Location & Beneficiaries
- Location: Chundri & Icha villages (Ghaghra block), Brinda village (Gumla block)
- Beneficiaries: 90 women SHG/JLG members, trained in turmeric cultivation, processing, packaging, and sal leaf plate manufacturing
Impact
- 100% livelihood settlement of all 90 women
- Turmeric processing, packaging, and sal-leaf-plate enterprises established, powered by solar energy
- Credit linkage exceeding ₹30 lakh facilitated
- Launched the "Deep Sakhi" brand
- Household income increased 15–30%
Location & Beneficiaries
- Location: 20 tribal villages, Sisai block, Gumla
- Beneficiaries: 624 tribal women Karanj collectors (against a target of 400); 69 SHG/VO/CLF leaders; 20 Collection Centre in-charges; 10 agri-processing entrepreneurs
Impact
- 20 women-led Collection Centres established; solar-powered Karanj decorticator and oil-processing units installed
- Cumulative turnover of ₹98.79 lakh, net income of ₹17.63 lakh
- Produced 15.1 MT Karanj oil; sold 30 MT deshelled seed; over 60 MT Karanj seed processed
- ₹14–14.4 lakh credit linkage facilitated; 723 stakeholders trained
- Collector incomes rose 200–500%
- 13.69 tonnes CO₂ averted through solar-powered processing
Objectives
- Strengthen women's economic empowerment through livelihood enterprises and collection centres
- Improve gender equality and reduce harmful social norms
- Enhance nutrition awareness and service access for women and vulnerable households
- Build women-led community institutions and leadership
- Increase access to finance, markets, and enterprise opportunities
Impact
- Established 20 women-led collection centres, with 17 functioning successfully as rural enterprises
- Supported 111 women entrepreneurs through enterprise financing
- Mobilized over ₹46 lakh through SHGs, VOs, and Rang De loans
- Reached more than 750 women through gender sensitization and legal awareness sessions
- Conducted nutrition awareness programmes for over 1,100 women
- Strengthened women's participation in household and community decision-making
- Enabled fair market access for farmers and NTFP collectors by reducing middlemen dependence
- Contributed to preventing child marriage and increasing awareness on gender-based violence and women's rights
Beneficiaries
- 1,500+ rural households — small/marginal farmers, women SHG members, rural entrepreneurs, youth, and community institutions
Impact
- Improved incomes and quality of life through solar-powered enterprises, irrigation, and agro-processing
- Reduced fossil-fuel dependence; generated local employment
- Strengthened women-led enterprises
