The Prisoner’s families are neglected by the society. Why should they pay for the consequences when they were not with their partners when the crime was committed? They have the right to live in the same manner in which our family and children are living. This same thinking has to be applied, therefore our objective is to rehabilitate the prisoners who have been relieved from life-time imprisonment so that they do not move in the direction of committing crime again and can be accepted by the society.

These people behind the bars also belong to that part of the society, which is closed under the fortified walls waiting for a decent life.

The beneficiaries of this project are selected according to the following criteria. Their behavior should be based on good morality. There should not be any in-disciplinary action taken against them. This scheme was started in the year 2007 in the Vidharbha region of the Maharashtra state, where 5 prisoners were selected and released accordingly. After their rehabilitation they were provided with jobs of their choice on 29th june 2007 at Aurangabad. They were provided with wood cutting tools, cycle rickshaws, goats, and sewing machines.

If the financial structure of any country is to be made strong, the farmers of that country have to be exposed to high-level techniques of agriculture. In the present day condition, the farmers and their families are deprived of even the basic necessities for living as well as education, health facilities, electricity; which leaves them far behind the society. India has been an agriculture-based country, and its farmers have always been poor, they are caught in the vicious circle of traditional ties and superstitions due to ignorance, which is retarding their progress. Life in the village is very harsh, there are no amenities whereas cities have modern facilities resulting attractive to the youth who try to shift to the urban areas.

The Shri Sadguru Datta Dharmik Evam Parmarthik Trust has started the Suryoday Gram Samridhi Yojana in the form of “Model Village 2040” with the objective of developing backward villages into model villages involving these villages in the process of development.

This scheme has developed a model village wherein computer training centres, energy parks, balgrams (educational residential schools) and setting up of libraries are established. Windmills, solar energy and biogas fuels are used to generate electricity and provide 24 hours power to the villages.

This scheme has also started water recycling plants, vaccinating pets and making fertilizers from waste. With the implementation of these projects, we will be able to educate farmers’ children and turn them into ideal farmers. Experts will provide training to the farmers regarding modern methods of agriculture and bio-agriculture. Farmers will be encouraged learn soil and water testing techniques.

The Suryoday Gram Smridhi Yojana 2040 has started in Buldhana District at Mahimal, Shirasgaon, Jalkateli, Gardgaon, and Antraj villages. In Washim District at Dhanora Tathod, Parditakmore, Kata, Sohol. In Akola district at Kapileshwar, Raundhala and Eklara. The Suryoday Trust has adopted 3 districts and 13 such villages under this scheme of Gram Model Village 2040.

A conceptual model village 2040 designed by P.P. Shri Bhaiyyu Ji Maharaj is where the villagers act as decision makers, partners, and beneficiaries of multi-faceted, multifunctional and integrated development in the field of energy, finance and infra-structure. A model village is also a modern secular, democratic system empowered with prosperous and harmonious life suffused with human values and sublimated with spiritual inspiration. A Model Village will also have a self-propelling model of ensuring growth with equality and social justice within the participatory framework, and will play a vital role and transform all the present form of villages into self-dependent and supporting units, which ultimately increases the overall development of the country.

A bad monsoon would mean a poor season for the farmer and the never-ending cycle of indebtedness.

Shri P.P. Bhaiyyu Ji Maharaj has taken initiatives to save this natural and life sustaining resource, which is fast becoming scarce.

He calls for all to end wasteful usage of water and has urged all to use it judiciously. He has successfully mobilized villagers into a self-sustaining progressive unit by taking various measures in resolving water crisis to make tanker free villages.

Initiatives such as watershed management programmes, rainwater harvesting, and percolation for improving the ground water table have also been considered. 150 Villages in Buldhana District have been selected for the project implementation. 10 tanks have been constructed in 10 different places while around 140 tanks are to be constructed in other villages soon.

After three days of empowering the victims families’ to sustain the shock of unbearable grief and tireless heart touching work, a unique public function was arranged by the Suryoday Trust to felicitate and honour the 255 social workers by giving them Manavta Seva Puraskar, which helped the victims of the Mumbai Bomb Blast at such crucial time, who without caring for their own lives rushed forward to help the injured and dead people. For this feeling of solidarity to reach the masses, so that the society should follow this as an ideal example and become more sensitive to inspire other humans.

Members of the victims' families attended this function very bravely in order to encourage and cheer the bravery acts of these helpers. They were very pleased, satisfied and consoled when Shri Bhaiyyu Ji Maharaj met them personally.

Shri Bhaiyyu Ji Maharaj has launched such an all encompassing mission to eradicate poverty from all parts of India. This huge movement has been named the “Anti Poverty mission”. The Anti Poverty Mission is designed to root out poverty from rural areas where Gurudev Ji has devised some very novel strategies, considering each aspect of the rural society. The Anti Poverty Mission will revitalize entire communities and start self-sufficient industries, which involve entire communities much on the lines of cooperative movements. Community development and family development initiatives have also been mooted to eradicate poverty. Development in the existing economic scenarios and human resources are also being proposed. Development and technological advancement will be made in agricultural methods. Villagers will be taught water conservation techniques. Health care and cottage industries will be revamped and given a boost.

The villages, which have been identified in the Anti Poverty Mission, are Mahimal, Jadkateli, Garadgaon, Antaraj, Shirajgaon, Sajjanpuri in Buldhana district and Warangaon in Jalgaon district. There are many more villages where surveys are in progress for evaluating their efficiency and utility for participation in the Anti Poverty Mission.

Free food is freely given to nearly 500 poor people daily at Indore Ashram; similar programmes are also executed at the Ashrams in Pandharpur, Khamgaon, Aurangabad, Baramati, Phaltan, Tuljapur, and Alandi, where daily 5000 people are provided with free meals. The Ashram, which is under construction at Shirdi, will also start this service in keeping with the tradition. The food is collected from the factories MIDC near Aurangabad.

**An important aspect of this Annakshetra scheme for life-long donation:

It is traditional for Hindus, to distribute food to the hungry on the occasion of a birthday, anniversary or any important date in families or for their loved ones. The Suryoday Trust invites you to make such lifelong contribution towards this noble cause, with a contribution of Rs. 21.000/- you can specify the date in the donation form on which food shall be distributed to the needy.

		The youth generation is the future of the nation and by identifying this vital characteristic Shri Bhaiyyu Dada has started the “Suryoday Swarojgar Yojna” to work with the youth who ultimately will favor the country. This self-employment scheme endeavors to give basic and practical training to unemployed youth and teaches trades like making garments, shopping bags, incense sticks and many other useful products.
Unemployed and poor but deserving woman are give training absolutely free of cost in the Suryoday Ashrams to make them self reliant and self sufficient. This scheme has turned out to be a huge success and a huge number of women have been imparted training in simple skills like sewing and knitting which has enabled them to manufacture a wide variety of products and in turn has made them economically self sufficient.