Uttar Pradesh, 8 January 2025: ACC, the cement and building material company of the diversified Adani Portfolio, along with the Adani Foundation, is committed to fostering enabling sustainable livelihoods in rural Tikaria, Uttar Pradesh. Through self-help groups (SHGs), ACC and the Adani Foundation are empowering women like Garima Tiwari to achieve financial independence and contribute to community well-being.

The Adani Foundation supported Garima with Rs. 60,000 in financial assistance, while also providing her with proper training and exposure visits for a complete understanding of the process. Along with this, the team also guided her in securing Rs. 1 lakh loan from the LAXHMI SHG, Rs. 1.5 lakh from UP-NRLM, and a personal bank loan of Rs. 3 lakh. As a result, she established a home-based reverse osmosis (RO) water plant, which now supplies safe drinking water to local markets in the Gouriganj area, generating a steady monthly income of Rs. 19,000.

Garima’s success underscores the transformative potential of SHGs in driving economic and social change. By supporting such income-generating activities in collaboration with government programmes and social institutions, the Adani Foundation enables women to overcome financial challenges and secure sustainable livelihoods for their families.