Uttar Pradesh

Thousands of migrant workers, homeless people, and those abandoned by their families come to the ghats of Varanasi in search of work, shelter, and a sense of belonging. With just Rs 300, you can #DonateABlanket to someone in need. Every blanket made saves 10 kg of textile waste from ending up in landfills.

Aman Kumar at Nutty Village in Unnao is helping improve the lives of peanut farmers by providing them with the resources, market access, and fair prices they need to overcome agricultural challenges.

Someshwar Singh from Uttar Pradesh went back to his village during the lockdown. While he has no plans to quit his corporate job, he elaborates how farming is just what he needed.

Wheat stalk painting, a traditional art form of Bahraich, is a laborious and time consuming process. Here's how it is helping girls in Uttar Pradesh fight the clutches of early marriage and work towards financial independence.

Observing the year-round demand for lemons, Anand Mishra switched from growing traditional crops like wheat, paddy, and peas to cultivating lemons in Uttar Pradesh.

IFS officer Vikas Nayak came across a barren land in the ravines of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh. Once a breeding ground for thieves and dacoits, he developed it into a green oasis with wood huts, geo treks, a butterfly park, and more.

Your contribution will also support the empowerment of women in rural Uttar Pradesh who manufacture these slippers.

IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal trained the women in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda village with a simple yet effective way of making ‘gobar diyas’ or lamps made of cow dung. Watch this video to know how the initiative is helping women earn extra income this Diwali.

Nitin Srivastava quit his job to launch Greengine Environmental Technologies, a startup that has a patented incentive-based waste management solution to encourage segregation

Geologist Dr S B Misra discovered a type of fossil in Canada that could have easily been his ticket to fame. He left it all, however, to return to his village in Uttar Pradesh and set up the Bharatiya Gramin Vidyala to offereducation to all.