Lok Sabha Question No. 4896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: National Rural Livelihood Mission
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4896

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION

## 4896.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  for  training  of  people  in  rural  areas  and awareness of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM);
- (b) if so, the status thereof in the State of Bihar; and
- (c) the agencies or public institutions through which the Government is working to connect the rural people with the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  (DAY)  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM) was  launched  by  Government  of  India  in  2011  as  the  flagship  rural  poverty  alleviation programme. The programme aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural  poor,  enabling  them  to  increase  household  income  through  sustainable  livelihoods enhancements and improved access to financial services. To support the programme implementation, dedicated human resources are placed at each level of implementation. At State level, State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) are registered as an autonomous body under the  State  Government  to  implement  the  DAY-NRLM  in  the  States.  The  programme  has provisioned  for  dedicated  training  architecture  at  each  level  of  implementation  to  provide continuous trainings to the community, community institutions, community cadres, mission staff and other stakeholders. A pool of resource persons has also been created at the National, State, District and Block levels to support capacity building efforts under the Mission.
- (b): DAY-NRLM  is  being  implemented  by  Bihar  Rural  Livelihoods  Promotion  Society (BRLPS) and the programme is known as 'JEEVIKA' in the State of Bihar. The programme is being implemented in all 534 blocks of all 38 districts of the state. As on date, 1.00 crore rural households have been mobilised into 8.49 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs). The SHGs have been federated  into  58,786  Village  Organizations  (VOs),  which  are  in  turn  federated  into  1,333 Cluster Level Federations (CLFs). A total of Rs. 1749.01 crore of community funds (Revolving

Fund (RF) and Community Investment Support Fund (CISF)) has been provided to SHGs and their federations.

JEEVIKA has developed robust system for capacity building of Staff, Community, Institutions and community cadres through developed standard modules and pool of resource persons among the staff and experienced community professionals. To fulfil the training requirements, district level Training and Learning Centres (TLCs) have been established to cater the training needs. As part  of  capacity  building  initiatives,  7.15  lakh  SHGs,  44931  VOs  and  309  CLFs  have  been provided  basic  management  training  to  manage  their  institutions.  Till  date,  JEEVIKA  has conducted training for 3.58 crore community members on various activities of the programme apart from handholding support at community level.

(c): DAY-NRLM is being  implemented  in  the  States  through  the  State  Rural  Livelihoods Missions  (SRLMs).  Each  SRLM  has  a  dedicated  professional  implementation  structure  at  the state, district and sub-district levels. In addition, The SRLMs partner with other government and non-government  agencies  for  implementing  various  components  of  the  programme,  on  need basis.

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