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Lakhpati Didi’s

Lakhpati Didi’s

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September 07, 2023

Context:

Recently, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) organized a National Conclave on Enabling 2 Crore ‘LAKHPATIDIDIs’- SHG Didis.

About Lakhpati Didis: 

  • The Lakhpati Didi initiative, part of the DAY-NRLM, aims to provide skill training to two crore women. 
  • This training enables them to engage in micro-enterprises and earn an annual income of at least Rs 1 lakh through various livelihood activities and value chain interventions.
What is a Self-Help Group?

  • A Self-Help Group is an informal association of individuals who come together to improve their living conditions. 
    • For Example: 
      • Kudumbashree is a poverty eradication and women empowerment initiative established in Kerala, India, in 1997. 
      • It operates through a three-tier structure comprising Neighbourhood Groups, Area Development Societies, and Community Development Societies, forming a network of Self-Help Groups. 
  • It is a self-governed and peer-controlled group comprising people with similar socio-economic backgrounds and a shared desire to achieve a common purpose.

DAY-NRLM:

  • DAY-NRLM is a flagship poverty alleviation program implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. 
  • Aim: To reduce poverty by enabling the poor household to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities resulting in sustainable and diversified livelihood options for the poor. 
  • Core components of Mission: 
    • social mobilization and promotion and strengthening of self-managed and financially sustainable community institutions of the rural poor women;
    • financial inclusion; 
    • sustainable livelihoods; 
    • social inclusion, social development and access to entitlements through convergence.

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