The Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM-U) is the Government of India’s (GoI) nationwide flagship programme targeting universal sanitation coverage in urban areas.
Using government data, this brief reports on:
Allocations and releases
Physical progress of toilets built and Solid Waste Management (SWM)
Funds released for Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities
Progress towards ending Open Defecation
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the Government of India’s (GOI) flagship elementary education programme. Launched in 2001, it aims to provide universal primary education to children between the ages of 6 to 14 years. SSA is now the primary vehicle for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE).
This brief uses government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) performance along the following parameters:
Overall trends in GOI allocations and expenditures
Expenditure performance across key SSA activities for 6 states
Compliance with Right to Education (RTE)
Outcomes
The Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin or SBM-G is the Government of India’s (GOI) flagship rural sanitation programme.
Using government data, this brief reports on trends for SBM-G along the following parameters:
Allocations and expenditures
Physical progress of toilets built
Expenditures incurred under Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities
Coverage and open defecation (OD)
The Swachh Bharat MissionUrban (SBM-U) is Government of India’s (GOI) nationwide flagship programme targeting universal sanitation coverage in urban areas.
Using government data, this brief reports on:
Allocations and releases
Physical progress of toilets built and Solid Waste Management (SWM)
Funds released for Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities
Progress towards ending Open defecation (OD)
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is Government of India’s (GoI) flagship programme aimed at providing basic education, health and nutrition services for early childhood development.
This brief uses government reported data to analyse ICDS performance along the following parameters:
Overall trends in allocations and expenditures
Expenditure of Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP)
Vacancies amongst human resources
Coverage of beneficiaries and malnutrition rates
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year (FY) to every rural household that demands work.
Using government reported data, this brief reports on :
Trends in allocations and expenditures
Trends in employment provided and wages paid
Coverage and participation
Allocations for MoDWS in FY 2013- 14 accounted for 0.11% of the GDP at current prices.
With the launch of SBM in 2014, allocations increased by 24% from FY 2013-14 to FY 2014-15.
In FY 2015-16, 3,625 crore has been allocated for SBM – an increase of 27% over the previous financial year.
The pace of releases slowed down in FY 2013-14. 30 % of the total monies released to states, were released in the last month of the financial year.
In FY 2013-14, states spent 45 % of the funds available to them. In FY 2014-15, 35% of funds available had been spent till February 2015.
Construction activities account for the bulk of SBM expenditure. In FY 2014-15, over 90% of rural sanitation funds were allocated for construction of different types of toilets.
IEC activities constituted only 5% of total SBM expenditures in FY 2014-15. Moreover, since 1999, only 11% of the total rural sanitation outlay has been used for IEC activities.
Sanitation coverage continues to be low. According to the Census of India 2011, 3 out of every 5 people do not have access to sanitation facilities.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is a Government of India (GOI) initiative to transfer cash benefits such as wage payments, subsidies and incentives for a number of government programmes directly into bank accounts of beneficiaries through electronic systems. DBT was designed with the objective of minimising delays in fund flows, ensuring accurate targeting of beneficiaries, and curbing leakage and duplication. A key role in large-scale, real-time implementation of DBT has been envisaged for the JAM trinity: Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar numbers and Mobile numbers. Jan Dhan bank accounts aim to ensure universal financial inclusion, Aadhaar numbers provide a means for identification and authentication, and mobile banking offers an alternative mechanism of payment and withdrawal.
Using government data, this brief reports on the following parameters:
Trends in coverage of DBT and JAM
Extent to which these are being used by government and citizens.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the flagship rural employment scheme of the Government of India (GOI). It aims to provide 100 days of employment per rural household.
Using government reported data, this brief reports on:
Trends in allocations and expenditures
Trends in employment provided and wages paid
Coverage and participation