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

Inclusive Governance sector — sheets H.163–H.180 (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 state services apply accessibility inconsistently across physical, digital, language, and accommodation dimensions. The result is structural exclusion.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Disabled Welfare + Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Karnataka State Disability Department

Funding model

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

Source: State Budget; convergence with RPWD Act funds.

Payment trigger: Per-service audit + non-compliance work-order completion.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka deaf and hard-of-hearing residents face structural exclusion from public services; minority-language speakers also face access gaps.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Disabled Welfare + Department of Kannada & Culture

Backup: Karnataka State Disability Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹60-100 cr / year

Source: State Budget; central convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-touchpoint coverage + interpreter-event data.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka residents with disabilities face gaps in access to assistive devices — wheelchairs, hearing aids, white canes, prosthetics, communication aids.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Disabled Welfare

Backup: Karnataka State Disability Department + ALIMCO partnership

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹80-130 cr / year

Source: State Budget; ADIP central convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-prescription distribution + post-distribution use data.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka vulnerable households face fragmented welfare delivery. Eligibility across schemes is rarely seen as a whole.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Social Welfare + Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Citizen Data Trust

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹120-200 cr / year (platform + facilitation)

Source: State Budget; convergence with DBT infrastructure.

Payment trigger: Per-household case-file event + scheme-activation evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka eligible residents go unenrolled in welfare schemes they qualify for. Application burden creates inclusion error.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms + relevant scheme depts.

Backup: Karnataka State Social Welfare Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹80-130 cr / year (platform + outreach)

Source: State Budget; scheme-level convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-scheme proactive-enrolment event + delivery evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka inclusion delivery lacks a coordinator function at the district level. Coverage gaps and bias patterns go unnoticed.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Social Welfare + Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Persons with Disabilities (and parallel commissions)

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Per-quarter coordinator report + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka digital state services exclude residents without smartphones, internet, or literacy. Assisted-access is too often improvised.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Rural Development (PSC) + Department of Urban Development (ward kiosk)

Backup: Department of IT, BT & Science

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹300-500 cr / year (combined rural + urban)

Source: State Budget; 15th FC tied grants (rural); urban property-tax (urban).

Payment trigger: Per-centre operator event + service-completion data.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka women face under-reporting and slow response on safety incidents. Service infrastructure (police, hospital, court, social) is uneven and uncoordinated.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of WCD + KSP

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Women

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹130-200 cr / year

Source: State Budget; Nirbhaya Fund; Sakhi convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-survivor case + service-bundle activation.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka in-migrant workers from other states (and Karnataka out-migrants to other states) face fragmented entitlements; ration, health, school records do not move with them.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Labour + Department of Food & Civil Supplies

Backup: e-Shram + ONORC integration

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹100-160 cr / year

Source: State Budget; central convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-registration event + entitlement-portability evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka seniors face service-delivery gaps — pension delays, health-system navigation, mobility, social isolation. Existing schemes deliver unevenly.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Social Welfare + Department of Health & Family Welfare

Backup: Karnataka State Council for Senior Citizens

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹1,200-1,800 cr / year (pension + services)

Source: State Budget; central social-security convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-senior case + service-bundle activation.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka single mothers and primary caregivers face structural disadvantage — income, time, social support — that existing welfare unevenly addresses.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of WCD

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Women

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹250-380 cr / year

Source: State Budget; central social-security convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-household enrolment + service-bundle evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka transgender and other gender / sexual minority residents face structural exclusion from public services. Recognition is uneven; harassment in service settings is real.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Social Welfare + Karnataka State Transgender Welfare Board

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Social Welfare

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year

Source: State Budget; central transgender-welfare convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-resident registration + service-experience data.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka residents speaking minority languages (Tulu, Konkani, Urdu, Beary, others) face state-service language gaps where Kannada or English is assumed.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Kannada & Culture + Department of Minorities Welfare

Backup: Karnataka State Minorities Commission

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year

Source: State Budget; central minorities-welfare convergence.

Payment trigger: Per-language service coverage + interpreter-event evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka anti-discrimination remedy exists in statute (constitutional, sectoral, RPWD, JJ Act, etc.) but operational pathway is fragmented and slow.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka Grievance Justice Authority (Vol I Ch 6)

Backup: Karnataka State Commissions (SC/ST, Backward Classes, Women, Minorities, Persons with Disabilities)

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹50-90 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Per-complaint disposition + remedy publication.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka government officer representation across gender, caste, disability, linguistic groups is uneven. Constitutional reservation + statutory targets are inconsistently met.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Karnataka Public Service Commission + Karnataka State Commissions

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹40-70 cr / year (audit + transparency)

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual representation publication + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka government advisory and decision-making bodies (committees, councils, boards) often lack representation across gender, geography, caste, disability, sexual / gender minorities.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms

Backup: Karnataka State Inclusion Commission (parent body of sector commissions)

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹20-40 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory framework.

Payment trigger: Per-body composition publication + audit evidence.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka State Disability Department under-resourced relative to mandate. Implementation of RPWD Act lags.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Department of Disabled Welfare

Backup: Karnataka State Commission for Persons with Disabilities

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹80-130 cr / year (incremental)

Source: State Budget; central RPWD funds.

Payment trigger: Per-quarter implementation evidence + audit.

KPIs

Standard risk controls

Dependencies

Problem

Karnataka inclusion data — service-access gaps, representation gaps, accommodation gaps — is rarely consolidated for public review.

Program design

Owning agency

Lead: Karnataka State Inclusion Commission

Backup: Karnataka State Statistics Department

Funding model

Annual cost band: ₹30-60 cr / year

Source: State Budget; statutory body funding.

Payment trigger: Annual audit publication + remedy-tracking 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.163 — INCLUSION — Accessible Service Design Standards (binding)

H.164 — INCLUSION — Sign-Language, Captioning & Vernacular Service Coverage

H.165 — INCLUSION — Persons with Disabilities — Assistive Devices & Aids

H.166 — INCLUSION — Vulnerability Case File on the Spine

H.167 — INCLUSION — Proactive Enrolment for Welfare Eligibility

H.168 — INCLUSION — District Inclusion Coordinators

H.169 — INCLUSION — Assisted-Access Centres (Panchayat + Ward)

H.170 — INCLUSION — Women’s Safety: Reporting + Response Network

H.171 — INCLUSION — Migrant Worker Registration & Portable Entitlements

H.172 — INCLUSION — Senior Citizens’ Service Package

H.173 — INCLUSION — Single Mothers & Caregivers Support

H.174 — INCLUSION — Gender & Sexual Minorities — Service Recognition

H.175 — INCLUSION — Linguistic Minority Service Provision

H.176 — INCLUSION — Anti-Discrimination Grievance Pathway (Operational)

H.177 — INCLUSION — Representation in Officer Recruitment & Promotion

H.178 — INCLUSION — Advisory & Decision Bodies — Representation

H.179 — INCLUSION — Karnataka State Disability Department Strengthening

H.180 — INCLUSION — Inclusion Audit (Annual, Published)


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