Ethiopia to adopt Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: NDTV
Context: Ethiopia has announced plans to adopt India’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) model to tackle rural poverty and promote women’s empowerment.
About Ethiopia to adopt Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM):
What it is?
• DAY-NRLM is India’s flagship poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment programme under the Ministry of Rural Development, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, financial inclusion, and social mobilization through Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
Launched in: 2011 as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) by restructuring the Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY).
• It has been renamed as Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM (DAY-NRLM) in 2016.
Aim: To reduce rural poverty by enabling poor households, especially women, to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage opportunities through community institutions, skill training, and access to credit.
History:
• The mission represents a paradigm shift from subsidy-driven programmes to self-reliance through institution-building.
• It is jointly funded by the Centre and States and is among the world’s largest community-mobilisation programmes, aligning with SDGs 1 (No Poverty) and 5 (Gender Equality).
Key Features:
• Social Mobilization & SHG Formation: Over 10.05 crore rural women organized into 90.9 lakh SHGs across 28 States and 6 UTs.
• Community Resource Persons: Deployment of Bank Sakhis, Krishi Sakhis, and Pashu Sakhis to deliver last-mile financial, agricultural, and livestock services.
• Financial Inclusion: Over ₹11 lakh crore in collateral-free credit disbursed to SHGs with a 98% repayment rate, making it a global model of credit discipline.
• Livelihood Diversification: Promotion of farm and non-farm activities, including 4.62 crore Mahila Kisans, 1.95 lakh producer groups, and 3.74 lakh rural enterprises supported under SVEP.
• Skill Development: Implementation of DDU-GKY (placement-linked training for youth) and RSETIs (entrepreneurship training), training over 74 lakh youth cumulatively by mid-2025.
• Sustainable Agriculture: Creation of 6,000 integrated farming clusters and scaling of agro-ecological practices to improve rural resilience.
• Digital Inclusion: Integration with Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Digital Public Infrastructure to ensure transparency and last-mile delivery.