NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOODS MISSION

Mission Document

Ministry of Rural Development

Government of India
New Delhi
NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOODS MISSION
Mission Document

Ministry of Rural Development

Government of India
Introduction

T
he mandate of the Ministry of Rural have not been able to fully utilise the funds received
Development (MoRD), GoI is rural poverty under SGSY due to lack of dedicated human
alleviation through programmes directly resources and appropriate delivery systems. In
targeted at the rural poor households. Within the the absence of aggregate institutions of the poor,
‘directly targeted’ category, there are programmes such as the SHG federations, the poor households
focused on wage employment and programmes could not access higher order support services for
focused on self-employment. The Swarnajayanti productivity enhancement, marketing linkage, risk
Grameen Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) is the Ministry management, etc. SGSY has been found to be
programme which focuses on self-employment. more successful wherever systematic mobilisation
This programme was launched in the year 1999, of the poor into SHGs and their capacity building
by restructuring the Integrated Rural Development and skill development has been taken up in a
Programme (IRDP). systematic manner. In other places, the impact has
The cornerstone of the SGSY strategy was that the not been significant.
poor need to be organised and their capacities The magnitude of the task of rural poverty alleviation
built up systematically so that they can access through direct interventions in self-employment is
self-employment opportunities. In the 10 years enormous. Out of the estimated 7.0 crore rural BPL
of implementing SGSY, there has developed a households, 4.5 crore households still need to be
widespread acceptance in the country of the need organised into SHGs. A significant number of these
for poor to be organised into SHGs as a pre- households are extremely vulnerable. Even the
requisite for their poverty reduction. existing SHGs need further strengthening. It was in
Comprehensive reviews of SGSY have brought this background that Government have approved
into focus several shortcomings like vast regional the restructuring of SGSY as the National Rural
variations in mobilisation of rural poor; insufficient Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), to be implemented in
capacity building of beneficiaries; insufficient a mission mode across the country. NRLM builds
investments for building community institutions; on the core strengths of the SGSY and incorporates
and weak linkages with banks leading to low credit the important lessons from large scale experiences
mobilization and repeat financing. Several states in the country.

Introduction | 
 NRLM has an ambitious mandate. It aims and institutions for the poor. The dependence
to reach out to all the rural poor families (BPL on external support structures should decline over
families) and link them to sustainable livelihoods time. Their successful and empowered members
opportunities. It will nurture them till they come and leaders take charge of and accelerate many
out of poverty and enjoy a decent quality of life. of these processes. Thus, the programme for the
To achieve this, NRLM will put in place dedicated poor becomes the programme by the poor.
and sensitive support structures at various levels. These two transitions are critical for the success of
These structures will work towards organising the NRLM. Poverty is a complex and multidimensional
poor, building their capacities and the capacities phenomenon. The institutions of poor therefore
of their organisations, enabling them access to need to engage in many sectors and with several
finance and other livelihoods resources. The service providers. Their ability and effectiveness
support institutions will play the roles of initiating improves with time and experience. However, after
the processes of organising them in the beginning, the initial learning curve, the progress picks up
providing the livelihoods services and sustaining speed with quality.
the livelihoods outcomes subsequently. The support
structures will also work with the unemployed Based on MoRD’s extensive consultations
rural poor youth for skilling them and providing with various stakeholders including the State
employment either in jobs, mostly in high growth Governments, Civil Society Organisations,
sectors, or in remunerative self-employment and Bankers and academicians, the NRLM ‘Framework
micro-enterprises. for Implementation’ has been developed. NRLM
is a learning mission and learns from all the best
The Institutions of the poor – SHGs, their federations
practices of poverty eradication and also from
and livelihoods collectives - provide the poor
failures. Like the Mission, its ‘Framework for
the platforms for collective action based on self-
Implementation’ is a learning, live and dynamic
help and mutual cooperation. They become a
framework. This framework offers space for local
strong demand system. They build linkages with
plans based on local context and offers space
mainstream institutions, including banks, and
for learning from the experiences in the field
Government departments to address their core
as the implementation progresses. Each state
livelihoods issues and other dimensions of poverty.
These institutions provide savings, credit and other would develop its own Operational Guidelines
financial services to meet their priority needs. These for implementation of NRLM within the broad
include consumption needs, debt redemption, food contours of the framework. Thematic and issue-
and health security and livelihoods. They augment based National Operational Manuals would
knowledge, skills, tools, assets, infrastructure, own also be made available as the implementation
funds and other resources for the members. They progresses.
increase incomes, reduce expenditures, increase NRLM endeavours, through its dedicated sensitive
gainful employment and reduce risks for their support structures and organisations at various
members. They also increase their voice, space and levels, to reach out to all the BPL households in
bargaining power in dealing with service providers. the country, and take them out of poverty through
Mobilising the poor into their institutions needs to be building their capacities, financial muscle and
induced by an external sensitive support structure. access, and self-managed self-reliant institutions;
Government agencies, NGOs and civil society through placement in jobs, and nurturing them into
organisations, Local self governments, banks and remunerative self-employment and enterprises.
corporate sector can play this role. With time, as The institutions of the poor gradually take charge
the institutions of poor grow and mature, they of supporting their members being in control of
themselves become sensitive support structures their livelihoods, lives and destiny.

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Mission, Principles, Values

The core belief of National Rural Livelihoods resources, skills and preferences. Thus, they come
Mission (NRLM) is that the poor have innate out of abject poverty and do not fall back into
capabilities and a strong desire to come out poverty. NRLM also believes that the programme
of poverty. They are entrepreneurial, an essential can be up scaled in a time bound manner, only if
coping mechanism to survive under conditions it is driven by the poor.
of poverty. The challenge is to unleash their
capabilities to generate meaningful livelihoods NRLM Mission
and enable them to come out of poverty. The first
step in this process is motivating them to form “To reduce poverty by enabling the poor
their own institutions. They and their institutions households to access gainful self-employment and
are provided sufficient capacities to manage the skilled wage employment opportunities resulting
external environment, enabled to access finance, in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods
and to expand their skills and assets and convert on a sustainable basis, through building strong
them into meaningful livelihoods. This requires and sustainable grassroots institutions of the
continuous handholding support. An external poor.”
dedicated, sensitive support structure, from the
national level to the sub-district level, is required to NRLM Guiding Principles
induce such social mobilisation, institution building
and livelihoods promotion.  Poor have a strong desire to come out of
poverty, and they have innate capabilities.
Strong institutional platforms of the poor, enable
 Social mobilisation and building strong
them to build-up their own human, social, financial
institutions of the poor is critical for
and other resources. These capabilities enable them
unleashing the innate capabilities of the
to access their rights, entitlements and livelihoods
poor.
opportunities and services, both from the public
and private sector. The social mobilisation process  An external dedicated and sensitive support
enhances solidarity, voice and bargaining power of structure is required to induce the social
the poor. These processes enable them to pursue mobilisation, institution building and
viable livelihoods based on leveraging their own empowerment process.

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  Facilitating knowledge dissemination, Approach
skill building, access to credit, access to
marketing, and access to other livelihoods Towards building, supporting and sustaining
services enables them to enjoy a portfolio of livelihoods of the poor, NRLM harnesses the innate
sustainable livelihoods. capabilities of the poor, complements them with
capacities (information, knowledge, skills, tools,
finance and collectivisation) to deal with the rapidly
NRLM Values
changing external world. Being conscious of the
The core values which guide all the activities under livelihoods activities being varied, NRLM works
NRLM are as follows: on three pillars – enhancing and expanding
 Inclusion of the poorest, and meaningful role existing livelihoods options of the poor;
to the poorest in all the processes. building skills for the job market outside; and
 Transparency and accountability of all nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs.
processes and institutions.
Dedicated support structures build and strengthen
 Ownership and key role of the poor and the institutional platforms of the poor. These
their institutions in all stages – planning, platforms, with the support of their built-up human
implementation and monitoring. and social capital, offer a variety of livelihoods
 Community self-reliance and self- services to their members across the value-chains of
dependence. key products and services of the poor. These services

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include financial and capital services, production enabling the states to formulate their own
and productivity enhancement services that include livelihoods-based poverty reduction action
technology, knowledge, skills and inputs, market plans, (b) focus on targets, outcomes and time
linkages etc. The interested rural BPL youth would bound delivery, (c) continuous capacity building,
be offered skill development after counselling and imparting requisite skills and creating linkages
matching the aptitude with the job requirements, with livelihoods opportunities for the poor,
and placed in jobs that are remunerative. Self- including those emerging in the organised sector,
employed and entrepreneurial oriented poor and (d) monitoring against targets of poverty
would be provided skills and financial linkages outcomes. As NRLM follows a demand driven
and nurtured to establish and grow with micro- strategy, the States have the flexibility to develop
enterprises for products and services in demand. their livelihoods-based perspective plans and
These platforms also offer space for convergence annual action plans for poverty reduction.
and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders, The overall plans would be within the allocation
by building an enabling environment for poor to for the state based on inter-se poverty ratios.
access their rights and entitlements, public services
The second dimension of demand driven strategy
and innovations. The aggregation of the poor,
implies that the ultimate objective is that the poor
through their institutions, reduces transaction costs
will drive the agenda, through participatory
to the individual members, makes their livelihoods
planning at grassroots level, implementation of
more viable and accelerates their journey out of
their own plans, reviewing and generating further
poverty.
plans based on their experiences. The plans will not
NRLM implementation is in a Mission Mode. only be demand driven, they will also be dynamic.
This enables: (a) shift from the present allocation NRLM recognises and values the iterative nature of
based strategy to a demand driven strategy, the processes.

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 Key Features of NRLM

Social Inclusion and Institutions and hubs of production, collectivisation and

commerce. NRLM, therefore, would focus on
of the Poor setting up these institutions at various levels.
1. Universal Social Mobilisation: To begin
In addition, NRLM would promote specialised
with, NRLM would ensure that at least one
institutions like Livelihoods collectives,
member from each identified rural poor
producers’ cooperatives/companies for
household, preferably a woman, is brought
livelihoods promotion through deriving
under the Self Help Group (SHG) network
economies of scale, backward and forward
in a time bound manner. Subsequently, both
linkages, and access to information, credit,
women and men would be organised for
technology, markets etc. The Livelihoods
addressing livelihoods issues i.e. farmers
collectives would enable the poor to optimise
organisations, milk producers’ cooperatives,
their limited resources.
weavers associations, etc. All these institutions
are inclusive and no poor would be left out of There are existing institutions of the poor
them. NRLM would ensure adequate coverage women formed by Government efforts and
of vulnerable sections of the society such that efforts of NGOs. NRLM would strengthen all
50% of the beneficiaries are SC/STs, 15% are existing institutions of the poor in a partnership
minorities and 3% are persons with disability, mode. The self-help promoting institutions
while keeping in view the ultimate target of both in the Government and in the NGO
100% coverage of BPL families. sector would be supported. Further, existing
2. Promotion of Institutions of the poor: Strong institutions and their leaders and staff would
institutions of the poor such as SHGs and be used as spearhead teams to support the
their village level and higher level federations processes of forming and nurturing new
are necessary to provide space, voice and institutions.
resources for the poor, and for reducing 3. Training, Capacity building and skill
their dependence on external agencies. They building: NRLM would ensure that the poor are
empower them. They also act as instruments provided with the requisite skills for: managing
of knowledge and technology dissemination, their institutions, linking up with markets,

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 managing their existing livelihoods, enhancing (ICT) based financial technologies, business
their credit absorption capacity and credit correspondents and community facilitators
worthiness, etc. A multi-pronged approach is, like ‘Bank Mitras’. It would also work towards
envisaged, for continuous capacity building of universal coverage of rural poor against loss
the targeted families, SHGs, their federations, of life, health and assets. Further, it would
government functionaries, bankers, NGOs work on remittances, especially in areas where
and other key stakeholders. Particular focus migration is endemic.
would be on developing and engaging
6. Provision of Interest Subsidy: The rural
community professionals and community
poor need credit at low rate of interest and
resource persons for capacity building
in multiple doses to make their ventures
of SHGs and their federations and other
economically viable. In order to ensure
collectives. NRLM would make extensive use
affordable credit, NRLM has a provision for
of ICT to make knowledge dissemination and
subsidy on interest rate above 7% per annum
capacity building more effective.
for all eligible SHGs, who have availed loans
4. Revolving Fund and Capital Subsidy: from mainstream financial institutions, based
Subsidy would be available in the form of on prompt loan repayment. This subsidy would
revolving fund and capital subsidy. The be available to SHGs, where at least 70% of
Revolving Fund would be provided to the SHGs the members are from BPL households, till
(where more than 70% members are from a member accesses credit, through repeat
BPL households) as an incentive to inculcate cumulative loaning, up to Rs 1.00 lakh per
the habit of thrift and accumulate their own household. The interest subsidy would not be
funds towards meeting their credit needs in applicable when a SHG avails capital subsidy.
the long-run and immediate consumption However, interest subsidy would be provided
needs in the short-run. Subsidy would be a to this SHG, when they avail a fresh loan after
corpus and used for meeting the members’ repaying the capital subsidy linked loan.
credit needs directly and as catalytic capital
for leveraging repeat bank finance. The key
to coming out of poverty is continuous and
Livelihoods
easy access to finance, at reasonable rates, 7. Poor have multiple livelihoods as a coping
till they accumulate their own funds in large mechanism for survival. Their existing major
measure. livelihoods are: wage labour, small and
marginal holding cultivation, cattle rearing,
5. Universal Financial Inclusion: NRLM would
forest produce, fishing, and traditional non-
work towards achieving universal financial
farm occupations. The net incomes and
inclusion, beyond basic banking services
employment days from the current livelihoods
to all the poor households, SHGs and their
are not adequate to meet their expenditures.
federations. NRLM would work on both demand
NRLM would look at the entire portfolio of
and supply side of Financial Inclusion. On
livelihoods of each poor household, and work
the demand side, it would promote financial
towards stabilising and enhancing the existing
literacy among the poor and provides catalytic
livelihoods and subsequently diversifying their
capital to the SHGs and their federations.
livelihoods.
On the supply side, it would coordinate with
the financial sector and encourage use of 8. Infrastructure creation and Marketing
Information, Communication & Technology support: NRLM would seek to ensure that

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 the infrastructure needs for key livelihoods completely involved in selection, training and
activities of the poor are fully met. It would post training follow-up stages. RSETIs partner
also provide support for marketing to the with others, including the institutions of the
institutions of the poor. The range of activities, poor, to realise their mandate and agenda.
in marketing support, includes market
11. Innovations: NRLM believes that successful
research, market intelligence, technology,
innovations can reduce the learning curve
extension, developing backward and forward
for poverty eradication by showing a better
linkages and building livelihoods collectives
pathway or a different pathway out of poverty.
and supporting their business plans. NRLM
5% of the Central allocation is earmarked
would encourage and support partnerships
for innovations. They should be end-to-
with public and private organisations and
end solutions and have a clear mandate of
their networks/associations for these activities,
transferring knowledge and capabilities to
particularly for market linkages. Rural Haats
the livelihoods organisations of the poor.
would also be encouraged to directly link
Those innovations which have the potential
producer groups (SHGs) and individual
for reaching out specifically to the poorest;
producers with urban and peri-urban markets
or for reaching out to the largest number
through a well developed system of continuous
of poor; and having maximum impact with
identification and rotation of beneficiaries.
limited resources would be preferred and
20% of the state’s programme outlay is
supported.
reserved for this purpose.
9. Skills and Placement Projects: NRLM
would pursue skill upgradation and placement
Convergence and partnerships
projects through partnership mode as it is one 12. Convergence: NRLM would place a
of the best investments in youth, and provides very high emphasis on convergence with
impetus to livelihoods opportunities in emerging other programmes of the Ministry of Rural
markets. For strengthening this, various models Development and other Central Ministries,
of partnerships with public, private, non- and programmes of state governments for
government and community organisations developing synergies directly and through
would be developed. A strong relationship would the institutions of the poor.
also be developed with industry associations
13. Partnerships with NGOs and other CSOs:
and sector specific employers’ associations.
NRLM would proactively seek partnerships
National Skill Development Corporation
with Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)
(NSDC) would be one of the leading partners
and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs),
in this effort. 15% of the central allocation
at two levels -strategic and implementation.
under NRLM is earmarked for this purpose.
The partnerships would be guided by
10. Rural Self Employment Training Institutes NRLM’s core beliefs and values, and mutual
(RSETIs): NRLM encourages public sector agreement on processes and outcomes.
banks to set up RSETIs in all districts of the NRLM would develop a national framework
country. RSETIs transform unemployed for partnerships with NGOs and other CSOs.
rural youth in the district into confident self- Further, NRLM would seek partnerships with
employed entrepreneurs through need-based various other stakeholders at various levels
experiential learning programme followed by directly, or through the institutions of the
systematic handholding support. Banks are poor.

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14. Linkages with PRIs: In view of the eminent appropriate arrangements including
roles of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) that partnerships and outsourcing of services.
include governance, agency, commercial A clear objective of this support structure is
and political, it is necessary to consciously to incubate an internal sensitive support
structure and facilitate a mutually beneficial structure, consisting of the institutions of the
working relationship between Panchayats and poor, their staff and other social capital. Over
institutions of the poor, particularly at the level time, the role of the internal support structure
of Village Panchayats. Formal mechanisms should increase and replace the external
would need to be established for regular structure in many of these processes.
consultations between the institutions of the
16. Technical Support: NRLM would provide
poor and the PRIs for exchange of mutual
technical assistance to the States and all
advice, support and sharing of resources.
other partners for creating and strengthening
However, care would be taken to protect
their institutional capacities for its effective
their autonomy. Where there are no PRIs, the
implementation. It would build national
linkages would be with traditional local village
knowledge management and learning forums/
institutions.
systems. It would facilitate partnerships
between institutions of the poor and banking
Sensitive Support sectors, public and private sectors, for
ensuring last mile service delivery to reach the
15. External Sensitive Support Structures:
poor. It would build a national pool of experts,
NRLM’s process-intensive effort would
practitioners and advisers in all the relevant
require dedicated human resources.
disciplines including social mobilisation,
Realising this, NRLM would be setting up
institution building, microfinance, livelihoods,
sensitive and dedicated support structures
skill development, entrepreneurship etc. They
at the National, State, district and sub-
would provide handholding support to SRLMs
district levels. NRLM Advisory, Coordination
for developing and executing state poverty
and Empowered Committees and National
reduction strategies.
Mission Management Unit at the national
level, State Rural Livelihoods Missions 17. Monitoring and Learning: NRLM would
(SRLMs) as autonomous bodies and State monitor its results, processes and activities
Mission Management Units at state level, through web-enabled comprehensive MIS,
District Mission Management Units at district regular meetings of the Performance Review
level, and sub-district units at block and/or Committee, visits by senior colleagues, Local,
cluster levels would constitute these support District, State and National Monitoring Groups
structures. These structures would have and the mechanisms of Review and Planning
suitable linkages with Government(s), District Missions. Process monitoring studies, thematic
Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs), and studies and impact evaluations would provide
PRIs. The governance of DRDAs would be inputs to the above. It would also promote
revitalized with representatives of institutions social accountability practices to introduce
of the poor and professionalised so that greater transparency. This would be in addition
they respond better to meeting the needs to the mechanisms that would be evolved by
of the poor. These support structures would SRLMs and state governments. The learning
be staffed with professionally competent from one another underpins the key processes
and dedicated human resources through of learning in NRLM.

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 18. Funding Pattern: NRLM is a Centrally staff and cover a whole range of activities
Sponsored Scheme and the financing of the of universal and intense social and financial
programme would be shared between the inclusion, livelihoods, partnerships etc.
Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25 However, in the remaining blocks or non-
(90:10 in case of North Eastern States including intensive blocks, the activities may be limited
Sikkim; completely from the Centre in case of in scope and intensity. The outlays in these
UTs). The Central allocation earmarked for the blocks would be limited to the State average
States would broadly be distributed in relation allotment for these blocks under the present
to the incidence of poverty in the States. SGSY.
19. Phased Implementation: Social capital 20. Transition to NRLM: All States/UTs would
of the poor consists of the institutions of the have to transit to NRLM within a period of
poor, their leaders, community professionals one year from the date of formal launch of
and more importantly community resource NRLM. Further funding under SGSY ceases
persons (poor women whose lives have been thereafter.
transformed through the support of their
21. Agenda before NRLM: NRLM has set out
institutions). Building up social capital takes
with an agenda to reach out, mobilise and
some time in the initial years, but it multiplies
support 7.0 crore BPL households across
rapidly after some time. If the social capital of
600 districts, 6000 blocks, 2.5 lakh Gram
the poor does not play the lead role in NRLM,
Panchayats, in 6.0 lakh villages in the
then it would not be a people’s programme.
country into their self-managed SHGs and
Further, it is important to ensure that the quality
their federal institutions and livelihoods
and effectiveness of the interventions is not
collectives. NRLM’s long-term dedicated
diluted. Therefore, a phased implementation
sensitive support would be with them and
approach is adopted in NRLM. NRLM would
extend facilitation support in all their efforts
reach all districts and blocks by the end of
to get out of poverty. In addition, the poor
12th Five-year Plan.
would be facilitated to achieve increased
The blocks that are taken up for intensive access to their rights, entitlements and public
implementation of NRLM, would have access services, diversified risk and better social
to a full complement of trained professional indicators of empowerment.

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Economic Assistance/Financial Norms/Ceilings

1. Formation of SHGs: Rs. 10,000 per SHG immersion visits is also to be covered under
to be given to NGOs/CBOs/Community this component. The skills training here refer
Coordinators/Facilitators/Animators towards to member level training for self-employment
group formation and development. and are distinct from the Placement-linked
Skills training.
2. Revolving Fund (RF): As a corpus to SHG
with a minimum of Rs. 10,000 to a maximum 5. Interest subsidy: Subsidy on interest rate
of Rs. 15,000 per SHG. This is given to all above 7% per annum for all SHG loans
SHGs that have not received RF earlier. Only availed from banks, based on prompt
those SHGs with more than 70% BPL members repayment. Interest subsidy would be
are eligible for RF. provided to an individual beneficiary or
SHG member till he/she has availed a bank
3. Capital Subsidy (CS): Capital subsidy ceiling
loan up to an amount of Rs 1.00 lakh. It is
is applicable, both for members of SHGs and
expected that there will be repeat doses of
individual beneficiaries @Rs. 15,000 per
financing to members in SHGs and this limit
general category and Rs. 20,000 per SC/ST
of 1.0 Lakh is the cumulative loan availed by
category. The maximum amount of subsidy that
a member (household). This subsidy is not
an SHG is eligible for is Rs. 2.50 lakh. Only
available on such occasions when the SHG
BPL members are eligible for individual subsidy,
is availing capital subsidy.
and only those SHGs with more than 70% BPL
members are eligible for the subsidy to SHGs. 6. One time grant for corpus fund for sustain-
ability and effectiveness of federations:
4. Capacity building and skills training -
 Rs 10,000 for Village/Panchayat level
Rs. 7,500 per beneficiary: The amount
federation
available under this component is used
 Rs 20,000 for Block level federation
for training and capacity building not only
 Rs 100,000 for District level federation
of the beneficiaries but also of all other
stakeholders, including programme officers 7. Administrative expenses: 5% of the
and staff, community professionals, concerned allocation, net of the component relating to
government officials, NGOs, PRI functionaries skill development & placement and net of
etc. Expenditure on exposure visits and the component of RSETIs. This amounts to

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 5% of Central release to the State and the projects should not exceed 5%; and the
corresponding State share. remaining 15% is for placement linked skill
development projects. 50% of the allocation
8. Infrastructure and Marketing: Up to
for placement linked skill development
20% (25% in case of north eastern states
projects (7.5% of total allocation) is retained
and Sikkim) of the Central share and State
at the centre for multi-state skill development
share of allocation i.e. state’s programme
projects and the balance is allocated to states
outlay.
to implement state specific skill development
9. Skills and Placement Projects and and placement projects. The States have to
Innovations (20% of the Central add the corresponding state share to the
allocation): Expenditure on innovative amount released to them.

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