Who is Anna Hazare?
The Kishan Babu Rao Hazare, an ex-army man, fought 1965 Indo-Pak war.
From a tenacious soldier to a social reformer, and a Right To Information crusader, Anna Hazare’s journey of four decades has been unprecedented in terms of a non-violent yet effective campaign of resurrecting a barren village into an `ideal village’ model and empowering the faceless citizen through pioneering work on Right to Information. His efforts to empower grampanchayats, protect efficient government officers from frequent transfers and fight against the red tapism in government offices have also received accolades.
Anna Hazare is one of India's well-acclaimed social activists. A former soldier in the Indian army, Anna is well known and respected for upgrading the ecology and economy of the village of Ralegan Siddhi which is located in the drought prone Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state. The erstwhile barren village has metamorphosed into a unique model of rural development due to its effective water conservation methods, which made the villagers self-sufficient. Earlier, the same village witnessed alcoholism, utter poverty and migration to urban slums. Inspired by Hazare’s unique approach of salvaging a hopeless village, the state government has implemented the `Model Village’ scheme as part of its official strategy. Hazare is now synonymous with rural development in India.
Achiements:
- Model Village - Integrated village Development Project As a part of Golden Jubilee celebration of ”Bharat Chhodo Andolan “ Adarsh Gaon Yojna " was started under his chairmanship - “ Model Village “ project.
- Watershed Development - Watershed development is one of the key tools contributing towards the overall objective of reducing poverty through sustainable development.
- Anti-Corruption Development - The common man is put to lot of hardships and it has become difficult to make both ends meet as prices of essential commodities are rising constantly due to corruption. Hazare believes that our freedom is at the teeth of danger due to corruption and unless it is eliminated, the country will not be free in its true sense. Therefore, a peaceful war has been waged against corruption with the help of immense support from people.
- Right To Information - Right to Information includes the citizens’ right to -
• take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.
• take certified samples of material.
• obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video
cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts.
The citizens can obtain the above from all government departments to ensure transparency. All they need to do is to invoke the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The state of Maharashtra leads in RTI activism and use, thanks to Anna Hazare’s inspiring leadership.
Awards:
- PADMABHUSHAN AWARD
- PADMASHRI AWARD
- PRIY DARSHINI VRIKSHA MITRA AWARD, GOVT. INDIA
- KRUSHI BHUSAHAN GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA
- YOUNG INDIA AWARD
- MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 1988
- PAUL MITTAL NATIONAL AWARD 2000 (NEHRU SIDHANT KENDER TRUST LUDHIYNA 14001)
- TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IT) INTEGRITY AWARD 2003 FROM TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
- DOCTORATE DEGREE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE-DEEMED UNIVERSITY GANDHIGRAM DINDIGUL, TAMIL NADU-8-11-05
- VIVEKANANDA SEVA PURASKAR 1994
- SHIROMANI AWARD 1996
- MAHAVEER PURASKAR 1997
- DIWALIBEN MEHTA AWARD
- CARE INTERNATIONAL AWARD 1998
- GIANTS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
- BASAVSHRI PRASHASTI 2000 AWARD
- NATIONAL INTERGRATION AWARD
- VISHWA-VATSALYA & SANTBAL AWARD
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