XLRI Jamshedpur organises workshop on National Rural Livelihood Mission

Updated on: Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Fr Arrupe Center for Ecology and Sustainability (FACES) of XLRI Jamshedpur organised a workshop on National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) on July 10, 2012 at the XLRI campus. Biswajit Sen, senior rural development specialist, World Bank India unit and Vinay Kumar, World Bank consultant conducted the workshop.

The workshop was aimed at discussing an overall understanding of the NRLM agenda, on opportunities for professional engagement and explained to the participants/stakeholders the status of its roll-out. The workshop, which was attended by XLRI faculty and some of its partner NGOs, also served as a platform for exploring opportunities to partner for training and institutional capacity building, with a larger impact.

NRLM is a World Bank supported project rolled out by ministry of rural development. It has been conceived as a cornerstone of national poverty reduction strategy. The objective of the mission is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self-employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in income on sustainable basis.

Further investments of capital and capacity building will federate the SHGs at the village level and beyond, an institutional platform of the poor, so that poor households can access services and livelihood opportunities previously beyond their reach. Based on experience in several World Bank supported state livelihood projects, the institutional platform will also give poor households the voice to demand services such as early childhood education, pensions and other safety nets, etc and the organisation to help manage and deliver those services as needed.

Citing the role of XLRI in National Rural Livelihood Mission, Prof Madhukar Shukla, chairperson, FACES, XLRI Jamshedpur said, “NRLM is a major step in India today, to reduce poverty level with the much needed financial assistance. We are part of a consortium of seven management schools that are developing knowledge products which will strengthen this initiative through developing livelihood professionals and institutional capacity building. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together the stakeholders and develop a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this effort.”

He further added, “We at XLRI are always at the forefront in helping shape solutions in the long-term interest of our nation’s economy, particularly the asset poor, and through this workshop, there would be numerous opportunities for us to get involved in capacity building through research, documentation, technical assistance etc.”

XLRI Jamshedpur organises workshop on National Rural Livelihood Mission

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