Press Releases

We are happy to announce our initiative ‘SHG led Action to Facilitate and Augment Livelihoods by Transforming Agriculture eco-systems in Jharkhand (SAFALTA)’, in collaboration with Axis Bank Foundation. This is a five-year Project with its period is from July 2019 to June 2024.

PRADAN is working with the administration to support marginalised and vulnerable rural poor people in containing the spread of COVID-19. We are reaching out to marginalised and vulnerable poor farmers across 166 blocks in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, 60 of these blocks in Jharkhand through our partner CSOs. Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives is our partner in this initiative.

We are happy to announce RAISE, a three-year project that has started in partnership with Aditya Birla Capital Limited. The goal of RAISE is to develop an integrated model of sustainable people..

We are proud to announce that our project ‘Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters (APCs) in Tribal Regions of Odisha’ has received the prestigious SKOCH Governance Award 2019 on 26th September 2019.

Recognising the need to raise awareness and maximise participation from rural communities in the electoral process, the Election Commission of India has initiated ‘Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation’(SVEEP) programme. The initiative is being supported by Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) amongst poor & marginalised indigenous communities of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

We are happy to announce the launching of ‘High Impact Mega Watershed Project in Chhattisgarh’ in partnership with the Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation and Axis Bank Foundation. Through this four-year initiative a consortium of 13 CSOs* will facilitate land and water treatment measures covering 694,500 hectares of catchments in the upper ridges in 26 blocks of 12 districts in the state of Chhattisgarh

PRADAN proudly announces PRIDE, a collaborative project to create a transformative impact in the lives of 100,000 rural women across 6 states in India, around multiple well-being dimensions with support from the IKEA Foundation.