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HCL SAMUDAY 04
HCL Samuday is a direct action by HCL Currently the programme is being
Foundation which aims to develop a source implemented in Kachhauna Block, Hardoi
code for sustainable and integrated rural District, in Uttar Pradesh. It covers 41 Gram
development that is scalable and replicable. Panchayats consisting of 210 villages and
With an annual commitment of ` 100 crores 30,000 households and has impacted close
(~ USD 16 million) in villages of Uttar Pradesh, to 190,000 people. The programme has
India, HCL Samuday is in the process of been approved by the Uttar Pradesh cabinet
building model villages in partnership with and an MoU has been signed with the Rural
the central and state governments, the local Development Department.
communities, NGOs, knowledge institutions
and allied partners.
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