Partnering with an NGO ‘Under the Mango Tree’, the Bank has launched this innovative initiative for bee rearing that helps preserve nature’s ecological balance. The project named Bees For Poverty Reduction (BPR), has improved the income of 463 farmers through training on bee-keeping and handholding in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

RBL Bank supports marginalized and small farmers through two projects with Dilasa Janvikas Prathisthan. Growing of medicinal plants and using SRI (System of rice intensification) techniques have resulted in increase in farmer incomes in Sindhudurga & Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

With Green Communities Foundation (GCF) the Bank is training youth to become waste management experts and gain employment facility management companies in Mumbai. The training focusses on technical components of waste management, soft skills, communications skills workplace etiquettes etc.