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Mainstreaming
women through
potential livelihood
sub-sectors
Empowering Rural • Improved access to social entitlements and social improvement/reducing drudgery of women /increasing cluster of women artisans involved in hand embroidery
Women through security measures to reduce vulnerability. efficiency. The RF-BIJ programme has supported crafts, benefiting more than 400 women. This
Entrepreneurship Under its DRIWE initiative, Reliance Foundation is interventions to improve animal nutrition, and collective of women in Patan district, called Aanart
upskilling in dairy management for 16,500 milk Gurjara Craftwork Producer Collective, has managed
adopting a cluster development approach, across 13
Diversifying Rural Incomes and sub-sectors across agri, agri-allied and non-farm producers that has led to increased returns for dairy to increased its turnover from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh
Women Entrepreneurship - DRIWE sectors, to build capacities of women, men and youth producers. In agri sector, the program has supported during the year. Furthermore, the programme supports
to bolster existing livelihoods and promote over 10,500 producers to improve and adopt high around 200 women in leaf plate making and over 250
Diversification and intensification of income sources is women in incense stick production in Odisha. In
entrepreneurship for their social and economic value vegetable production, adopting a cluster
a crucial livelihood strategy for income enhancement Rajkot, Gujarat, it has enabled more than 100 women
empowerment. During FY 2022-23, it focused on approach for livelihood resilience. Reliance Foundation
and income stability in rural households. The RF BIJ to become skilled imitation jewelry makers, thereby
programme is assisting rural households in increasing strengthening 6,100+ SHGs for enabling livelihoods. has promoted cultivation of improved forage crop enhancing the livelihood cluster in the region.
their income, particularly through engagement with Over 56,500 people in more than 2,600 villages were varieties in partnership with partnering organisations
women across farm and non-farm sectors. also supported through livelihood orientation including BAIF, government animal husbandary Financial inclusion and promoting
programmes, technical skilling in areas like high value departments, milk federations, IGFRI Jhansi and access to social security benefits
The focus is on
vegetable production, goatery, poultry, dairy, lac private dairies. Over 4,000 acres have been brought
• Enhancing income by improving existing cultivation, mushroom production, agarbatti making, under fodder cultivaiton. Financial inclusion is recognised as a key driver of
activities and introducing need-based initiatives handicraft, job work and retail micro-enterprises, etc., In the non-farm sector, various micro enterprises such economic growth and poverty alleviation. RF BIJ is
across agri, agri-allied and non-farm livelihoods and enabling support for finance, market, knowledge as grocery stores, tailoring shops, flour mills, hotels, playing a significant role in facilitating linkages to
which contribute to income and entrepreneurship development. financial services and social security schemes through
beauty parlours are being promoted. Additionally, mass awareness, linkage camps and documentation
• Enabling women and youth to earn an income The livelihood cluster development strategy includes - RF-BIJ is empowering and supporting women in SHGs services for nearly 55,000 individuals through
through entrepreneurship promotion and job work
Increase production and productivity gains; Cost (Self-Help Groups) to engage in mushroom production savings-based initiatives government sponsored health
• Financial inclusion to improve capacity to savings; Better price realization; Reducing risks; and in Odisha, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, benefiting more insurance, life insurance, crop insurance and access to
manage income and for risk insurance Introducing technology for quality than 1,200 women. In Gujarat, it is also supporting a institutional credit for SHGs and documentation
