The National Family Health Survey-V (2019-21) brings out significant gains in access to electricity, full immunization, bank accounts for women, and access to Ujjwala LPG gas connections. To understand what brought these about, it is necessary to understand the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, carried out in two phases in 2018, to reach 63,974 purposively selected villages with seven services.
How to reach the marginalised
These were large villages of 1,000 plus (500 plus in the Northeast), with over 50% population belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, among whom deprivation is high. Seven services, including the four listed above plus distribution of LED bulbs, accident insurance, and life insurance were the key deliverables to the eligible marginalised.
This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to demonstrate the whole of government, whole of society, and janbhagidari as the basis for reaching the most deprived households. As the then-rural development secretary, I was tasked with coordinating this campaign, in partnership with all other department secretaries. It has been a lesson in translating policy into action through teamwork.
Areal-time monitoring system with village-specific data was set up for ease of follow-up in the public domain. Ministers, MPs, MLAs and panchayat leaders were all mobilised to deliver.
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