This is one of the major thematic areas of Badlao Foundation with the sole objective of social inclusion and reduced poverty through improved public services through programme in selected districts of Jharkhand.”Badlao Foundation also aims to improve quality, coverage and access to information regarding public services in education, health and nutrition and rural employment of four blocks of Jharkhand. Innovative processes and best practices that address key constraints in information delivery, service provision and empowerment of self-governance bodies are successfully standardized, demonstrated and replicated by state and district level authorities/service providers. Under governance discussions on public schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY), Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and Indira Gandhi Pension Schemes are held with the villagers. Beside these, other current social issues, that is, climate change, drought and water scarcity are also included.

Tribal communities are abysmally ill-equipped to take benefits of the schemes chalked out for them to resolve their problems.

Badlao Foundation is working for over two decades to enable tribals and other villagers to manage their own development. Communities and gram sabhas are being empowered to directly address their concerns and manage their resources. This is central to strengthening of local governance institutions.

The local tribal community has realised that they can use new knowledge regarding legal provisions under PESA together with their traditional practices to gain control over their own resources, and take responsibility to create a more viable and sustainable model of development for themselves.

Government officials and elected representatives have learnt to collaborate together and with the community to understand problems and find possible solutions by keeping the gram sabha at the core of the planning and implementation process. The community has gained knowledge on provisions of Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, and the functioning of the gram sabha.

Discussions on public schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY), Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and Indira Gandhi Pension Schemes are held with the villagers. Beside these, other current social issues, climate change, drought and water scarcity are also included.