National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)

Background

In 2009, MoRD developed a strategic paper entitled “Poverty Eradication in India by 2015: Rural HH centered Strategy”. This paper draws lesson from experience of SGSY and other poverty reduction initiatives in India. As per this paper, it is estimated that out of estimated 70 million rural BPL HH, 45 million still needs to be organized into SHGs. Based on it, MoRD decided to restructure SGSY through establishment of NRLM and the Government of India approved it in 2010 and was formally launched on June 2011 in Rajasthan.

Mission of the programme

“To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor.”

Core belief

The poor have a strong desire and innate capabilities to come out of poverty. They are entrepreneurs.

Core Values of the programme

The core values which will guide all the activities under NRLM are as follows:

Inclusion of the poorest, and meaningful role to the poorest in all the processes
Transparency and accountability of all processes and institutions
Ownership and key role of the poor and their institutions in all stages – planning, implementation, and monitoring
Community self-reliance and self-dependence

Approach- Pillars of NRLM

NRLM works on three pillars –

Enhancing and expanding existing livelihoods options of the poor
Building skills for the job market outside
Nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs (for micro-enterprises).

Guiding Principles

Poor have strong desire to come out of poverty & the innate capabilities to do so.
Social mobilization & building strong institutions of the poor is critical for unleashing the innate capabilities of the poor.
An external dedicated & sensitive support structure is required to induce the SM, IB & empowerment process.
Facilitating knowledge dissemination, Skill building, access to credit, access to market & other livelihoods services underpins this upward mobility.

Approach of the Programme

Need of NRLM

Out of the estimated 7.0 crore rural BPL households (2010 projections of BPL households), 4.5 Crore households still need to be organized into SHGs.
Even the existing SHGs need further strengthening and greater financial support.
The magnitude of the unfinished task is enormous.
It was in this background, Government has approved the restructuring the SGSY as the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), to be implemented in a mission mode across the country.

Key Features of NRLM

Universal Social Mobilization

50% SC/ST, 15% Minorities, 3% PWD, 100% coverage of BPL families

Promotion of Institution of the poor

Village & higher level federations, livelihoods collectives, producers’ cooperatives/companies, forward-backward linkages etc.

Training for capacity/skill building

Management, Market linkages, CRPs, ICT

Revolving Fund & Capital Subsidy

10-15000/SHG , 70% ST/SC BPL member

Universal Financial Inclusion

Both demand & supply side, insurance, remittances, Bank Mitras, Bima Mitras

Provision of Interest Subsidy

> 7% PA (>70% BPL families) till every member avail cum. Loan of 1 lakh.

Livelihoods

Look at the entire portfolio of livelihoods and work towards stabilizing & enhancing existing livelihoods and subsequently diversifying it.

Infrastructure creation & Marketing support

Market research, market intelligence, technology extension, backward-forward linkage, Rural Haats ( 25% of fund).

Skills & Placement Projects

Partnership with Public, Private, NGO/CBO, NSDC (15% of central allocation)

Rural Self Employment Trg. Institute(RSETIs)

PSB to set up RSETIs in all dist. need based experiential learning program followed by handholding support and partner with CBOs

Innovations

Innovation which have potentials for reaching out specifically to POP with largest nos. for maximum impact with limited resources. (5% of central allocation)

Convergence & Partnership

Convergence with other programs of MoRD & other central/state govt. programs. Partnership with NGOs/CBOs at strategic & implementation levels.

Linkages with PRIs

Formal platform to be established for regular consultation for advice, support, sharing of resources. Traditional Local village institution to replace PRIs where PRIs are not available.

Technical Support

Build a national pool of experts, practitioners and advisers in all the relevant disciplines to provide handholding support to SLRM for developing & executing SPRS.

Sensitive Support Structure

Dedicated & sensitive structure at National, State, Dist. & Sub-district levels staffed with professionally competent and dedicated human resources. Suitable linkages with DRDA and PRIs.

Support structure

Monitoring & Learning

Web enabled comprehensive MIS, visit by senior colleagues, Process monitoring studies, thematic studies, impact evaluation

Funding Pattern

75:25(90:10 for NE, 100% for UTs) to be distributed in relation to the incidence of poverty in the states.

Phased Implementation

Pilot blocks, Intensive and Non-intensive blocks. The program to reach all blocks & districts by end of 12th FYP.

Transition to NRLM

All states/UTs would have to transit to NRLM within a period of 1 Yr. from the date of formal launch of NRLM.

Agenda Before NRLM

With a mission to reduce poverty by enabling the poor to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment through their institution, NRLM willreach out, mobilize & support 7 crore BPL h/h across 600 districts, 6000 blocks, 2.5 lakh GPs in 6 lakh villages through self-managed SHGs and its federated institution of the poor and support them for livelihoods collectives in a period of 8-10 years.

Target group

Particular focus on more vulnerable sections like:

Scheduled castes
Scheduled tribes
Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PTG)
Single women and women headed households,
Disabled,
Landless,
Migrant labour,
Isolated communities and communities living in disturbed areas

Implementation in Meghalaya

Initially, the NRLM/Aajeevika project period is from 2012-13 to 2017-18 to cover all the 39 C&RD blocks of the 11 districts of the state in a phase manner. The programme will be rollout first in four pilot blocks of two districts namely; Rongram & Dallu blocks of West Garo Hills district and Mairang & Mawshynrut blocks of West Khasi Hills district respectively as per provision of 25% of district and 10% of block of the state. Of these four pilot blocks, Rongram and Mairang blocks will be the resource block and implement external CRP strategy of any of the notified Resource Organization which MSRLS will entered a partnership. The remaining Blocks will be treated as Non-intensive Blocks and continue with the existing systems of SGSY programme.

MSRLS will engage NGOs/CBOs in some of the Non-intensive Block which has the presence of good NGOs/CBOs with proven track record good implementations of various rural development projects in the block(s).

The programme will be roll out in phase manner as given below:

YEAR	DIST. COVERAGE	BLOCK COVERAGE
YEAR	DIST. COVERAGE	INTENSIVE BLOCKS	NON-INTENSIVE BLOCKS
1st	2	4	35
2nd	5	10	29
3rd	7	15	24
4th	11	25	14
5th	11	39	0

Events :

4th Meghalaya Saras Aajeevika Fair 2023 (Saras Towards Growth & Equity)

From the 22nd to 31st May 2023

Welcome to the 4th Meghalaya Saras Aajeevika Fair 2023 (Saras Towards Growth & Equity)! Join us from May 22nd to May 31st for an extraordinary showcase of diverse crafts, exquisite handlooms, organic products, and authentic flavors. Immerse yourself in a celebration of rural entrepreneurship, sustainability, and cultural heritage at this vibrant fair.

MEGH SARAS STORE

A marketing initiative by Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society under the agies of National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Ministry of Rural Development to promote Self Help Group’s marketing Linkage of various categories of Products - Handloom/ Handicraft/ Natural Food Products/ Home Decor through B2B/ B2C and B2G. #Vocal for Local

Discover our extensive range of offerings by downloading our product catalog from the link below. Join us in supporting local artisans and entrepreneurs while embracing the essence of indigenous craftsmanship and sustainability.

Catalog Download Link : MSRLS MegSaras Store Product Catalog

MegSaras - Store Product Catalouge

Product Catalouge