Welcome to Pragati SACCOS

Pragati Saving and Credit Co-operative Society, located in a semi rural urban area of Bardiya district 527 kilometres midwest of Kathmandu, was established in 1995 by a group of 46 people including teachers, peasants and social workers in initiation of Mr. Ghan Narayan Shrestha, The purpose of establishing this co-operative society was to fight against extreme poverty that existed in this area for hundreds of years and raise their socio economic status of people through self-help, self-reliance and solidarity among community members. The co-operative society was organized to fulfill the basic financial needs of the poor people and provide awareness ,education and skill through a well-established and sustainable financial institution with ownership and financial participation of its own members so that they can get the service easily whenever they need. It was registered under co-operative act in 1993 and affiliated to NEFSCUN in 2001.