What works in India
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for India
India has implemented several large-scale programmes to expand access and representation. India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment reserves one-third of rural local government seats for women, resulting in over 1.4 million women holding elected local office — the world's largest affirmative representation programme — with 22 states raising this to 50%. PM SVANidhi has digitally onboarded over 5.5 million street vendors through micro-credit paired with UPI/QR payment integration, completing 8.41 billion transactions worth ₹8.96 trillion by mid-2026. Digital Green has reached 2.3 million farmers (77% women) through community-produced videos, though peer-reviewed randomised trials in Ethiopia and India report mixed adoption effects and no significant yield improvements in year one. SugamyaWeb's accessibility testing platform helped over 200 government departments resolve more than 100,000 website accessibility defects, though sustained improvement metrics are not independently assessed.
Drawn from: India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment — 33% reservation for women in Panchayati Raj local governance (1992) · Annie: Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device Scaling Across India and Beyond · Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · SugamyaWeb — India's Cloud-Based Accessibility Testing Platform for Government Websites · PM SVANidhi — Digital Payment Onboarding for Street Vendors · Sugamya Pustakalaya: India's National Accessible Digital Library for Print-Disabled Readers · Women with Wheels: Training Marginalised Women as Professional Drivers (Azad Foundation) · Barefoot College's Solar Mamas — Training Rural Women as Solar Engineers
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Demonstrated reach +18 pts 93 here · 76 average
Evaluation evidence +16 pts 60 here · 44 average
Impact on gender equality +11 pts 91 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +9 pts 60 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Equity & inclusion +9 pts 61 here · 52 average
Weaknesses
Curator validation -11 pts 64 here · 74 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -12 pts 19 here · 31 average
Effectiveness -14 pts 64 here · 77 average
Efficiency -35 pts 9 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: India. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Annie: Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device Scaling Across India and Beyond · 96
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · 96
SugamyaWeb — India's Cloud-Based Accessibility Testing Platform for Government Websites · 92
PM SVANidhi — Digital Payment Onboarding for Street Vendors · 92
Sugamya Pustakalaya: India's National Accessible Digital Library for Print-Disabled Readers · 92
Women with Wheels: Training Marginalised Women as Professional Drivers (Azad Foundation) · 89
Barefoot College's Solar Mamas — Training Rural Women as Solar Engineers · 89
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in India concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more