How the public work board would run

Teacher-practice coaching RCT (3 states)

Teacher training is delivered but its effect on learning is unknown.

Owner

Pragati Shakti Labs

Baseline

No causal evidence in Indian context at scale

Target

Randomised evaluation with pre-registered outcomes

Sample dates

Y2 Q1 → Y3 Q4

Est. / actual

₹45 cr / ₹0 cr

KPI

Effect size on FLN scores

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: PS-002 assessment instrument

Risks: Contamination between arms

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: queued behind the assessment instrument (PS-002).

National compute access for AI research

Public research institutions lack compute to do frontier AI work.

Owner

Mission Lead — Technology & Digital State

Baseline

Fragmented access

Target

Evaluated programme with research-output metrics

Sample dates

Y2 Q1 → Y4 Q4

Est. / actual

₹2.5k cr / ₹0 cr

KPI

Peer-reviewed output and fielded systems per ₹ crore

Priority

0 / 100

Depends on: Power availability; Procurement reform

Risks: Under-utilisation; Vendor lock-in

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: blocked — no funding source identified; stays unfunded until one is.

Veteran transition employment tracking

Transition outcomes for veterans are not systematically measured.

Owner

Mission Lead — Defence & Strategic Security

Baseline

Not measured

Target

12-month employment outcome tracked in 2 regions

Sample dates

Y1 Q2 → Y2 Q3

Est. / actual

₹15 cr / ₹0 cr

KPI

Veteran employment within 12 months

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: Resettlement directorate data access

Risks: Low survey response

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: problem statement validated with veteran organisations in Y1 Q2.

Insurance payout within 30 days

Long claim-to-payout delays make crop insurance ineffective as risk management.

Owner

Mission Lead — Agriculture & Food Systems

Baseline

Payout timelines not consistently published

Target

Median ≤ 30 days in pilot states

Sample dates

Y1 Q2 → Y2 Q4

Est. / actual

₹60 cr / ₹1 cr

KPI

Median days claim-to-payout

Priority

5 / 100

Depends on: Insurer data sharing; Yield-estimation technology validation

Risks: Moral hazard if assessment automated poorly

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: evidence review of satellite yield estimation in Y1 Q2.

Verified DISCOM reliability reporting

Supply interruption data is self-reported and inconsistent across DISCOMs.

Owner

Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water

Baseline

Self-reported SAIDI, no third-party audit

Target

Third-party verified SAIDI/SAIFI for all DISCOMs

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q4

Est. / actual

₹80 cr / ₹4 cr

KPI

cew-supply-interruption

Priority

5 / 100

Depends on: Smart-meter data access agreements; State regulator consent

Risks: DISCOM resistance to disclosure

Y1 Q1 — Sample schedule: verification protocol drafted in Y1 Q1 and sent for expert review.

Airshed pollution management (10 cities)

City-level plans ignore cross-boundary sources; exposure not tracked at population level.

Owner

Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water

Baseline

50.6 µg/m³ annual avg PM2.5, 2024 (IQAir)

Target

Airshed plans with quarterly exposure reporting

Sample dates

Y1 Q2 → Y3 Q4

Est. / actual

₹650 cr / ₹12 cr

KPI

cew-pm25-exposure

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: Inter-state coordination mechanism; Monitor procurement

Risks: Source attribution disputes between states; Seasonal confounding

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: public consultation would run for six weeks in Y1 Q2.

Business closure time reduction

Closing a business takes years, trapping capital and discouraging formation.

Owner

Mission Lead — Economy, Jobs & Taxation

Baseline

To be measured

Target

Median voluntary closure ≤ 6 months in pilot

Sample dates

Y1 Q2 → Y3 Q1

Est. / actual

₹25 cr / ₹2 cr

KPI

Median days to voluntary closure

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: MCA process access; Insolvency framework interaction

Risks: Creditor protection weakened

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: legal review of interaction with IBC provisions in Y1 Q2.

Cold-chain loss-reduction pilot (15 districts)

High post-harvest loss in perishables depresses farmer price realisation.

Owner

Mission Lead — Agriculture & Food Systems

Baseline

Fruits 6–15%, vegetables 5–12% (NABCONS 2020-22)

Target

Measured loss reduction ≥ 5 percentage points in pilot districts

Sample dates

Y1 Q2 → Y3 Q2

Est. / actual

₹400 cr / ₹0 cr

KPI

agri-post-harvest-loss

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: Loss-measurement protocol (PS-012); Private cold-chain operators

Risks: Stranded assets if demand aggregation fails; Power reliability

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: fiscal review would test the recurring energy-cost assumption before any pilot spend.

30-minute emergency care access

Large populations cannot reach functioning emergency care quickly; baseline not independently validated.

Owner

Mission Lead — Health

Baseline

Not measured nationally (LAB-01 building baseline)

Target

80% by Year 3; 95% by Year 10

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y3 Q4

Est. / actual

₹1.8k cr / ₹90 cr

KPI

health-emergency-access

Priority

3 / 100

Depends on: State health department MoUs (12 districts); GIS travel-time dataset

Risks: Ambulance staffing shortfalls; Referral hospitals overloaded

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: pilot would begin in 12 districts in Y1 Q2; first travel-time audit at the end of Y1.

'Tell us once' — 5 high-volume services

Citizens repeatedly re-submit data government already legitimately holds.

Owner

Mission Lead — Technology & Digital State

Baseline

Not measured; form-field audit in pilot

Target

< 25% in pilot services by Year 2

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q4

Est. / actual

₹150 cr / ₹22 cr

KPI

tech-resubmission-rate

Priority

5 / 100

Depends on: Consent framework legal review; State service integration

Risks: Privacy breach via over-broad data sharing; Legacy system integration failure

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: first two services would go live only after the privacy audit is published.

Independent foundational literacy & numeracy assessment

Learning outcomes are inferred from enrolment and attendance rather than measured competence.

Owner

Mission Lead — Education & Skills

Baseline

23.4% of rural Std III read Std II text (ASER 2024); no annual district-level series

Target

All districts measured annually with published methodology

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q3

Est. / actual

₹220 cr / ₹60 cr

KPI

edu-grade3-reading

Priority

20 / 100

Depends on: Assessment design peer review; State education dept access

Risks: Teaching to the test; Sample bias in hard-to-reach blocks

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: first-wave results from 200 districts would enter peer review in Y1 Q2.

MSME compliance-cost baseline (5 sectors)

Regulatory burden on MSMEs is asserted but not measured.

Owner

Mission Lead — Economy, Jobs & Taxation

Baseline

No baseline

Target

Published cost-of-compliance baseline

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y1 Q4

Est. / actual

₹12 cr / ₹7 cr

KPI

econ-msme-compliance-cost

Priority

17 / 100

Depends on: Industry association participation

Risks: Self-reporting bias

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: fieldwork in three sectors during Y1 Q1–Q2.

Groundwater recharge with metered outcomes (20 blocks)

Recharge structures are built without measuring aquifer response.

Owner

Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water

Baseline

Structures counted, not outcomes

Target

Metered water-table response in 20 blocks

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q2

Est. / actual

₹90 cr / ₹31 cr

KPI

Water-table change vs. control blocks

Priority

2 / 100

Depends on: Piezometer network; CGWB collaboration

Risks: Monsoon variability masks effect

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule (showing a slip): piezometer procurement delayed four months; design revised to add control blocks.

Open-data publication standard (3 states)

Government data is released as PDFs or not at all; cannot be audited or reused.

Owner

Mission Lead — Technology & Digital State

Baseline

Ad hoc releases

Target

Machine-readable releases with schemas in 3 states

Sample dates

Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q2

Est. / actual

₹30 cr / ₹11 cr

KPI

Share of datasets machine-readable

Priority

12 / 100

Depends on: State IT departments

Risks: Standard adopted on paper only

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: standard v1.0 adopted by one state in Y1 Q2; two more to follow.

Post-harvest loss measurement protocol

Loss figures are inconsistent across studies; no standard protocol.

Owner

Pragati Shakti Labs

Baseline

No standard

Target

Peer-reviewed protocol applied to 5 crops

Sample dates

Y1 Q4 → Y1 Q2

Est. / actual

₹3 cr / ₹2.6 cr

KPI

Protocol published and adopted

Priority

29 / 100

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: protocol v1.0 published by Y1 Q2; feeds PS-005.

PHC waiting-time measurement (50 PHCs)

Waiting time at primary facilities is unmeasured, so quality cannot be managed.

Owner

Mission Lead — Health

Baseline

Unmeasured

Target

Monthly public waiting-time data from 50 PHCs

Sample dates

Y1 Q4 → Y1 Q2

Est. / actual

₹4 cr / ₹3.8 cr

KPI

Median waiting time (minutes)

Priority

29 / 100

Risks: Gaming via token manipulation

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: live from Y1 Q2 with anomaly detection flagging facilities for audit.