Livelihood Enterprises Development Programs(LEDP)

Horticulture Management & Commercial Vegetable Nursery Raising

• Provided training for 13 days to 210 women on selecting a suitable location, purchasing nursery materials, tray filling techniques, watering methods, nursery raising and grafting, fruit plants, pandala vegetable growing, stacking, bed preparation, seed selection, and establishment of shade nets.Conducted 7 batches of training with a total of 210 participants. Offered credit support to 52% of participants while facilitating convergence for establishing pandala vegetable growing.
• Seventy-five percent of women farmers adapted the techniques under horticulture management and commercial vegetable cultivation.
• Increased income from Rs. 25,000.00 to Rs. 35,000.00 through learned skills.

Livelihood programs under Watershed and Tribal Development Fund projects

• Focused on women from the poorest of the poor families and landless individuals.
• Identified families from this demographic and engaged them in petty enterprises through loans, as part of the watershed project's livelihood component.
• Under Waterhed and Tribal Development Fund projects created 315

Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP)

Basic and Advanced Tailoring

Conducted 2 batches of training in tailoring and embroidery, benefiting a total of 60 women for 15 days each batch. The settlement rate was 67%, with participants adapting these skills for livelihoods.

Forest Nursery Management and Raising Techniques:

Organized 3 batches of 13-day training sessions for 90 women on preparation of beds, seed selection, packet filling, watering, and shifting techniques.Increased monthly income from Rs. 8,000.00 to Rs. 10,000.00 with a settlement rate of 70% and 70% of participants adapting these techniques for livelihoods.Established four forest nurseries and supplied them for Harithaharam.