Kudumbashree

Kerala is now India’s first fully digitally literate state, empowering every citizen with digital skills.

“People are very reluctant to offer jobs to trans people. But after joining Oruma canteen, I’ve noticed that people have started seeing us with a lot more dignity.”

Amidst discouraging statements like ‘women cannot plough the land’ and ‘you won’t get a fair price’ -- Yasmin Arimbra from Kerala formed her own rice brand like a boss and went on to empower many others on the way.

Imagine that the plastic straw you used for a few minutes to sip a drink will lie on this planet for a thousand years!

Eschewing a life of comfort, he wholeheartedly embraced uncertainty, discomfort and risks for the welfare, upliftment and most importantly, education, of an extremely reclusive tribal community who consider him as one of their own.

This Mother’s Day, we salute this amazing woman and every mother across the country whose struggles and sacrifices have made us who we are.

From making flags out of recycled paper to replacing plastic with steel bottles, Kerala is blazing a green trail in India’s largest exercise in democracy!

This programme, which will be launched in December, comes as a boon for senior citizens who live alone and are unable to take proper care of themselves.

Today, nearly 5 million women are a part of Kudumbashree, making it the world’s largest women empowerment project. And all this in a state one-tenth the size of California.

The Anchal paddy field is an example of Kudumbashree’s efforts and success; it yielded a good harvest in the first cultivation itself and the cultivators reaped a 100 % of the profits.