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“ Presentation on Haryana State Rural Livelihoods Mission (HSRLM)”

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“Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man/woman whom you may have seen and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is

going to be of any use to him/her.”“Will he/she gain anything from it?”

“Will it restore him/her to a control over his/her life & destiny?” .

“Will it lead to swaraj/freedom for hungry

& spiritually starving millions?” . -Mahatma Gandhi

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1980 Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government

of India started Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) to directly target the poor families for creation of assets and self employment. .

1999 IRDP transformed into Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) to generate self-employment through organizing poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs).

SGSY covered aspects of self employment such as organisation of the poor into self help groups, training, credit, technology, infrastructure and marketing.

Funding pattern 75(Centre) : 25(State)

Target Group Rural Poor or SHGAssistance Rs 7500 to Rs 1.25 lacs “Achievement from April, 1999 to March, 2011”

Expenditure Rs. 271.82 crore

Total Beneficiaries 2,17,938 swarozgaris

SCs 1,08,882 swarozgaris

Women 1,39,864 swarozgaris

SHGs formed 23,972 Women SHGs 14,495

Economic Activity Taken up by 12,626 SHGs

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Progress of SGSY

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SHORTCOMINGS of SGSYVast regional variations in mobilization of rural poor Insufficient capacity building Insufficient investments for building community institutions

and weak linkages with banks leading to low credit mobilization and low repeat financing.

Absence of the SHG federations precluded the poor from accessing higher order support services for productivity enhancement, marketing linkage, risk management, etc.

To overcome these shortcomings, Govt. of India restructured the SGSY as the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), to be implemented in a mission mode across the country.

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GOAL - POVERTY ELIMINATION

MANDATE - Sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor through social mobilization & institution building

National Rural Livelihood National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)Mission (NRLM)

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Poor have a strong desire to come out of poverty and have innate capabilities

Social mobilization and building strong institutions of the poor critical for unleashing their capabilities

Dedicated and sensitive support structure required to induce social mobilization,

A strong institutional architecture owned by the poor enables them to access institutional credit for various purposes, pursue livelihood based on their resources, skills and preferences, access other services and entitlements, both from the public and private sector.

Core Belief/Guiding Principle

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Focus on target, outcome & time bound delivery

Continuous capacity building, imparting requisite skills & creating linkages with livelihoods opportunities including those emerging in the organised sector for the poor

Mission Attention

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Notable Shifts under NRLM vis-a-vis SGSY SGSY NRLM

Allocation based strategy

Demand driven strategy

DRDA as main implementation agency with very limited role at State level

Professional support structure from State to sub-district level.

Community institutional architecture comprised of only SHGs

Federations at all levels,

to get one time grant -Gram Panchayats level Rs. 10,000/-

Block Level Rs. 20,000/-

District level Rs. 100000/-

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Notable Shifts under NRLM vis-a-vis SGSY

SGSY NRLM Subsidy (in Rs)

General Category 7,500/-

SC beneficiary 10,000/-

Self Help Group 1,25,000/-

Revolving Fund 10,000/-

Subsidy (in Rs)

General Category 15,000/-

SC beneficiary 20,000/-

Self Help Group 2,50,000/-

Revolving Fund 15,000/-

No subsidy on interest rate

Interest subsidy above 7% rate of interest.

Market linked jobs as special project

Skills development and jobs as a mainstream strategy

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Approach-Three Pillars:

Enhancing and expanding existing livelihood options of poor (tapping new opportunities within the key livelihoods like agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forest produce collection, etc)

‘Employment’ - building skills for the job market outside; and

‘Enterprises’ - nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs (for micro-enterprises).

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Universal social mobilizationPromotion of institutions of the poorTraining, capacity building and skill buildingRevolving fund and capital subsidyUniversal financial inclusionProvision of interest subsidyMultiple livelihood opportunitiesInfrastructure creation and marketing supportSkills and placement projectsRural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)Innovations

(NRLM)(NRLM)Key Features

Partnership with NGOs/CSOLearn from best practices of N.G.Os Strengthen social capital created and nurtured by

themResource villages and resource blocks – for

mentoring other blocks and districtsPilots for innovations Industry/ Industry associations:

Promote Public Private Community partnershipsLivelihoods promotion – forward and backward

linkagesSkills and placement

Academic institutions Capacity building of development professionals,

village level community professionalsEvaluations and mid-course corrections

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Role of PRI Identifying and mobilizing BPL households into

SHGs, with initial priority for poorest and most vulnerable amongst them.

Facilitating SHG federation(s) at various levels and providing accommodation and other basic facilities for their effective functioning.

Incorporating and making suitable financial allocations to the priority demands of the SHGs and their federations in the annual plans/activities of the PRIs; and

Coordinating with different departments and agencies on behalf of the SHG network.

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Monitoring & Learning

Extensive use of I.T for transparency and real time monitoring

Accountability SystemsRegular meetings of S.H.Gs and

federations – financial transactions read out in the meeting

Social audit for transparency and accountability

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Support Structure of NRLM(NRLM)(NRLM)

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Phased Implementation (NRLM)(NRLM)

State is expected to cover all the districts and blocks in the State in a phased manner, over 5 to 7 years.

State need to identify districts and blocks for each of the phases and to develop a clear roll-out plan.

Mission to reach all districts & blocks by the end of 12 th Five Year Plan

‘Intensive blocks’ (taken up blocks in NRLM) would have access to a full complement of trained professional staff and cover a whole range of activities of universal and intense social and financial inclusion, livelihoods, partnerships etc.

‘Non-intensive blocks’ (remaining blocks) with limited staff in PRIs, NGOs and/or DRDAs, the activities may be limited in scope and intensity. The outlays in these blocks would be limited to the State average allotment for these blocks under SGSY.

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Transition to NRLM

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Formally launched on 3, June 2011 at Baswara, Rajasthan

State expected to transit to NRLM by the end of Dec,2011

Funding thereafter under SGSY ceases.

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Mission target for Haryana State

31.59 lakh rural households, 8.58 lakh BPL households (as per Survey 2007 ), 21 districts, 119 blocks, 6124 Gram Panchayats

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the challenge is to reach out to each one of them in a time bound manner, and in a meaningful manner.

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Essential Prerequisites

State-wide sensitive support structure, full time dedicated head of the mission

Position multi-disciplinary team of trained and competent professionals at state, district and sub-district level

Prepare time bound perspective plan for poverty elimination

Phasing strategy Action plan upto 2012

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State Steps Taken so far

State Rural Livelihoods Mission(SRLM):

The Haryana State Rural Livelihood Mission (HSRLM) set up registered under Society Act 1860 on 24.5.2011.

The General Body (GB) headed by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Haryana & Executive Committee (EC) headed by Chief Secretary Haryana.

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Proposed phasing1st Phase-

1st Year - 12 blocks in 4 districts namely Fatehabad, Kaithal, Karnal & Mewat (one in each division) based on rural population, SC population & BPL population criteria

2nd Year – remaining blocks of 1st year and all blocks of 3 new districts

2nd Phase-

3rd Year – 3 blocks from each new 7 districts

4th Year – remaining blocks of 3rd year selected districts

3rd Phase-

5th Year - all remaining blocks

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THANKS

Universal Social Mobilisation One member from each household, preferably a

woman, organized into a S.H.G All villages, blocks and districts – in a phased mannerFocus on most vulnerable: SC/ST(50%),

minorities(15%), disabled(3%)

Institution BuildingFormation, nurturing - SHGs and their Federations at

village, block and district level to provide space, voice and resources for the poor

(NRLM)(NRLM)KEY FEATURES

Capacity Building Continuous capacity building– key to strong institution

building and empowermentMulti-pronged approachKnowledge dissemination to all membersMost effective training – at village level Creating a cadre of trainers, service providers, Community

Resource Persons (CRPs) and Master CraftsmenNetwork of training institutions for capacity building at district

and State level Rural Self Employment Training Institutes(RSETIs)RSETI model envisages transforming unemployed youth

into confident self employed entrepreneurs through a short duration experiential learning programme followed by systematic long duration hand-holding support. A one time grant of Rs 1.0 crore would be made by GoI to set up RSETIs in all districts.

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Financial Norms Formation– Rs.10,000 per S.H.G Revolving fund (for SHG with more than 70% BPL) :

Rs10,000 to Rs. 15,000 per SHG as corpus Capital Subsidy: Max Rs. 2.50 lakh per SHG calculated

@ Rs 15,000 for general and Rs 20,000 for SC/ST per Swarozgari

Mode - directly to SHGs or through their federations

Financial Inclusion (Demand & Supply) Financial literacy and financial counseling Strategic partnerships with banking sector Financial technologies and business correspondent

models Facilitation support: ‘Bank Mitras’ Micro-insurance to cover life, health and assets

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Infrastructure CreationProductive infrastructure for processing, storage & value

additionMarket support like packaging, brandingSupport for marketing by market research, extending

technology, building & supporting livelihood collectives plans

Identify & rotate the beneficiaries to link them to Rural Haats

Organising fairs & exhibitions

Skill Development and PlacementUp-scaling of skill development through public-private

partnerships Upto 5% of allocation on Innovative projects 15% of central allocation for placement linked skill

development projects

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