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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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