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Transform Rural India
Annual Report 2022-23

Good or bad governments can �• Policies, programs, and Nudge Units working within Community Action opportunities. Implementation necessary and sufficient
profoundly impact the lives of operating guidelines that Government Departments Labs with women collectives conditioned outlined for
the poorest and most enable service delivery and Programmes embedded within public probable large-scale
vulnerable. Public policy Nudge Units work with the Praxis way to Prototyping lends to bringing gender- adoption. The ultimate
shapes the role and scope of This must be complemented by government to improve public Solutions for Stranded India intentionality and objective of crafting solutions
government in improving the activation of citizen system delivery and help the and Evidence to Policy opportunities for informing is of ‘handing over to the
society and delivering goods mechanisms on the demand poor. They use innovation, data national policies and mainframe’, meaning
and services. The past decade and governance side. Our science, and evidence-based The Community Action Labs, replication. absorption the state or market
and a half has seen a commitment to continuity and practices to drive solutions. are Live Labs developing within the existing rural
remarkable shift in the delivery confidence in our abilities, They bring best practices, working solutions which are Focus of Community Action administrative and
of public services and welfare. along with our domain feedback loops, and tested for impact and specific Labs is active experimentation governance structure;
This shift has resulted in a "new expertise, purposeful evaluations to improve elements of scale-readiness. In for prototyping/solutioning, Evidence to Policy is thus
public service and welfare connection, and implementation. the Action Pilots; our teams implement ideas on-ground pivotal to the design of all
architecture" that is supported performance-driven approach, support institutional capacities such that models actions in Community Action
by ground-breaking legislative aligns with the national will and In 2022-23, we continued our of women collectives (and of-processes, systems even Labs.
acts that enshrine urgency to transform lives. We PPiA engagement with rigour, other community programs so that prototypes
socio-economic entitlements recognize our limitations as a learning in the process and organisations); Panchayats to could be crystallized from the
as legally enforceable rights. non-state actor, but this has contributing to the design and ensure better healthcare, learning by doing. With scale
The government has also uniquely positioned us in a delivery of public programs. nutrition, education, access being the underlying
implemented a public-funded constructive and positive entitlements, economic principle- the experiments are
digital infrastructure that allows framing of TRI's Public Policy in development. Apart from near not micro-experiments but Scan to watch
it to connect with individual Action engagement. term-results, this strengthens start atleast at a ‘block’ level.
citizens. Partnership with the systemic pathways of resilience Rigorous evidence needs to
state is crucial for bringing on Quality of Life and be generated on the efficacy Scan to watch
investments to struggling place-based economic of the models with the
areas. PPiA practice unlocks
this opportunity by working
with the government in
conceptualization, design,
rollout, monitoring, and
evidence-based adaptive
management of innovative
processes while promoting
learning. At TRI, we strive The need of the hour of
towards forging engaging with public
The TRI Way centres around the solution pathways systems is to provide
"activation of public services" as with the goal of contexualised solutions
the primary driver for creating synergy that can ensure last mile
transforming villages in India. between public delivery of public
policies and change programmes, so that
Our hypothesis is that the catalysis which leads nobody is left behind. At
successful and effective to fostering inclusive TRI, we look at Public
delivery of government services Public Policy in Policy from an Action Lens
at the grassroots relies on Action. as we continually strive to
several factors. support the public
administration with
�• Intermediation through Md. Karimuddin Malik opportune solutions to
political mandate
Associate challenges directly from
�• Capacity and Director-Jharkhand the community.
purpose-connect of frontline
bureaucracy Shrish Kalyani
Associate
�• Proactive performance
demand and support from Director-Chhattisgarh
supervisory bureaucracy

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