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CASE STUDY

3. SDG 3 - Good Health and empowerment received a by ensuring marginalised
Well-being: boost, with 0.8k beneficiaries communities, including 62k
under Rupashree (Marriage beneficiaries of Jai Bangla/
Healthcare accessibility
Pension
improved significantly, with assistance) and 15k under Taposali Bandhu Scheduled
Lakshmir Bhandar (universal
to
(pension
45k individuals benefitting monthly assistance to women Tribes/ Scheduled Castes and
from Swasthya Sathi (Health
Assistance Card), 55k aged between 25 years to Other Backward community),
60
entitled
their
years),
strengthening
received
receiving financial support financial security for support, promoting equitable
for medical expenses and women-led households. access to welfare services
hospitalisation, particularly Additionally, 0.6k female and reducing socio-economic
for economically weaker students benefitted from disparities. The grievance
sections. The project has the Kanyashree scholarship redressal system ensures
facilitated over 90k families program through the that all citizens, including
in getting better health grievance redressal system marginalised groups, have
care facilities through the and has received their rightful equal access to government
health care schemes and benefits through proactive services. By addressing
government hospital services. intervention. grievances and ensuring
Additionally, it has resolved equitable service delivery, the
around 0.8k grievances of 6. SDG 6 - Clean Water system helps reduce social
the health care providers in and Sanitation: inequalities and promotes
providing smooth health fairness in governance.
services. Under the Nirmal Bangla
(Rural Sanitation) initiative, 9. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice,
4. SDG 4 - Quality Education: 13k households gained and Strong Institutions:

Timely interventions of 50k access to improved sanitation The portal promotes
students ensured that all facilities, 24k grievances has transparency, accountability,
eligible students received been redressed promoting and access to justice. By
financial aid under the Swami hygiene, health, and dignity. providing citizens with a
Vivekananda Scholarship for direct channel to resolve
Higher Education in the field 7. SDG 9 - Industry, issues strengthens the trust
of Science, Arts, Commerce, Innovation, and between the government and
Technology, Professional Infrastructure: the people, which contribute
degrees etc, Aikyashree Around 15 million grievances to stronger institutions and
Scholarship and Medhashree. have been addressed related to fosters peace and justice.
Many students who were Industry, Road Connectivity
previously excluded due to and Infrastructure, and 4.6 Case Studies
documentation/ credentials innovation. Under the Case Study 1: Urgent Need
errors or bank-related issues Pathashree scheme 12k for a baby’s Life-Saving
successfully secured their kilometres road has been Surgery
entitlements, ensuring constructed / repaired.
uninterrupted education for The Crisis:
marginalised communities. 8. SDG10-Reduced Sek Hazrat Ali (Name
Inequality: Changed), a concerned citizen
5. SDG 5 - Gender Equality:
The portal has played a key from Bagnan-I, Howrah,
Women’s economic role in financial inclusion faced a heart-wrenching

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