NITI Aayog list of ‘best practices’

Context

NITI Aayog has released the book ‘Best practices in social sector: A compendium 2023’ which documents 75 initiatives that have benefitted a large segment of the society and are replicable.

About

NITI Aayog released the book in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme.
The seventy-five best practices highlight models which are innovative, sustainable, replicable and impactful.
The aim of this exercise has been to synthesise lessons for the future to expand, enhance and improve life at the grassroots level.
These best practices have been carefully chosen from amongst these collated from the Central Ministries/Departments and the States/UTs.
Of these “best practices”,
- 14 are those that have been launched by Central ministries
- two are joint initiatives by the Centre and the state governments
- the rest are from 26 states and UTs

Central government (14)	Delhi (4)	Karnataka (6)
Direct benefit Transfer Academic Bank of Credits (integration of students’ skills, experiences into a Credit Based system) National Academic Depository Ganga Prahari initiative National Artificial Intelligence Portal Innovations for Defence excellence Nasha Mukt Bharat Prayatna project for Transgenders Financial inclusion for street vendors under PM SVANidhi Project on Ethanol One Nation One Ration Card UMANG DigiLocker Crash course for Covid Warriors	Home based education to children with multiple/ severe disabilities Electric Vehicle policy for clean air Bio Decomposer Solution and Spray Programme to combat stubble burning Sustainable power eco-system	Kalika Chetarike – Activity based learning Solving dry waste handling Santhe Kaushalkar – Self Help Group and Artisan Profiling Platform Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary, Information System Kutumba: Social Protection cum Entitlement Management System; Platform for SDG, CSR alignment
	Uttar Pradesh (4)
	Black Rice Initiative in Chandauli Reducing Maternal, Newborn Deaths (ReMiND), through mobile application SARTHI & SAKHI — Mental Health Helpline Disaster Risk Reduction