Indian Grameen Services

Who we are

We are a Section 8, not-for-profit company that develops and implements innovative solutions to exigent challenges faced by communities in rural and forested areas of India. We do so in a demand-driven, impact-conscious, and cost-efficient manner. Most of our work is done in partnership with other development agencies, to leverage synergies, enable convergence, and ensure scale.

We are a part of the reputed BASIX Social Enterprise Group (SEG) of companies. BASIX is a livelihood promotion institution established in 1996, working with over a 3.5 million customers in more than 223 districts and over 39,251 villages in India.

Thematic Areas

Agriculture and Allied Business

Farmers owning small and marginal landholdings are the largest impact group that IGS caters to. Dwindling soil productivity, increasing cost of crop production, climate calamities, and the unattractiveness of agriculture as a profession of choice threaten...

Natural Resource Based Livelihoods

We work with rural, resource-constrained communities, farmers with marginal and small landholdings, and those dependent on forests for their day-to-day living. Our three decades of experience working with agrarianattests to interventions aimed at integrated management of natural...

Non-Farm Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Development

While agriculture and allied sector has received a major share of attention and resources of IGS's livelihood promotion efforts, community aspirations, capabilities and emerging opportunities have led us to work for no...