About Us

What action sends for:

Each letter is Significant in the word ACTION. A is an acronym and stands for

Awareness

Creativity

Truthfulness

Integrity

Organization

Nobility

These qualities are manifestations of good, Socially dedicated, sincere, & honest Citizens. Each member of the group is expected to live up to these ideals and his utility and prompt­ness of Action are judged accordingly.

ACTION movement provides its member an ideology base and Organizational platform to enable Citizens to play their role for Commu­nity welfare. Every good Citizen has a wish to do some Social Service. We (ACTION GROUP) translate that wish into ACTION.

Aims & Objects:

1. To create greater awareness among People, Businessmen, Professional, Politicians and Government about their responsibilities and Obligations towards the Community and the Country,

2. To practice the principles of good citizenship through active participation in the Civil and Socio-Economic life of the Community.

3. To encourage the right person for the advancement of our city and country.

4. To apply the ideal of Service through Awareness & Creativity to the Commu­nity and Nation.

5. To promote Unity, harmony, homogeneity, Self discipline, Sincerity & dedication among the members through the bonds of Friendship and Fellowship.

6. To create Environment awareness.

7. Upliftment of the down trodden people of the society by way of providing education & employment opportunity.

8. Co-ordination between beneficiary & the government scheme.

9. Work for simplification of rules & regulation & procedure at government & semi government level.

10. Awareness Program to curb inflation, tofight against corruption, communal problems & other civic problems at all levels.

11. Program for the upliftment of living values if life in schools and colleges.

How it is different from other Social Organization:

1 This is not an entertainment club nor a routine social group

2. We meet for the Projects and Planning and ultimate solution.

3. We take such projects which are unique for the people, useful for the nation.

4. Every Action member right from the beginning is tuned to swing into action and execute dynamic projects & progra­ms which give Concrete results for the better of the Community.

5. We help other organizations in social projects.

What Action Group has done & Plans to do:

Recognize & Solve the problems faced by urban poor :

  • Collected data and submitted a report on property tax burden to AMC with suggestions for rectifications to help small and medium level businessman, professionals, etc. suffer from indiscriminate levy of taxes by AMC, Government, etc.,
  • Made a representation to Gujarat Government for newAmended Sales tax laws on Construction.

Civic matters government apathy :

  • Surveyed and submitted a report to Administrative Reform Committee on Public Problems & Better Administration
  • Submitted a report on “Shwetpatra” to AMC
  • Action Group initiated a campaign on “provide drainage and remove dirt” to free many outskirt areas of Ahmedabad city from the problem of inadequate drainage facilities
  • Conducted an extensive clean city drive
  • To protect the right of depositors of co-operative banksour group has formed Action Group Co-op Bank’s Depositors Committee. We also arranged one state level conference under the chairmanship of Ex-Chief Justice Shri B J Diwan
  • Carried out Anti Reservation Seminar stressing that equality and merits should be the only grounds for selection
  • Surveyed 4000 persons and made people understand that deserving students should not be left out and suffer

Health issues :

  • ACTION care taker provided for abandoned patients in Civil Hospitals
  • Carried out a campaign on Antismoking and Anti tobaccochewing and declared 5th September as “Non Smoking Day”
  • Conducted eye camps for oustees of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam Project and started one children nursery for them
  • Eye Donation drive and program for eradicating blindness through eye check-up and diabitis check-up camps.

Disaster management :

  • Gave food grains to 2000 families depending on the size of the family during communal riots to curfew affected areas
  • Conceptualized and suggested a plan for affordable and low cost housing
  • Covered 25 villages in Ahmedabad district under Literacy Campaign project to alleviate them out of poverty
  • Our group took the reconstruction work of the houses of people which had been damaged in excess rain in Junagadh, Rajkot, Sabarkantha and Amreli districts
  • Training to people on Disaster Management.

National Unity & Integrity :

  • We try to identify, encourage and assist good people from society to take part in Politics
  • Tried to create public awareness about the qualification of candidates and the responsibility to vote for them
  • Created an Action Plan on National Integration and Communal Harmony
  • Founded Rashtra Nirman Sena

Envioronment Issues :

  • We submitted a report to Gujarat Government on how to meet the challenge of drought in Gujarat.
  • Carried out “Save Water” Campaign
  • Celebrated Water resources day in co-ordination with Gujarat Government

Our group President Shri Privadanbhai Shah participated at United Nation’s conference on “Environment and Development” at Brazil, Rio de janerio and on sustainable development of the city at Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Tree Plantation is our continuaous project & uptill now, our group has planted more than 200,000 trees.

Upliftment of living values in life of students :

  • Our group is a partner in “Design for Change “ contest through which we are inspiring school students in 10,000 schools in Gujarat & 60,000 schools in India.
  • To empower ladies for their self-employment & development through our Action Group Mahila Vikas Kendra