Rural Development Programme in Theog, Shimla

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Our Initiative

Improve Living Standards

Sanjeevani Vikas Evam Jan Kalyan Samiti, in collaboration with HDFC Bank CSR Parivartan, is implementing a holistic development program across 20 villages in Theog Block, Shimla, positively impacting 10,111 individuals. The initiative focuses on upgrading schools and health centers, improving market access for local communities, and enhancing safety through solar infrastructure installations. By integrating improvements in education, healthcare, and livelihoods with community involvement, the program aims to establish self-reliant, climate-resilient model villages. Through the programme, we are establishing a sustainable framework for rural prosperity that emphasizes community ownership and participatory development. Through these efforts, the HRDP fosters an environment that encourages local involvement and enhances the overall well-being of the community.

Our Strategy

Agri-Horticulture

Apple & farm Initiative: VDC-mentored Tool Banks and community collection centres equip smallholders with affordable tools, training, and market access—cutting waste, boosting incomes, and thriving farms. Community Irrigation Tanks gives year-round harvest.

Education

Transforming School & Anganwadis into solar-powered, tech-enabled hubs with clean water and safe sanitation—where play, hygiene, and nutrition fuel every child’s strongest start.

Women Empowerment

Community Mobilization & Capacity Building: Empowering villages through VDC-led governance, hands-on training, knowledge exchange, and purposeful celebrations that champion gender equality, health, nutrition, and cultural heritage.

Health

Bringing healthcare home: Upgrading PHCs, screening camps and partnering with the Government to deliver free, sustainable care where it's needed most.

Environment

Illuminating villages with Solar Street Lights. Safer Nights, Zero Emissions, Community-Powered.

What We Do:

Year 1: Form Village Development Committees, provide training, build infrastructure, demonstrate techniques, and establish systems.

Year 2: Committees start managing minor decisions, farmers adopt new practices independently, and communities maintain infrastructure, local leadership emerges.

Year 3: Communities plan their own development priorities, manage resources, solve problems collectively, and mentor neighbouring villages.

Beyond Project Period

VDCs continue operating as self-governing bodies. Agriculture Tool Banks remain community-managed assets. Solar infrastructure is maintained locally. The project ends, but the transformation continues.

In Shimla, Ms. Aarti Hetta is fostering a more inclusive approach to rural development through her leadership in an all-women Village Development Committee. By managing a shared Agriculture Tool Bank and amplifying female voices, she is strengthening both farming and community bonds. Partnering with Sanjeevani and HDFC Bank Parivartan, her leadership is fostering resilient livelihoods and sustainable progress for rural families.

The HRDP Promise

In Sulah, HRDP with HDFC Bank CSR Parivartan empowers communities beyond infrastructure—building climate‑resilient, gender‑inclusive self‑reliance. Success is surplus: energy, earnings, agency. Progress spreads as villagers lead, health endures, and choices remain local. What begins as support becomes lasting strength, shaping futures without end.

What The Future Holds

Communities are now on their way to becoming proactive problem-solvers, embracing agency and dignity over dependency. Women are taking the lead, farmers are becoming progressive, and youth are taking the lead—making local power a legacy for future generations.