End of poverty - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (N.R.L.M) T. Vijay Kumar JS, Ministry of Rural Development Govt of India
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NRLM :
GOAL - POVERTY ELIMINATION
Poverty elimination through social mobilization, institution building, financial inclusion and a portfolio of sustainable livelihoods. VISION: Each poor family should have an annual income of at least Rs.50,000 per annum
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NRLM
Task: to reach out to 7.0 crore rural poor households, and, stay engaged with them till they come out of abject poverty
Mission - to do this in a time bound manner
N.R.L.M - LESSONS FROM LARGE SCALE EXPERIENCE IN THE COUNTRY
Even an ultra-poor family can come out of abject poverty in 6 - 8 years Provided they are organised, nurtured, and, given continuous support by a dedicated support structure, both external and their own. Provided they are enabled to access financial support in repeat doses, min. Rs.1.0 lakh per family 4
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Organising the poor – a prerequisite to poverty eradication – a woman from each family Inclusion of the poorest Institutions of poor, greatest source of strength for the poor, S.H.Gs, federations, livelihoods collectives Dedicated, professional, sensitive support structure
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF N.R.L.M
Poor to drive all project initiatives – key role of social capital: S.H.G and federation leaders, community professionals Scaling through community best practitioners Transparency and accountability Community self reliance and self dependence
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BUILDING PRO-POOR FINANCIAL SECTOR
Access to credit key to coming out of poverty. Out of Rs.100,000 per family required – around 90% has to come from financial institutions. Financial inclusion at affordable cost holds the key
LIVELIHOODS PROMOTION
Four streams of livelihoods :
coping with vulnerabilities – debt bondage, food insecurity, migration, health shocks existing livelihoods – stabilising, expanding them, and, making them sustainable self employment - micro-enterprise development skilled wage employment - opportunities in growing sectors of the economy 8
VULNERABILITY REDUCTION
VULNERABILITY REDUCTION – the following issues will be tackled
Indebtedness – through debt swapping Food insecurity – food security credit, grain banks Health shocks – health risk fund
STRENGTHENING EXISTING LIVELIHOODS
Critical livelihoods are: agriculture, livestock, forestry and non-timber forest produce
Promote institutions around livelihoods
Promote end-to-end solutions, covering the entire value chain
Key – knowledge dissemination. Development of community professionals in a large number
SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT
Up-scaling of Skill development through public-private partnerships – critical Target: 1 crore youth in 7 years Separate models for tribal areas, minority concentrated districts – education ( 9 months to 12 months residential ) + skills + placement Community professionals –programmes for skilling local youth in agriculture, livestock, watersheds, N.T.F.P, etc.
SELF EMPLOYMENT AND MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Entrepreneurship development among local youth to generate in situ employment
Successful RUDSETI model will be replicated
Necessary changes in the model will be made – partnerships not only with banks but also private sector, N.G.Os , etc.
KEY FEATURES OF N.R.L.M: CONVERGENCE AND PARTNERSHIPS Convergence – institutions of poor provide a platform for convergence and optimisation of all anti-poverty programmes Linkages with PRIs Partnerships with N.G.Os and CSOs Partnerships with industries, industry associations
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KEY FEATURES OF N.R.L.M: SENSITIVE SUPPORT
Dedicated sensitive support structures at all levels to trigger social mobilisation. A national mission management unit State wide sensitive support structure, full time dedicated head of the mission Positioning multi-disciplinary team of trained and competent professionals at state, district and sub-district level Quality human resources from open market and from Govt.
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VISION : END OF POVERTY
