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Grouped by pillar and sub-pillar. Each card says how much time it needs, who it is for, and which report card indicator it relates to. These are things to do, not evidence that the indicator has moved: the report card itself is built only from published statistics.
Fifteen minutes a day, in the language the child speaks at home. Use picture books, pictures from a newspaper, or a story you tell from memory, and ask the child what happens next.
Relates to: Share of Class 3 children who can read a Class 2 level text (ASER; PARAKH National Achievement Survey).
Ask the head teacher or anganwadi worker if you can spend an hour a week listening to children read aloud and helping with simple counting games.
Relates to: Share of Class 3 children who can read a Class 2 level text (ASER; PARAKH National Achievement Survey).
Use coins, fruit or a shopping bill to let a child work out change and 'how many are left'. Do it a few minutes at a time, whenever you are together.
Relates to: Share of Class 3 children who can do subtraction (ASER).
Go with a question, not a complaint: what is missing, and how can you help? Look at the nutrition schedule and the learning materials, and offer what you can.
Relates to: Share of children under five who are stunted (National Family Health Survey).
Parents and local citizens have a seat on these committees. Go, and ask to see how children are doing in reading and maths, not only attendance and exam marks.
Relates to: Share of students proficient in language and mathematics in Grades 3, 6 and 9 (PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan).
Choose one student in Classes 9 to 12 from a family that struggles. Check in every month on attendance, fees and books, and help them see a path after school.
Relates to: Retention rate to the end of secondary school, and dropout rate at the secondary level (UDISE+).
Offer the principal one session a month on a subject you know or on your work. A real person from the working world makes lessons and careers concrete.
Relates to: Share of students proficient in language and mathematics in Grades 3, 6 and 9 (PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan).
Ask the school how many teacher posts are filled. If there are gaps, write to the block education office and keep a copy of your letter.
Relates to: Number of single-teacher schools and pupil-teacher ratios (UDISE+).
If you went to college, give one hour a month to a student whose family has not: help with course choices, applications, scholarships and the first year away from home.
Relates to: Gross enrolment ratio in higher education, and PhD enrolment (AISHE).
Pay or help find a scholarship for one student's degree through a registered institution or trust, and stay in touch with them until they finish.
Relates to: Gross enrolment ratio in higher education, and PhD enrolment (AISHE).
If you do research, make your papers and data open access where you can, and write one plain-language summary for the public.
Take on one young person for a real, paid learning role of three months or more, with a named person responsible for teaching them.
Relates to: Share of persons aged 15 to 59 with formal vocational or technical training (PLFS).
Pick a free course, for example on SWAYAM or NPTEL, and finish it. Tell one friend so that you stay on track.
Relates to: Share of persons aged 15 to 59 with formal vocational or technical training (PLFS).
Sit with a young person in your household staff's or neighbours' families and teach what you know: spreadsheets, spoken English, phone repair, accounts.
Relates to: Share of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training (PLFS).
When you hire, test the actual skill, and tell candidates what skills you look for so that young people know what to learn.
Relates to: Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 29 (PLFS).
Compare it with the schedule for your own child, a helper's child and a neighbour's. If a dose is missed, ask the nearest health centre or anganwadi when it can be given.
Relates to: Share of children aged 12-23 months fully immunised (National Family Health Survey).
If a helper, neighbour or relative is pregnant, make sure she is registered for check-ups at a government facility, and help with the time off or the trip.
Relates to: Maternal mortality ratio (Sample Registration System special bulletin).
Share what health workers advise: breast milk alone for the first six months, then home-cooked foods alongside it. Offer help, not a lecture.
Relates to: Share of children under five who are stunted and who are underweight (National Family Health Survey).
Do it this month and do it for your parents too. Both conditions can go unnoticed for years, so a simple test is worth the time.
Ask your local body or district water testing lab how to get your water checked, and fix what it finds: filter, clean the tank, or change the source.
Walk, cycle or play. Do it with family or a neighbour, so it becomes a habit.
Keep your family's vaccines up to date. If several people nearby fall ill with the same fever or stomach illness, tell the local health worker early.
See whether each person is covered by a government scheme such as Ayushman Bharat, or by insurance, and help enrol anyone who is eligible and not covered.
Relates to: Share of households with health insurance or financing cover (National Family Health Survey).
For any long-term medicine, ask if a generic version exists, and check prices at a Jan Aushadhi store. This lowers what families pay out of pocket.
If you are a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or health worker, give a few hours a month to a camp, or consult through the national eSanjeevani service.
Choose one person who seems tired or quiet. Ask how they really are, listen without giving advice, and ask again next week.
Save the national tele-mental-health helpline, Tele-MANAS (14416, or 1-800-891-4416), in your phone and tell your family and staff it exists.
Relates to: Treatment gap for mental disorders (National Mental Health Survey).
Set a date, tell someone, and ask a doctor about support. If you are helping a person, stay patient, since most people need several attempts.
Managers can train themselves to spot burnout, allow leave for mental health, and say openly that asking for help is fine.
Relates to: Treatment gap for mental disorders (National Mental Health Survey).
Eyes, hearing, blood pressure and bones. Go with them if you can, since many older people skip it alone.
Relates to: Healthy life expectancy at 60, and life expectancy at 60 (Sample Registration System life tables; WHO).
Add grab bars in the bathroom, good lighting on stairs and at night, and remove loose rugs and wires.
Relates to: Share of people over 60 with a disability or functional limitation (Longitudinal Ageing Study in India).
Look it up now and save the number, so that a family in a hard time does not have to search.
If you are retired, join or start a walking or yoga group. Regular activity helps older people stay independent for longer.
Relates to: Healthy life expectancy at 60, and life expectancy at 60 (Sample Registration System life tables; WHO).
Look up your record in the state land records portal or at the local office. Correct names, areas and ownership before a dispute makes it harder.
Relates to: Share of land records digitised, and of parcels with a unique identifier (Department of Land Resources).
In a dispute, try mediation or a Lok Adalat first. It is faster and cheaper, and it leaves courts free for cases that need them.
Relates to: Cases pending in courts and judges per million people (National Judicial Data Grid; Department of Justice).
Rent, loans, staff terms and sales: write them down, sign them, and keep your word.
Relates to: World Justice Project Rule of Law Index score and rank (WJP).
Make it a rule in your car and on your bike: no belt, no start. Do not use a phone while driving, and keep to the speed limit.
Relates to: Road deaths per year and per lakh people (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Road Accidents in India).
Take a short course with the Red Cross, a hospital or a local volunteer group. You may be the first person on the scene one day.
Relates to: Road deaths per year and per lakh people (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Road Accidents in India).
Save 112 on every phone at home and share it with your household staff. Start or join a neighbours' group for safety alerts.
Relates to: Crime rate per lakh people, and the rate of crimes against women (NCRB, Crime in India).
Every district has a legal services authority that gives free legal help to those who cannot afford a lawyer. Learn how to reach it and share the details.
Give a few hours a month to a legal aid clinic or one pro bono case, especially for people held awaiting trial.
Use a different strong password for each important account, a password manager, and two-step login on email and banking. Help one older relative do the same.
Relates to: Money lost to cyber financial fraud and share recovered (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre).
Turn on automatic updates, and do not install apps from outside the official stores.
Relates to: Cyber security incidents handled, and major incidents affecting critical services (CERT-In).
If you see an unattended bag, a suspicious message asking you to hide something, or an unusual activity near sensitive sites, tell the police at once rather than sharing a rumour online.
Back up your data, patch your systems, train staff on phishing, and report serious incidents to CERT-In.
Relates to: Cyber security incidents handled, and major incidents affecting critical services (CERT-In).
When an enumerator visits, give accurate answers. Policy is only as good as the data behind it.
Make sure your bank account is active and linked for direct benefit transfers, and help a helper or neighbour check theirs.
Relates to: Value and share of benefits delivered directly to bank accounts (DBT Bharat).
If you work in government, write the steps, documents and the time for a service you provide, and display it at the counter and online.
Relates to: World Bank Government Effectiveness score (Worldwide Governance Indicators).
Read the short 'budget at a glance' documents to see where money comes from and where it goes. Tell one other person what you learned.
Relates to: Fiscal deficit of the Centre and of the states as a share of GDP (Union Budget; Reserve Bank of India).
When prices spike, do not stockpile. Buy what is in season and locally available.
A clean tax chain from supplier to customer keeps revenue stable and fair. Ask your suppliers for proper bills too.
Relates to: Fiscal deficit of the Centre and of the states as a share of GDP (Union Budget; Reserve Bank of India).
Check your name at the Voters' Service Portal. Register at 18, update your address when you move, and vote in national, state and local elections.
Relates to: Voter turnout in national and state elections (Election Commission of India).
Local bodies depend on these to fund roads, water and sanitation. Pay online and keep the receipt.
Relates to: Own revenue of local bodies as a share of GDP (Reserve Bank of India; Finance Commission).
Ask for a record that affects many people, such as how a road budget was spent, and share the reply with your neighbours.
Call the national cyber crime helpline (1930) or use the cybercrime.gov.in portal within hours of a fraud. Speed raises the chance of getting money back.
Show them the common tricks: fake officials, 'digital arrest' calls, requests for OTPs, and links in unknown messages. Practise saying 'I will call back on the official number'.
Remove apps you no longer use, switch off permissions they do not need, and read what you agree to before tapping 'I agree'.
Give customers a clear privacy notice, store data securely, and delete it when you no longer need it.
Agree wages and leave in writing, pay on the same date every month, and where they are eligible help them join a provident fund or insurance scheme.
Register staff for provident fund and insurance where the law requires, give written terms, and train everyone in safety on the job.
Relates to: Workplace fatalities (DGFASLI).
Offer flexible hours, a safe commute and a clear route back to work after a break.
Relates to: Female labour force participation rate (PLFS).
Sit with someone to get a ration card, a bank account, and registration on the e-Shram portal for unorganised workers. One missing paper often blocks a whole benefit.
Relates to: Share of the population covered by social protection (SDG National Indicator Framework).
Choose one, check that it publishes its accounts and results, and give a fixed amount every month.
Buy from artisans, vendors and local farmers without bargaining down to the last rupee, and pay on the spot.
Relates to: Gini coefficient of consumption, rural and urban (Household Consumption Expenditure Survey).
Look for a nearby maker of the goods you buy often, such as furniture, food, tools or textiles, and give them your repeat business.
Relates to: Manufacturing share of gross value added (MoSPI National Accounts).
Choose billing, stock or payroll, and move it to a simple digital tool. Measure the time saved after a month.
Relates to: Share of workers in agriculture, manufacturing and services (PLFS).
If you know quality control, costing or planning, spend a few hours with a small factory or workshop and write down what you changed.
Relates to: Manufacturing share of gross value added (MoSPI National Accounts).
Measure how much water each crop gets. Try drip or sprinklers, or alternate wetting and drying for paddy, on one plot this season and compare yields.
Relates to: Share of groundwater assessment units over-exploited, and stage of extraction (Central Ground Water Board).
Join one, or help set one up, to buy inputs and sell produce together, which gives better prices and bargaining power.
Relates to: Average monthly income of agricultural households (NSO Situation Assessment Survey).
Harvest at the right stage, grade and clean produce, use clean crates, and store in dry, ventilated places or cold storage where you can.
Relates to: Post-harvest losses by commodity group (NABCONS for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries).
Plan meals, store grains and vegetables properly, and use leftovers. Buy from farmers' markets or farmer groups when you can.
Relates to: Post-harvest losses by commodity group (NABCONS for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries).
Talk to your regional export promotion council or the DGFT office, and test one overseas buyer or marketplace before you scale.
Relates to: Exports of goods and services (US$ and as a share of GDP) (Ministry of Commerce; RBI).
Freelance or consult for an overseas client through a platform, and report the income properly.
Relates to: India's share of world merchandise and commercial services exports (WTO).
Charge fairly, give accurate directions and prices, and keep tourist spots clean. A good experience brings people back.
Relates to: International and foreign tourist arrivals (Ministry of Tourism).
For a power cut, broken road or water leak, log the complaint with the utility or the municipal helpline, note the number, and follow up until it is fixed.
Relates to: Average hours of electricity supply in rural and urban areas (Ministry of Power).
Help a neighbour or relative set up a connection, and teach them to use maps, payments, health and government services.
Relates to: Broadband subscribers per 100 people, and rural versus urban teledensity (TRAI).
If you run a business, keep a log of delays and costs on your routes, and take the pattern to your trade association to raise with the authorities.
Relates to: Logistics Performance Index score and rank (World Bank).
Pick a trip you make every week and change how you do it. Demand follows use.
Prepare one short, specific request, such as a bus stop, a road repair or a water point, and bring other residents with you.
Relates to: Rural habitations with an all-weather road and with tap water (PMGSY; Jal Jeevan Mission).
Volunteer with an organisation that helps residents get identity papers, utility connections and clear records of where they live.
Relates to: Share of the urban population living in slums (Census).
Use the official grievance channel for rural roads or tap water, and ask others to add their names.
Relates to: Rural habitations with an all-weather road and with tap water (PMGSY; Jal Jeevan Mission).
Use a written, registered agreement, keep the home safe and habitable, and settle repairs and deposits honestly.
Relates to: Share of households in a pucca house with water, toilet and electricity (NFHS; Census).
If you rent, read the agreement, keep your rent receipts, and register the agreement where the law requires.
Relates to: Housing cost and food as shares of household spending (Household Consumption Expenditure Survey).
If you employ people, offer a housing allowance or help them find lodging that is clean, safe and affordable.
Check your term life and health cover, and see whether staff who work for you have any cover at all.
Relates to: Insurance penetration and density (IRDAI).
Open a pension account such as the National Pension System or the Atal Pension Yojana for yourself and for anyone who works for you without one.
Relates to: Share of workers with a pension or provident fund (PLFS).
Track what comes in and goes out for a month, set aside a few months' expenses as a cushion, and avoid high-interest loans.
Relates to: Household debt as a share of GDP (Reserve Bank of India).
Sit with a parent, a helper or a friend and walk through budgeting, safe UPI use and how to spot a loan trap.
Relates to: Share of adults financially literate (NCFE Financial Literacy and Inclusion Survey).
Pay within the agreed time, and within the legal limit for micro and small suppliers. Small firms depend on cash arriving when promised.
Use the official online single-window or ask for the written rule. Say no to payments with no receipt, and say it politely.
Relates to: Compliances reduced and provisions decriminalised (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade).
If you see a cartel, price-fixing or abuse of a dominant position, document it and file a complaint with the Competition Commission.
Relates to: Competition cases investigated and decided, and time to decision (Competition Commission of India).
A firm that is ready for an audit can borrow, bid and grow more easily.
Relates to: Compliances reduced and provisions decriminalised (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade).
It is free, takes a few minutes, and makes you eligible for credit and support meant for micro, small and medium firms.
Relates to: Udyam-registered enterprises and bank credit to MSMEs (Ministry of MSME, RBI).
Each credit bureau gives one free report a year. Check it for errors, and build a record by repaying on time.
Relates to: Estimated MSME credit gap and share of MSMEs with formal credit (SIDBI, RBI).
Give one hour a month, and introduce the founder to a banker, a customer or an investor you trust.
Relates to: Recognised startups and government fund disbursals, by state and city (DPIIT).
Pick a task, such as drafting, translation or data entry. Measure time saved and errors, then share the result with your team or peers.
Relates to: Share of firms adopting digital tools and AI (to be added when an official survey exists).
If you have a new product or process, talk to a patent facilitation centre or a patent attorney about whether to file.
Build a useful tool, publish the code or write-up, and ask for feedback. Join a hackathon or open-source project if that helps.
Relates to: Global Innovation Index rank, and input and output sub-index ranks (WIPO).
Speak or write about a venture or project that did not work, to students or at a meetup. It makes the next attempt less frightening.
Be the first customer, give honest feedback, and do not talk them out of trying.
Relates to: Entrepreneurial intentions and perceived opportunities (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India).
Choose a side project, offer it to ten real people, and note what they say. Do not quit your job over a guess.
Relates to: Entrepreneurial intentions and perceived opportunities (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India).
If you live outside a metro, start or join a local business or incubator rather than assuming the opportunity is elsewhere.
Relates to: Share of recognised startups, funding and unicorns outside the top three metros (DPIIT).
Always take a proper bill. If a seller will not fix a problem, use the National Consumer Helpline (1915) or file online through e-Jagriti.
Relates to: National Consumer Helpline complaints and pre-litigation refunds (Department of Consumer Affairs).
Use your operator's do-not-disturb option and complaint channel, and report repeat senders.
Relates to: Share of food samples non-conforming (FSSAI) and spam complaints and enforcement (TRAI).
Look for the FSSAI licence number on food products and shops. Report unsafe food through the official complaint channel.
Relates to: Share of food samples non-conforming (FSSAI) and spam complaints and enforcement (TRAI).
Publish a clear grievance contact, answer within a few days, and settle fair claims quickly.
Relates to: National Consumer Helpline complaints and pre-litigation refunds (Department of Consumer Affairs).
Ask for the official process and a receipt. If you are pressed, report it to your state's anti-corruption helpline or vigilance office.
If you are required to file, do it on time and report all income honestly.
Relates to: Income tax returns filed as a share of adults (Income Tax Department, Election Commission roll).
No fake bills, no under-declared values, no certificates for work not done. Say no politely, and keep a record.
Relates to: Share of businesses reporting bribe payments (LocalCircles or a comparable survey).
Pick a local issue, such as waste, a road or a water supply. Ask what is planned, by when, and who is responsible.
Relates to: Share of adults attending gram sabhas and ward meetings (a national survey, to be sourced when one exists).
Take part in the Swachh Survekshan feedback and report local cleanliness problems through the official channel.
Stop at red lights, give way to pedestrians, and do not park on footpaths. It is a daily test of civic sense.
Be on time, return calls, and deliver what you said you would. Trust between people is built from these.
Relates to: Share of people who say most people can be trusted (World Values Survey; Ipsos).
Put prices, ingredients and refund terms where customers can see them, and give clear receipts.
Relates to: Trust in business and in digital transactions (a national survey, to be sourced).
Before you form a view on a court, a commission or an agency, read its latest annual report or FAQ once.
Relates to: Trust in the police, courts, Election Commission, media and political parties (Lokniti-CSDS; Ipsos India).
Look for the same claim from two independent sources or a fact-checking site. If you cannot confirm it, do not forward it.
Relates to: Trust in news and share concerned about misinformation (Reuters Institute Digital News Report).
Ask them to explain their view and why they hold it. Aim to understand, not to win.
A subscription or donation keeps reporting accountable to readers rather than to clicks.
Relates to: World Press Freedom Index rank (Reporters Without Borders, labelled as an NGO index).
Sit with a parent or grandparent and go through one message: who sent it, is it dated, is it on a trusted site?
Relates to: Trust in news and share concerned about misinformation (Reuters Institute Digital News Report).
Even one shared meal gives children a place to talk and to see how adults behave.
Relates to: Time spent by parents on childcare and by families together, by sex (Time Use Survey, MoSPI).
Choose a person who was honest, kept a promise or helped others at a cost. Tell it plainly and ask what the child would have done.
Cooking, cleaning, helping an elder: honest work done well, and thanked, teaches the dignity of labour.
Take young relatives to meet a farmer, a mechanic, a nurse or a civil servant and ask them to explain a day in their job.
Service, prayer, art, music or a craft. Put it in your calendar the way you would a meeting.
One sentence, in your own words, about what you will do at your level. Share it with one person and read it again in a year.
A walk in a park, a temple or masjid or gurdwara or church gathering, a neighbourhood game. Make it regular.
Relates to: Time spent with family, community and in religious activity (Time Use Survey, MoSPI).
Decline it in your own family and speak up if you hear of one. If it cannot be stopped, call Childline (1098) or the local authority.
Relates to: Share of women aged 20-24 married before 18 (NFHS).
The law bars employing children under 14, with narrow exceptions, and bars adolescents from hazardous work. Do not hire them, and report cases to Childline (1098).
Relates to: Children in work (Census; PLFS) and crimes against children (NCRB).
Make it a fixed time. If a relative lives alone, arrange a daily check-in from someone nearby.
Relates to: Share of elderly living alone or without support, and crimes against senior citizens (LASI; NCRB).
Sudden fear, changes in behaviour, or unexplained injuries. Know that Childline (1098) takes reports and keeps the child's safety first.
Relates to: Children in work (Census; PLFS) and crimes against children (NCRB).
Agree a fixed share of cooking, cleaning and childcare, and do it without being asked.
Relates to: Women's daily hours of unpaid domestic and care work versus men's (Time Use Survey).
Offer flexible hours and a safe commute, set up the internal complaints committee the law requires, and act on complaints.
Relates to: Share of women reporting spousal violence (NFHS) and crimes against women registered (NCRB).
Invest in it as you would for a son, and do not take part in sex selection.
Relates to: Sex ratio at birth (Sample Registration System).
Help the person get away from the situation, call 112 if there is danger, and offer to be a witness.
Relates to: Share of women reporting spousal violence (NFHS) and crimes against women registered (NCRB).
Judge people on skill and honesty, not on caste, religion or region, and speak up when others do not.
Invite them home, and accept their invitation. Knowing people personally is a good place to start.
Choose a student from a historically disadvantaged community and give one hour a month for advice and introductions.
Relates to: Intergenerational mobility in education, by social group and sex (academic studies on IHDS and NSS data).
Say you find them unfunny. Report hate crimes to the police.
Choose something within a kilometre of home and stay with it for three months.
Relates to: Share who helped a stranger, volunteered or donated in the past month (CAF World Giving Index).
Start a festival gathering or a children's game hour in your building or lane.
Relates to: A national measure of loneliness and neighbourhood ties (to be sourced when one exists).
Take ten minutes every week, and exchange phone numbers with their family.
Relates to: Share of elderly living alone and share reporting loneliness (LASI).
Register at a blood bank and give regularly. Ask your workplace to host a drive.
Relates to: Share who helped a stranger, volunteered or donated in the past month (CAF World Giving Index).
Help a migrant worker or a family new to your area with ration, bank, school and health access and with the local language.
Relates to: Internal migrants as a share of population, by reason and direction (Census; PLFS).
Pay on time, give written terms, and arrange a safe and clean place to live.
Relates to: Internal migrants as a share of population, by reason and direction (Census; PLFS).
Mentor a student, teach a short course, or introduce an Indian start-up to your network.
Relates to: Indians working abroad and a measure of skilled emigration (UN migration data; to be sourced).
Use banks or approved remittance services, not informal channels. It is safer for you and for your family.
Relates to: Remittances received (Reserve Bank of India).
Tell children stories in it, and write something in it every month, even a letter.
Relates to: Speakers of each scheduled language and of smaller mother tongues (Census).
Do not scratch, litter or take stones. Tell the site authority about damage, and join a guided walk or volunteer scheme.
Visit a weaver, potter or maker, or buy through a fair-trade group, and pay a fair price.
Give an hour to an open ground or a school team that has no coach.
Take waste to the collector. On days with poor air quality, carpool or use public transport.
Repair taps, reuse water for plants and cleaning, and harvest rainwater where you can.
Compost flowers and offerings and do not throw plastic or construction waste into water bodies. Join a local clean-up.
Relates to: Number of polluted river stretches and critical-category stretches (CPCB).
Use the official air quality index for your city, and wear a well-fitting N95 mask outdoors when it is poor.
Use LEDs, choose star-rated appliances, and switch off standby devices.
Relates to: Carbon dioxide emissions per person and total (Global Carbon Project; India's national inventory).
Find out about the national rooftop solar subsidy and a quote for your home or business.
Help a household you know that cooks on firewood or dung to get an LPG connection or an electric alternative, and to use it.
Use two bins and hand them to the collector separately. If your lane has no door-to-door collection, ask your local body why.
Say no to carry bags and plastic cutlery, and return packaging where a brand takes it back.
Relates to: Plastic waste generated and share recycled under EPR (CPCB).
Fix the phone, mend the shoes, give away what you do not use, and buy only what you need.
Relates to: Material consumption per person (UN International Resource Panel; to be sourced).
Start with a pot or a bin at home, or join a neighbourhood compost group.
Relates to: Rural waste collection and processing coverage (Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen).
Choose species that suit your area, water them through dry months, and protect them from cattle.
Use cover crops or compost, reduce tillage where you can, and test your soil each year.
Take part in a bird, butterfly or lake survey and upload your sightings. The data helps scientists track species.
Keep your distance from wild animals, and report suspected poaching or illegal wildlife trade to the forest department.
Install the national alert app and enable weather alerts on your phone. Tell your neighbours and household staff.
Relates to: Share of population receiving early warnings before disasters (IMD; Common Alerting Protocol).
Water, a torch, medicines, documents in a waterproof bag, and a meeting place. Practise once.
Relates to: Deaths and economic losses from disasters, by type (Ministry of Home Affairs; NDMA; EM-DAT).
Look in on older neighbours, offer water to outdoor workers, and give your own staff shade and rest.
Relates to: Heat deaths on a single reconciled official series (NCRB, NDMA and IMD).
Write or use RTI to ask whether a plan exists, who is responsible, and when it was last tested.
Relates to: Districts and cities with heat action plans and flood plans in force (NDMA; state authorities).
The question 47 BH asks every Indian is: what can I do, at my level, so that Bharat becomes developed in 2047? If your answer is not in the library, write it to us in a few lines: what you do, where, and how often.
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Do specific things at your own level: in your family, your work, your neighbourhood and your civic life. The 47 BH action library lists 169 such actions across all 47 sub-pillars of the framework, from reading to a child and checking your blood pressure to paying suppliers on time and keeping waste out of rivers. Each action is tied to an indicator on the 47 BH report card.
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