Jharkhand Action Research

This is an Action Research Programme in selected geographies in Jharkhand. The aim is to empower Adivasi and other vulnerable communities to access public service deliveries and claim their entitlements and forest rights by strengthening Gram Sabha and governance structures.

The Action Research will map the reason and extent of exclusion from the welfare schemes, the challenges in front of gram sabhas and record the challenges faced in other interventions as well. The potential social security programmes to focus on are National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), pensions, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, PM Kisan, One Nation One Ration Card (ONOR).

The research would map end-to-end delivery issues and challenges, document them for problem analysis and suggest solutions that arise out of the research. This would aid in forming a pan-Jharkhand alliance/network for policy level advocacy with the state.

This is a 16-month project and starts from August 2022.