NRLM - ACCESS Development Services
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End of poverty - National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (N.R.L.M)
T. Vijay Kumar
JS, Ministry of Rural Development
Govt of India
[email protected]
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
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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
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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