Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has taken lead in implementing the Business Correspondent and Banking Facilitator model (BC, BF) promoted by the Reserve Bank of India for financial inclusion of the excluded sector. SKDRDP is active in 11 districts of Karnataka state promoting 1,69,321 Self Help Groups (SHG) empowering 1.88 million families, Dr. D. Veerendra