Paryadarshini will be an SHG based project for holistic empowerment of women and adolescent girls in 6 districts failing in the Mid-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The Project Area will be district of Madhubani and Sitamarhi in Bihar and Shravasti, Bahraich, Rae Bareli and Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh. NABARD will be the Lead Programme Agency to implement the programme in Bihar and Uttar Peradesh. The programme will be supported by sustainable and improved livelihood opportunities and strengthening of local institutions that relate to livelihood development, in line with the Government of India's 11th Plan and Millennium Development Goals. The Programme will initially focus on capacity building of community based organizations and supporting organization. Livelihood opportunities will be analysed through the Value Chain and then promoted and supported as micro enterprises through the sub-sector/business development services strategy. These Opportunities will be presented to the target group through demonstrations, exposure visits and communication materials to enable them to make informed choices of economic activities most suited to their interests, resources, skills and needs. The process of enterprise selection will be demand driven, with the participants making decisions about individual or group activities. Institutional sustainability will be ensured through Community Service Centers. The Project would be of 8 years duration starting in 2008-09 and ending in 2015-16. Approximately 1,08,000 households in 6 districts will benefit from the Programme. Organizationally, over 50,000 enterprises will benefit from Programme activities. The Project will have inbuilt provision for monitoring through the administrative set-up.