SBI GRAM SEVA- Integrated Rural Development through village adoption model 

SBI Gram Seva, a flagship program of SBI Foundation was launched in August 2017. It is an integrated rural development program aiming towards holistic the socio-economic development of rural India, through adoption of villages. The key catalyst in this process are our implement partners - the grass root NGOs that hand hold the development activities. 

The program has broad objectives of achieving: 

•           Digitalization of Villages

•           Promotion of Quality Education 

•           Improving Primary Health Care Services 

•           Providing Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation 

•           Livelihood Generation 

•           Convergence of Government Schemes 

•           Empowerment of Rural Women & Youth 

•           Improvement of Rural Infrastructure 

•           Environment Protection 

Gram Panchayats and local communities actively take part in identification of the need, planning of customized interventions, and execution of the development interventions through a participatory and democratic approach. A conducive platform is enabled by partner NGOs which act as a catalyst in various roles such as in technical guidance, on ground implementation, identification of resource persons for training, convergence with line departments for government initiatives and more.  

Through strategic interventions and holistic coverage of various thematic areas, this program defines a roadmap for the socio-economic development of our adopted villages, setting in the wheel of change. 

In a nutshell SBI Foundation through its flagship program SBI Gram Seva promotes Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Gram Swaraj and enables self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) villages, through transformation of every village into a self-efficient autonomous entity with access to systems and facilities required for a dignified living.

As on date, 100 villages across 16 States in India have been adopted under the SBI Gram Seva program.