How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?
- By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas
- By strengthening ‘Self-Help Groups’ and providing skill development
- By supplying seeds, fertilisers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statement 2 is correct
- National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was launched in 2010 as a mission-mode scheme by restructuring the erstwhile Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY). In 2016, the program was renamed Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAYNRLM).
- The central and state governments jointly fund this centrally sponsored scheme. It is a flagship poverty alleviation program implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.
- It Promotes self-employment and income generation activities for rural women through SHGs (As of 2022, it covered over 4.6 crore rural women across India).
- It provides financial services to SHGs and CBOs, such as loans, savings, and insurance.
- It gives skill training to SHG members in entrepreneurship, business management, life skills, etc.
- It helps SHG members to access markets for their products.
Statement 1 and 3 are incorrect
- The Mission does not focus on establishing large industries; instead, it promotes community-based institutions, micro-enterprises, and self-employment through Self-Help Groups (SHGs). It also does not provide agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, or pump sets free of cost, as such support is typically covered under other agricultural schemes.
