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COVID-19VIEW ALL

Let us all join hands and help people out ‘there’ as well. May this time bring out the best in everyone!

Jeevan Marsal Mahila Sangh to Prepare Masks from Tissue Papers andSanitizers from Mahua Flowers

SHG Women are coming forward from Mandla and Chakai District to prepare Sanitisers and Masks

PRADAN Professionals with the assistance of All India Student Association and other CSOs are tracking Jharkhand Migrant Labour across India

Quarantine by Md Meraj Uddin

मदद करने को आगे आएं स्वयं सेवी संस्थाएं प्रदान

As Corona virus ‘travels’ to rural areas, NGO begins training tribals, marginalised women

BOOKSVIEW ALL

Report on Reflections & Policy Recommendations

Adaptive Skilling through Action Research (ASAR)

Government at the Grassroots – A Case Study of Field Administration

Transforming Development Practices – Taking a gender equality approach to support rural women in advancing their social, economic and political rights

Transformative Processes in the Lives of Women

Transforming Development Practices – Key Themes and Concepts for DONORS

Transforming Development Practices – Key Themes and Concepts for Development Practitioners

NREGA – Beyond Wages To Sustainable Livelihoods

ToolkitVIEW ALL

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

A Practitioner’s Manual on Livestock Rearing

Saajhi Bunavat – Gender: Sawaal Aur Jawab

Self Help Group, Toolkit

Internal Learning System (ILS)

Towards Achieving Water Sanitation & Hygiene Education Goals

Understanding Gender – Pitrisatta

Understanding Gender – Hum Aur Shashan

TransformersVIEW ALL

The Transformers – Episode 1 (Apoorva Oza, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme – India)

The Transformers – Episode 2 (Dr. Ravi Chopra, People’s Science Institute)

The Transformers : Episode 3 (Sushma Iyengar, KMVS)

The Transformers: Episode 4 (Anshu Gupta, Goonj)

The Transformers: Episode 5 (Anshul Tewari, Youth Ki Awaaz)

The Transformers: Episode 6 (Mirai Chatterjee, SEWA)

The Transformers: Episode 7 (Joe Madiath, Gram Vikas)

The Transformers: Episode 8 (Radha Bhatt, Gandhi Peace Foundation)

VIDEOSVIEW ALL

Bank Se Rishta

Guaranteed Future (Part – 1)

Earth Water Life

Ek Ropa Dhan (Hindi), Part – 1

Jal Zameen Jivika

PRADAN-Reaching Out

Lacquered Dreams

Lac Ke Hazar Rang

MediaVIEW ALL

As Corona virus ‘travels’ to rural areas, NGO begins training tribals, marginalised women

Entrepreneurship: the Key to Revitalising Agriculture

Does NREGA work for women?

How to Double Farmers’ Incomes

ArticlesVIEW ALL

As Corona virus ‘travels’ to rural areas, NGO begins training tribals, marginalised women

Interview with Anshu Gupta

The Pride of Bahmni VO: The Women of Samnapur

The Transformers – Episode 3: Sushma Iyengar

Breaking the Glass Ceiling

The Taste of Desi: Scaling-up Livelihoods through Indigenous Paddy

Women’s Collectives: Leading the Transformation

The Only Way to Make Development Sustainable

RESEARCH PAPERSVIEW ALL

SHGs in Rural India – Socially Disadvantaged Groups, Organization and Collective Action

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) – An analysis of dynamics of adoption and disadoption process of SRI in six districts of eastern India

The Role of Accountants in Indian Self-Help Groups – The Risk of Appropriating Unequal Shares of Bank Loans

Self-help Groups as Financial Intermediaries in India – Cost of Promotion, Sustainability and Impact

Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas – the Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups

Poverty, Access to Credit and Absorption of Income Shocks – Evidence from Self-Help Groups in India

Poverty Targeting in PRADAN’s Micro finanance Program – A Study Conducted on Behalf of CGAP

Microfinance and the Poor – A Study of Self Help Groups in India

DiscussionsVIEW ALL

Promoting SHG based collectives of women has been a major focus under the DAY- NRLM programme. Since its inception in 2011, around 25 lakh SHG Federations and more than 58 lakh SHGs have been promoted and are functional across India. However, are these women collectives self- sustainable? Are the current institution building processes adequate? What could be the possible way forward?

Is the work of livelihood promoting non-profits relevant to keep the rural youths in the villages and meet their aspirations in today’s context?