self reliant

Armed with her moped and fresh home cooked meals, Asha Gupta of Delhi makes her way to Shastri Nagar each day to set up her food stall.

“This programme can not only thrive in Jharkhand, but all over India,” says Siddharth Tripathi, a 1999-batch IFS officer.

“There were 328 BPL (Below Poverty Line) families in the village. They had neither house nor land. I could uplift them to APL (Above Poverty Line). I think as a Sarpanch that was my biggest achievement and my happiest memory.”