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