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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24 TRANSFORM RURAL INDIA

CAL Progress 2023-24 Multi-sector Interventions compacts in strengthening health and
Locality Compact Instituted
Over the last year, our CAL engagement in Thematic engagement outreach across the nutrition outcomes. This engagement in 1,275
the 36 blocks got support from two focus states varies based on TRI's ability to villages was largely led by women leaders
significant tailwinds of PPiA engagement: (a) Visioning Process with 89 out of mobilise investment for different thematic with efforts of triggering new norms and
Annual Action Plan and
the Ministry of Panchayati Raj’s launch of the Business Development Plan 120 CLFs engagement. practices among SHG women and the
national integration of the GPDP with the inclusion of infrastructure, service demands
National Rural Livelihoods Mission’s VPRP (b) Health & Nutrition in VPRP and GPDP working closely with
at the Ministry of Rural Development with the VPRP - GPDP Integration 3000 out Our focus has been on promoting community Frontline Workers (FLWs) and gram
launch of Lakhpati Didi Mission and the (women aspirations to of 3527 leadership and work with the locality panchayats.
institution of our whole of rural development constitutional mandate) villages
approach. TRI’s PPiA present in both the
ministries helped the block teams appreciate Thematic Engagement Outreach
the national priorities and align with a focus Block Livelihood All 36
on state and community aspirations. In Potential Mapping Blocks 1398
significant way toward TRI’s aim of building 1234
“flourishing localities”, a structured
integration with the BMFL Practice was done. Block Level Coordination All 36 1008
This has now evolved into an innovative Committees Blocks 875 801 798
approach of Windows to Opportunity World 724 682
(WOW) Hubs nested with women CLFs, 582 549
offering employability and entrepreneurship 345 484 438
development services. 255 270
Realization of 2023-24 plans 129 161 166
Locality Compact 93 7
A key lever of change – also outlier Individual Demand Fulfilment
demonstration of CAL blocks – is the 107,125 out of 131,893 MP UP JKD CG
institution of the locality compacts and its Villages Health Education Governance Livelihoods Villages
strength to mobilise the tri-sector power of Estimated Value of Public Investment Outreach Villages Villages Villages (farm+skills+enterprises)
bazaar (market), samaj (community) and ~INR 16,816.39 lakhs
sarkar (government) in driving change. In Primary Education
each of the CAL blocks a deep community
engagement strategy was built through Village Organizations (VOs) are actively
triggering aspiration and personal supporting children's education across 1,207
responsibility processes in women In all the 36 CAL blocks locality compacts villages and in 1,083 villages prioritize
collectives, followed by multi-sectoral VPRP at the block level have been instituted as educational development related activities in
and strengthening community-public system “block level coordination committees”, in VPRP. Initiatives like "Shiksha ka Kona", which
interfaces. This has established CLF-VOs as which leaders from around 100 CLFs creates dedicated spaces for children to
potential anchors to allow multi-dimensional regularly interact with block officials and study at in their home, is an example of how
change in their localities. work together to realize aspiration-linked localities take charge of development
plans (VPRPs) from 3000 villages. In 80% processes.
The foundational anchor of the locality of the villages, the community demands
compact is women community institutions were included in GPDPs for FY 2024-25. Employability & Entrepreneurship
and panchayats. Our teams engaged with 120 Elected women representatives (EWRs) To boost local economies and create job
CLFs around visioning and strengthening across CAL blocks are the critical opportunities, efforts have been made to
governance processes. In 86 CLFs – with the connecting nodes, as the majority are from enhance employability and entrepreneurship
active participation of leaders from 2,379 VOs self-help groups (SHGs). 1300 EWRs have through the VO-CLF network. A total of 93
(55% of total VOs in CAL blocks) and more been provided with intensified capacity CLFs have been engaged and 60 WOW Hubs
than 2000 trained community resource building engagements. have been established through CLFs.
person (CRP)s.

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