Our Impact in Numbers

For over a decade, we’ve partnered with state governments and grassroots civil society organisations to strengthen the incomes, land, water and rights of rural and tribal households across India’s most underserved regions, with a special focus on women. Here’s what that partnership has delivered.

BRLF at a glance

Reference period: FY 2024–25 (as of 31 March 2025), BRLF Management Information System. · Last updated 24 August 2026

Reach across five themes

Theme 1

Natural Resource Management

7.78 lakh

Households engaged in improved agricultural practices — 80% small or marginal farmers

1.42 lakh acres

Under high-value crop production

1.75 lakh+

Households practising Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) agriculture

Theme 2

Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock

11.45 lakh acres

Under soil & water conservation, benefiting 5.02 lakh households

3.09 lakh acres

New irrigation potential created

1.82 lakh acres

Under assured double-cropping through irrigation

1.57 lakh acres

Under horticulture plantations

3.62 lakh

Households supported through livestock-based livelihoods

44,841

Households reached with veterinary care

Livestock support covers backyard poultry, goat rearing, piggery and pisciculture.

Theme 3

Women-led Institutions

7.83 lakh

Women farmers supported in income enhancement

1,191

Women-led Agricultural Production Clusters, covering 2.07 lakh households

1.19 lakh

Women shareholders across 30 BRLF-promoted Farmer Producer Companies

5,242

Gram Panchayats given institutional capacity-enhancement support

Theme 4

Capacity Building

22

Tribal graduates now employed with JSLPS, PRADAN and India Health Action Trust

12000+

Frontline functionaries, government staff and CSO professionals trained

Training spans livelihoods, digital skills and natural resource management, since inception.

Theme 5

Access to Rights & Entitlements

7 lakh+

Households linked to social security schemes, since inception

1.02 lakh

Households enrolled in the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana

0.62 lakh

Households covered under the PM Fasal Bima Yojana

0.64 lakh

Households supported to access the Rural Drinking Water Scheme

Working through community resource persons and CSO partners, BRLF facilitates household access to national welfare schemes.

Every rupee, multiplied

Our model is built to stretch public investment further. By funding facilitation, capacity building and technical assistance rather than direct implementation, we help our partners unlock significantly larger government resources for the same communities.

₹218.97 Cr

BRLF investment in grants to CSOs, cumulative since inception

₹5,428.66 Cr

Leveraged through government schemes

₹355.50 Cr

Co-finance mobilised (CSR & institutional partnerships)

1 : 26

Leverage ratio — every ₹1 BRLF invests mobilises ~₹26

See the people behind the numbers

Field stories, evaluations and voices from the communities we work alongside.