Rural Welfare Institute (Gramya Kalyan Samstha) locally known as RWI was established on 12th May 1979 at an interior village Hansapara of Nimapara block in Puri district having 30 members from different villages, During this period, RWI has expanded its social services to different blocks and districts in Odisha, It is working in the areas of Social camp, Financial inclusion, Institutional promotion, Education, Governance, Women camp, Child development, Disaster Management, Sanitation, Environment development, Health, Insurance, Livelihoods, Skill training, Awareness Generation and handicraft promotion.

» Organogram

» Legal Status

RWI is registered under:
i) Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 3rd March 1984.
ii) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. 1976. on 21st January 1986.
iii) Income Tax Act, 1961 12 (A) on 6th March 1993.
iv) 80G Regn. No. : DIN & Order No : ITBA/EXM/S/80G/2020-21/1028126529(1) Dt.01.10.2020.
v) TAN on 13th January 2015.
vi) PAN No: AAAAR1B05R.
vii) DARPAN NITI AYOG: VO/NGO Unique ID: OR/2016/0104446. on date 26/10/2016.
viii) MCA (CSR) Regn. No. CSR00010060

» Vision

Socio - economic empowerment of the down trodden people in Odisha.

» Mission

To enable the vulnerable families in Odisha to have sustainable self employment opportunity as well as to maintain self dignity in the society by 2030.

» Objectives

• To organize & aware the community to access their rights and entitlements.
• To provide opportunity to the unemployed youth for multi - dimensional capacity building.
• To address on various social issues and liaison with govt., non - govt., departments, financial institutions etc.
• To deal with emergencies through community based organizations of vulnerable area.