Module 3: Rural Livelihoods Promotion - NRLM & JEEViKA

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National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM):

Launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, by restructuring the erstwhile Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), effective from April 2013. NRLM aims to create institutional platforms for the rural poor to increase household incomes through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to formal financial services.

JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society):

An autonomous society under the Department of Rural Development, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Focuses on the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor by organizing rural women into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Cluster Level Federations (CLFs).
Provides financial support via Initial Capitalization Funds and Revolving Funds to establish group corpus funds.
Bank Sakhis & CSPs: In collaboration with commercial banks, JEEVIKA facilitated the opening of Customer Service Points (CSPs) run by trained SHG members known as 'Bank Sakhis' to expand financial transactions in unbanked rural pockets.
Social Protection Insurance: Enrolls SHG women under micro-insurance schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).

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An autonomous society under the Department of Rural Development, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Focuses on the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor by organizing rural women into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Cluster Level Federations (CLFs).
Provides financial support via Initial Capitalization Funds and Revolving Funds to establish group corpus funds.
Bank Sakhis & CSPs: In collaboration with commercial banks, JEEVIKA facilitated the opening of Customer Service Points (CSPs) run by trained SHG members known as 'Bank Sakhis' to expand financial transactions in unbanked rural pockets.
Social Protection Insurance: Enrolls SHG women under micro-insurance schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).

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An autonomous society under the Department of Rural Development, registered under the Societies Registration Act, ______ — 1860.
Focuses on the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor by organizing — rural women into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Cluster Level Federations (CLFs).
Provides financial support via Initial Capitalization Funds — and Revolving Funds to establish group corpus funds.
Bank Sakhis & CSPs: In collaboration with commercial banks, JEEVIKA facilitated the opening of Customer Service Points (CSPs) run by trained SHG members known as 'Bank Sakhis' to expand financial transactions in unbanked rural pockets.
Social Protection Insurance: Enrolls SHG women under micro-insurance schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).

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Under which legislation is JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society) registered?

JEEVIKA is an autonomous society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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An autonomous society under the Department of Rural Development, registered under the Societies Registration Act, ______

1860.

Focuses on the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor by organizing ______

rural women into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Cluster Level Federations (CLFs).

Provides financial support via Initial Capitalization Funds ______

and Revolving Funds to establish group corpus funds.

Bank Sakhis & CSPs: In collaboration with commercial banks, JEEVIKA facilitated the opening of ______ run by trained SHG members known as 'Bank Sakhis' to expand financial transactions in unbanked rural pockets.

Customer Service Points (CSPs)

Social Protection Insurance: Enrolls SHG women under micro-insurance schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).

Enrolls SHG women under micro-insurance schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).