Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana

Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP) is a rights-based organization working for poverty reduction, women's empowerment and rural development in Uttar Pradesh, India. With a commitment to the poor's strong desire and innate ability to overcome poverty, RGMVP organises poor rural women into community organizations, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), each with ten to twenty women. SHGs are social platforms to access rights and entitlements, and address issues of financial inclusion, livelihood, healthcare, education, and the environment.RGMVP reaches out to 1,200,000 poor families in over 263 underdeveloped blocks of Uttar Pradesh. The Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. of India) recognises RGMVP as a National Resource Organisation for supporting the National Rural Livelihood Mission.