

Gramin Mitra is a rural upliftment project sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India and developed by CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad. It aims to provide a dedicated electronic marketplace for encouraging rural vendors and local tribes of the state. It targets the e-Marketing of local regional products.
- Advice on suitable fertilizer
- Advice on economic importance of crop and trees
- Preparation of soil fertility map and maintaining land records
- Issue of drinking water quality card to the villagers
- Employability excellence with training, college education and learning
- Skill acquisition and knowledge awareness for the live hood promotion
- Preservation and promotion of local culture
- Development of E-Platform for the marketing of products to improve livelihood
- Local herbal medicine marketing
- E-Marketing of agricultural products, food, handicraft items, etc
- Improvement of village products using new technology
- Making of economically feasible products by transferring new technology to the villagers
- Creation of bridges with researchers with rural people for transfer of knowledge for product development