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Support for Water and Sanitation in India (SUWASI) (India):  .Using.FY 2023 funds, USAID will continue its support to the Ministry of Housing and.Urban Affairs (MOHUA) as well as selected State and Municipal governments for.the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban (SBM-U) and Atal Mission.for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) at the national, state and.city levels. The Project Management Unit (PMU) based in the MOHUA is primarily.engaged in providing technical assistance related to national level guidelines,.protocols and advisories, and initiatives. The PMU also supports states in.developing city and state level water and sanitation development plans, as well.as other WASH related policies such as those addressing the safety, security,.and inclusion of sanitation workers, used water management, and inclusive.water and sanitation planning and implementation. In FY 2023, the activity will.focus, among other things, on: (i) policies, standards, practices, and.financial viability related to wastewater and fecal sludge treatment and reuse;.(ii) helping to establish centers of excellence for sustainable skilling and.capacity building in water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion; (iii).promoting private sector engagement, particularly through innovative financial.frameworks; (iv) rejuvenation of water bodies and water source sustainability;.and (v) identifying and promoting technology innovations and partnerships with.start-ups in the water and wastewater sector. This implementing mechanism.contributes to strengthening government systems to build a climate resilient.urban living environment by building the capacity of stakeholders in.implementing policy and programs, engaging communities in decision making,.promoting the  safety and security of sanitation workers, and developing.city water balance plans.. .. .
Scaling up RMNCH+A - Vriddhi - IPE GLOBAL (India):  The USAID-supported RMNCH+A Alliance support to the GOI and state governments is to scale up key high-impact interventions of the RMNCH+A program and thereby help states accelerate progress towards ending  preventable maternal and child mortality and morbidity in India,.  Vriddhi has a national as well as aand state level mandate that will affect India's journey to self-reliance by strengthening its child health. At the national level, National Technical Support Unit (NTSU) and the National RMNCH+A Unit (NRU) provide assistance to GOI for the policy and guidelines development and monitoring of the RMNCH+A program implementation across the country. In the six project focus states- Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab and Uttarakhad and High-Priority Districts therein, the support is provided through State RMNCH+A Units (SRUs) and District Technical Officers.. ..With FY 2018 funds, the project will focus on strengthening health systems in the six USAID/India focus states through establishment of think tanks which will provide technical assistance for identification, demonstration, and scaling up of promising, high-impact MCH, and FP best practices in six USAID focus states. In collaboration with state leadership, think tanks are identified  These  state level think tanks identified through a rigorous will facilitate the adoption and scaling up of best practices within the public health system by unlocking available GOI resources. Vriddhi will partner with GOI and states and provide technical expertise for strengthening of first referral units and for quality improvement and quality accreditation of public health facilities targeted at improving quality of care during antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period. The project will provide techno-managerial support to GOI in strengthening supply chain management of FP commodities through the design, development, and implementation of an electronic logistics management information system. .. .
OFDA-2014-India/Cyclone-Grant-CRS Early Recovery Programming for Cyclone Phailin victims in Eastern India
Sustainable, Clean, Access, Livelihood, Energy (SCALE) Program Sustainable, Clean, Access, Livelihood, Energy (SCALE) Program
Basic Education - Learning for Out-of-School Youth Basic Education - Provide more advanced basic learning and basic skills that include critical thinking, assessing solutions, team cooperation, and effective communication, beyond the primary level. The teaching is typically more subject-focused, requiring more specialized teachers and materials for each subject area. The end of this level often coincides with the end of compulsory education. Lower secondary education is sometimes referred to as junior high school, middle school, or junior secondary school.
Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion - Debt (FIRE-D) Capacity building for commercially viable water and sanitation project development and market based financing.
Project Accelerate The overarching goal of ACCELERATE is to design, implement and evaluate sustainable novel models of HIV testing and care that supports the Indian National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV/AIDS and STI 2017-24 aimed at improving access to HIV prevention and treatment services, and social protection schemes among key populations and their families in India.
HIV/AIDS Partnership: Impact through Prevention, Private Sector and Evidence-based Programming (PIPPSE) The HIV/AIDS Partnership: Impact through Prevention, Private Sector and Evidence-based Programming (PIPPSE) project, launched in 2012, is a creative and timely response to the national HIV/AIDS program priorities. PIPPSE provides a multi-layered support to the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) through institutional strengthening for prevention program, evidence generation, piloting and scaling innovations, and enhancing private sector engagement. The Project essentially provides structured and evidence-informed technical assistance to National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) and related institutions. Over the last three years the project has established itself nationally and in nine states of India, namely, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Further, with the announcement of PEPFAR 3 strategy and The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announcement of 90:90:90 global targets; PIPPSE has revisited its strategies and activities...
Family Planning and Reproductive Health - Communication (FP) Family Planning and Reproductive Health - Expand sustainable provision of family planning services in clinical and non-clinical programs including those in the public, private, NGO, and PVO sectors, and at the community level; activities that help improve the quality of the services and care provided, including pre- and in-service training of providers and application of evidence-based service-delivery norms and standards; and availability of a wide range of contraceptive options (temporary, fertility awareness methods, and long-acting and permanent methods) for men and women. Improve responsiveness to client needs, including the FP/RH needs of youth and men, women and girls affected by violence, refugees/IDP, and other underserved populations. Also included are activities that integrate FP and related RH care, including integrated FP/MCH services, especially provision of post-partum family planning, FP information within the ANC setting, and post-abortion care; FP, as appropriate, in the context of HIV/AIDS/STI prevention, treatment, care and support; fistula prevention and repair; prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence in the context of FP/RH programs; and programs that encourage abandonment of female genital cutting and other harmful traditional practices that are associated with negative RH outcomes.
WASH Project Management Unit (India):  The Project Management Unit (PMU) project provides the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD) with support in executing the national Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) by strengthening the provision of sanitation services to low-income populations in cities.  The PMU will continue support to MOUD by building the capacity of state and municipal water and sanitation service providers, organizing national and regional workshops to share best practices, and monitoring and evaluating the performance of sanitation projects in Indian cities.  The PMU will provide a broad spectrum of technical support to 75 cities committed to achieving model city sanitation systems.  These cities will demonstrate fully-functional sanitation value chains, from containment, collection, transport, treatment, reuse, and safe disposal of fecal waste with support from the PMU.
Samastha Project Samastha is a comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment project in two states, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, both with high HIV prevalence and with populations larger than most countries in the world. The project goal is to reduce transmission and mitigate the impact of HIV in selected districts of these two states, with a focus on rural, previously under-served areas. Samastha provides system strengthening at the state level and also focuses on thirteen high-prevalence districts in Karnataka, and makes more limited contributions in five high-prevalence districts in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Partnership for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity (PAHAL) (India):  PAHAL is USAID/India's flagship financing platform aimed at improving access to affordable and quality healthcare for the economically disadvantaged.  PAHAL leverages private sector resources to enable greater social impact.  PAHAL leverages inclusive business models providing primary and secondary healthcare; promotes financing models for sustainable health solutions; builds operational efficiencies/system strengthening; reduces out-of-pocket expenditures; deploys innovative technologies, solutions, and partners for patient-centric healthcare; and improves access to affordable and quality healthcare for the poor and vulnerable.  The program also supports several innovative private sector and finance models to support USAID's work to end Tuberculosis in India...With FY 2021 funds, this activity will design, structure, and implement pay-for-performance models aimed at linking financial incentives to improved TB testing and treatment outcomes and alternate financing mechanisms to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures by TB patients and mobilize additional resources to support these models...It is affirmed that the funds are doing cross-cutting HSS work with Health funding in program areas not captured in the FY 2021 Operational Plan.   .While the mechanism in only allocated TB funds in FY 2021, it has received FP/RH and MCH funds in the past, and is a health systems strengthening implemening mechanism focused on innovative financing. ... .. .
South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP) (USAID South Asia Regional):  This mechanism serves as the linchpin of the USG's Global Climate Ambition Initiative and the Indo-Pacific Vision. It is designed to facilitate collaboration among six countries of operation to accelerate the transition to clean energy, develop renewables to mitigate climate change, and promote energy security, economic development, livelihoods, improved health and productivity throughout the region..It will capitalize on clean energy commitments made by South Asian countries to drive economic growth. It will enhance climate ambition and enable the transformation required to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 by addressing key barriers to clean energy growth, including poor regulations, insufficient infrastructure and lack of institutional and human capacity. FY 2021 funding will be used to further USAID's goal of transitioning the region from bilateral to trilateral and multilateral power trade and the development of regional energy markets to help countries develop their renewable energy resources. This will be done by supporting an enabling policy and regulatory framework, strengthening institutions, building capacities and promoting knowledge sharing. Regional forums and mechanisms created to drive faster adoption of advanced and clean energy technologies and systems such as the South Asia Distribution Utilities Network, South Asia Forum for System Operators, Smart Grid Knowledge Center and other similar initiatives will be supported through secretariat services including technical studies and workshops. The mechanism will engage existing regional institutions such as BIMSTEC, SAFIR and SAARC and other multilateral agencies to collaborate and leverage existing work. It will also support the implementation of Government of India's One-World-One Sun-One Grid initiative to support India's 450 GW of renewable energy target through feasibility studies, capacity building and creation of a political consensus among South Asian countries..
Accelerating Change: Mainstreaming Hygiene Practice in India This project will develop and promote a Hygiene Index (HI) that will serve as monitoring tool for the hygiene and sanitation performance of cities. The index will reveal how targeted interventions over the years have led to improvement in the hygiene and sanitation situation, thereby helping government stakeholders measure the current hygiene status of the cities. It will help policymakers identify the areas in need of improvement and the associated investments required. As of 2018, the survey for 25 cities is complete. Each city is ranked on a series of parameters including water supply, toilet coverage, solid waste management, behavior change communication and health outcomes.
Centre for MicroFinance (CMF)- Nurturing Early Literacy Project (India):  .The Nurturing Early Literacy project implemented by the Centre for Micro-Finance will continue to implement activities that build a strong foundation of early literacy competencies for 93,000 students across the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.  This activity closely aligns with Goal 1 of the USAID Education Strategy. As per the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), over half of fifth graders in rural India are unable to read at the second grade level in their regional language.  To address this, the project, through its four sub-partners, will continue to support community, school, and e- libraries in all three states; develop training modules and conduct training programs for teachers to create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning so that there is a shift from the prevalent rote-based pedagogy in India to one in which the child is an active learner who can effectively learn sounds and symbols, read and write with comprehension, and apply their knowledge in everyday life.  .
Humanitarian assistance for Uttarakhand Floods to Plan India Humanitarian assistance for Uttarakhand Floods to Plan India: OFDA Control No: D20131704
Improving Healthy Behavior The BCC-IHBP project provides technical assistance to develop sustainable national, state and district-level human and institutional capacity to design, implement and evaluate strategic communication campaigns.
Feed the Future Sharing Indian Innovations on Agriculture for Nutrition (India):  .USAID/India will invest $300,000 in FY 2016 Feed the Future (FTF) funds to support IKP Knowledge Park to crowd-source Indian innovations that address nutrition challenges through agriculture solutions.  Innovations selected through a Grand Challenges call will be piloted and adapted in selected FTF countries in Africa and Asia.  This program proposes to leverage agriculture and nutrition linkages across key value chains to deliver health and nutritional benefits to malnourished populations.  Two calls will be launched which will support a maximum of five innovations each.  The Grand Challenges approach will be promoted as a strategic platform to help identify critical barriers holding back progress in addressing critical nutrition challenges and develop solutions to overcome these barriers, and implements strategies to help to bring these solutions to scale..
Development via Sustainable Energy Solutions for Poverty Reduction and Energy Access - SELCO Foundation (India):  Mechanism is focused on delivering sustainable clean energy solutions for the poor by catering to their diverse energy needs. It identifies specific needs and then invents/innovates, implements and replicates more than 100 sustainable energy interventions. Activities will lead to improved well-being, health, education and livelihood for more than 100,000 households/businesses over a period of 3-5 years. With FY 2017 funds, it will develop technological or financing solutions for at least six specific energy needs to support livelihood by using sustainable energy as a catalyst. This will be done through partnerships with innovators, academic institutions and grass root organizations, or the solutions developed or adapted by the SELCO's own team. India's extreme diversity and a large population of energy poor make it a good model to understand energy needs, test clean energy solutions, and scale-up innovations in off grid energy that could be applied to other countries.
HIV/AIDS - Other/Policy Analysis and System Strengthening HIV/AIDS - Further other HIV/AIDS-related activities to support national prevention, care, and treatment efforts. This includes strengthening national and organizational policies and systems to address human resource capacity development, stigma, and discrimination, and gender issues; and other cross-cutting activities to combat HIV/AIDS including activities to support the implementation of Global Fund programs.
Tribal TB Initiative (India):  The goal of the project is to support the GOI's Tribal TB.Initiative. Using FY 2023 funds, this activity will strengthen the ability of.national and state governments to provide TB and other health services to.tribal populations across the country as articulated through the National.Strategic Plan of India's National TB Elimination Program (NTEP). Given the.complexity, size, and scale of the tribal health challenges in India, USAID's.Tribal TB Initiative will work within the Tribal Health Collaborative: a.multi-stakeholder initiative set up with the vision of ending preventable.deaths in India's tribal communities. Key components of the approach will include: engaging and empowering Tribal communities in.eliminating TB; strengthening public and private service delivery; enhancing.inter-departmental and inter-sectoral cooperation; facilitating TB research,.knowledge management, and data-driven advocacy; promoting innovations and.tech-based solutions in Tribal TB control.  This.intervention supports the U.S. Government's Global Tuberculosis Strategy, which.aims to reach every person with TB, cure those in need of treatment, and.prevent the spread of disease and new infections. ............
Agricultural Sector Productivity - Rural and Agricultural Finance Agricultural Sector Productivity - Increase equitable access to financial services by male and female farmers in rural areas and for agricultural enterprises to purchase necessary inputs; introduce new technologies; expand productive capacity; and finance storage, transport, and marketing costs. Also includes access to mechanisms and products that reduce seasonal income and consumption variability, protect and build assets, and mitigate price and weather risk. (Link to Microfinance 7.1.2 and Financial Services 3.2, as appropriate.)
Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Deployment (PACE-D) Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Deployment (PACE-D)
FY 2010 ASHA Award - Vellore Christian College FY 2010 ASHA Award - Vellore Christian College
Development Partnership Activity (India):  Thia mechanism aims to broaden the partnership between the U.S. Government and the GOI to collaboratively engage in development activities across the Indo-Pacific region and globally. USAID will partner with the GOI's Development Partnership Administration (DPA) to provide technical assistance to countries (regionally and globally) in a variety of areas, including, but not limited to: energy; natural resource management; digital technology and connectivity; trade and competitiveness; democracy and governance; health; gender equality; and disaster risk management. . .USAID will facilitate partnerships with the DPA in third countries which seek triangular development cooperation.The activity will fund technical assistance, training, and sub-awards to local partners with expertise in areas like private sector engagement. Illustrative examples include supporting Indian centers of excellence and training institutions to recruit participants from priority partner countries through platforms; hosting annual learning events to showcase Indian expertise and approaches and encourage diverse collaborative partnerships in support of third countries; and developing triangular cooperation roadmaps with plans for funding.    ..One area of focus will be mitigating the significant risk climate change poses to development gains and self-reliance in India and the region. The adaptation component of this mechanism will have the explicit objective of enhancing resilience and reducing vulnerability; will be based on an understanding of vulnerability; and will include actions designed to reduce that vulnerability and build adaptive capacity.USAID and the DPA will work together with third countries to build adaptive capacity, for example by establishing effective governance systems for adaptation, identifying and taking actions that increase weather and climate resilience, and improving access to information about weather and climate hazards, impacts, or adaptation...
Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Capacity Building and Sustainability Initiative (CTA-CBSI) (India):  .Using FY 2023 funds, USAID/India will continue the CTA-Capacity Building and Sustainable Initiative. This activity will continue to strengthen the capacity of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to help support the Tibetan community.  The activity will improve strategic planning by the CTA leadership, enhance the management systems of the CTA, and streamline policies and frameworks. The main objectives of the activity are to support and facilitate the CTA's self-reliance by enhancing accountability, strengthening legislative function and processes, creating citizen-responsive governance, and preparing CTA's institutions for future needs of the Tibetan population. The activity will also strengthen citizen-responsive local governance by improving the various management systems of the CTA and Tibetan settlements, which will encourage the Tibetan refugees to remain in cohesive communities.. .Out of the total Tibet Governance earmark of $3 million, this implementing mechanism will utilize $2.8 million of FY 2023 ESF funding for strengthening the Tibet Governance... .
Partnership in climate services for resilient agriculture in India (India):  .USAID/India will invest $500,000 in FY 2016 Global Climate Change (GCC)-Adaptation funds to support Skymet Weather Services Private Limited, India's largest private sector weather advisory service provider to promote resilience strategies among farmers and vulnerable communities in India.  Skymet, through their low cost automated weather station and associated technology platforms will help to collect, analyze, and disseminate accurate, high resolution weather data for use in developing low cost crop insurance products and helping farmers make sound planting and harvesting choices.  Activities will increase the economic resilience of vulnerable rural communities, improve agricultural productivity, and promote climate-smart agriculture systems.  These program interventions will address the U.S. Government's GCC priorities of helping countries achieve climate resilient, low emission development. (IM # 100689, $500,000 Direct GCC-Adaptation)..
READ Alliance to support create a network of public and private sector partners dedicated to improving India's performance in early grade reading.