Topic directory
Welfare
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing welfare.
- Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India
Participatory development programmes for rural livelihoods and ecological regeneration.
Organisation AgricultureWelfare India, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar
Go straight to Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India - Akshayakalpa / Akshayakalpa Foundation
Farmer-entrepreneurship, regenerative farming, and rural livelihoods rooted in organic dairy systems.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Go straight to Akshayakalpa / Akshayakalpa Foundation - Avni
Open-source field service and data collection for community programmes — designed for Indian nonprofits with offline-first mobile apps and longitudinal tracking
Tool HealthEducation India
Go straight to Avni - Ayushman Bharat PMJAY Dashboard
Public dashboard for the world's largest health insurance scheme — hospital admissions, claims, empanelled hospitals, and coverage for 500M+ beneficiaries
Dashboard HealthWelfare India
Go straight to Ayushman Bharat PMJAY Dashboard - BAIF Development Research Foundation
Rural development institution pioneering tribal wadi agroforestry, sustainable livestock management, and watershed regeneration across India
Organisation AgricultureLand India
Go straight to BAIF Development Research Foundation - Bharathiya Vikas Trust
Capacity building and knowledge sharing for vulnerable rural communities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to Bharathiya Vikas Trust - Buzz Women
Empowering underserved women through knowledge, skills, and livelihood tools.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to Buzz Women - Central Food Grains Storage Portal (CFSP)
Government portal tracking central pool food grain storage capacity and stocks across India — the supply-side complement to the NFSA distribution dashboard
Dashboard AgricultureWelfare India
Go straight to Central Food Grains Storage Portal (CFSP) - Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability
Non-profit policy group analyzing Union and state budgets from an equity perspective to advance social sector spending and fiscal transparency
Organisation Public financeWelfare India
Go straight to Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability - Centre for Economic Data and Analysis
Ashoka University research center providing open socio-economic data tools, mandi prices, enterprise trackers, and policy analysis
Organisation EconomyAgriculture India
Go straight to Centre for Economic Data and Analysis - Centre for Environment Concerns
Water-soil-climate innovations and resilient farming systems for drought-prone regions.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to Centre for Environment Concerns - Dalgo
Open-source data platform helping nonprofits consolidate programme data, automate transformations and produce dependable reporting
Tool TechnologyGovernance India, Global
Go straight to Dalgo - DHAN Foundation
Development organisation revitalising traditional tank cascade irrigation systems and building community-owned microfinance institutions in South India
Organisation WaterAgriculture Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, India
Go straight to DHAN Foundation - Dvara Research
Independent policy research on financial inclusion, household finance, social protection and consumer protection in India
Organisation EconomyWelfare India
Go straight to Dvara Research - Education For Employability
Support services for disadvantaged youth and rural entrepreneurs.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Education For Employability - eGramSwaraj
Panchayat profiles, elected representatives, development plans, works, receipts, expenditure, accounts and audits
Dashboard GovernancePublic finance India
Go straight to eGramSwaraj - Farmers for Forests
Carbon-financed agroforestry and biodiversity restoration with smallholder farmers.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Farmers for Forests - FPOhub
Resource and discussion hub for building farmer producer organisations, rural livelihoods and sustainable agricultural markets
Community AgricultureLabour India
Go straight to FPOhub - Global Humanitarian Overview
Annual UN OCHA publication on humanitarian need, response plans and global financing for crisis-affected people
Publication DisastersWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Global Humanitarian Overview - GOONJ
Turning underused urban material into a rural development resource with dignity.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India
Go straight to GOONJ - Gram Vikas
Water conservation and afforestation for rural development, with a distinctive all-or-none community model.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Gram Vikas - Hasiru Dala
Social organisation integrating informal waste pickers into municipal solid waste systems, circular economy, and social security in Karnataka
Organisation LabourCities Karnataka, India
Go straight to Hasiru Dala - Household Consumption Expenditure Survey
Household spending and consumption microdata used to study living standards, poverty, inequality and inflation weights
Data source EconomyWelfare India
Go straight to Household Consumption Expenditure Survey - Humanitarian Data Exchange
UN OCHA's open repository of crisis and development data, including administrative boundaries for most countries
Data source DisastersWelfare Global
Go straight to Humanitarian Data Exchange - iLAB Society
Uplifting marginalised coastal communities in Kozhikode through education — runs learning hubs and life-skills programmes for fishing community children
Organisation EducationWelfare India, Kerala
Go straight to iLAB Society - In Development Magazine
Narrative longform journalism and evidence-based essays exploring state capability, policy reform, and progress in LMICs
Publication GovernanceEconomy Global, India
Go straight to In Development Magazine - India Labour Observatory
Survey-design-aware labour market evidence from India’s PLFS 2023–24, with uncertainty and provenance visible.
Dashboard LabourEconomy India
Go straight to India Labour Observatory - IndusTree
Sustainable livelihoods in creative manufacturing and regenerative value chains.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal
Go straight to IndusTree - Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut
WHO-accredited palliative care centre that pioneered the Kerala palliative model — community-driven, volunteer-powered, and centred on humanism and empathy
Organisation HealthWelfare India, Kerala
Go straight to Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut - J-PAL South Asia
Regional research centre conducting randomized evaluations to discover which anti-poverty, health, education, and governance programs work
Organisation WelfareHealth India, Asia
Go straight to J-PAL South Asia - Jagriti Seva Sansthan
Building India through enterprise in Middle India, running the iconic Jagriti Yatra train journey.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
Go straight to Jagriti Seva Sansthan - Jagriti Yatra
Nonprofit train journey and alumni network introducing young people to social enterprise across small-town and rural India
Organisation LabourEducation India
Go straight to Jagriti Yatra - Jal Jeevan Mission Dashboard
Rural tap-water coverage, village certification, water quality, scheme progress and mission finances down to habitation level
Dashboard WaterHealth India
Go straight to Jal Jeevan Mission Dashboard - Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
Indian network of the People's Health Movement coordinating public health practitioners, activists, and unions for health equity and healthcare rights
Organisation HealthRights India
Go straight to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan - Jan Swasthya Sahyog
Community health non-profit providing low-cost rural clinical care, village health worker networks, and public health research in central tribal India
Organisation HealthNutrition Chhattisgarh, India
Go straight to Jan Swasthya Sahyog - KoboToolbox
Open-source field data collection that works offline on cheap phones, widely used for humanitarian and survey work
Tool TechnologyHealth Global
Go straight to KoboToolbox - LibTech India
Action-research collective tracking public welfare delivery, MGNREGA wage delays, and digital exclusions in rural social security systems
Organisation WelfareLabour India
Go straight to LibTech India - Lipok Social Foundation
Improving farmer livelihoods in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Lipok Social Foundation - M.S.Swaminathan Research
Science-driven research for sustainable rural development.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra
Go straight to M.S.Swaminathan Research - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
Grassroots peasant-worker union that pioneered Jan Sunwais and led the historic movement for India's Right to Information and MGNREGA
Organisation RightsLabour Rajasthan, India
Go straight to Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan - Mental Health Action Trust (MHAT)
Decentralised, low-cost community mental health support using volunteer-powered, task-sharing models — free care through clinics in Kerala and Bengaluru
Organisation HealthWelfare India, Kerala, Karnataka
Go straight to Mental Health Action Trust (MHAT) - MGNREGA Public Data
Job cards, works, muster rolls and payments for India's rural employment guarantee, published down to panchayat level
Dashboard WelfareLabour India
Go straight to MGNREGA Public Data - National Multidimensional Poverty Index
MPI framework and India-facing material on poverty across education, health, living standards and regional deprivation
Publication WelfareEconomy India
Go straight to National Multidimensional Poverty Index - Navya Jeevan Foundation
New Delhi nonprofit supporting women, children and older people through education, skills, relief and community outreach
Organisation WelfareGender India, Delhi
Go straight to Navya Jeevan Foundation - NFSA and Public Distribution Dashboard
Ration cards, beneficiaries, fair-price shops, foodgrain allocation, distribution and portability under the NFSA
Dashboard WelfareNutrition India
Go straight to NFSA and Public Distribution Dashboard - Organic Mandya
Empowering rural communities towards self-sufficiency through organic farming and farmer-consumer networks.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Organic Mandya - Paani Foundation
Community-led water conservation and climate-resilient rural livelihoods focused on drought-prone Maharashtra.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Paani Foundation - PM Awas Yojana (Urban) MIS
PMAY housing scheme progress — houses sanctioned, grounded, and completed across urban and rural verticals, with beneficiary details and state-wise data
Dashboard HousingWelfare India
Go straight to PM Awas Yojana (Urban) MIS - PM-KISAN
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi — farmer income support dashboard tracking beneficiaries, payments, and state-wise coverage for 110M+ farmer families
Dashboard AgricultureWelfare India
Go straight to PM-KISAN - PMGSY Rural Roads Portal
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — road-level data on rural road construction, connectivity status, and expenditure across India's rural road network
Dashboard TransportWelfare India
Go straight to PMGSY Rural Roads Portal - The Policy Edge
Independent platform publishing evidence-based policy briefs, academic working papers, and practitioner perspectives on Indian governance
Publication GovernanceWelfare India
Go straight to The Policy Edge - Poverty and Shared Prosperity
World Bank flagship on poverty, inequality and inclusive growth pathways across economies with implications for climate and social policy
Publication EconomyWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Poverty and Shared Prosperity - Progress of the World’s Women
UN Women flagship publication series on global gender progress with periodic benchmark reports and indicator-backed equity framing
Publication GenderWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Progress of the World’s Women - RapidPro
Open-source visual workflow engine by UNICEF for building multi-channel messaging bots and surveys across SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram
Tool TechnologyHealth Global, India
Go straight to RapidPro - RCRC
Rights-based natural resource governance, climate justice, and resilient rural livelihoods.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to RCRC - Sahaja Samrudha
Organic farmers' movement conserving indigenous crop diversity through seed networks, community banks and participatory research
Organisation AgricultureEnvironment India, Karnataka
Go straight to Sahaja Samrudha - Sama Digital Foundation
Nonprofit repurposing donated devices and e-waste into digital skilling and coding education for underserved women and youth
Organisation EducationTechnology India
Go straight to Sama Digital Foundation - Sangath
Mental health research non-profit pioneering community-based task-sharing interventions across India and low-income countries
Organisation HealthDisability Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, India
Go straight to Sangath - Sarjapura Curries
Food biodiversity, local greens, and community storytelling rooted in regional food systems.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to Sarjapura Curries - Sauramandala Foundation
Social and economic change for remote and inaccessible communities through collaborative action.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Meghalaya
Go straight to Sauramandala Foundation - SDG India Index
NITI Aayog index on India’s Sustainable Development Goal progress with state-level comparisons and thematic dashboards
Publication WelfareGovernance India
Go straight to SDG India Index - SEARCH Gadchiroli
Community health research non-profit pioneering low-cost maternal-newborn healthcare and tribal public health models in central India
Organisation HealthNutrition Maharashtra, India
Go straight to SEARCH Gadchiroli - SEWA Bharat
National federation of informal women workers organizing for labour rights, social security, financial inclusion, and cooperative enterprise across India
Organisation LabourGender India
Go straight to SEWA Bharat - Shivganga Gram Vikas
Rural development in tribal areas through water conservation.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Shivganga Gram Vikas - State of the World's Children
UNICEF periodic global review of child health, survival, education, protection and climate-linked risks
Publication HealthEducation Global, India
Go straight to State of the World's Children - Svatah
Non-profit organisation promoting financial literacy, savings behaviour, and economic stability for women, youth, and marginalised communities in India
Organisation EconomyEducation Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, India
Go straight to Svatah - Swachh Bharat Mission Dashboard
Sanitation progress across urban and rural India — toilet construction, ODF status, solid waste management, and swachhata rankings at city and district level
Dashboard HealthCities India
Go straight to Swachh Bharat Mission Dashboard - SwaYYam
Permaculture and agroecology collective regenerating degraded farmland through farmer collectives, tree-planting, and food sovereignty.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to SwaYYam - The Timbaktu Collective
Grassroots regeneration of drought-prone landscapes through cooperatives, organic farming, and local economies.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to The Timbaktu Collective - Transform Rural India Foundation
Community-first rural development spanning health, nutrition, education, farm prosperity, and local governance across eight states.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Transform Rural India Foundation - Udhyam Learning Foundation
Builds entrepreneurial skills among government-school students and supports nano-entrepreneurs in improving their livelihoods
Organisation EducationLabour India
Go straight to Udhyam Learning Foundation - UN SDG Data Portal
Official country-level series for all Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with metadata on how each is defined
Data source GovernanceWelfare Global, India
Go straight to UN SDG Data Portal - UNDP Human Development Reports
The Human Development Index and its components, plus inequality, gender and multidimensional poverty indices by country
Data source WelfareHealth Global, India
Go straight to UNDP Human Development Reports - UNHCR Global Trends
UNHCR annual statistics on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless populations
Publication MigrationGovernance Global, Asia
Go straight to UNHCR Global Trends - UNHCR Refugee Data
UNHCR statistics on forcibly displaced populations — refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced, and stateless people, by country of origin and asylum
Data source MigrationRights Global, India
Go straight to UNHCR Refugee Data - Vaagdhara
Farming sovereignty, child protection, and democracy in tribal regions.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
Go straight to Vaagdhara - Vanastree
Women-run Western Ghats collective conserving traditional seeds, forest-garden biodiversity and small-scale food systems
Organisation AgricultureGender India, Karnataka
Go straight to Vanastree - WASSAN
Ecological security for rainfed areas and poorer communities.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
Go straight to WASSAN - WHO World Health Statistics
WHO official global repository of health system indicators, risk factors, mortality and service access indicators
Publication HealthDemography Global, India
Go straight to WHO World Health Statistics - World Bank India Development Update
Periodic World Bank note on India’s latest development outcomes, sector reforms and state of policy execution
Publication EconomyGovernance India
Go straight to World Bank India Development Update