The Arunachal State Rural Livelihood Mission is a project under the Arunachal Pradesh government, which was started in 2012 for the poor. The purpose of starting it is to improve the living standard of poor people. Self-help groups help poor people in rural areas. Its objective is to reduce poverty by generating income. It provides bank loans and helps with savings and is trying to bring development to rural areas. It teaches different skills to rural women and youth so that they can become self-dependent.
Objectives of the (SRLM) Project
- The main aim is to reduce poverty through sustainable work.
- By teaching different skills, work opportunities are arranged so that they can earn.
- They are encouraged to form groups and work strongly together.
- It promotes the use of savings accounts and credit facilities and helps by giving loans at low interest.
- By teaching various activities, income is generated from those so that the lives of the poor become better.
- Different livelihood activities are taught so that they can come out of poverty.
How to Take Benefit from This
If you belong to a poor household, then you have to join the village-level Self Help Groups. After joining the SHG, you have to do regular savings. Through these self-help groups, loans can be taken at low interest rates. Many skills are taught through the group, and you have to participate in those. You have to learn those trainings properly. After that, a small business can be started.
Achievements of this Scheme
- Thousands of women from different districts have joined these groups.
- Many poor families have become connected with banks and have taken low-interest loans for their needs.
- The tendency to save has increased among people in villages.
- After taking training from these groups, many women have started their own businesses.
- Through the skill development programmes of the group, many youth and women have become financially independent.
- The income of many families has increased.
- Money-related awareness has increased a lot in villages.
- Women now have some money in their hands, and they are able to help their families.
FAQs
- If the self-help group is not joined, can the benefit be received?
No, if the group is not joined, the benefit cannot be received.
- What kind of help will be received?
A low-interest loan will be received; skill training will also be given, and this type of help will be received.
- Who can join these groups?
Poor households, especially women, can join.
- What will happen after learning these trainings?
After learning these trainings, one’s own business can be started.