Indus Action – Bridges the gap between Law & Action

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Our PoWER

Social protection portfolios in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and China have evolved from a fragmented portfolio of ~500 schemes, like in India right now, to a consolidated portfolio of ~10 schemes. To enable this convergence in India in this decade, we are organising a Portfolio of Welfare Entitlements and Rights (PoWER) worth at least Rs. 12,000 ($160) per annum for every targeted vulnerable family.

Right to Education Right to Food Right to Livelihood

Right to Education

Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education Act mandates 25% reservation in unaided classrooms.

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Right to Food

Section 4(b) of the National Food Security Act guarantees maternity benefits to pregnant and lactating mothers.

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Right to Livelihood

The National Rural Employment, Building/Construction Workers and Street Vendors Act offer livelihood protection.

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Our Model

Enabling civic capacity building through training on policy implementation toolkits

Enabling technology and data capacity building of state actors to deliver on the policy agenda

Enabling diagnosis of policy implementation challenges through M&E surveys

Our Impact

2.4

Lac students admitted over the last 7 years with 81% retention rate

1.8

Lac students in next two years.

79K

pregnant and lactating mothers in next two years.

Our Work

Gita Devi
Parent, Delhi

“ I knew nothing about 12(1)(c) before volunteers from Indus Action helped support me through the entire process. ”

Uma Sudhir
Editor, NDTV

“ Indus Action is trying to bring many stakeholders together and talk about the primary issues of today like primary education, food, health. ”

Sister M. Cyril Mooney
Leading Educationist

“ Indus Action’s work, once accepted by the Government will revolutionise the whole approach to getting disadvantaged children into school and breaking down those barriers which have so far kept India as a “layered” society and prevented the RTE Act from bearing its full fruit in building a nation where all are truly equal.”

Manish Sisodia
Education Minister, Delhi

“ I am glad Indus Action seeks to educate everyone including the government on all aspects regarding the provision. It is participation and engagement of civil society that can significantly contribute to the progress of the city and of this nation.”

Ankur Sarin
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

“ A few have taken on the challenge of working on the ground, towards achieving an equitable education system. Indus Action represents one of those efforts and deserves our gratitude for it. As one of the first organisations to begin engagement with the mandate’s implementation, the efforts of Indus Action continue to be an inspiration to others”

Sister M. Cyril Mooney
Leading Educationist

Manish Sisodia
Education Minister, Delhi

Our Network

We incubate our network of young leaders and support them in handling the various challenges that come with implementing this policy in their communities and states.

RTE Operations
19
Active PMUs
5
No. of MOUs
11
Team Strength
41

News & Insights

Our Blog

Right to Education Act: Section 12(1)(c)
5th January 2021 | Read more
Can we translate microeconomic outcomes into ‘mission mode’ in India?
7th November 2020 | Tarun Cherukuri Read more
‘आज मेरी और मेरी टीम की छत्तीसगढ़ मे एक अलग पहचान बन गयी है’
23rd October 2020 | मधु वर्मा Read more
‘हमें यहाँ इस इलाके में काम करते हुए 10 साल के आसपास हो गया है। समुदाय में हमें बहुत सम्मान के दृष्टि से देखा जाता है। घर पर भी हमारी एक पहचान है। हमारी मेहनत की वजह से डिपार्टमेंट में भी हमको सराहा जाता है दीदी’
29th September 2020 | गायत्री डे Read more
‘Shift to POWER hypothesis indicates the organic growth of the organisation and emphasis on family as the basic unit is indeed a step in the right direction’
17th September 2020 | Indus Action Read more
Of Discourses and Dilemmas: Some Notes on Six-months at Indus Action
8th September 2020 | Lakshit Jain Read more
‘Leadership is not a monolithic macho identity of a super human being; it is in fact a journey of excellence, enterprise, sacrifice, frugal innovation that many of us undertake in our lives or see around us’
27th August 2020 | Indus Action Read more
‘Before 2050, move every poor family in India irreversibly out of their traps by organising POWER (portfolio of welfare entitlements/rights) worth at least ₹12,000+ per annum’
18th August 2020 | Tarun Cherukuri Read more
Reimagining the idea of ‘play’ in child’s development
5th August 2020 | Jayna Jagani Read more
महामारी के बीच, छत्तीसगढ़ के प्रवासियो के लिए इंडस एक्शन की मुहिम
30th July 2020 | पंकज साहू Read more
We need to rethink maternity benefits
27th July 2020 | Mayurdhar Devolla Read more
How to get 1000 Twitter followers with (almost) no money
22nd July 2020 | Anjan Vij Read more
Seeking Sustainable Systems, Navigating Fragile Lifelines
3rd July 2020 | Tarun Cherukuri Read more
Of Privilege, Passion, and Perseverance: Redefining the ‘Action’ in Indus Action
30th June 2020 | Hitesh Kukreja Read more
Deepak’s Project ‘Readiness’ to his ‘Uber-quitous’ presence: Celebrating a year of excellence
26th June 2020 | Deepak V Read more
Development amid Disasters: How Decentralisation works in Kerala
22nd June 2020 | Meenu Joseph Read more
Grooving along the Edges at ‘Home’: Neha talks Culture at Indus Action
17th June 2020 | Neha Jagani Read more
Of Quality, Capacity and Job Security: 25% EWS Reservation Holds Answers for Schooling Post-Lockdown
13th June 2020 | Mayurdhar Devolla Read more
Pandemic, Policies and Peanuts
6th June 2020 | Tarun Cherukuri Read more
From Partnerships to Panchkula: Mukul’s discovery of ‘soul’ in Govt offices amid their ‘ebb and flow’
5th June 2020 | Mukul S Gulati Read more
Looking back at a journey of Travel, Technology and Team-work
30th May 2020 | Akshay Vikas Read more
कोरोना महामारी के बीच दिल्ली से उम्मीद की एक कहानी: मीनू दीदी के छोटे छोटे प्रयासों पर एक झलक
25th May 2020 | अन्विता उपाध्याय Read more
Leveraging Form.io to decentralize Rapid Response Campaign: a story of imaginations and iterations
19th May 2020 | Banchan Sangma Read more
How are ‘THEY’ faring amidst the Lockdown?
16th May 2020 | Pranav Bonde Read more
Of Policies and Pragmatism: A year as a Policy Action Fellow at Indus Action
13th May 2020 | Kumar Satyam Read more
Rapid Response Campaign: Insights and Achievements
8th May 2020 | Indus Action Read more
Direct Benefit Transfer: Does it solve for Welfare Delivery?
3rd May 2020 | Mayurdhar Devolla Read more
The Ones Who are Stranded: A story of despair and hope, of the migrant labor from Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
30th April 2020 | Madhuri Dhariwal Read more
Consider the current crisis as a great opportunity to spring clean
25th April 2020 | Anjan Vij Read more
History of the Campaign Management System
12th November 2019 | Akshay Vikas Read more
Building an Open Source Campaign Management System
21st October 2019 | Akshay Vikas Read more
How Anganwadis can become collaborative spaces? Experiences from SRP in Kerala
31st August 2019 | Meenu Joseph Read more

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Yesterday was #NationalSafeMotherhoodDay. While government provisions like Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana exist to provide nutrition & maternity benefits to expectant #mothers, they leave a lot to be desired. @KanmaniP7 writes in @idr_online: #PMMVY

Extend maternity benefits to tackle child and maternal malnutrition | IDR

How a government scheme designed to extend maternity benefits to pregnant women in India is unequal and exclusionary.

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