Key Achievements

Contribution to the Nation

i. Fostering Rural Cooperatives and Youth Entrepreneurship:
Encouraging the formation and strengthening of rural cooperative institutions while nurturing entrepreneurial spirit among youth, thereby laying the foundation for self-reliant communities.
ii. Employment Generation through Livelihood Promotion: Enabling sustainable employment in rural areas by supporting diverse livelihood activities that align with local resources and community needs.
iii. Optimizing Resources through FPOs: Facilitating effective utilization of natural and financial resources and enhancing capital formation through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), contributing to agricultural sustainability and rural prosperity.
iv. Technology Transfer in Agriculture: Simplifying and promoting the adoption of modern agricultural technologies to improve productivity, profitability, and resilience among small and marginal farmers.
v. Awareness Building on Social and Agricultural Issues: Creating informed communities by raising awareness about critical social issues and agricultural best practices, thereby fostering inclusive and ethical development.
vi. Empowering Rural Stakeholders: Building confidence and self-reliance among rural youth, farmers, and women through capacity-building initiatives and participatory development programs.
vii. Women’s Empowerment through Self-Help Initiatives: Promoting the formation and strengthening of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to enable economic independence, decision-making capacity, and social dignity among women.
viii. Development of Rural Service Sectors:Supporting the growth of rural service-based enterprises by nurturing promotional agencies and institutions that address local development gaps.
ix. Human Capital Formation through Training and Leadership: Investing in people by providing training, leadership development, and knowledge dissemination, ultimately contributing to a skilled, aware, and empowered rural population

Training intervention :

SAHARDA has emerged as a leading national training institution, imparting capacity building to over 2.6 lakh candidates through 8,507 training programs across 30 diverse disciplines. Its programs have empowered farmers, SHG women, PRI representatives, NABARD officials, Cooperative Bank personnel, DCCB Board Members  and PACS functionaries across India.

In alignment with NABARD’s national mandate, SAHARDA has successfully conducted 488 specialized three-day DCCB–SHPI training and exposure programs, benefiting 8,332 Board Members of DCCBs from 236 District Central Cooperative Banks across major NABARD Regional Offices in India.

SAHARDA has also strengthened rural governance by training 828 PDs and BDOs of the Madhya Pradesh RDPR Department and over 175 newly recruited PDOs of Karnataka through intensive 12-week orientation programs. External impact studies have consistently appreciated the institution’s role in strengthening SHG promotion, especially the pioneering work of the Bidar DCC Bank.

Today, many DCCBs across the country follow the acclaimed Bidar Cooperative Model of SHGs, a system recognized for its efficiency, sustainability, and contribution to grassroots financial inclusion and poverty alleviation.

Consolidated Progress report as On 31.03.2025
A.Training Programme for SHG Members
Sl No	Name Of the Trining Programe	2024-25			Cumulative
		No of Programe	No of Participant	No of Trg Days	No of Prog	No of Participant	No of Trg Days
1	SHG Concept Leadership & Credit Mgmt	2	100	2	4696	146757	4707
2	Panchayat Raj Training for SHG's				71	3457	86
3	SHG Book Keeping TrainiNg				178	6022	285
4	M E D P For SHG;s	2	365	2	80	3367	453
5	E A P for SHG	4	266	4	80	4586	83
6	SGSY / NRLM Programs for SHG	3	94	13	1189	31341	2569
7	Child Rights / Protection Programes	2	89	2	362	11494	547
B. Programme For Farmer's Club Members					0	0	0
8	Leadership Training For Farmer Clubs				14	880	22
9	Basic Orientation programe For Farmer clubs	1	110	1	307	4156	307
10	Awareness progs for Farmers	4	158	8	24	1003	40
C. Trainings for Bank officers & Others					0	0	0
11	Educational EnterpreneursTraining	7	461	16	22	884	43
12	H R D/HD Trainig	6	270	11	252	7039	403
13	TOT For SHG Supervisores	4	92	4	81	2363	152
14	NGO/ Govt Dept. Programmes	11	356	12	272	10901	312
15	PACS  as SHPI				46	1138	92
16	DCCB as SHPI Module 1				3	63	12
17	DCCB as SHPI Module  2				72	1205	216
18	SHG Bank Linkage Programme	1	30	1	291	5845	874
19	Mgmt Of Rural Finance -  IES/IAS probationaries				23	508	45
20	Cluster Devpt Pro- Nabard	1	30	1	20	620	32
21	Other Banker Programme	3	167	3	97	3526	149
22	Rural credit for poverty Alleviation for diff countries				8	172	20
23	Training Under SOFTCOB assistance	42	1227	136	270	7961	807
24	Capacity Building Trg.for Souharda Cooperatives	4	149	4	54	2635	64
25	Capacity Building of PACS Under DCRR	9	567	11	122	4695	352
26	Prog on Financial Inclusion  &  FLCC	2	99	3	53	3159	73
27	Other Programs				103	6864	115
28	Program on FPO's	6	296	8	20	778	27
29	Capacity Building for GP/TP/ZP members	1	23	2	49	1497	94
30	Basic Orientation for PDO's				5	175	54
	Total	115	4949	244	8864	275091	13035