(a) the names of programmes being run under the National Rural Livelihood Mission;
(b) the State-wise and scheme-wise funds provided and the percentage of targets
achieved in this regard; and
(c) the measures taken by the Government to implement the programme effectively?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a): Erstwhile Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) has been restructured as
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and now renamed as `Aajeevika`. The key
features of NRLM are as under:
(i) Social Mobilization and Institution Building: In order to ensure that no poor family is
left out, NRLM would use differential strategies for social inclusion/mobilization of
all identified BPL households into functionally effective and self-managed
institutions.
(ii) Financial Inclusion: NRLM would work towards achieving universal financial
inclusion, beyond basic banking services to all the poor households, SHGs and their
federations.
(iii) Social Development: NRLM will also focus on social issues of nutrition, food
security, Health and education etc.
(iv) Convergence: NRLM would place a very high emphasis on convergence with other
programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development and other Central Ministries and
programmes of state governments for developing synergies directly and through the
institutions of the poor.
(v) Livelihoods Promotion: NRLM will look at the entire portfolio of livelihoods of each
poor household, and work towards stabilizing and enhancing the existing livelihoods
and subsequently diversifying their livelihoods. The various sub-components under
NRLM for promotion of rural livelihoods are:
# Placement linked Skill Development Projects: Supporting rural Below Poverty Line
(BPL) youth for accessing skilled wage employment through placement linked skill
development projects. For skill development & placement projects, 15% of the total
allocation under NRLM has been earmarked for skills and placement linked
projects. Till date 175 Projects have been sanctioned and 4.64 lakh youths have
been trained and 3.50 lakh youths have been provided placement under the Scheme.
# Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP): To meet the specific needs of
women farmers and achieve socio-economic and technical empowerment of the
rural women farmers, predominantly small and marginal farmers. Till date 36
projects have been sanctioned under MKSP.
# Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs): The RSETI model envisages
transforming unemployed rural BPL youth into confident self employed
entrepreneurs through a short term experiential learning program followed by
systematic long term hand holding support to enable them to undertake micro
enterprises and wage employment. 526 RSETIs have been set up till date.
(b): A statement indicating the allocation of funds under SGSY/NRLM and targets
achieved during the last three years is at Annexure-I. The allocation of funds for the
Schemes running under NRLM mentioned above is not done State wise. No State wise
targets are fixed under these Schemes.
(c): For effective implementation of NRLM, all the States will set up programme
management units at State, Districts & Block levels by inducting dedicated professionals
of various streams. Each State will prepare its own poverty reduction action plan under
NRLM, based on its specific requirements. A robust IT-based Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning (MEL) system would be in place to facilitate learning and continuous
improvement and support informed decision making at all levels.