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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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