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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                  TRANSFORM RURAL INDIA






          Efforts to enhance employability and                    new producer groups, establishing 26                            Systemic Impact for                                    Home to nearly 230 million people, Uttar
          entrepreneurship reached 751 villages, with 29         women-led Farmer Producer Companies and                         Flourishing Uttar Pradesh                              Pradesh (UP) is India's most populous state,
          Hubs/NAK/GRC established and 20,090                    creating integrated farming clusters, directly                                                                         with over 77% of its population residing in rural
          youth accessing essential support services.            supporting 1 lakh families. The Livelihood                                                                             areas. The state faces significant
          Farm-based livelihood interventions reached            Acceleration Cell empowered women as                                                                                   socio-economic challenges, including high
          45,785 women, benefiting 12,457 households              “Mahila Mates” in MGNREGA projects, training                                                                           poverty rates and stark gender inequality,
          and fostering income diversification. Women             22,985 women and initiated Miyawaki                                                                                    particularly in land rights and employment. The
          FPOs emerged as significant business forums,            plantations and landscape restoration in                                                                               scheduled caste/scheduled tribe (SC/ST)
          strengthening women's identities as farmers.           Barwani. It also focused on capacity building                                                                          populations, of around 25%, faces substantial
                                                                 for NRM planning and integrating NRM                                                                                   economic and social disparities. Employment is
          Policy nudges by PPiA unit named SUTRA                 activities into GPDP planning. The Agriculture                                                                         limited, with over 90% of households earning
          Under the PPiA initiatives, TRI established            Support Unit prepared project reports for the                                                                          below Rs 10,000 per month. TRI's engagement
          SUTRA units across six districts to enhance            ODOP program, supported agricultural value                                                                             in UP through our PPiA and CAL practices aims
          rural governance, service delivery and social          chains, and promoted public-private                                                                                    to address these issues by targeting poverty
          protection programs. These units, located              partnerships, enhancing funding and                                                                                    and regional disparities, particularly in Eastern
          within the offices of the Chief Executive Officer          developing guidelines for the Paramparagat                                                                             UP, and enhancing access to education,
          of the Zilla Panchayat, play a pivotal role in         Krishi Vikas Yojna.                                                                                                    healthcare, and employment opportunities to
          planning, implementing and communicating                                                                                                                                      foster inclusive growth.
          policies concerning rural governance, service          Progress with Tribal Welfare Department
          delivery and social protection programs.               Significant strides also were made in                                                                                   TRI focuses on working with SC/ST and
          SUTRA units have engaged with policymakers             collaboration with the Tribal Welfare                                                                                  small/marginal farmers organized into SHGs by
          to influence policy formulation and                     Department. In April  of 2023 the Honourable                                                                           UP’s state rural livelihood mission (UPSRLM). In
          implementation, ensuring that local                    Chief Minister disbursed funds to CLF leaders                                                                          12 CAL blocks, TRI partners with UPSRLM and
          knowledge and community perspectives are               for establishing agro-processing units,                                                                                local administration to design, pilot and
          integrated into policy frameworks. These units         enhancing financial independence for rural                                                                              demonstrate livelihood prototypes. Supporting
          have trained 1,290 participants on GPDP, 525           women. Additionally, the Vitt Poshan Scheme                                                                            43 CLFs to meet national model-CLF standards,
          on district-level SDG localization and 1,704 PRI       saw the evaluation of 17 proposals from                                                                                TRI strengthens their ability to promote
          members on GPDP processes. They                        various line departments, ensuring                                                                                     livelihoods among women SHG members,
          developed training modules on livelihood               comprehensive support for tribal welfare                                                                               providing training on production technology,
          enhancement, financial literacy, and                    initiatives. An exposure visit for district project                                                                    access to credit, government subsidies and
          environmental sustainability, conducted                managers and state officials also provided                                                                               market linkages. These CLFs have a total
          extensive field surveys for informed                    insights into approved projects, promoting the                                                                         membership of approximately 225,000 women,
          decision-making and formed alliances with              replication and cohesive implementation of                                                                             with 125,000 receiving support in livelihood
          government and civil society organizations.            tribal welfare schemes.                                                                                                creation, access to entitlements, nutrition
          Notably, they advocated for policies                                                                                                                                          knowledge and health determinants.
          prioritizing last-mile delivery in Barwani,                                                                                                                                   Demonstrating livelihood gains to 38,000
          promoted livelihood diversification in Sehore                                                                                                                                  women, TRI's prototypes are being scaled up
          and generated evidence through surveys on                                                                                                                                     by UPSRLM statewide. The Women-FPOS
          healthcare, education and livelihoods in                      Scan to watch                                                                                                   (W-FPO) intervention has intensified efforts to
          districts like Dhar and Mandla.                                                                                                                                               increase farm gains, making all 10 FPOs
                                                                                                                                                                                        statutory compliant and streamlining

          Scaling Livelihoods through Livelihood                                                                                                                                        governance and financial processes through
          Universal Cell, Livelihood Acceleration                                                                                                                                       digital platforms. These FPOs have 3,856
          Cell and Agriculture Support Unit                                                                                                                                             shareholders and 69 agriculture entrepreneurs
                                                                                                                                                                                        (AEs) to engage with women farmers, improving
          The Livelihood Universal Cell promoted                                                                                                                                        practices and managing digital commodity
          sustainable agricultural practices, forming 903                                                                                                                               collection centres.






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