Kerala has the lowest level of multidimensional poverty as per the NITI Aayog report. The Athidaridrya Nirmarjana Project was started with the aim of identifying those suffering from extreme poverty who are currently outside the support system of and supporting them to come out of the experience of extreme poverty within five years. A very unique methodology was adopted to identify these families, based on critical and very critical deprivation indices that were formulated over a period of multiple trials and tests to capture the varied nuances of severe poverty, so as to enable zoning in on the people who are so marginalised so as to be otherwise invisible to the system. The identification was through a process of widespread community participation, led by local governments and supported by community extension workers like the ASHA and anganwadi workers, Kudumbashree, activist organisations, Residential associations etc. Over 14 lakh people were engaged in the exercise to find the poorest in society who had not been accounted for.. This was followed by a field level validation and super check and final confirmation in the grama/ward sabhas. A total of 103099 people from 64006 families were found in 1032 local institutions in the state. These families were identified on the basis of stress factors such as food, health, income and housing. In order to bring out the families found in this way from extreme poverty, the situation of each family was understood and special micro-plans were prepared taking into account their opinions and sub-plans were prepared at the local self-government level after codification. As a part of the campaign, rights documents like Aadhar ,Ration Card, UDID card for differently abled, Electoral ID etc. and emergency services like health insurance and social security pension were made available to 21263 families. The government has given priority consideration in the first phase of the scheme is to ensure essential food and medical care for a family. Micro plans for each family are prepared and the family needs are listed on an MIS that digitally captures the extent to which the needs are being met by the concerned LSG and department. The Kudumbashree network functions as community monitor and service provider. LSGs are mandated to prioritise EPEP interventions in their annual plans.