Facility · fac-ecd-scaleFlagshipStructuringPrototype · synthetic
ECD Scale Facility — Aspirational Districts
Deploy blended capital to institutionalise ECD district labs across 8 aspirational districts.
Early Childhood · Public Systems · Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand
Total need
₹28 Cr
Committed
₹11.4 Cr
Funding gap
₹16.6 Cr
Raised
41%
Capital stack
₹6 Cr
₹4 Cr
₹12 Cr
₹4.6 Cr
Grant · ₹6 Cr
Meridian CSR Foundation · Catalytic
TA funding · ₹1.4 Cr
NorthEast Social Innovation Fund · Catalytic
First-loss capital · ₹4 Cr
Bharat Catalytic Fund · Concessional
Impact-linked payment · ₹12 Cr
State DoWCD (subject to appropriation) · Outcome payer
Recoverable grant · ₹4.6 Cr
Gap · Concessional
Additionality
Catalytic capital de-risks the outcomes contract, which would not be commercially structurable without a first-loss layer and independent MEL.