Growth of SelfHelp Groups under National Rural Livelihood Mission in India

The NRLM is implemented in mission mode to combat multidimensional poverty and improve the livelihoods of impoverished rural residents. The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is the Ministry of Rural Development’s main initiative. Its objective is to expand livelihood opportunities by establishing strong groups for the poor and connecting them through extensive networks. The actions taken by DAY-NRLM indicate that disadvantaged people face multiple overlapping challenges and weaknesses. Power, supporting both the family's well-being and the SHGs, focuses on multidimensional poverty, which shows that women are more likely than men which supports both the family's well-being and the rural economy, focuses on multifaceted poverty, indicating that women are more likely than men to be poor, resulting in substantial differences in well-being between the two sexes. As a result, the Mission works with rural women across hundreds of Indian communities to strengthen their financial position, benefiting both family well-being and the rural economy. The Mission is the key initiative in India focused on gender and poverty issues. Its objective is to give rural women more authority over their social and economic lives. The present article is based on secondary data. This secondary information is taken from national and international-level publications and mission-related websites.