-03.12.1991<\/p>\n

8 FCRA No & Date: 104910065, 6th November 1998, under FCRA 2010
\n9 IT Act ( 12 AA ) No.109\/2001-2002,Dated-21.10.20002
\n10 IT Act ( 80 G ) No.CIT (E)\/Hyd\/98(11) 80G\/2017-18,Dated 29\/05\/2018
\n11 IT Act ( 35 AC ) SO 333 (E)\/01\/02\/2017
\n12 PAN details PAN No. AAAAG1758J
\n13 TAN details TAN No. BBNG03009G, Dated-14.03.2023
\n14 GST details GST No. 21AAAAG1758J1ZY,Dt.20.08.2022
\n15 NGO DARPAN OR\/2014\/0078150, Dated-240.8.2016
\n16 Approval of CSR-1 CSR00010045,Dated.27.06.2021
\n17 Legal Entity Identifyer (LEI) No-98450072LFP46C660694,Dated.25.11.2024<\/p>\n

GENESIS:
\nGPSS emerged as a registered entity in the year 1991 with the efforts of few likeminded individuals having years of experience of people\u2019s struggle for rights and entitlement. The initial years of GPSS was seen as years of action as a supportive mentor for small groups and bodies at local level to take forward their struggle in the right direction. Slowly the organization gathered its strength and moved ahead with a good and experienced Advisors team.<\/p>\n

Over the years GPSS has engaged itself in diverse activities encompassing both development intervention as well as disaster response and the efforts of GPSS has been well recognized at various quarters by both Govt. institutions\/ agencies as well as national and international agencies. GPSS has also received recognition of its efforts at different points of time. In order to carry out different strategic intervention, GPSS has mobilized support from not only community led institutions but also from technical and financial agencies from within the state and outside the state. Till date GPPS has been able to have its presence in districts like Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Khorda, Nabarangpur and Malkanagiri districts of Odisha. GPSS since its inception has believed in networking approach and has worked along with other local, regional and wider forums. part from these GPSS has also been part various socio economic studies and research initiatives by different agencies. GPSS focus upon agriculture, Livelihood with urban poor women through SHG, Water and Sanitation, Women and Child Development, Land Rights, Disaster Management, Digital Literacy, Rights and Entitlement of Indigenous communities, Climate Change with special focus on Coastal Zone Management, Micro Planning etc.
\nORGANOGRAM OF GPSS<\/p>\n

Geographical spread:
\nGanjam, Gajapati, Khorda, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Malkanagiri District of Odisha
\nSl.
\nNo District Block No. of GP\/s No. of Village\/s Type of Communities No. of Households
\n1 Ganjam 06 64 343 Mix Population 46321
\n2 Ganjam Berhampur Municipal Corporation All 43 Wards 84 slums Urban poor and Slum Dwelleres 15741
\n3 Gajapati 01 01 03 TribalCommunity 52
\n4 Khurdha 01 05 10 Mix Population 438
\n5 Kandhamal 10 01 01 Mix Population 50
\n6 Nabarangpur 01 02 10 TribalCommunity 100
\n7 Malkanagiri 01 02 05 TribalCommunity 100
\n8 8 Districts of South Odisha All All All Mix Population 100000
\n(One Lakh)<\/p>\n

Issues Handled so far:
\nSl.
\nNo District Block\/ Villages covered Issue
\n01 Ganjam, Gajapati and Khorda 08 Land and forest Right for indigenous communities
\n02 08 Domestic Violence in tribal and in tribal households in but rural and urban resettlement habitations
\n03 142 Lack of Access to Govt. sponsored benefits under different social security schemes and development programme
\n04 64 Access to basic health care facilities by small and young children specially girls and young women\/adolescent girls
\n05 17 Loss and damage due to disaster in the coastline villages and recovery
\n06 12 Diminishing Return from agriculture and Allied Activities and indebtedness
\n07 12 Loss and Damage to assets and income due to recurring phases of disasters ( Flood \/ Cyclone )
\n08 24 GPs Inequitable participation in local governance system and its long term impact
\n09 Two blocks & one ULB Impact of recurring phenomena of Migration on health
\n(HIV\/AIDs, Tuberculosis, STI\/RTI etc.)
\n10 04 Climate Change in coastline areas and its impact on life and livelihood
\n11 Two blocks Child Rights ( specially access to benefits for girl child at school and lack of interest among parents on girl\u2019s education
\n12 25 Villages Universlasation of elementary education for t children out of school
\n13 Ganjam Dist This District declared as smoke free district after our intervention
\n14 Two Blocks Prepared village plan and taskforce for Disaster preparedness in 54 villages under VDMP
\n15 One Block village plan on health issues and available of local resources
\n16 One GP Ensured sustainable livelihood to 100 women through up gradation of skills and management
\n17 One Block 1200 unskilled local youth trained and 545 self employed
\n18
\nBerhampur Municipal Corporatin 22 Words Access to basic health and hygienic issues by the slum dwellers, facilitated for solution through formation of Mahila Arogya Samiti and word kalian Samiti in 22 words
\n19 10Words Addressed livelihood issues among 330 urban poor women through formation of women SHG under DAY-NULM
\n20 10Words Access to micro finance\/micro credit to urban poor
\n21 Nabarang pur One Block Inequitable participation in local governance system and its long term impact
\n22 Malkana-giri One Block Access to basic health and hygienic issues and Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse and its long term impact on health and society.
\nBeneficiary \/ Community focus (Ganjam)
\nSl.
\nNo District Block No. of Villages covered Community \/ beneficiary profile
\nSC ST OBC GEN Total
\n01 Ganjam 06 343 1887 1102 12265 31067 46321
\n02 Gajapati 01 06 0 218 0 0 224
\n03 Khurda 01 04 215 53 208 38 514
\n04 Kandhamal 01 03 0 460 0 0 460
\n05 Nabarangpur 01 05 0 276 140 104 520<\/p>\n

ST \u2013 In Ganjam And Gajapati the tribes living for ages are (Kondh, Saura, Sabar and Munda)
\nIn Kandhamal Kandho\/Kui, in Nabarangpur (Bhumia, Gond, Kandha, Paraja, Halba, and Kondh)
\nin Malkanagiri (Bondas, Koyas, Porajas, and Didayis)
\nOperational Focus \/ Programme Domain:
\nSl.
\nNo Thematic Focus Core Activities Supplementary \/ Support Activities Years of Intervention\/
\nAction
\n01 Health Care
\n(Prevention and Promotion ) Health, HIV\/AIDS: years Outreach health service through Health centre setup and mobile health service 25
\n02 Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Sanitation technical expertise Construction of IHHL & awareness 22
\n03 Livelihood
\n(Existing and alternative option women empowerment through livelihood initiatives Skill development training & linkage 7
\n04 Climate Change
\n(Risk Reduction and Adaptation ) Climate change action: years Preparation of village level Disaster Management Plan 7
\n05 Disaster Management Preparatory Action , Rescue , Relief and Rehabilitation Evacuation, Rescue Relief &Assist in Rehabilitation 6
\n06 Rights and Entitlement Land entitlement under FRA , Access to social security and other benefits Consultation Work shop, Advocacy and Village level meeting 12
\n07 Multi stakeholder Capacity building Skill up gradation training and linkage (3300 urban poor women in 330 SHGs) Formation of SHG and their federation with training on SHG management 15
\n08 Digital Literacy Digital Literacy Training Formation of groups and building capacity on Digitalisation 02<\/p>\n

Support Sources and Focus Over the years
\nSl.
\nNo Agency Supported Activities Amount
\nINR USD EURO
\n01 Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS\/ NACO) Targeted Intervention through IEC, BCC, STI service, condom Promotion & Early HIV testing
\n48,75,555
\n57950
\n53521
\n02 CAPART (RC) East Zone, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Construction of IHHL, Women empowerment through skill training and Rehabilitation of farmers 8,66,060 10293 9507
\n03 Voluntary Health Association of India Awareness and Advocacy on Smoke free and against Child Marriage 471,510 5604 5160
\n04 Ministry of HRD, Department of education Govt. of India Free education to the children out of school through running of Non formal Education centres 962,500 11440 10531
\n05 Ministry of Youth affairs & sports Govt. of India, Life skill education and skill training to the youth and adolescents 4,10,400 4878 4490
\n06 Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt. of India Awareness meeting, Seminar and plantation of tree
\n72,000 856 787
\n07 Joint funding of UNICEF and Dept. of Rural develot. Orissa Govt. \/ Construction of IHHL and village committee formation under CDD\/ Wat-San Program 137,378 1633 1503
\n08 State Bank Of India House hold survey on financial inclusion and\/Micro credit linkage 552,000 6561 6060
\n09 Department of Health &FW Govt. of Orissa\/ CDMO\/ NRHM Ganjam Running of Urban Slum health centre Mobile Health Unit, ASHA thematic training\/ other public health activities 65,77,622 78180 72206
\n10 Jamsetji TATA Trust Mumbai Irrigation and Pipe water supply through Diversion Based Irrigation 17,06,000 23158 19181
\n11 State Urban Development Agency\/ Govt. of Odisha Formation of women SHG & their federation, Capacity building training and revolving funds to all 330 SHGs 32,90,000 40588 33618
\n12 UNFPA,Odisha Through CDMO, GANJAM NSV Program (For Male sterilisation) 1,83,200. 2177 2011
\n13 National Archives, Ministry , Govt. 0f India, Preservation &conservation of old & rare books 1,00,000. 1189 1098
\n14 NUHM, Odisha Through CPMU, GANJAM Promotion of public health, hygiene & environment through community process in Berhampur Municipal 10,05,893. 11956 11042
\n15 BEABLE, India, New Delhi Placement Linked Training Programme 190,000 2258 2086
\n16 Smart Power India Foundation for Rural Development, Promotion of alternative energy\/Solar energy through assessment and Installation 3,25,272 3866 3571
\n17 Department of Health &FW Govt. of Orissa\/ through CDMO Ganjam Impregnation of Community owned bed nets 3,38,000 4017 3710
\n18 Odisha Sahitya Academy, Department. of Culture Odisha Govt. Grants of Library Books and storage assistance through Raja Ram mohan Ray Library Foundation, Kolkota 2,45,000 2912 2689
\n19 Collector, Ganjam
\n(OSDMA) Preparation of Village Disaster Management Plan (VDMP) in two Blocks of Ganjam District 1,48,000 1759 1625
\n20 Dept. of Agriculture and farmers\u2019 empowerment, Government. of Odisha Establishments of Post harvest processing unit under CDP-MLIP 10,00,000 11886 10978
\n21 TATA POWER
\n(TPSODL) Digital Literacy Training through Formation of groups and building capacity on Digitalisation
\n8,00,000 6,99,80 781.52
\n22 TATA POWER
\n(TPSODL) Training and Input support to 100 women for incense manufacturing 9,86,475 11,288 9734<\/p>\n

Achievements so far
\nOngoing Efforts at GPSS<\/p>\n

ROAD MAP till 2030<\/p>\n

GPSS transacts with ( Banks):<\/p>\n

Sl.
\nNo Name of The Bank District Location Branch Code IFSC Code MICR Code
\n01 Union Bank\/Andhra Barracks branch 0063 ANDB0000063 760011004
\n02 Axis Bank Berhampur Branch 0212 UTIB0000212 760211002
\n03 Canara Bank Ganjam Digapahandi Branch 000394 CNRB0000394 760015502
\n04 State Bank of India Lochapada Branch 12105 SBIN0012105 760002012
\n05 State Bank of India VIP Colony Branch, 12105 SBIN0012105 760002012
\n06 State Bank of India Hi-Tech Branch 16585 SBIN0016585 760002018
\n07 Syndicate Bank Berhampur Branch 08035 SYNB0008035 760025002
\nAppreciations and Awards
\nGPSS was twice awarded as PRAKRUTI MITRA by the Dept. of Environment & Forest Govt. of Odisha during the year 1997-98 and 2012, BRUKHYA PREMI award from PRERANA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha and best performing NGO award from INDIAN BY BIRTH through Honble\u2019 Chief Minister Odisha in the month of December 2024.<\/p>\n

Statutory Audited by
\nSUBRAT & CO, Chartered Accountants
\nPlot No.32\/33,Flat No.203,Saiprasad Enclave,Nuasahi,Rasulgarh,Bhubaneswar-751010
\nMobile-9437287209,8917456830,E-Mail:subratpati643@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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