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Evidence · Proof of the climb

The evidence behind what we build.

Scale matters. But reach alone does not tell us whether someone's economic life improved. We publish program evidence around the outcomes that matter: income, jobs, enterprise growth, finance, markets and resilience.

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  • 17M+people reached through programs
  • 250+CSR partners & philanthropic funders
  • 350+implementation and ecosystem partners
  • 30+government partnerships
  • 28states and Union Territories

Rung by rung

Outcome examples

Women at a self-help group meeting

682,133+ job seekers accessed skilling and job placement support. 98% placement rate in sample cohorts.

Dashboard

Figures below are pulled from Samhita's live Pulse dashboard.

1.7 crore

Citizens impacted by Samhita over 16 years

10.8 lakh

Citizens impacted under Samhita's prosperity accelerator over the last 5 years

1 crore

Citizens to be impacted by Samhita's prosperity accelerator over the next 5 years

78

Funders

231

Implementation partners

₹67 crore+

Value of Returnable Grants

₹34 crore+

Value of Credit-Guarantee backed loans

₹44 crore+

Value of social security schemes (DBT)

₹2,500 crore+

Value of social security unlocked indirectly through insurance coverage

₹3.5 lakh

Sales by the top 40 sellers

24,871

Sellers linked to e-commerce

Empowering women, transforming communities

95% women participants (9,35,992)5% men (48,401)

70–100%

Change in income (y-o-y) for participants who graduated from the informal economy to formal finance through returnable grants and credit guarantees.

Participants, by the numbers

Skilling6.72 lakh
Health2.91 lakh
Social Protection2.06 lakh
Financial Inclusion1.49 lakh
Market Linkages75.1 K

From the ground

Pulse stories

Sukhvinder Kaur

All Fired Up: The Making of Sukhvinder's Achaar Business

Is a kitchen skill enough to transform someone's life completely? With the right support at the right time, it can be. The story of Chatkara Punjabi Achar and its founder Sukhvinder Kaur illustrates this perfectly.

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Biru Kumar

One Stitch At A Time: Biru's Journey To Entrepreneurship

All it took was two weeks for Biru to go from being an informal labourer to an entrepreneur with a profitable business, creating jobs for other people.

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Smita

Making Her Way To The Bazaar

The journey from a life of informal labour to financial stability is a long one, but not impossible when someone has the right support.

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Sunita Devi

The Mushroom Lady of Tipri

Leadership doesn't only exist in corporate boardrooms. Sunita Devi's story is proof of that.

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Kavita

Where Flowers Grow

In a village where jobs are few and risks are many, Kavita chose to plant possibility and watch it bloom.

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People of Banaskantha

The Incredible Lives of the People of Banaskantha

In Gujarat's Banaskantha district, life can be tough. But that hasn't stopped its people from finding ways around it.

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Mounica

Logging in from Pothulamadugu

In a small village in Telangana, digital empowerment didn't arrive with big infrastructure. It began with one woman, one smartphone and the determination to lead.

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Swati Gopi

Draping Dreams, Designing Future

With a borrowed sewing machine, a few orders from friends, and the right skills from MGMP, Swati Gopi built more than a business. She built a future.

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Jagruti

Wings of Her Own: Rise of a Beauty-preneur

It's never too late to build a future you believe in, especially when you have the right skills and reason to believe.

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Jignisha

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

When passion meets a steady helping hand, it soars beyond the limits of the sky.

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