23-10-2020 | 15:21 PM
Rashtriya Aajeevika Mission
Context:
The Union Cabinet recently approved changes in the criteria to extend benefits under the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yoajana- Rashtriya Aajeevika Mission to over 10.58 lakh women in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Key Highlights
The scheme is aimed at providing livelihood to women in rural areas. Under this, an allocation of ₹520 crore has also been made for the next five years.
Due to some technical reasons, very few women in J&K and Ladakh were eligible for the programme. Therefore, certain changes in the criteria were approved by the Cabinet to ensure that 10.58 lakh women in the two Union Territories benefited from the special package.
About Scheme
Rashtriya Aajeevika Mission has the official name Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), which is Implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.
The Mission has the objective of organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take economic activities so that they come out of abject poverty.
The Sub-schemes under DAY-NRLM are:
(i) Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs), which enable a trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own micro-enterprise.
(ii) Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), which facilitates the rural poor for setting up of micro-enterprises.
(iii) Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), which facilitates transport facilities in the rural areas which also provides self-employment opportunities to the rural poor.
