The Indian state now runs a very large number of rural schemes, and the binding constraint has shifted from the existence of entitlements to their assembly. A single household may be simultaneously eligible for housing, a livelihood group loan, a skilling course, a crop-diversification subsidy and a health cover, but each arrives through a different department on a different timeline, so the combined effect on income never materialises. Convergence attempts to fix that sequencing problem. The specific bet in Mission Samriddh Gaon is that the exit from poverty is not a single transfer but a package - assured amenities plus a diversified income stream plus local value addition - and that if that package can be delivered reliably at village scale, distress migration to cities becomes a choice rather than a necessity. Whether it works is a question of administrative capacity at block level, which is exactly what a two-block pilot is designed to test before any wider rollout.