RURAL NON-FARM SECTOR-BASED LIVELIHOODS

Goal
  • Alternate source of income from locally available resources
  • Alignment with Government of India promoted schemes
  • Reduce dependency on agriculture
Strategy
  • Bridge the gap between rural livelihood opportunities and skills
  • Design of intervention-specific training material and business plans, savings, cash flow and marketing
  • Integration of farm and non-farm areas for enhanced quality of life and local economy development
  • Review the changing aspirations of youth in rural areas
  • Skill mapping
Approach 
  • Engagement and skilling of rural families, women and Self-Help Groups
  • Hand holding, Training and Field visits

Types of Enterprises

  • Homestead businesses
  • Skill-based micro-enterprises for youth
  • eDost services for digital inclusion 
  • Choice of enterprises as per individual interest
  • Promotion of rural cuisine outlets (Nahari)
  • Preference for Women-centric rural enterprises
  • Farm input enterprises

Outreach

  • Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Telangana
  • 9848  families benefitted   
  • Emergence of 3157 rural entrepreneurs
Impact
  • 203 enterprises promoted
  • 3113 youth trained in various vocations