SIRA (the Nurturing Care Collective) is a coordinated funding and implementation platform focused on early childhood development for children aged 0-6 in India. Anchored by LGT Venture Philanthropy with strategic direction from CIFF, the Gates Foundation, and Grand Challenges Canada, SIRA works across the five domains of the WHO/UNICEF Nurturing Care Framework: Good Health, Adequate Nutrition, Responsive Caregiving, Opportunities for Early Learning, and Safety and Security.
This dashboard maps the presence of nurturing care interventions across Indian districts. It tracks which programmes are operational where, which child development outcomes they address, and where gaps remain. Three metrics summarise each district: Care Index (number of distinct child outcomes covered, out of 10), Density (number of interventions present), and Needs Index (number of health/nutrition indicators worse than India average, out of 6, sourced from NFHS-5). Needs data is sourced from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019-21). Intervention data is sourced from SIRA portfolio organisations.
District-level intervention data was sourced directly from each organisation. All district names were reconciled against the Government of India's Local Government Directory. Interventions are tagged to 10 child development outcomes derived from the WHO/UNICEF Nurturing Care Framework. The Care Index is computed dynamically based on the outcomes addressed by active interventions in each district. District boundaries are based on 2019 administrative maps; districts created after 2019 are shown within their parent district.
Intervention presence is binary and reflects programme design intent, not scale, quality, or verified outcome achievement. The mapping does not account for existing public system performance; districts with strong baseline indicators may not need external intervention despite appearing sparse. All 10 outcomes are weighted equally; in practice, different funders and government priorities may warrant emphasising certain outcomes over others. This is a starting point to understand the intervention landscape, not an exhaustive study.