Value Chain Projects Considered for Impact Assessment
Key Findings
- The projects significantly benefited small and marginal farmers, livestock keepers and women producers.
- The interventions focused on enhancing the local economic growth opportunities by promoting local value chains and additional income generation opportunities.
- Around 87% of the beneficiaries shared their experience and knowledge gained from the project with non-beneficiaries – a critical imperative for project replication.
- More than 79% of target beneficiaries gained better access to nutrition, especially vegetables.
- The projects supported improvement in soil fertility and water resource utilisation, and strengthened the crop livestock nexus which, in turn, maximised returns in agrarian economies.
- 95% of beneficiaries gained additional income post intervention.
- 78% farmers involved in the projects experienced increase in creditworthiness.
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
₹17.86
Social value generated on investment of
₹1.00
Social and Environmental Project Assessment
ICICI Foundation is implementing social and environmental projects across several locations. These projects seek not only to conserve the environment but also provide sustainable livelihood opportunities to the locals. The study covered five projects, operational across five states of India, covering three zones and constituting 30% of the total projects.
Social & Environmental Projects Considered for Impact Assessment
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
₹19.50
Social value generated on investment of
₹1.00
Key Findings
- The projects helped create additional income sources for communities, and supported them in becoming socio-economically sustainable and financially independent in the long term.
- They enabled availability of round-the-year income for beneficiaries through diversified livelihood activities/options.
- Interventions in all locations are as per the community’s current needs, thus mitigating lower productivity of livelihood practices and migration, and helping in upgrading their existing skills and adding new skills.
- The beneficiaries got better access to government schemes, financial services and enhanced market linkages through the project interventions.
- The interventions have led to a sense of community ownership among the beneficiaries and also enabled organisation of farmer collectives.
Rainwater Harvesting Project Assessment
- The project has the capacity to improve the lives of people, offering several tangible and intangible benefits.
- In the selected regions, it will help increase the water table in the near future; this will also be useful in irrigation since these regions are largely dependent on agriculture.
- It will help in improving the quality of groundwater by reducing the concentration of pollutants by diluting the impurities; this will lead to the development of a good alternative for drinking water in areas where groundwater contains a high concentration of toxic materials such as arsenic/cadmium/nitrates/fluorides.
- 96% beneficiaries stated that they took a minimum of two sessions of dialysis per week. More than half of the beneficiaries took three sessions a week.
- 92% of the respondents said that they received dialysis free of charge.
- 2/3rd of the beneficiaries found dialysis centres within less than 25 kms from their homes.
- The beneficiaries rated the services ‘excellent’ in terms of documentation, registration, cost effectiveness, technical expertise, availability of machines and overall service.
ICICI Foundation’s rooftop rainwater harvesting programme is being implemented across various rural schools in the country. Among the identified districts, 33% are chronically drought-affected districts. The study covered school sites in the semi-arid regions of the country, spread across 12 districts.
Key Findings
Since the project is recent, the real impact of the study can be assessed only after completion of a substantial period. The current analysis captures the potential impact of the project in the mid and long term.
Dialysis Project Assessment
ICICI Foundation has been working continuously to ensure the well-being of citizens. As a step towards promoting healthcare, it has facilitated access to dialysis machines across 30 districts in 14 states in India. The initiative provides free or highly subsidised dialysis treatment to patients with no or limited access to such facility. Further, by placing these machines in towns across various districts, ICICI Foundation has brought affordable healthcare closer to the homes of patients. This initiative reduces the hardships for the patients in terms of time and cost burden, as they no longer need to travel to big cities for dialysis. The patients can be productive for a much longer period pre and post session. The study assessed the project involving all stakeholders, including patients, doctors and caregivers.
Key Findings
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
₹9.48
Social value generated on investment of
₹1.00
ICICI Academy for Skills
The impact assessment study for ICICI Academy for Skills was conducted through a survey of 433 trainees enrolled in various courses across the country. Knowledge partners, employers and the central team of the Academy also took part in the evaluation process. The key assessment areas spanned inclusiveness, relevance, expectation, convergence and experience on delivery.
Key Findings
- 86% candidates received placements/offer letters.
- 91% candidates believed ICICI Academy contributed to improving their livelihood prospects.
- 97% trainees felt that the Academy helped build their confidence.
- In terms of programme relevance, the employers rated ICICI Academy high; the rating was 4 on a scale of 5 for industrial relevance of programmes.
- The average rating was 9 on a scale of 10 for the Academy’s consistent assistance in meeting the employers’ job demands.
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
₹7.90
Social value generated on investment of
₹1.00
(In Covid scenario)
₹8.34
Social value generated on investment of
₹1.00
(In Business as Usual scenario)
