Kudumbashree-Eradicating Poverty by Empowering Women

Kudumbashree in the Malayalam language means ‘prosperity of the family’, ‘Kudumba’ meaning family and ‘shree’ meaning prosperity. The Kudumbashree mission was set up in 1997 by the State Poverty Eradication Mission of the Government of Kerala. The Poverty Eradication Programme was implemented by NABARD and the Government of Kerala with the co-operation of Panchayati Raj institutions and the Community Development Societies (CDS) of poor women....