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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                  TRANSFORM RURAL INDIA






         Our team placed with Commissioner,                                                                                      Multi-thematic Solution-scape                           TRI’s experience in Madhya Pradesh has given
         MGNREGS engaged in range of actions to                                                                                  in Madhya Pradesh                                       immense learning about women leadership in
         increase productivity of rural production                  Bagwani Sakhi Deployment                                                                                             driving multi-thematic change. In Madhya
         systems. The Birsa Harit Gram Yojana (BHGY),                                                                                                                                    Pradesh women have deeply engaged in
         aimed at creating fruit orchards, has covered           Women Community Resource Persons                                                                                        thematic dimensions of health, nutrition,
         over 1.35 lakh farmers and 1.12 lakh acres since        (bagwani sakhis) support beneficiaries in the                                                                            education and local governance. They work
         its inception in 2020. The introduction of the          implementation of agricultural schemes,                                                                                 closely with the frontline workers of the
         Birsa Sinchai Koop Samvardhan Mission for the           ensuring tangible impacts on the ground.                                                                                line-departments to ensure better quality of
         construction of irrigation wells addresses the                                                                                                                                  services for all. This has given us opportunity
         critical need for reliable water sources, with                                                                                                                                  to level-up our work with each passing year.
         over 50,000 wells under construction.                      Nursery Creation
                                                                                                                                                                                         In the past year, our CALs in Madhya Pradesh
                                                                 Establishment of 427 nurseries                                                                                          have focused on strengthening locality
                                                                 managed by women's self-help groups,                                                                                    compacts, enhancing collaboration among
                Scan to watch                                    providing quality saplings to farmers                                                                                   community institutions, Panchayati Raj
                                                                 and generating additional income.                                                                                       Institutions (PRI) and the local administration.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Through this initiative, we established 28 CLFs

                                                                 In the domain of public health, our team                                                                                covering 444 gram panchayats and 875
                                                                 completed extensive gap analysis study of                                                                               villages. As a result, approximately 1.3 lakh
                                                                 16 meso hospitals across Jharkhand. This                                                                                women in our CAL blocks have benefited from
                                                                 study identified operational deficiencies                                                                                 various interventions. Our efforts in 8 CAL
                                                                 and bottlenecks in service delivery, leading                                                                            blocks have also demonstrated essential
                                                                 to policy adjustments and new public fund                                                                               processes for integrating the VPRP and GPDP,
                                                                 allocations aimed at enhancing healthcare                                                                               thereby creating annual roadmaps for thriving
                                                                 access and quality, particularly for tribal                                                                             localities.
                                                                 and forest-dwelling populations. The team
                                                                 placed with the Tribal Welfare Department                                                                               Women leading the multi-thematic
                                                                 contributed to the land certification                                                                                    engagement
                                                                 program, Abua Bir Abua Dishom Abhiyan,                                                                                  Efforts made in promoting gender equity, with
                                                                 addressing the slow implementation of the                                                                               3,272 "didis" identified as gender point persons
                                                                 Forest Rights Act in Jharkhand.                                                                                         and 126 gender forums established at the
                                                                 Collaborating with welfare departments,                                                                                 gram panchayat level. Our Nari Adhikar
                                                                 NGOs and academic partners, the initiative                                                                              Kendra registered 315 cases, referring 213 to
                                                                 aims to provide individual and community                                                                                block GRC/OSC/Mahila Thana and resolving
                                                                 forest rights titles, fostering sustainable                                                                             176 cases, while efforts to involve the police
                                                                 livelihoods for forest-dependent                                                                                        department, WCD and SLSA are underway to
                                                                 communities. Achievements include                                                                                       ensure women's safety. Strengthening local
                                                                 processing 845 Individual Forest Rights                                                                                 governance has also been a key focus, with
                                                                 (IFRs) and 129 Community Forest Rights                                                                                  the integration of VPRP and GPDP in 528 GPs
                                                                 (CFRs) application.                                                                                                     and multi-sectoral plans tracked in 809
                                                                                                                                                                                         villages. Health and nutrition interventions
                                                                 We also assisted the Chief Minister’s                                                                                   reached 582 villages, integrating into agendas
                                                                 Employment Guarantee Programme                                                                                          at CLF meetings and addressing health issues
                                                                 (CMEGP) that promotes entrepreneurship                                                                                  with the help of Health Change Vectors. VOs
                                                                 and self-employment among youth and                                                                                     have promoted children's learning across 597
                                                                 marginalized communities reaching                                                                                       villages through the Shiksha ka Kona initiative,
                                                                 12,786 people.                                                                                                          supported by 590 Education change vectors.




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