What we do on the ground, what it produces, what that changes for workers, and how the local system shifts. Read from the bottom up: each layer is the condition for the one above it.
The model is ready to travel to other blocks of Katihar. Measured as the share of the engaged cohort reporting improved security across income, social protection and dignity, endline against baseline.
Schemes reach the last mile, exclusion errors fall, and officials treat worker access as part of the job, not a favour.
Government, banks, community bodies and organisations coordinate instead of working past each other.
Collectives become recognised bodies in village governance with a continuing line to the administration.
Engaged workers enrolled in at least one scheme: 40% (year 1) to 80% (year 3). Workers receiving a pension or insurance benefit: 300 to 2,000.
Can name three or more entitlements: 50% to 85% of the cohort. Women reporting a greater say in household decisions: 25% to 60%.
Active collectives meeting monthly: 70% to 90% of those formed. Collective-led actions: 20 to 150.
Linked to a bank or formal credit: 30% to 70%. Reporting steadier income across the year: 20% to 50%.
2,000 (year 1) to 8,000 (year 3) reached. 40 to 150 trainings delivered.
1,000 to 5,000 registered on e-Shram or enrolled in a scheme.
10 to 50 worker collectives formed and functioning.
15 to 60 structured engagements with the local administration.
Village campaigns and plain-language materials on rights and schemes, pitched for low-literacy audiences.
Forming and strengthening worker collectives, and backing leaders, with deliberate attention to women.
A worker register recording who is enrolled in what, so follow-up is possible and double-counting is not.
Training frontline workers, local leaders and community organisations so capability stays in the block.
Connecting workers to existing government schemes and banks rather than building parallel benefits.
Regular worker-administration forums with feedback the administration can act on.
Schemes are not missing. Workers cannot reach them alone and have no collective weight. The Code on Social Security 2020 (in force 21 November 2025, rules pending) creates the legal promise, the registration route (e-Shram) is free and ready, and delivery in Barari is the gap.
Population base and denominators. Census 2011 counted 89,668 workers in Barari Block; the projected working universe today is 1.1 to 1.2 lakh. Reach is a count, with each worker counted once. Outcome percentages use the engaged cohort (reached workers who are enrolled, organised, or both) as the denominator.
Source: Act Now India, Theory of Change and Results Framework, June 2026. Figures drawn from the Census of India 2011 (Barari Block, sub-district 01153), the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and official scheme portals, current as of mid-2026. Page prepared July 2026.