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Utthan Centre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation

Allahabad, UTTAR PRADESH Since 1996

Focus areas

Animal HusbandryDairying & FisheriesAgricultureBiotechnologyDisaster ManagementDalit UpliftmentDrinking WaterEducation & LiteracyEnvironment & ForestsFood ProcessingHealth & Family WelfareHuman RightsInformation & Communication TechnologyLand ResourcesMicro Finance (SHGs)Micro Small & Medium EnterprisesNew & Renewable EnergyNutritionRural Development & Poverty AlleviationScience & TechnologyUrban Development & Poverty AlleviationVocational TrainingWater ResourcesWomens Development & Empowerment

Key facts

NGO type
Registered Societies (Non-Government)
Registered with
Registrar of Societies
FCRA status
Y
Established
1996
Organisation type
NGO
Operational states
BIHAR|CHHATTISGARH|DELHI|JHARKHAND|MADHYA PRADESH|UTTAR PRADESH|MADHYA PRADESH
Operational cities
Buxar, Darbhanga, Gaya, CHHATTISGARH, Bilaspur, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Janjgir - Champa, Kabeerdham, Korba , Surguja, DELHI, New Delhi, JHARKHAND, Deoghar, Ranchi, MADHYA PRADESH, Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, UTTAR PRADESH, Prayagraj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Jaunpur, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Rae Bareli, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Singrauli

Special features

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss; , Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; , Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; , End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; , End poverty in all its forms particularly in indigenous people facing the danger of extinction; , Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all stages; , Ensure inclusive and equitable quality, primary, secondary technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university and skill development; , Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; , Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all; , Reduce inequality within and among states & countries; , Make smart villages, towns, cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; , Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns for reducing degradation, pollution and poverty; , Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; and , Disaster and conflict management by reducing risk factors, addressing environmental needs and support, peace building and promoting sustainable development. , Utthan has impacted a wide range of areas that relate to holistic landscape management, human development, tackle impacts of climate change and improved natural resources management. Its work has led to:- , Conservation, restoration, afforestation, protection and sustainable use of 10 million hectares of deforested and degraded forest lands involving 5 million indigenous families under Joint Forest Management, improving productivity, profitability, prosperity and peace; , Raising awareness, support, engagement and investment in agroforestry of 10,000 forest villages and other villages involving 10 million indigenous families, eradicating poverty and hunger and promoting peace and happiness; , Rehabilitation, restoration and reclamation of 100,000 hectares of mined, degraded & chemically polluted lands, economically benefiting more than one million poor and vulnerable people; , Provision of safe drinking water and sanitation to more than one million households; , Distribution of improved germplasm saplings, 200 million in number in 20 years to raise agroforestry plantations; , Nearly 3 million indigenous people becoming literate, educated and skilled through education and training; , Health care for one million infants and children and 0.75 million women and 0.5 million other patients; , Creation of environmental awakening to 3 million people for achieving sustainability; , Promotion of cultivation of sugar cane & Jatropha and production of bioethanol, biodiesel and biomethane as green energy; , Promotion of cultivation and processing of medicinal plants and herbal drugs for health care and nutrition; and , Conservation and development of Bharia and Baiga vulnerable tribes facing the danger of extinction.