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Projects

Stories of Change

Written by SPARC Associates from the constituencies they worked in.

Understanding Rural Development in Mahbubnagar, Telangana

Harshvardhan Sharma, SPARC Associate to Hon'ble MP A.P Jithender Reddy

“India is not Calcutta and Bombay; India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.” Mahatma Gandhi mentioned the above statement more than half a century ago. Even today, the statement holds true. As per the Census of 2011, nearly 70% of the country’s population still resides…

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Data-driven Monitoring in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Piyush Prakash, SPARC Associate to Hon'ble MP Anurag Thakur

There exist several perceptions about how government officials work and how projects and grievances of citizens keep moving around from one department to another via files. Having gone through similar experiences at government offices, I had developed the understanding that it’s a herculean task for a…

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The 'MP Development Challenge' in Kaliabor, Assam

Simran Rana, SPARC Associate to Hon'ble MP Gaurav Gogoi

Working for social impact was a goal that I hoped I would be able to achieve before I turned 30. Fortunately, it happened at 26. When I got the opportunity to work with Swaniti Initiative, an organization working towards making the government administration more robust, I…

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