JEEVika - Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, is a Government of Bihar Project assistedby the World Bank, aims to empower the rural poor by creating self managedcommunity institutions and enhancing incomes through sustainable livelihoods. Theproject is striving to bring a change in the lives of about 5 lakh poor families of Biharby promoting livelihoods through community institutions, their federation andproducer's groups. The five year project was launched on 2nd October 2007.