Mr. Ved Arya

SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)

SRIJAN works on water and soil conservation, agriculture, farmer-producer organisations and women's self-help groups to build self-reliant rural livelihoods, reaching over 500,000 families across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, including its Bundelkhand water-body revival initiative.

SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) reports the following, on its own site:

• 5,01,799 rural families reached to become self-reliant
• 5,430 villages across 127 blocks
• Working in 39 districts across 8 states
• 16 farmer producer organisations (FPOs) promoted