With more than 450,000 workers (of which 262,000 are permanent workers) engaged in 330 registered big tea gardens spread over Darjeeling (including Kalimpong), Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts, the tea plantation industry is the largest employer in the formal private sector in West Bengal. The West Bengal state government has introduced welfare schemes that…
Digital Empowerment Foundation is notably particular in bridging the aspirational gap by strengthening the underserved communities through financial integration. And the project DFI (Digital Financial Inclusion) is going a step further with its motive to digitally integrate those communities such that they are better able to deal with their finances. To serve the needs of…
Smartpur has been a very successful community centric initiative which has been very dynamic in the role it plays at the village level. The stories from the ground from this initiative motivate us to be more creative and bring about local sustainable solutions to bridge the digital gap. The Smartpur team is actively engaged with…
Under the umbrella of digital connectivity, DEF has designed many development models over a period of two decades with interventions in the field of citizen services, education, health, finance, women empowerment, fighting misinformation, etc. These models, such as the SoochnaPreneurship, CIRC, Smartpur, Digital Financial Inclusion, STEM for girls and many more, have been time tested…
I have not worn anything other than handloom clothings for the last 20 years or perhaps even more. Except for rare occasions when we need some extra cover for extraordinarily low temperatures.