Telangana Rural Inclusive Growth Project

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The objective of the Telangana Rural Inclusive Growth Project of India is to enable selected poor households to enhance agricultural incomes and secure increased access to human development services and social entitlements. The project is composed of five components. The objective of the Value Chain Development component is to increase the income of 250,000 small and marginal farmers by at least 50 percent through productivity enhancement and improved market access. The second component is Human Development (US$ 19 million). The vast network of women's groups has the ability to converge both nutrition sensitive and nutrition specific interventions at the village level to reach intended beneficiaries. The Digital Local Government (US$ 13 million) complements the Government of Telangana's efforts to strengthen panchayati raj institutions (PRI), this component aims to improve the coverage and service delivery of social protection entitlements to 500,000 of poorest households. Component four is ICT, TA and Partnerships (US$ 20 million). This component will create an enabling ecosystem for innovation and transformation in delivering good quality last-mile services planned under the components 1, 2 and 3. The final component is Project Implementation Support (US$11 million). The objective of this component is to strengthen the project implementation and will finance dedicated staffing for the project activities, consultancies, training and related material, office equipment, and operational costs.