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Latest news

Handover of Vatsalya House to Beneficiary

The Project Officer Sri. Narayan Palan, handed over the Vatsalya House constructed under the Vatsalya programme to the beneficiary Smt. Boli Handthi at Amasebailu village, Kundapur-2 Taluk and said, SKDRDP is doing very virtuous work by constructing houses for the needy people under the Vatsalya programme. The President of Janajagruthi Vedike Sri. Naveen Chandra Shetty […]

Handover of Donation to Iskcon Temple

The Regional Director of Dharwad Sri. Vasanth Salian handed over the DD amounting Rs. 5 lakhs to the temples committee members for the construction of cultural hall of Iskcon Temple at Raipur.

Cleanliness Campaign at Govt. PU College, Thirthahalli

The Shourya Team volunteers organized a cleanliness campaign in the Govt. PU College, Thirthahalli. Classrooms, Bench-desk and college surroundings were cleaned.  The college administrative committee thanked the Shourya volunteers.

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Testimonials

"Smt. Prathima resident of Honnalli, Davanagere, member of Sri Laxmi Sangha, has availed loan from SIDBI and invested it in setting up a shop of manure, cement and cattle feed."

"Kempayya gowda, resident of Indabettu village of Belthangady taluk, has involved himself in agriculture and also makes homemade bakery items all with the periodic loan of Rs.5.50 lakhs from Pragathi Nidhi. Today he has a monthly income of Rs. 45,000."

"Belthagady resident Laurence D Souza took periodic loan of Rs. 10 lakhs from Pragathi Nidhi. He did agriculture, dairy farming, house repair, Bio gas, constructed cow shed and grows jasmine and vegetable all with amount availed from Pragathi Nidhi."

"Smt. Yamuna a member of ShriNidhi SHG, resident of Laila took periodic loan of Rs.3 lakh to buy 4 cows and constructed cow shed. Today she sells 30 liters of milk and she says all this was possible after joining Dharmasthala Rural Development Group."

"Smt. Sajitha, resident of Charmadi is self-employed. She knows tailoring, and also does agriculture and dairy farming all with the periodic loan of Rs. 10 lakhs from Pragathi Nidhi. Today she gets a profit of Rs. 15,000 per month."

"Nagesh Gowda member of Swami sangha of Siddakatte sells SIRI products. He took Rs. 1,00,000 Pragathi Nidhi loan and started a general store. From the Rs. 2.25 lakh Pragathi Nidhi he improvised his store and started selling SIRI products, Nandini Products, vegetables and groceries. Today he has a daily income of Rs. 5,000-6,000."


Success Stories

Hotel Business became a life changing for Smt. Jayalaxmi

Smt. Jayalaxmi is a resident of Sheshadripura Village, Shimoga Taluk.  She has two sons. She joined self-help group and borrowed loans. She was a housewife and wanted to start self-employment so that she can re-pay the loan instalments. She was interested in hotel business and started a small-scale hotel business and now she is earning […]

Life Improvement Through Self-Employment

Mr. Jaya Shetty is a resident of Guruvayanakere Village, Belthangady Taluk. He is a member of KrishnaJyothi Self-Help Group from past 3 years. His wife Smt. Prabhavathi is a member of Sugama-A Self-Help Group. They have two children, son studying in Chennai and the daughter studying MSc. Jaya Shetty had studied upto 7th standard. Before […]

Jnanavikasa Changed the Life Style of Smt. Aluvelamma

Smt.  Aluvelamma is the resident of Madhugri Taluk, Tumkur District. Her husband doesn’t do any kind of work and harrases her. They own 4 acres of land in which she started growing millet and peanut crops by taking guidance from other farmers and lead her life. But she had not received much income due to […]

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Our Board

Dr. D Veerendra Heggade

President

Smt. Hemavathi V Heggade

President, Jnanavikasa Programs

Sri. Surendra Kumar

Trustee

Sri. Uday Kumar Shetty

Trustee

Sri. Sampath Samrajya

Trustee

Sri. Shyam Bhat

Trustee

Sri. Y Nageswara Rao

Trustee

About Us

The Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) was founded with single important purpose of "Inclusive Rural Development". To achieve this we created 3 main things for Individuals. They were Loans, Insurance & Pensions which ushered Financial Stability.

  • Linkage to banks (earstwhile Pragathi Nidhi)
  • Sampoorna Suraksha Health Insurance
  • NPS now Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

To enable people to inculcate the habit of helping others, we started organizing Self-Help Groups which are called as Pragathi Bandhu Groups (PBG). Our lending and Training programs are geared towards members and their families. As every family has 3 types of people, we have special programs focused these 3 focus groups.

  • Family Head - huge array of programs under Agriculture division.
  • Women Empowerment - Jnanavikasa to make them self-sustainable.
  • Children  SujnanaNidhi scholarship.

Apart from family, Community also matters, hence we have a special division called as CDP (Community Development Programs) to develop the Rural Infrastructure.