Influencing District Planning for water and sanitation through functional and effective District Planning Committees and Actions for Water & Sanitation in Chhattisgarh Community led and Local Governments’ anchored planning and implementations for Water & Sanitation Citizen led advocacy for appropriate policy and structural reforms in delivery of Water & Sanitation Consolidation of Planning and Convergences of Actions for Water & Sanitation at DPC Level.
Insights from participatory research across Kochi, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad reveal that disability-inclusive mobility demands far more than infrastructure compliance. It requires recognising the diversity of disabilities, the intersecting barriers of gender and class, and the wisdom that communities hold in identifying practical solutions.
This blog, written by our intern Kush Rastogi, a B.A. English (Hons) student at Amity University, Noida, reflects on Dr. Rajesh Tandon’s podcast 'Reimagining Civil Society'. It captures powerful stories of literacy movements in India, highlighting civil society’s role in empowerment, innovation, and inclusive education.
India’s Gram Panchayats today govern at a time of profound transition. Climate change is intensifying floods, droughts, and heat stress, public health risks such as water-borne diseases are becoming more frequent, rural youth migration is hollowing out local economies and digital systems are expanding faster than local capacities to use them meaningfully.