Despite substantial investments by the Indian government, there is still potential for accelerating progress towards achieving India’s development goals, a report titled, ‘Systemic Impact Exemplars: Unique Approaches Towards Solving India’s Development Challenges,’ released by the Convergence Foundation, in collaboration with India Impact Sherpas, noted.
The report adds that though in 2022-23, the cumulative social expenditure by the Central and State governments amounted to ₹21.03 lakh crore, according to the Reserve Bank of India, there is a need for more System Support Organisations (SSOs) to work with governments to provide technical and programmatic support for population level impact. SSOs work in close collaboration with governments at the Centre as well as State levels, to create impact at a large-scale.
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