HDFC Bank’s HRDP West Sikkim Programme by Gramin Vikas Trust

GVT in collaboration with HDFC Bank ‘PARIVARTAN’ has initiated a 3 years Holistic Rural Development Program (HRDP) in WEST Sikkim. The programme is being executed in 14 targeted villages of 3 blocks namely Hee-Martam, Gyalshing and Soreng with emphasis on Water Resource Development and Prevention of Soil Erosion, Agriculture Development, Training, Capacity building, Awareness Programs, Institutional development, Animal Husbandry & Infrastructure Development to improve the present situation of the villages and to sustain their socio-economic upliftment.

The Project aims to benefit about 3000 marginal and under-privileged tribal people through generating sustainable livelihood alternative in the fiscal year 2021-22 with the Key objective to generate awareness on different Natural Resource Management techniques for water conservation, motivate farmers towards adoption of new agricultural techniques, community awareness on health and sanitation, promote income generation activities for women and youth”. GVT has also undertaken Goat rearing as an activity with an objective of developing sustainable income generation, self-reliant farmers and upgrade socio-economic status of the Goat farmers.