Sangathan Se Samridhhi

Sangathan Se Samridhhi

The Ministry of Rural Development’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) launched a national campaign called “Sangathan Se Samridhhi– Leaving no Rural Woman Behind”, aiming to mobilize a significant number of women into Self Help Groups (SHGs).

• The campaign is a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Samaveshi Vikaas and aims to mobilize 10 crore women from eligible rural households into SHGs.
• It aims to mobilize disadvantaged rural communities who are unaware of the benefits of the DAY-NRLM program.
• The campaign will be organized in all states and form more than 1.1 lakh SHGs through interventions like:
  • Organising general Body Meetings of Village Organizations
  • Experience sharing by SHG champions to motivate left-out households to join SHGs
  • Conducting Community Resource Person drives
  • Opening SHG bank accounts, and creation of a common database of SHGs promoted by other stakeholders.
• Need for Such a Campaign:
  • India’s rural population accounts for 65% of its total population, and it is crucial to accord women from these areas all possible opportunities to enable them to contribute significantly to making India a 5 trillion dollar economy.
  • When women in such a big number become part of SHGs, it will automatically have a considerable effect on the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission :-

• It is a Centrally Sponsored Programme, launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in 2011.
• It aims to eliminate rural poverty through the promotion of multiple livelihoods and improved access to financial services for the rural poor households across the country

Functioning:

• It involves working with community institutions through community professionals in the spirit of self-help which is a unique proposition of DAY-NRLM.
• It impacts livelihoods by
  • Mobilizing rural households into SHGs.
  • Organizing one-woman member from each rural poor household into SHGs
  • Providing training and capacity building to SHG members
  • Providing access to financial resources from their own institutions and banks.
• Outcome:
  • By July 2022, 8.35 crore women were connected to NRLM and there were 5.9 lakh crore bank linkages, while the NPAs have reduced to 2.5 %.
  • As of May 2021, there are 6.9 million SHGs in India with 75 million members across 7,83,389 villages.
    • It has improved food security, improved school enrolment, access to land for women to grow food, and created an impact on gender issues with women’s groups taking on issues like dowry, child marriage, and discrimination against girls.

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