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Transform Rural India
Annual Report 2022-23

receive helpful information and "neo-market systems" with 1. Prototype Development: and Urban-to-Rural (U-R) collectives of producers such
ideas. business growth across Place-Based BMFL Models goods and services segment. as Producer Enterprises (PE),
mini and nano enterprises, Our approach involves a Public procurement Producer Groups (PGs), and Startup RISE
Rural areas have seen a both formal and informal. district-based saturation opportunities have been Farmer Producer Organisations The Rural Innovation & Social Enterprise (RISE) Hub, an initiative of DAY-NRLM, aims to
demographic shift with a strategy that combines created by mapping and (FPO). Additionally, CMRE Youth connect women-led collectives (SHGs, VOs & CLFs) with private industry players,
young, aspirational, tech-savvy �• BMFL also aims to catalyse existing livelihood and identifying openings. Hubs provide peer spaces for especially startups and MSMEs, through interventions in farm and non-farm livelihood
population with formal state capacity and crowd-in employment programs and To disintermediate the collective analysis and supporting activities. It provides a platform for startups to share their solutions for rural
education, including girls with public investments by policies. It takes fragmented supply chain of solidarity, leading to higher communities and collaborate with NRLM, creating opportunities for rural jobs and
professional degrees. Climate building local market data-driven, targeted action input supplies and motivation, social mobilisation, reducing Out-of-Pocket Expenses (OoPE). It also promotes rural economic
change concerns offer capacity through roads, to address labour supply technology, agri-preneurs can and the development of empowerment through entrepreneurship as a means of income generation, social
opportunities to exploit rural communication and gaps, create local demand, build marketable lots. They enterprise leadership. development, and sustainable economic growth. The interventions are designed to
competitive advantages in the business infrastructure, or and improve the quantity can form informal and formal complement DAY-NRLM's efforts to connect women collectives and the last mile with
bio-economy and eliminate asset building for and quality of local the commercial sphere and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
economic barriers through pre-commercial employment.
digitization. households. It includes Examples of this approach
design of new programs, are:
The challenge and opportunity including the Bharat � GOYN Bharat
is "engaging masses in Enterprise Enabler System,
mass-production". The to bring synergy in public � Work for Progress (W4P)
opportunity exists at two levels: investments to the locality � Rural Industrial Park
level market systems 2. Special Purpose
1. Maximising the potential for infrastructure. Promotional Vehicle
economic enterprises within
the area based on the local • BMFL engages with private For growth-oriented private
economy and using this BMFL interventions include A: Structural Level sectors to seed sector engagement, scale is
stock of enterprises to enter locality-based interventions to entrepreneurial talent crucial. In areas with Rural Industrial Park team is engaged in Mini Gramin Bazar
the national and larger increase demand and supply, • BMFL aims to increase the ex-situ, and catalyse private unexpressed latent demand, Government of Chattisgarh developing a total of 12
RIPAs in 6 blocks across 5
there needs to be an effort to
economic arena, and designing rules of the game, productivity of the existing sector action through RISE, "create a market," which districts. The MINI GRAMIN BAZAR is a result of the evolving Gramin Bazar ecosystem. During
the development of the market, it was observed that kirana shops run by women face
and catalysing the provision of workforce and enterprises SSA Million+ Livelihoods, RIPA is designed to be a
2. evolving an ecosystem to missing supporting functions and provide affordable, good AgVenture CoUp MEET, requires specialised attention. facilitation-cum-livelihood The team has worked with many challenges. These include difficulties in obtaining regular supplies, maintaining
encourage enterprises from like capital, information, and quality delivery of basic Prajwala Challenge, Examples of this approach are: generation centre in villages. the Department of transparent pricing, securing funds to expand inventory, and remaining competitive.
Bending Markets solutions that disrupt the outside the region to logistics. services in health, education, PPAVCD, FEED, and �• National Agriculture and TRI’s engagement with the Panchayat & Rural The MINI GRAMIN BAZAR concept supports already existing small Kirana stores. It aims
nutrition, water, and
RuralSutra.
actively participate in the
for Flourishing system. local economy. The interventions are at three sanitation. We do this by: • Lastly, BMFL aims to curate Food Processing ambitious programme is at two Development (Nodal to renovate and make these stores competitive with better product availability,
Organization (NAFPO)
Department for RIPA) to
levels : a) at the State Level as
ambience, and pricing. Gramin Bazar creates an ecosystem where MINI GRAMIN
Localities (BMFL) The need for differential levels: structural, meso, and � - Arranging partnerships mechanisms for supporting �• Farmer Producer in design and development as prepare guidelines and BAZAR becomes spokes and retail distribution in villages, while Gramin Bazar works as
growth in languishing BMFL aims to improve the micro levels with public programs nascent ideas or expansion Organizations Development knowledge partner including DPR formats for RIPA, a hub to support these stores. Gramin Bazar also handles the logistical support by
capacity building of field
The BMFL approach is about localities is a prime national demand and supply interlock with market-making of existing business models and Reform Vehicle guidelines, frameworks, digital staff; Design Workshop on providing all the required items to run the Kirana stores successfully.
helping poor areas become agenda due to growing by mobilising resources and �• Structural level opportunities through size-fit financing Company (FDRVC) ecosystem, and other bottom-up planning
knowledge tools for RIPA, and
prosperous by developing their opportunity-growth fault lines. talent from both within and interventions are related to � - Creating private sector with Sampark's MNRE and C: Micro Level b. at the District level support in process with Harvard
markets with the help of private outside the area, in order to systems change partnerships FaME. Investing in "Market Readiness" the implementation of RIPA, TRI University’s Design Lab.
businesses. "Languishing While India has become the promote economic growth. The � - Establishing special is the main task, which involves
localities" have limited fastest-growing large practice focuses on developing �• Meso level interventions are purpose vehicles B: Meso Level: building assets, developing
government help, so they rely economy with a fast decline solutions that work at scale, related to constituents of skills, changing mindsets, and
on subpar private markets and in absolute poverty, it remains leveraging TRI's ground the market system and its • BMFL also seeks to The aim is to create identifying business models
community systems. BMFL a highly unequal society with presence in live "Community interaction with other galvanise action and build Locality-Focused Growth with positive impacts on
aims to use market systems to large unemployment. Basic Action Lab" to learn and systems momentum through Clusters that capitalise on market systems.
help these areas grow in a fair safety nets and government demonstrate the prototypes deliberate and persuasive current opportunities while To achieve this, the growth of
way. It focuses on helping poor and private sector and contribute in the design �• Micro level interventions are presentations of analysis, preparing for future ones. Mini local enterprises is critical,
people and using non-market commitments to producing no and development of related to the locality or insights, and pathways. It and Nano Enterprises (MNEs) including partnerships with
interventions. This approach is net carbon emissions provide complementary public system local market or enterprise provides insights on can generate a large number local business communities
based on the belief that difficult chances for people to get interventions. base. opportunities for seeding of rural jobs. engaged in the Rural-to-Rural
issues need interconnected involved in the market and (R-R), Rural-to-Urban (R-U),

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