A large number of the rural population still remains illiterate. Simultaneously, a big percentage of children enroled in primary schools are dependent on private tuitions, thereby leading to significant financial burden on poor families...

11% of the world’s adults who do not have bank accounts are Indians. Further, India has the world’s highest share of inactive accounts, about twice the average of 25% for developing economies. Half of India’s bank accounts are, in fact, rarely used...

This programme aims to increase health awareness with the goal of improved health and wellbeing of underprivileged families. It gives special focus on under-5 children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls regarding safe motherhood...

Even though there is no universally accepted threshold for being ‘ultra-poor’, however, as per the World Bank and United Nations threshold for extreme poverty more than one-fifth of the world’s population lives on $ 1.25 a day or less, (World Bank, 2008; 2009)...

The Government of Bihar through the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an autonomous body under the Department of Rural Development, is spearheading the World Bank aided Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP)...

This programme is aimed at addressing the issue of unemployment in India. Vocational centres known as Bandhan Skill Development Centres (BSDC) are set up which provide training to unemployed youth. The youth can choose from an array of domains...

Bandhan Climate Action Program (BCAP), an ambitious initiative by Bandhan-Konnagar, stands as a beacon of hope in addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change...

The programme aims to empower aspiring youths from economically disadvantaged backgrounds by offering them support and guidance in their path of being an entrepreneur...