Appendix H — Program Atlas · The People's Model — Manifesto v2026

Appendix H — Program Atlas

Each sheet to the 8-section template + 4-point QA bar (defined inline in Vol III App H Education, the format-reference sector).

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The People’s Model

Manifesto v2026

Volume III — Implementation Handbook

Appendix H — Program Atlas

Equity Beyond Access sector — sheets H.199–H.216 (v1.0)

Each sheet to the 8-section template + 4-point QA bar (defined inline in Vol III App H Education, the format-reference sector).

Problem

Karnataka has multiple sector-level commissions (SC/ST, BC, Women, Minorities, PWD) but no cross-cutting body holding outcomes-equity accountability across sectors.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Equity Commission (new statutory body)

Backup: Sector commissions (SC/ST, BC, Women, Minorities, PWD)

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹40-70 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual report + per-finding remedy evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka outcomes-equity data is uneven across sectors and districts. Cross-cutting visibility is scarce.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Statistics Department + State Equity Commission

Backup: Departments (data providers)

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹30-60 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory data-publication.

Payment trigger: Per-quarter dashboard refresh + civic-tech reuse evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka Outcome Budget addresses sector outcomes but a cross-cutting equity dimension is patchy. The marginal rupee chasing the marginal gap is not visible.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Finance + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Statistics Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year (audit + methodology, no programme cost)

Source: Cross-cut on existing programme spend.

Payment trigger: Annual budget publication + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka has uneven service quality across districts and blocks. A floor below which no district falls is rarely defined explicitly.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms + sectoral departments

Backup: State Equity Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year (audit + methodology)

Source: State Budget; convergence with sectoral programme spend.

Payment trigger: Per-block audit + remediation-package activation.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Reparative measures in Karnataka often lack explicit time-bound design — sunset criteria are vague; programmes outlive utility or end prematurely.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Sectoral departments under State Equity Commission oversight

Backup: State Equity Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: Variable (programme-specific)

Source: State Budget; programme-specific.

Payment trigger: Per-programme review + sunset/successor decision.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka outcomes-equity data on caste is uneven; cross-sector picture is rarely consolidated.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Commissions (SC/ST + Backward Classes) + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Statistics Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual audit publication + recommendation tracking.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka gender outcomes data exists per sector but cross-sector picture is patchy. Gender-budgeting reports are uneven in operational use.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Commission for Women + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Statistics Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual publication + recommendation evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka disability outcomes data is largely confined to RPWD Act compliance metrics. Cross-sector outcomes audit is missing.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Commission for Persons with Disabilities + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Disability Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual publication + recommendation evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka outcomes vary substantially across geography — between districts, within districts across blocks. Aspirational Districts framework is national but block-level is uneven.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Statistics Department + State Equity Commission

Backup: Department of Planning & Statistics

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual publication + resource-trajectory evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka state employment representation across constitutional categories is uneven; representation gaps in senior cadres are particularly significant.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka Public Service Commission + Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Sector commissions

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹30-60 cr / year (audit + transparency)

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual representation publication + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka public procurement preference rules for SHGs, MSMEs, and local production exist on paper but operational application is uneven.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms + Procurement Audit Cell

Backup: Karnataka Public Procurement Portal team

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year (audit + facilitation)

Source: State Budget; built into procurement framework.

Payment trigger: Per-procurement share data + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka outcomes equity addresses income gaps unevenly; wealth and asset gaps — land, housing, financial assets — are largely unaddressed in long-arc design.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Social Welfare + Department of Housing + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Financial Corporation

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹800-1,200 cr / year (programmatic)

Source: State Budget; central convergence (housing, financial inclusion).

Payment trigger: Per-household enrolment + asset-accumulation evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka education outcome gaps are concentrated in identifiable blocks. Recovery programmes need block-specific intensity.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of School Education & Literacy

Backup: State Equity Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹200-300 cr / year (gap-block specific)

Source: State Budget School Education head; equity cross-cut.

Payment trigger: Per-block recovery-programme enrolment + outcome evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka health outcome gaps (maternal, child, NCD, life-expectancy) are concentrated in identifiable blocks. Recovery requires intensive intervention.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Health & Family Welfare

Backup: State Equity Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹300-450 cr / year (gap-block specific)

Source: State Budget Health head; equity cross-cut.

Payment trigger: Per-block recovery + outcome evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka safety outcome gaps (gender-based violence, child safety, road safety) concentrate in identifiable geographies. Audit-driven response is uneven.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Police + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Women

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year

Source: State Budget; equity cross-cut.

Payment trigger: Per-block audit + cross-sector response evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka anti-discrimination enforcement is largely complaint-driven; pattern-level discrimination across institutions is rarely audited proactively.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Commissions (cross-sector) + State Equity Commission

Backup: Karnataka Grievance Justice Authority

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹30-60 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Per-audit completion + remedy publication.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka equity data lives in scattered reports across commissions and departments. Annual cross-cutting publication for citizen oversight is missing.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: State Equity Commission + Karnataka State Statistics Department

Backup: Karnataka State Information Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual publication + civic engagement evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka equity audits typically rely on administrative data. The voice of those served — about whether service quality is actually equitable — is rarely systematised.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Statistics Department + State Equity Commission

Backup: Independent academic / civil-society partnership

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹30-60 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual survey + redesign-uptake evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Architecture cross-reference

Architecture cross-reference — sector sheets to architectural sheets

Each program sheet in this sector references the operating architecture defined in Vol I Ch 2 and App H CyberDPI sheets H.230–H.233. Specifically: financial flows from this sector’s programs are published through the Open Ledger (sector-specific data fields per App D) anchored to KSSL (sheet H.230). Time-series outcome data and sector dashboards are published on the Karnataka Open Data Portal (sheet H.233). Personal data flows (where applicable) are governed by the Citizen Consent Ledger (sheet H.232). Security audit and incident response across this sector’s systems falls under the statutory CSOC (sheet H.231).

H.199 — EQUITY — State Equity Commission

H.200 — EQUITY — Equity Dashboards by Sector & District

H.201 — EQUITY — Outcome Budget — Equity Cross-cut

H.202 — EQUITY — Minimum Service Standards (Education, Health, Water, Safety)

H.203 — EQUITY — Gap-Closing Programmes (Time-bound)

H.204 — EQUITY — Caste Outcomes Audit (annual)

H.205 — EQUITY — Gender Outcomes Audit

H.206 — EQUITY — Disability Outcomes Audit

H.207 — EQUITY — Geographic Outcomes Audit (Aspirational Blocks)

H.208 — EQUITY — Employment Equity in State Hiring

H.209 — EQUITY — Procurement Equity (SHG, MSME, local)

H.210 — EQUITY — Wealth & Asset-Building Programmes

H.211 — EQUITY — Educational Outcome Recovery in Gap Blocks

H.212 — EQUITY — Health Outcome Recovery in Gap Blocks

H.213 — EQUITY — Safety Outcome Audits in Gap Blocks

H.214 — EQUITY — Anti-Discrimination Enforcement: Pattern Audits

H.215 — EQUITY — Public Reporting on Equity (Annual)

H.216 — EQUITY — Citizen Feedback Equity Audits


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