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641759
Total Members
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Loan Outstanding (Rs. in Crores)
24549
Savings accumulated (Rs. in Crores)
4112

Latest news

New Project Office Inauguration at Holalkere, Chitradurga District

Rev. Shri. D. Veerendra Heggade, President of SKDRDP inaugurated the new project office building” Vikasa Soudha” at Holalkere, Chitradurga District and said […]

Distribution of Vatsalya Kit to 1441 Families

Under the guidance of Matrusree Hemavathy V Heggade, President of Jnanavikasa Program, SKDRDP officials from 80 project offices of 12 districts of […]

Distribution of Bench-desk to the schools at Virajapete

The MLA of Virajapete Sri. A. S. Ponnanna inaugurated the bench-desk distribution programme organized under SKDRDP for the Govt. and Govt. Aided […]

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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

Ice-Cream Shop for Growth:

Smt. Neelam is a resident of Nagoba Village, Dharwad Taluk. She is a member of SwayamSidhha self-help group. She lives in a […]

Dairy Farming for Forming the Life:

Smt. Vijayalaxmi is a resident of Turuvekere Taluk, Tumkur District. She joined Laxmidevi self-help group and got information about the various programme […]

SKDRDP’s Support to Self-employment

Smt. Sudha is a resident of Tyajavalli village, Shimoga Taluk. She is a member of Mallige self-help group. At first, she borrowed […]

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Our Board

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Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade

President

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Smt. Hemavathi V. Heggade

President, Jnanavikasa Programme

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Sri. Surendra Kumar

Trustee

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Sri. Udaya Kumar Shetty

Trustee

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Sri. Sampath Samrajya

Trustee

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Sri. Shyam Bhat

Trustee

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Sri. Y Nageshwara 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.