Gram Vikas

Key Achievements Enhanced Livelihoods • Land productivity improved in 10,370 hectares of land • 10,000+ hectares of forests regenerated • 276 primary collectives benefitting 2844 farmers • 6,716 persons, of which 742 women, with enhanced skills for jobs Education Equity • Four residential high schools, catering to 1,736 boys and girls from remote villages • 890 boys and 642 girls, first-generation learners, pass Class 10 Water Security and Better Health • 1472 open-defecation free villages, with 108,645 households with own toilets and bathing rooms with running water • 1,431 villages managing their own integrated drinking water and sanitation systems Sustainable Habitats • 58,000 households with renewable energy options for domestic needs • 16,568 households in 175 villages with disaster-proof houses Building community institutions • Self-managed development systems in 1700 habitations • ₹ 10.80 crore raised and managed by communities as village corpus funds • 162 habitations with Village Poverty Reduction Plans, integrated into Gram Panchayat Development Plans Support to Government • Village Water and Sanitation Committees formed and Village Action Plans prepared in 7678 Villages of 892 Gram Panchayats in four districts of Odisha, as Implementation Supporting Agency (ISA) to the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water department for the Jal Jeevan Mission.