Under the Rural Livelihoods theme, The Axis Bank Foundation’s interventions are aimed at improving natural resource management of local ecosystems to create conditions leading to higher farm and agriculture-allied productivity. Through a sustained focus on watershed development, and the subsequent improvement in availability of water, green cover for foraging, and healthier soil quality, farming households are introduced to a basket of livelihood options that can enhance their financial security by supplementing incomes from multiple sources as well as reducing risk of income loss due to crop failures. The program also supports rural communities in improving livestock management as well as introducing livestock among certain communities as a new or additional income generating stream. The company also supports the creation and expansion of rural microenterprises in opportune intervention regions. Organizing rural communities into people’s institutions such as water user groups, producer organizations, self-help groups, federations, among others, maximizes community ownership as well as value chain participation in the planning, execution and overall governance of the various interventions. So far, the company’s approach has focused on transformative change through knowledge sharing, capacity building, access to and adoption of improved livelihoods best practices, and their alignment with various government schemes and programs, which provide further opportunities to scale. Under the skill development theme, the foundation supports training of youth, including youth with disabilities, in both rural and peri-urban areas, with a focus on enhancing employability in organized and self-employment sectors. The interventions are primarily aimed at attaining an integrated workforce while ensuring steady income sources and uninterrupted employability for youth with varied levels of education and competencies through a mix of both vocational and soft skills training. Skilling interventions for youth with disabilities are aimed at creating an inclusive work space. Skilling centers run by the foundation’s implementation partners provide market-linked courses that also help participants with placements and postplacement support, including to participants who go on to become self-employed.