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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24 TRANSFORM RURAL INDIA

Community Action Labs:

Praxis Way to Prototype
Solutions and Evidence
to Policy State
Madhya Jharkhand Uttar Chhattisgarh
Pradesh Pradesh
CALs congruent to development blocks are
TRI’s direct engagement with communities
and local institutions. These are spaces for Districts 7 5 11 8 31
demonstration and learning. They closely
draw intersectional support with other our
two other practices – Public Policy in Action
(PPiA) and Bending Markets for Flourishing CAL Blocks 8 8 12 8 36
Localities (BMFL). They provide the
foundational terra firma to design and evolve
solutions. Engagement in CAL blocks focuses 444 127 847 463 1881
on developing locality compacts drawing GPs
purpose driven collaborations with the
community collectives, local government and
public functionaries to address integrated Uttar Pradesh Villages 875 549 1398 682 3504
development aspirations of communities. In Total
the CAL Block our efforts on intersectoral
strategy is driven through the centrifugal Chhattisgarh
force of “Community First” synergised with CLFs 28 28 43 25 120
fostering institutional mechanisms and
process protocols to achieve the tri-sector
power of active citizenship, effective state
and market engagement to drive Self-Help Groups 11,039 9,835 16,750 8,532 46,156
development outcomes.

Household
Outreach 141,525 121,376 222,117 110,663 595,681

31 Districts Figure 1 CAL Blocks Intervention Outreach

36 Blocks CAL Blocks* Spillover Blocks^ Scaleup Blocks
Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand
1881 Gram Panchayats CAL Blocks Outreach: 36 79 165

* includes Blocks with TRI team in Amroha (Women Empowerment) and Begusarai (SAGY)
36 Blocks in 4 States
3504 Villages ^ as per understanding with District administration

46,156 women self-help
groups involving about 6 lakh
women of which 53% are from
Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled
Castes

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