Rural & Agriculture NGOs in India

16 Doddi Trust

Bengaluru trust founded by Vishala Padmanabhan working on women's empowerment, youth leadership, and climate-resilient agroecology.

Close to 1,500 farmers participated in PGS-India organic farming trainings and cluster activities in 2024-25,

Aajeevika Bureau

Dignity and rights for migrant workers

LEAD Cell has recovered over ₹54.68 crore (USD 6.8 million) in unpaid wages for exploited workers

Aarohi

Healthcare, education and livelihoods for rural Himalayan communities

Touched the lives of over 50,000 people across hundreds of villages

Aatapi Seva Foundation

Works on livelihoods, health and disability inclusion across villages of Bharuch district

Today, it supports over 35,000 individuals, including small and marginal farmers, socio-economically marginali

Abhivyakti Media for Development

Facilitating media and communication for development since 1987

Capacity building for more than 130 community members from 52 villages under the Madhyam Sakhi programme

ACCESS Development Services

National livelihoods agency incubating market-linked income programs for India's rural poor

Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre

Watershed development and drought-resilient farming in Anantapur district.

Total Extent of land treated in Hectars 174852

ACCORD (Action for Community Organisation, Rehabilitation and Development)

Tribal land rights and livelihoods resource centre in the Gudalur valley, Nilgiris

Works with four tribal communities (Paniyas, Kattunayakans, Bettakurumbas, Mullukurumbas) spread across 320 vi

Adukundamu SC.ST. Labour Society (ASSLS)

Promotes education, health and sustainable development in backward areas of Prakasam district

90,000 Women empowered

AFPRO (Action for Food Production)

Socio-technical support organisation building water security, watersheds and sustainable livelihoods for rural India

200,000 villages across 256 districts in 20 states

Aga Khan Foundation (India)

Rural development catalyst working since 1978 across five Indian states on health, education, water and livelihoods

Reached 4.9 million people in 2025

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India)

Catalysing rural self-reliance across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra

7,00,000 households reached

Agragamee

Tribal development and food security in Odisha's Rayagada district

12,500 villages using the RTI Act for crucial development information

Agrani India Foundation

Improves the lives of poor women, Dalits and marginalised communities across India

Agro Rangers

Regenerative agroforestry helping small and marginal farmers restore drought-hit soil near Pune

1,200+ farmers trained and 40,000+ saplings planted through agroforestry programs across Maharashtra

AIM for Seva

Educating rural India, one child at a time

91 chatralayams (free student homes) covering 2700 villages

Ajagar Social Circle

Builds sustainable livelihoods and resilience with vulnerable communities in Northeast India

120000+ Beneficiaries reached

Ambuja Foundation

Rural prosperity through water, farms and skills

6.73 million people reached

Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi

Community health, nutrition and women's self-help groups across tribal Vidarbha since 1984

15,680 children reached through financial literacy and Aflatoun club programs in 251 Zilla Parishad schools, G

Anthra

Livestock development and ethnoveterinary support for marginal farmers

ANTODAYA

Tribal land rights and rural development work in Kalahandi district.

249 women's SHGs

Anvarat Foundation

Lucknow foundation implementing CSR-partnered education, healthcare and livelihood programmes with government and corporate collaborators.

3 lakh+ lives touched

Apeksha Homoeo Society

Rural development body in Vidarbha working on child rights, livelihoods and single women.

Our Impact: 1.5 L+ Children

Apla Ghar

Timiratuni Tejakadye — from darkness to light

The Center for Destitute Children provides shelter, food and education to 55 economically backward parentless

APMAS (Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh)

Strengthening India's self-help group movement since 2001

Directly trained around 3,50,000 professionals and para-professionals on institution building and livelihoods

Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)

Grassroots biodiversity conservation in the Western Ghats since 1995

13,000 acres of threatened privately owned terrestrial forests brought under conservation agreements

ARAVALI

State-level support organisation linking voluntary agencies and government in Rajasthan.

Till date ARAVALI has organised 8 batches of SAMDP and trained more than 250 senior and middle level staff of

AROEHAN (Action Related to the Organization of Education, Health and Nutrition)

Tribal development organisation working on nutrition, water and livelihoods in Palghar district.

Working with 150+ gram panchayats reaching out to approx. 700000 population

AROH Foundation

Rural development across education, healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and renewable energy

Present across 27 states, 213 districts, 940 blocks and 35,815 villages

Arundathi Charmakurla Welfare Society

Offers skill training, education and health support to rural Prakasam communities.

1,000 women empowered through awareness and training programs

ASSCOD (Association for Sustainable Community Development)

Karunguzhi organisation running women's empowerment, livelihood support, health, education, disaster-relief and environment programmes.

Active across 6+ districts and 82+ villages covered

ASSIST

Community-led rural development — water, health, women's groups — in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana since 1985

533 bicycles distributed to high school students walking 2-5 km daily to school in 2024-25

Association for the Rural Development (ARD)

Tribal, Dalit and fisherfolk empowerment on Andhra Pradesh's coast since 2001

11,152 families got Antyodaya ration cards (35kg rice)

Atulya Vikas Foundation

Gonda foundation working on education, healthcare and sustainable rural development.

80,000 trees planted and counting

Auroville Village Action Group (AVAG)

Grassroots rural development in the villages surrounding Auroville since 1983

100,000 people touched

Avani

Reviving traditional craft and clean energy livelihoods in the Kumaon Himalayas

2,200+ artisans and farmers benefited through its rural enterprise model since inception

AWARD Trust

Vadalur trust supporting children, youth and community development in Cuddalore.

Our program supports over 4,000 children, 6,000 women, 3500 Youth and covers in area of rural/urban.

Axis Bank Foundation

Sustainable livelihoods for excluded communities

Supported 1 million livelihoods between 2012 and 2017

Ayngaran Foundation

Palani-based trust funding critical child surgeries, hygiene awareness and mass food relief across Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Badlao Foundation

Rural development and tribal community work in the Santhal Pargana region.

Works across 10 districts, 15 blocks, 156 panchayats and 748 villages of Jharkhand, reaching 1,06,598 househol

Bahaar Foundation

Trains rural women as Community Health Entrepreneurs delivering last-mile healthcare access and livelihoods across India.

100 Sehat Sevikas (Community Health Entrepreneurs) onboarded in Rupnagar district, Punjab as of January 2026

BAIF Development Research Foundation

Sustainable rural livelihoods through livestock, agriculture and natural resources

5 million families reached

Bakdil

Life, livelihood and liberation in the Garo Hills

Works across 22 blocks with close to 20,000 farmers and their families

Bala Vikasa

Community-contribution model for safe water and village development in south-central India

Programmes have impacted over 10 million rural poor in more than 7,000 villages across 8 south-central states

Barnamala Educational and Cultural Society

Kharagpur society running education, cultural and rural-development projects in West Bengal.

Best Practices Foundation

Participatory, gender-sensitive livelihood innovations co-created with poor communities

MOVE has been successfully tailored in the past to many vulnerable populations including quarry workers, beedi

Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT)

Rural prosperity for India's growth — 50 years of grassroots service in Vizag

1,30,000+ people reached annually across 137 villages

Bhartiya Gramotthan Sanstha

Working since 1989 on poverty relief, education and women's self-reliance in hill villages.

3000 Total Women Trained Served In 36 Years.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India)

Grantmaker for health, sanitation and financial inclusion

Works with 30 million smallholder farmers across India, especially women, on climate-smart agricultural innova

Bosco Reach Out

Integral development work with marginalised communities in Northeast India.

Enabling 20,000+ children with access to quality education

Buddha Outcast Social Society (BOSS)

Tiruvannamalai voluntary organisation since 1995 running health, education, women's savings groups and livelihood programmes across 100+ Tamil Nadu villages.

10 lakh tree saplings were planted to support a green environment.

Byrraju Foundation

Holistic rural transformation across healthcare, sanitation, education and skilling in Andhra Pradesh

Runs 200 health centres, recording 80,00,000 patient visits

Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)

Himalayan climate, livelihoods and environment research group in Nainital

Centre for People's Forestry (CPF)

Advancing forest rights and sustainable resource management for forest communities

10,531 total farmers reached across 609 villages, 164 Gram Panchayats and 11 districts in 4 states (Andhra Pra

Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)

Promoting organic and agroecological farming practices across India

50,000 farmers reached directly under various programs

Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD)

Empowering Odisha's rural and tribal poor since 1982

6,65,000 population reached in Odisha

Chaitanya Educational and Rural Development Society (CERDS)

Building self-reliant rural communities in coastal Andhra Pradesh

30 years active

Charaka Women's Multipurpose Industrial Co-operative Society

Women-run handloom cooperative making naturally dyed cotton fabric in the Western Ghats.

this intervention has grown into a large village industry with a workforce of 800 artisans across eight distri

Chaupal

Community-led development for Adivasi communities in northern Chhattisgarh

Secured ~2,200 Individual and Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights for 262 Gram Sabhas in Surguja district

Chetana Vikas

Women's empowerment and rural livelihoods across Wardha's villages

Field programs are carried out in 200 villages of Wardha district.

Child Support Foundation

Karnataka trust running holistic child-development programmes — mother-care kits, blood drives and rural outreach — for neglected and underprivileged kids.

55 medical cases completed and 9 more children in treatment through the Emergency Medical Support programme in

Chinmaya Mission

Living Vedanta, serving humanity

350+ centres worldwide

CHIRAG (Central Himalayan Rural Action Group)

Integrated rural development across 200+ Central Himalayan villages

Reached over 175,000 households, benefiting a population of around 9,00,000 across Nainital, Almora, Bageshwar

Citizens Foundation

Making people self-reliant

Touched the lives of over a million people through inclusive and participatory programs

CNI Synodical Board of Social Services

Church of North India's social wing for village development and gender equality

Community Action for Rural Development (CARD)

Pudukkottai society for rural development, women's programmes and de-addiction care.

Community Reconstruction Of Social Service (CROSS)

Empowers Dalit and tribal communities in rural Andhra Pradesh through education.

50,000+ Lives Impacted

Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed (CRHP)

Pioneering community health model founded by Drs. Raj and Mabelle Arole

54,000 mobile clinics held

CORD (Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development)

Women-led rural development across health, education and livelihoods from the Himalayan foothills

Working on developmental programmes in 650 villages in Kangra district for over 32 years

Cymaa Trust

Grassroots child protection and rural development work across southern Tamil Nadu since 2003

6536 CHILDREN

Dakshin Foundation

Marine and coastal conservation research organisation based in Bengaluru

165 community workers (CRPs, ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers) trained on sustainable menstrual practices acros

Daudnagar Organisation for Rural Development (DORD)

Rural health, education and women's empowerment across Bihar since 1989

Operating across 38 districts of Bihar

Deccan Development Society

Dalit women farmer sanghams reviving millets and rainfed farming in Telangana since 1983

10,000 families impacted through 1,500 Sangham members across 42 sanghams

Deendayal Research Institute

Rural self-reliance institute running the Chitrakoot village development programme

Its Krishna Devi Vanvasi Balika Aawasiya Vidyalaya residential school at Majhgawan in Satna district, Madhya P

Deshpande Foundation

Rural transformation from the Hubballi sandbox

6,000 farm ponds built since 2014, irrigating more than 15,750 acres and reaching over 24,000 people in Karnat

Development Support Centre (DSC)

Knowledge and technical support for participatory water resource and watershed management across Gujarat

Reached more than 1.45 lakh households across 1,061 villages in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajas

DHAN Foundation

Grassroots development organisation building community institutions for water, farming and microfinance.

58,76,912 families reached across 33,000+ villages in 16 states (REACH at a Glance, as on 31 Mar 2025)

Dhara Sansthan

Integrates health, education and water access for rural communities in drought-prone western Rajasthan since 1989

DigiSwasthya Foundation

Brings teleconsultation and basic diagnostics to rural families in Uttar Pradesh.

Digital Green Trust

AI-powered farming advisory reaching millions of Indian farmer households

5.5M smallholder farmers reached (50% women)

Dilasa Sanstha

Reviving phad diversion irrigation for smallholder farmers in Vidarbha

Reached 59,000 beneficiaries across 845 villages in Maharashtra

Diocesan Social Service Society, Imphal (DSSS)

Development wing of the Archdiocese of Imphal running vocational, agricultural and relief programmes across Manipur

Ecoserve Development Foundation

Youth-led Ranchi nonprofit running community ecosystem-restoration and climate-resilience projects

1,50,000+ trees planted and 1,500+ lives impacted across its climate action and development programmes

Ecosphere

Responsible travel and sustainable development in Spiti

EFICOR

Relief and development agency responding to disasters and poverty across India since 1967.

2,343,346 people supported through emergency and disaster response (2014-2024)

Ekta Parishad

Gandhian land-rights movement securing land for landless families since 1989

Active membership of 250,000 landless poor

Emmanuel Hospital Association

Network of mission hospitals and community health projects across north, central and north-east India.

In 2024-25, 8,64,126 people gained access to health care through EHA hospital out-patient services.

End Poverty India

Rural livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and dairy development since 2009

250,000+ people reached

eVidyaloka

Volunteers teaching rural India online

2 lakh overall student impact

Farm2Food Foundation

Growing farmpreneurs in the school gardens of the North East

70000 students benefitted from improved mid-day meals

Ford Foundation (India)

Grantmaker for social justice, in India since 1952

Forum for Integrated Development and Research (FIDR)

Bhubaneswar organisation working on women's empowerment, livelihoods and youth development

Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

Restoring India's forests, grasslands and water commons through local governance

40.38 million lives impacted (as on March 2025)

Friends of Tribals Society (Ekal)

One teacher, one village — education at tribal doorsteps

45,635 one-teacher schools (Ekal Vidyalayas) run in tribal villages

Friends' Association for Rural Reconstruction

Rural reconstruction organisation serving tribal and Dalit communities in Odisha.

Covers more than 300 villages in Odisha through its livelihood, watershed, agriculture and women's empowerment

Fulminare Social Help Foundation (FSH Foundation)

Bihar nonprofit running education, health and environment programmes toward large-scale rural upliftment

Volunteers, students, and community members planted more than 1,000 saplings across schools, parks, and public

Gandhigram Trust

Gandhian trust running schools, Kasturba Hospital and khadi village industries since 1947.

Its Kasturba Hospital served 55,270 out-patients and 4,506 in-patients in 2024-25, conducting 956 deliveries a

Gene Campaign

Research and advocacy on farmers' rights, agro-biodiversity and genetic resources policy

550 projects accomplished

Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh

Gandhian rural organisation working on land rights and livelihoods in north Bihar

Supported 5,234 households across about 60 villages of north Bihar to establish health and nutrition gardens i

Girganga Parivar Trust

Building a water-secure future for drought-prone rural Gujarat

19,592+ water structures built (check dams, borewell recharge structures and percolation pits)

Global Hospital & Research Centre

Charitable multi-speciality hospital and rural outreach at Mount Abu

Global Hospital & Research Centre's Access to Primary Healthcare mobile clinic initiative, covering 38 village

Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)

Sustainable agriculture, climate resilience and rights of small and marginal farmers in eastern Uttar Pradesh

1,540 farmers took part in monthly climate-resilient agriculture sessions in 2024-25

GRAAM

Grassroots public policy research and advocacy organisation in Karnataka

11,000+ students reached in government schools

Gram Arogya Ghati

Empowers tribal communities in Gadchiroli through forest rights, water conservation and livelihoods

Supported 16 tribal villages in the backward regions of Vidarbha, Maharashtra, to develop community forest res

Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)

Rural development and ecological restoration around Jaipur

83,000+ trees planted at Gandhivan since 1991

Gram Chetna Kendra

Empowers rural Rajasthan through water, health, education and livelihood programmes since 1986.

Reach has grown from one village to 791 villages across 11 districts in Rajasthan

Gram Vikas

Rural communities leading their own water, sanitation and habitat work

600,000 people reached in 1,700 villages

Gram Vikas Trust

Strengthens education, health and livelihoods in rural and tribal Bharuch and Narmada districts

86,000+ Lives Reached

Gram-Utthan

Rural livelihoods, skills and health programmes in coastal Odisha.

Works across 25 districts, 94 blocks, 2,035 gram panchayats and 11,555 villages of Odisha (Annual Report 2022-

Grameen Development Services (GDS)

Lucknow professional development organisation strengthening rural livelihoods across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan

In FY 2024-25 Grameen Development Services reached 87,230 households living in 977 villages across 781 village

Grameen Sahara

Sustainable livelihood promotion for rural households in Assam and Meghalaya.

194,500 households

Gramin Mahila Vikas Sansthan (GMVS)

Grassroots social empowerment for women in rural Ajmer

1.7 million+ people benefited

Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust

Sustainable agriculture, water conservation and rural livelihoods work in Yavatmal.

Facilitated Community Forest Rights for 760 villages in coordination with government line departments and also

Gramin Shiksha Kendra

Works for quality, community-rooted education in rural Rajasthan.

500+ children from Uday & Vistaar schools have participated in block, district, state and national level tourn

Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

Farmer, water and livelihood development from Noida, Uttar Pradesh

27 lakh+ people impacted through more than 500 development projects

GRAMYA Foundation

Delhi-registered trust working to catalyse comprehensive rural development across India

30K+ free meals distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gramya Vikash Mancha

Rural development, safe water and women's livelihoods work in Assam.

Under the Holistic Rural Development Programme, Gramya Vikash Mancha distributed 1,500 coconut saplings to 250

GRAVIS (Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti)

Water security and livelihoods for Rajasthan's Thar Desert communities

2.7 million+ people reached

GREEN Foundation

Conserving indigenous seed varieties and community seed banks with smallholder women farmers

Of the farmers certified under GREEN Foundation's Participatory Guarantee System for organic certification, 70

Green Yatra Trust

Large-scale ecological restoration — urban forests, water bodies and mangroves

42+ lakh trees planted, with a 90%+ survival rate

Gujarat Rajya Gram Vikas Samiti (GRGVS)

Rural development and shelters for the urban homeless across Gujarat, since 1988

5,00,000+ underserved rural community members benefitted

Hariraj Charitable Trust

Amreli, Gujarat trust working on education, health, agriculture and women's livelihoods since 1993

Hariraj Charitable Trust trained more than 9,000 farmers and farm labourers in the use of health, safety and s

Haritika

Reviving water, land and forests across drought-hit Bundelkhand

2 lakh households benefitted from livelihood-based interventions

Harsha Trust

Livelihood security and women's self-help institutions in tribal Odisha.

Strengthened over 33,228 WSHGs

Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO)

Low-cost, eco-friendly technologies restoring Himalayan ecosystems and rural livelihoods

35k+ active volunteers

Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust

Hospital, medical education and rural health trust in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Runs the Himalayan Hospital, a 750-bed multi-specialty hospital established in 1994 and the largest hospital i

Himmotthan Society

Dairy federations and livelihoods for mountain women across the Central Himalaya

2,070 villages across 15 districts in 2 states and 1 union territory

Hindustan Unilever Foundation

Water conservation at national scale

Water conservation programmes have reached more than 19,000 villages across 14 states and 2 union territories

Hunnarshala Foundation

Kutch-based nonprofit combining traditional craftsmanship with modern building science for disaster-resilient housing

These technical guidelines and manual enabled more than 100 villages to rebuild using earth technologies.

Ibtada

Women's collectives and girls' education across the Mewat region

Reached more than 63,500 households across 650 villages

ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth

ICICI Bank's foundation for skilling, health and financial inclusion

19.83mn lives impacted

Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN)

Delhi-based CSR facilitation network connecting corporates, NGOs and government on sustainable development projects

Network of 800+ members engaged across CSR and government programmes

Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals

Professional body delivering agricultural extension and rural skilling

Has cumulatively reached 1.2 million farmers, with 20,000 farmers covered through conservation agriculture in

Industree Foundation

Women-owned producer enterprises from farm to market

600,000 cumulative lives impacted

INHERE (Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education)

Grassroots Himalayan development across agriculture, health and water since 1982

84 village-level meetings held across 20 villages in 3 Uttarakhand districts (Almora, Chamoli, Bageshwar) in 2

Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)

Rural health, livelihood and child protection across Bihar and Jharkhand

6,786 beneficiaries from deprived communities benefited in FY2024-25, including 3,921 Scheduled Caste and 2,64

Integrated Rural Community Development Society (IRCDS)

Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu organisation tackling bonded labour, education, health and social protection since 1986

ISCI Foundation

Gwalior nonprofit for education, health, climate action and rural livelihoods.

7500+ MEALS PROVIDED

J.K. Trust

Raymond Group's rural livelihood and women's empowerment trust

7.5M households benefited

Jago Foundation

Awakening Giridih's villages through child rights and community action

Works with 25,000+ children, women, families, communities and marginalized groups in 98+ villages in four dist

Jagori Rural Charitable Trust

Grassroots gender-justice and livelihoods work in rural Himachal Pradesh

Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatane (JMS)

Autonomous collective of Dalit women agricultural labourers in Raichur district

Jal Bhagirathi Foundation

Reviving traditional water-harvesting structures across the Thar Desert since 2002

550,000+ beneficiaries with water security and sanitation

Jaljeevika - Centre for Aquatic Livelihood

Builds fisheries-based livelihoods for small-scale inland fish farmers.

Our Matsya Sakhis program has trained over 5,000 women, creating sustainable micro-enterprises and fostering e

Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

Promoting Gandhian constructive work since 1977

Jan Swasthya Sahyog

Low-cost healthcare for rural Chhattisgarh

Runs a community health programme across 53 tribal villages in the Kota and Lormi blocks of Bilaspur district

Janakalyan

Raichur-district organisation for rural development and women's livelihoods since 1997

Beneficiaries Served: 35430

Janakalyan Welfare Society

Rural development and welfare for women, children and coastal families in East Godavari

Mahila sanghas have been formed in five villages.

Janmitram Kalyan Samiti

Raigarh NGO born out of forest-management work, running health, education and livelihood programmes for forest villages

Over the last 15 years JanMitram has changed the lives of more than 6,000 families and brought them into the m

Jaya Organic Yojana

Trains tribal and smallholder farmers in organic and regenerative farming through vermiculture.

400 farmers skilled with 10 months of in-situ, on-location training in vermi technology in Karnataka

Jnana Prabodhini

Motivating intelligence for social change since 1962

Across its school-improvement and science-education projects in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Assam and Karnataka in

Joygopalpur Gram Vikash Kendra (JGVK)

Community-owned development organisation working in the Sundarbans delta of South 24 Parganas

This is an integrated program of JGVK with seven components Viz. operating 3 Primary & 1 High school, Children

Kajla Janakalyan Samity

Community development in coastal Bengal since 1956

Approximately 15,000 women empowered through Self-Help Groups this financial year

Kalap Trust

Health, schooling and livelihoods in the road-inaccessible upper Tons Valley

Kalyan Sangha

Ashram-rooted organisation at Susunia Hill, Bankura serving villages since 1927

Kalyanam Karoti

Disability rehabilitation and avoidable-blindness eye care from Mathura since 1981

172755 cataract operations performed

Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

Self-reliant villages through water and farming

1,27,000 farming families benefitted

Karra Society for Rural Action

Rural action on women's rights, livelihoods and local governance in Jharkhand.

524+ villages

Karuna Trust

Public health centres in India's remotest corners

1.8 million population served (cumulative)

Kasturba Health Society

Rural healthcare and medical education in Gandhi's Sevagram

823,903 outpatient visits handled in 2023

Kaushalya Foundation

Organises Bihar's vegetable farmers and vendors into a modern, profitable supply chain.

Mobilised 6,000 farmers and promoted 4 Farmer Producer Companies

Kheti Virasat Mission

Turning Punjab's farmers back to organic, chemical-free agriculture since 2005

500+ organic farmers

Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra

Total Village Management for sustainable rural development in Jharkhand

38,982.5 hectares treated under integrated watershed management programmes across Jharkhand districts

LIPICA (Lower Income People's Involvement for Community Action)

Participatory development with Odisha's tribal and disabled communities

Staff of over 70 dedicated professionals, including subject matter experts in NRM, gender and advocacy

Lok Kalyan Seva Kendra

Grassroots development body in Pakur running education and livelihood programmes

Lok Prerna

Deoghar NGO delivering health, water, sanitation and livelihood programmes across Santhal Pargana since 1992

Ensured toilet construction for 15,681 households, benefiting 47,043 persons.

Lokadrusti

Voluntary organisation working on migration, education and farm livelihoods in western Odisha.

Lokadrusti formed and strengthened 1200 Women Self Help Groups, 3 Block level Federation, 80 Youth Clubs, 120

Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS)

Supporting Rajasthan's Raika camel and livestock pastoralist communities

M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)

Science and technology for pro-poor, pro-nature rural development

645,000 households touched

Mahadebnagar Rural Welfare Society

Runs girls' education, child marriage prevention and rural welfare work in Murshidabad district

Re-admitted more than 100 school dropouts in the last two years

Mahashakti Foundation

Livelihoods and microfinance for underserved communities in Kalahandi

300,000 beneficiaries

Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram

Chambal-valley ashram that hosted the 1972 dacoit surrenders, now organising land rights for tribal and Dalit families

MGSA has set up more than 5000 community collectives all across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharash

Manav Jeevan Vikas Samiti

Rural development and tribal livelihoods work based in Katni district.

Provided humanitarian relief to 956 families across 16 villages of Dhimarkheda block, Katni district, Madhya P

Manav Vikas Sansthan

Rural development across climate action, education, livelihoods and health in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

1,72,000+ beneficiaries

MANAVLOK (Marathwada Navnirman Lokayat)

Rural reshaping for landless labourers and marginal farmers in Marathwada

21,76,304 total beneficiaries

Manjari Foundation

Builds women's collectives and rural livelihoods across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Manjari Foundation's programmes have empowered over 12.44 lakh people, mainly women, through 8,567 self-help g

Manthan Sanstha

Community organisation in rural Ajmer district working on education, water and health.

Manuvikasa

Environment, women's empowerment and rural development across coastal Karnataka

3,813 farm ponds built

Mati Ecological Foundation

Helps marginalized farmers near Delhi-NCR transition from chemical-intensive farming to regenerative agriculture.

Mitraniketan

Rural education, technology and farm science in Kerala

An average of 200 children educated every year through its free residential school

Modern Architects for Rural India (MARI)

Community-driven rural development across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

40,000+ lives impacted

Mukti

Sundarbans-born organisation working on health, education, agriculture, livelihood and disaster response in West Bengal

creating impact for more than 10 lakh beneficiaries covering about 1.5 lakhs households including 30,000 SHG w

MYRADA

Pioneer of the self-help group movement, building rural livelihoods across South India

Works with more than a million families across 18 districts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

N. M. Sadguru Water and Development Foundation

Water resource management and natural resource development for tribal communities in Gujarat

9.25 lakh acres and 6.83 lakh households covered under improved farming practices

Naandi Foundation

Girls' education and regenerative farming livelihoods

30,00,000 tribal lives brought out of poverty

Naman Seva Samiti

Disability-inclusive development in central India

863 villages are part of its programmes

Nanritam

Eye care, healthcare and schooling for rural Purulia

Nanritam has partnered with the West Bengal Police across 15 districts of West Bengal for 244 outreach eye cam

Nav Jagriti

Grassroots development and flood resilience work across north Bihar.

Navachaithanya Urban & Rural Development Society (NRDS)

Builds school toilets, plants saplings and runs rural development work in Chikkaballapur.

Navdanya

Seed conservation and organic farming movement founded by Vandana Shiva

More than 150 community seed banks conserving native seed varieties

Naya Sawera Vikas Kendra (NSVK)

Land rights, livelihood and women's empowerment for tribal and Dalit communities across Jharkhand since 1999

Operates people's rights, justice and development work across 180 villages in eight districts of Jharkhand

Nisarga (Franciscan Sisters of Mary)

FMM Sisters' trust running watershed, water-supply and rural livelihood projects.

We reached out to 1,318 families when we formed 75 groups for them.

North East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)

Grassroots disaster response and livelihoods organisation in Upper Assam

NEADS's Community Development Programme at Sadiya (2007-2017) reached 28 villages, 584 girls, 400 boys and 283

North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA)

Tata Trusts-promoted nodal agency for rural livelihoods, water and sports development across the Northeast

North East Society for Agroecology Support (NESFAS)

Reviving indigenous food systems and agroecology across Northeast India

26,000 community members reached across 650 partner communities

Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)

India's largest membership-based network of organic farmers

Paani Foundation

Aamir Khan's foundation fighting drought in rural Maharashtra

5 million people impacted through water conservation and sustainable farming

Pallishree

Rural development and disaster risk reduction organisation in coastal Odisha.

Pallishree's crab-based livelihood project in coastal Odisha enhanced the income of 5,000 fishermen in 2019-20

Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation

Self-reliant mountain development across water, energy, forests and livelihoods in the central and western Himalaya

Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan

Water conservation and village development across the Bundelkhand region.

Developed a cadre of 1086 Jal Saheli

Payir

Empowers villages in Perambalur district through health, education and livelihoods

Peaceful Society

A Gandhian voluntary organisation of Goa

The Save the Western Ghats March, which Peaceful Society was entrusted to organise, was carried out as a foot

Peermade Development Society

Tribal, farmer and women's development in Kerala's Idukki hills since 1980

Had promoted 1,994 self-help groups covering 27,958 families in Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts

People's Archive of Rural India (PARI)

A living archive of rural India's people, work and everyday life

Publishes journalism in 15 languages — described by the org as the largest multilingual journalistic endeavour

Pragati Koraput

Farmer collectives and natural resource management in tribal Koraput

Operational across 14 blocks of Koraput district, South Odisha

Pragya

Grassroots development for India's most remote and marginalised Himalayan communities

700,000 people in 33 disadvantaged communities across 4 countries benefited

Prajayatna

Systemic reform of government schools and anganwadis through community ownership

Works across 304 blocks in 6 states

PRAVAH

Sustainable farming, livelihood, WASH and gender programmes across Jharkhand villages

Prem Samriddhi Foundation

Bundi, Rajasthan nonprofit conserving indigenous seed varieties by engaging marginalized women farmers.

Empowering 2,300+ women farmers with affordable inputs, premium crop prices, and modern training for sustainab

Pro Rural Society

Empowerment, livelihoods and health outreach for North East India since 2009

Trained 26 people in food processing at CMTC, Dimapur

Project Chirag

Solar power and integrated rural development for off-grid villages since 2011

302,254 lives impacted

Project Potential

Career awareness, skilling and job pathways for youth in Bihar's poorest districts

7,57,474 people reached

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, Ranchi

Ranchi branch of the Ramakrishna Mission running tribal agricultural training and rural relief since 1927

2,399 families given seed, fertiliser and training inputs across 142.37 acres of land under Ramakrishna Missio

Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS)

Rayalaseema rural-development trust founded in 1981 by freedom fighter N.G. Ranga and Sarvodaya leader Nirmala Deshpande

RASS is currently implementing about 21 different projects aiming to serve nearly a million people

READ India

Builds rural libraries and education programmes to inspire rural prosperity

REC Foundation

CSR arm of REC Limited (Ministry of Power)

Sanctioned over 300 CSR projects and disbursed more than ₹1,100 crore under these projects

Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC)

Forest, land and water rights advocacy for Odisha's rural communities since 1993

RCDC, as a member of SODI network is implementing Mahila Kishan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) for livelihood

Reliance Foundation

Rural transformation, health, education and sports

More than 100 million (10 crore) people across India touched

Restoring Sewa Foundation

Women-led rural development, education and disaster resilience work from Indore

RoundGlass Foundation

Village-led environment, education and women's empowerment across rural Punjab

1.1 million trees planted across 1,025 villages as of March 2023, creating 855 mini forests, 360 parks and 23

RUCHI (Rural Centre for Human Interests)

Four decades of participatory rural development in Himachal's hills

Working in over 100 villages in the steep mountainous terrain of the Sirmour and Solan districts

Rural Communes

Watershed development and sustainable agriculture across the Western Ghats and coastal Maharashtra.

Rural Communes' NABARD-supported watershed development programme covered 1,780 hectares across 5 revenue villa

Rural Development Trust (Vicente Ferrer Foundation India)

Integrated rural development in Anantapur

8,00,000+ people availed treatment at the RDT Hospital Network

Rural Women Upliftment Society

Empowering rural women and marginalized communities in Manipur

5,000+ women engaged by RWUS

Rural Workers Development Society

Empowers rural communities of Ramanathapuram through education and skills

S M Sehgal Foundation

Strengthening community-led rural development across water, agriculture and education since 1999

407 villages covered under the Water Management programme

Sahabhagi Samaj Sevi Sanstha

Kanker-district NGO building farmer self-help groups and local governance capacity in rural Chhattisgarh

Sahjeevan

Supporting pastoralist livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in Kachchh and beyond

Camel milk procurement from five collection centres in Kutch reached 5,500 litres per day in 2023-24, sustaini

Sai Sukh Hari Foundation

Lucknow foundation supporting health, education and rural social development

Sam and Jane Foundation

Livelihood and income generation for poor rural women in Guntur district

SAMARPIT - Centre for Poverty Alleviation & Social Research

Poverty alleviation and tribal welfare across Chhattisgarh since 1998

500 Women Self Help Groups built for financial independence and community strength

Samarthan - Centre for Development Support

Strengthening local governance and rural development across Madhya Pradesh

2,000+ farmers strengthened

Sankalpa Rural Development Society (SRDS)

Recharges borewells and builds rainwater harvesting across rural Karnataka

Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal

Six-decade-old rural development institution running schools, skilling and agriculture programmes from Sagroli.

SSM's Udyamita Skill Development Centre (est. 2009) caters to 3000 rural youths annually, with approximately 7

SARA Centre

Community centre in the Western Ghats promoting sustainable rural living and eco-walks

Satyarth Socio

Community development and relief programmes in and around Varanasi.

Sauramandala Foundation

Builds last-mile delivery systems for remote and inaccessible communities in Northeast India.

Through its Centre for Accelerated Development it works with 300000+ households across 3000+ villages in 17+ d

SEARCH

Arogya Swaraj — people's health in people's hands

1,50,000+ patient treatments annually

Search Foundation

Financial inclusion and rural livelihood NGO in Maharashtra

SEEDS

Promotes sustainable agriculture, FPOs and rural livelihoods around Aruppukkottai

Servants of India Society

Gokhale's 1905 mission of nation-building through service

Operates 14 primary schools for tribal children in Uttarakhand

Seva Mandir

Village-level development and governance in southern Rajasthan

1,500 villages worked in

Sevalaya

Free schools, old-age homes and children's homes in rural Tamil Nadu since 1988

20,00,000+ beneficiaries

Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SeSTA)

Rural livelihood development across Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura.

Works with 2,50,000+ rural households across 4 north-eastern states, 30 districts and 60 blocks

Shantala Education and Rural Development Society

Skills rural youth, women and artisans in Koppal district for sustainable livelihoods.

Sharana Social and Development Organisation

Back to school, and beyond, for Puducherry's children

Over 1,000 children receiving assistance through the Back to School program

Shibganj Integrated Development Society

Sundarbans development society for education, health and rural livelihoods

Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra (SSKK)

Rural development and education non-profit in drought-prone Amreli, Gujarat since 1980

22,000 farmers reached