Step 1DOCUMENTUnderstand the existing land and revenue records.
Beti Darj Karo
The programme
Know your rights
Beti Darj Karo is a community awareness and legal-support initiative focused on helping women understand their rights related to inheritance and land records.
How it works
Our approach:
Step 2EDUCATEExplain rights and procedures in simple language.
Step 3SUPPORTHelp individuals understand the process for appropriate revenue documentation.
Step 4EMPOWERConduct community awareness sessions so families can make informed decisions.
This programme provides awareness and facilitation support and does not replace independent legal advice.
For CSR partners
From problem to support
- 01
Problem
- A woman may farm the same field for decades and still find her name missing from the 7/12 land record, often because a mutation was never filed or a succession never recorded.
- No name on the record means no loan against the land, no compensation on acquisition and no say in a sale.
- 02
Our Intervention
- Awareness and facilitation in four steps: Document, Educate, Support, Empower.
- 03
Target Group
- Women and families in rural Maharashtra
- Law students and legal enthusiasts, through the legal internship
- 04
Activities
- Community awareness sessions on inheritance and land-record rights
- Reading existing land and revenue records together
- Explaining procedures in simple language
- The Land Laws & Succession Rights legal internship
- 05
Expected Impact
- Women who understand their rights related to inheritance and land records
- Families who can make informed decisions about revenue documentation
- 06
Partners
- Beti Darj Karo: campaign partner and co-host of the legal internship
- 07
How to Support
- Volunteer at awareness sessions
- Apply for the legal internship
- Fund awareness sessions in a district
Legal internship
Land Laws & Succession Rights
For law students and legal enthusiasts. Four to eight weeks, flexible. Understand, research, empower.
What you will do
- Research land laws, inheritance and succession rights under personal and statutory law
- Create simple, practical legal content for community education
- Analyse landmark judgments and reforms on women's property rights
- Work on real-life scenarios that translate rights into action
- Support workshops, campaigns and outreach teams
What you will gain
- Certificate of internship
- Mentorship by legal professionals
- Real-world experience and research exposure
- Exposure in land and revenue matters
