JANASAHAJYA

This program was initiated with the vision of transforming underdeveloped districts in India, in alignment with the goal of creating a New India. Both the Government of India and the state government have launched this project in mission mode, with a strong emphasis on education, health, nutrition, financial inclusion, skill development, and basic infrastructure. Vedanta has collaborated with JANASHAJYA to improve the quality of life for citizens in 425 villages across 26 Gram Panchayats in the Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi District.
Key Interventions:
1. Enhancing menstrual health management through well-equipped medical sub-centers.
2. Improving the quality of early childcare services by upgrading ICDS centers.
3. Empowering traditional and local enterprises through the facilitation of women's groups and federations.
4. Creating learner-friendly schools with improved classrooms, playgrounds, WASH facilities, boundary walls, and digital education.
5. Developing community infrastructure

The program, implemented in the Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi District, aims to empower rural farming communities to revive and sustain their traditional agricultural practices. It focuses on promoting indigenous millet varieties suitable for local conditions and climate, with support from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, Government of Odisha, under the Odisha Millet Mission. The key objectives include the promotion of millet processing and business enterprises and increasing productivity through various agronomic measures using organic inputs.
Interventions:
1. Organizing and enhancing the capacity of small and marginal millet growers.
2. Promoting millet cultivation through organic farming practices.
3. Capacity building of millet growers through exposure and field demonstrations, including techniques like line sowing/line transplantation and Systemic Millet Intensification (SMI).
4. Establishing market linkages and opportunities for farmers.

This program aims to facilitate the Primitive Vulnerable Target Group (PVTG) communities residing in 41 villages across five Gram Panchayats in the Lanjigarh block. The objective is to provide these communities with access to government health and nutrition services, ultimately improving the survival and nutritional status of children aged 0-5 years. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the Department of Health & Family Welfare, the Department of Women & Child Development, the ST & SC Development Department of the Government of India, and UNICEF-Odisha.
Key Focus Areas:
1. Maternal and child healthcare.
2. Immunization and vaccination services.
3. Strengthening the capacity of Anganwadi members.
4. Empowering members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).

The primary objective of this program is to double the income of farmers in marginalized households, landless families, and forest-dwelling communities through sustainable agricultural practices. This initiative covers 99 villages across 14 Panchayats in the Th. Rampur Block and is being implemented with the support of Utkal Alumina.
Key Areas of Intervention:
1. Livestock development.
2. Value chain development for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP).
3. Enhancement of water and land resources.
4. Establishment of agriculture production clusters.
5. Facilitation of markets and promotion of agri-entrepreneurship.
6. Building community institutions, with a focus on forming Producer Groups and Producer Companies.

This program is currently underway in 9 villages across 2 Gram Panchayats in the Jaypatna block. Its primary aim is to provide training to rural marginal farmers in crop diversification, thereby increasing crop production and ensuring sustainable livelihoods.
Key Interventions:
1. Crop diversification training.
2. Encouragement of organic fertilizer and pesticide usage.
3. Providing guidance and support to lead farmers.
4. Facilitating value addition to agricultural products and establishing market connections.
5. Promotion of sustainable cultivation of pulses, millets, vegetables, and non-paddy crops.

The primary objective of this initiative is to digitize all Self-Help Group (SHG) accounts, thereby incorporating SHG members into the realm of Financial Inclusion. This effort aims to enable SHG members to access a broader spectrum of financial services while enhancing the confidence of financial institutions in assessing credit and forming linkages with women's SHGs. The program spans 2000 villages across 299 Gram Panchayats in 12 blocks of Kalahandi District and is supported by NABARD.
Key Interventions:
1. Digitization of SHGs.
2. Establishing linkages with banks.

This is a flagship program initiated by the Government of Odisha, launched in June 2017, and executed through the Kutia Kandha Development Agency (KKDA), located in the Lanjigarh block. The primary objective is to improve living conditions and reduce poverty among the Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) and other disadvantaged communities, including poor tribal populations, Scheduled Castes, and marginalized families in 41 villages across six Gram Panchayats in the Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi District.
Key Interventions:
1. Enhancing food and nutrition security and creating livelihood opportunities for the target group.
2. Promoting sustainable agricultural practices to increase production.
3. Empowering the community to assert their entitlements over land and forest resources.
4. Encouraging income-generating activities and supporting micro-enterprises.
5. Building community institutions to facilitate village development activities.
6. Ensuring community access to education.

The Government of Odisha aims to provide safe and sufficient drinking water to every household, with Gram Panchayats, village committees, and user groups playing a central role in planning, implementing, managing, operating, and maintaining village water supply systems. To achieve this, a strong sense of ownership and empowerment must be cultivated within the village community, placing them at the heart of this mission. This involves the planning and execution of water supply schemes, empowering Gram Panchayats and local communities, emphasizing service delivery, collaborating with various stakeholders, and integrating with other programs to ensure service quality. In this context, Janasahajya, in collaboration with Star Youth Association, has been working under the JalJivan Mission to promote sustainable water supply management in 2016 villages across 13 blocks in Kalahandi district.

The primary objective of this program is to establish agricultural production centers, with a focus on promoting sustainable agriculture among women small-scale farmers in 100 villages across 13 Gram Panchayats in the Lanjigarh block. This initiative has a dual purpose: firstly, to double the income of women farmers collectively and secondly, to enhance food security among marginalized families. Notably, the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) supports only the staff costs, while other activities are executed through collaboration with relevant government departments and active community participation.
Interventions:
1. Formation and empowerment of Farmer Producer Groups and Farmer Companies.
2. Capacity-building of women farmers.
3. Promotion of high-value crops such as winter vegetables, oilseeds, high-yield rice, and pulses.
4. Ensuring access to irrigation facilities to mitigate crop losses.
5. Promoting livestock farming.
6. Encouraging the cultivation of cashew and mango.