Development Alternatives

Digest - Grassroots Chronicles

November 2025

Events

Reimagining Local Economies : A Systems Approach to Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Reimagining Local Economies : A Systems Approach to Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Development Alternatives (DA) convened a high-level roundtable, Reimagining Local Economies: A Systems Approach to Inclusive Entrepreneurship, on 5th November 2025 at New Delhi bringing together senio...

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Consultation Workshop Catalysing Socially Responsive Brick Industries in India - Bridging policies and practice

Consultation Workshop Catalysing Socially Responsive Brick Industries in India - Bridging policies and practice

The workshop brought brick entrepreneurs together to address labour welfare challenges, share best practices, and strengthen policy-driven social safeguards through the Social Code of Conduct.

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Rural Enterprise Takes Centre Stage at ET Vision Conclave

Rural Enterprise Takes Centre Stage at ET Vision Conclave

The ET Vision Conclave underscored rural entrepreneurship as a key driver of Viksit Bharat, spotlighting Development Alternatives’ bottom-up model that has enabled 37,000 enterprises and 80,000 liveli...

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Perspectives

Water and Gender Equity: Beyond Access to Agency

This month's Development Alternatives blog, authored by Maj. Gen. Rahul Bhardwaj (VSM), explores why achieving water equity in India requires more than infrastructure, it demands recognising and stren...

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Water and Gender Equity: Beyond Access to Agency

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