About
In 2024, Kudumbashree is entering 26 years of its journey. The growth and progress of the mission is captured and documented in detail in the page History of Kudumbashree
Kudumbashree is the State Poverty Eradication Mission of Government of Kerala. Started in 1998, Kudumbashree envisaged local economic development, social development and women empowerment through its network of neighbourhood groups and the system of federations of ADS and CDS. Details about Kudumbashree are available in the page About Kudumbashree
Various activities/ programs implemented by Kudumbashree mission include micro finance activities, formation of micro enterprises and marketing of its products, upgradation of micro enterprises to collectives and producer companies, activities in social development and balasabha, gender initiatives, livelihood activities in agriculture and animal husbandry, to name a few. More over, Kudumbashree is implementing Government of India’s flagship programs like PMAY, NULM, DDUGKY, NRLM, SVEP, MKSP etc. Details about Kudumbashree s programs and activities are available in the page Programs
Click the page on Articles on Kudumbashree for reading more than 300 scholarly articles and research papers on Kudumbashree, written by eminent researchers, scholars and community workers.
Best of Kudumbashree is a page where best practices from the field are documented and uploaded. These are the best practices or best projects undertaken (and implemented) by district missions of Kudumbashree
Kudumbashree is always known for its social innovations. Over the years, Kudumbashree Mission has conceived many innovative social projects which transformed the community and helped them to embrace the path of development. Innovations ranges from Asraya project, that won Prime Ministers Award for Public Administration, to Kudumbashree School Project, where community education process was initiated for 43 lakh members for the first time. The link on various Innovations of Kudumbashree will take you to details
This knowledge portal not only provide pathway to the world of articles and write ups, but also has a detailed list of Power Point Presentations on various topics related to Kudumbashree. The page of Presentations contains all the presentations made by Executive Director and hence the link will introduce the readers towards latest developments in Kudumbashree through contemporary medium of communication.
70+ articles written by Kudumbashree state mission program managers are available in the link Insights on implementation. These are the articles written by the team who implemented various programs, and the articles are documentaries of how the team was able to ensure proper implementation of the schemes/ program for the community. This page can be viewed as the link to practical wisdom in implementation for development practitioners.
Kudumbashree, undoubted one of the largest women empowerment and poverty eradication in the world has been a work in progress for the last twenty years. The numerous success and failures that Kudumbashree have achieved over the years reflects the myriad approaches Kudumbashree has undertaken to tackle poverty the policy level mediation through the state mission office has been one of the crucial factors that has enabled the creation of the ecosystem supporting the community structures. More details are available in the page Saaraamsh
Success is always a catalyst for inspiration. Success of Kudumbashree community members will always provide motivation and encouragement. Successful stories of various activities are available in the website in the following links
Success Stories of Start Up Village Enterprises
Success Stories of Women Leaders
Success Stories of Urban Livelihood programs
Success Stories of Skill Training Programs
Success Stories of Agriculture Groups
The page is an excellent repository of information where the life @ Kudumbashree is captured in multiple forms of presentation. There are audios, videos and photos that will create long lasting impressions. There are regular publications, newsletters, magazines and books, soft copies of which are available online in this page. Further, there are news and features uploaded daily, and updated on regular interval which will update the reader with latest developments and initiatives. All the above mentioned information/ audiovisuals/ books and publications are available in the following links
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| Videos | Newsletter | Press Releases |
| Audios | Books and Brochures | What's New |
| Posters | GSLP Books | News in Print |
| Enterprises | Presentations | District News |
Frequently Asked Questions on Kudumbashree are available in the link FAQ on programs
Graphs and charts on various programs are available for a quick reference for those interested
Data and Statistics on Kudumbashree s projects are given in the link Data and Statistics
Detailed data of progress of all ongoing projects/ programs are available in Web Monitoring. Those interested to know about the progress of implementation of various schemes and the data related to the targets envisaged in each sector (or for each project) are given in that link. District Mission will enter relevant data once in month and the progress is captured in the web monitoring section of the Kudumbashree website
Field Visit Study Reports submitted by experts on Kudumbashree system is available at Visit Reports
Study Reports submitted by interns & experts on Kudumbashree system is available at Study Reports
Audit Reports of Kudumbashree are available at Audit Reports
Annual Reports of Kudumbashree are available at Annual Reports
Reports written by interns are available in the public domain at Intern Reports