We put efforts in selected tribal area of Nashik district to get the Government schemes for the poor implemented through building awareness and capacity building of the young village volunteers. Presently we are engaged in getting the ambitious Rural Employment Guarantee Act to work for the tribal poor. This experience helps us to build our understanding of the processes of implementation and engage with the Government to improve the same.

We are actively involved in the debate surrounding Food Security Bill with alternatives to the present system of delivery for efficient administration of subsidy transfer. This Bill gives constitutional right to citizens to get food garins at subsidised rates. We use the Right to Information routinely and also are active in its Public education. We worked with small farmers growing Pomagranate in dry land areas of Maharashtra State.

In a three year project, with technology transfer, it was possible to increase productivity and quality while reducing the cost of production by optimising resource use. While farmers were given exposure of all types of technology, they opted for a wise and judicious mix of organic and inorganic which led to the desired results and also nurturing their natural resource base. We have just initiated our work in studying the use of Aadhar, an unique identification number (UID) for each citizen of this country based on biometrics. This has the potential to reach all those poor who lack documentary proof to avail Government benefits and services.