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Stories, updates, and perspectives from our work in governance, community action, and systemic change.
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Building capacity and community in Chitradurga’s Gram Panchayats
15 Gram Panchayats in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district are seeing tangible improvements in local governance. Anode’s targeted interventions are addressing challenges like irregular meetings and knowledge gaps, nurturing a more responsive system through citizen engagement and practical action.
In the Media
Gram panchayats win by working on health and disability
An article in India Development Review features a pilot by Anode and Sightsavers India, showing how Panchayats can bridge service gaps and localise the SDGs. It shows that with awareness, training, and inclusive meeting spaces, they can play active roles in health and disability inclusion.
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Pindarkon, a model of participatory and accountable local governance
In Jharkhand, Pindarkon Gram Panchayat leadership embraced Anode’s Gram Panchayat Organisational Development approach to revitalise the panchayat, strengthen decision-making, and improve agriculture and education outcomes. This story highlights how structured capacity-building and strong leadership can transform rural governance.
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Khadiya Gram Panchayat opens the door to inclusive education
In Khadiya village, in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district, a small act of governance created a big shift for inclusion. When local schools refused to admit Khushboo, a blind student, the Gram Panchayat brought her back into the classroom, making inclusion a shared community responsibility.
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Rebuilding trust through data-driven governance
With structured insights from Panchayat Pulse, Gonuru Gram Panchayat is addressing long-standing gaps in local governance. Data-driven planning is enabling infrastructure upgrades, improved public amenities, and the gradual rebuilding of trust between elected representatives and the community.
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Chitradurga’s Gram Panchayats reimagine local governance
By activating Gram Panchayats and equipping citizens with platforms to shape local decisions, Anode Governance Lab is helping villages in Chitradurga directly improve schools, water, health, and social security.
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Bringing care closer one ward at a time
In Uttar Pradesh’s Alipur Gram Panchayat, a young ward member stepped forward to connect an elderly woman with essential eye care, showing how responsive local governance can vitally improve lives.
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How citizens in Bachabornahatti village secured their right to food
In Karnataka’s Bachabornahatti village, the closure of a public distribution shop disrupted livelihoods and food security. Through collective action supported by Anode’s citizen engagement platforms, the community not only restored the shop but also set a precedent for citizen-led governance and accountability.
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Collaborative governance delivers safe water to schools
In Madanayakanahalli Gram Panchayat, residents, ward members, and community groups came together to secure clean drinking water for schools and anganwadis. With Anode Governance Lab’s support, they worked with teachers and parents to pass a resolution ensuring safe water access in every school and anganwadi.
In the Media
Bringing panchayats to the forefront
The India Development Review article by Anode Founder and CEO, Sonali Srivastava, emphasises the need to empower panchayats to realise their constitutional role in local development. The piece advocates for recognising panchayats as political and constitutional entities with the authority to plan and implement programmes tailored to local priorities, thereby strengthening grassroots democracy.