Work with vulnerable communities under our Open Grants Fund will be supported only in priority geographical areas.

Regional imbalances are significant in India and we are prioritising the less developed areas in the country. We will focus on the areas in the central part of the country which continue to remain on the margins of development and which continue to struggle with poor social and economic indicators. Our selected areas form the poorest parts of the country and stretch as a band between the eastern part of Gujarat in the west, to West Bengal and Assam in the east.

We support work in the following states:

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

Odisha

Jharkhand

Bihar

West Bengal

Assam

In addition to these states we also support work in certain culturally identifiable regions in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan which are worse off than other parts in those states:

Mewar and Hadoti (southern and south-eastern Rajasthan)

Bundelkhand (Northern Madhya Pradesh and southern districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Madhya Pradesh)

The Dangs (south-eastern Gujarat)

Telangana (northern Andhra Pradesh)

Vidharbha (eastern and northern Maharashtra

  

Vulnerable Communities  

Eligibility  

Financial & Grants Management

Budget Preparation	Steps to be taken while Applying for Grants
Bank Reconciliation	Letter of Intent
AdvancesÂ	Capacity Building
Cost Effective Analysis	Concept Note
How to choosea Bank	Bank Accounts
Cash and Fund flowÂ	Asset RegisterÂ
Financial Statements	Cash and Acrual based AccountingÂ