Make one real thing.
Anchor it so it's checkable.

The proof-of-work pillar: you produce a real civic output and anchor it to something a stranger can re-pull -- an RTI registration number, a ticket id, a published link. No anchor, no entry: if a reviewer can't check it, it doesn't count. This is what you walk away with, owned, whether you stay or go.

Pick a lane

• Transparency & Accountabilitylive now

  File RTIs, log complaints with a ticket id, compile public-record datasets -- transparency outputs anchored to a registration number or a link.

  Start an RTI output

• Coming later

  Problem-identification & Solutions

  Map a local problem and write a costed solution brief a councillor could act on. This lane opens in a later cohort, one at a time, as I can verify each one properly. It isn't live yet -- I won't pretend it is.

• Coming later

  Direct citizen-service

  Help a citizen complete and submit a welfare-scheme application end-to-end. This lane opens in a later cohort, one at a time, as I can verify each one properly. It isn't live yet -- I won't pretend it is.

• Coming later

  Civic Education & Awareness

  Rewrite a scheme or right into plain language and publish it. This lane opens in a later cohort, one at a time, as I can verify each one properly. It isn't live yet -- I won't pretend it is.

• Coming later

  Participation & Governance

  Lodge a written objection in a statutory public-consultation window. This lane opens in a later cohort, one at a time, as I can verify each one properly. It isn't live yet -- I won't pretend it is.

• Coming later

  Civic peer-review

  Review another contributor's anchored output against the rubric. This lane opens in a later cohort, one at a time, as I can verify each one properly. It isn't live yet -- I won't pretend it is.

Worked this lane already? The honest next move is more RTIs -- each real, anchored filing deepens this lane and builds the portfolio you keep. The next lane opens here when I can verify it properly, one at a time. There is nothing to chase in the meantime; a deeper RTI lane is itself the next step.

Never filed an RTI? That is fine.

You do not need to be an expert to start. An RTI is just a written request for public information -- anyone can file one, and a first attempt that fumbles a field is still a real first attempt. Here is how to start, in three plain steps:

1. Pick one small question about something public you can see near you -- a stalled road, a missing streetlight, how a ward fund was spent. One concrete question is enough.
2. File it on your state RTI portal or the central rtionline.gov.in. The fee is small. When you submit, the portal gives you a registration number -- that is the anchor a reviewer re-pulls.
3. Log it below once you have that number. If a field looks unfamiliar, fill in your best honest guess -- nothing here is graded on polish, and an honest estimate is fine.

File an RTI output

A note on EP: EP means effort points -- a transparent, fixed weight per unit that you can add up yourself. It is not a score and nobody is placed above anyone: your standing is shown as a band, never a number you chase.

My re-pull cadence: I check the anchors you log and confirm them within 7 days. So the wait between a real thing kept and the credit landing is bounded -- if a confirmation is overdue, write to me. Nothing sits in "awaiting my re-pull" forever.

Your portfolio so far

The list above is your working view -- where you log outputs and watch them accrue as you make them. Your showcase is the full portfolio you keep and can share: same outputs, the employer-legible page you own free on exit.