:: Components A -Village Livelihoods Component(Rs.6370 Million,     88.83%)
:: A1 - Forming & Strengthening Local Institutions   

  • Training and Support to the local institutions through Project Facilitation Teams (PFT)

  • Training to book keepers, treasurer and para professional

  • Support to block level disability agencies.

:: A2 - Village Funds
 A2 a. Capacity Building Fund

  • Formation of new SHGs

  • Revival of defunct groups

  • Training Village Organisations.

  • Promotion of Economic Activity Groups

  • Operational costs of VPRC

  • Special assistance to disabled and most vulnerable.

  • Seed Money

  • Skill Development training

A2 b. Livelihood fund

  • SHGs/Economic Activity Groups prepare proposals for economic activities with PFT help

  • VPRC will appraise the proposals and recommend for sanction to District Unit.

  • District Unit will sanction the funds to EAG after compliance check

    • Up to 50% of project funds as grant

    • 40% bank linkage

  • 10% from group savings

A2 c. Gram Panchayat Fund

  • Project Initiation through GP (Rs 25,000 per panchayat)

    • Communication campaign

    • Participatory identification of poor

    • Formation of left out poor in to SHGs

    • Formation of VPRC & SAC

    • Strengthening of existing SHGs and federations

  • Incentives to Gram Panchayats which implement the project pro-actively and are pro- poor.

  • Incentive fund release based on performance criteria- in two stages

  • Total amount Rs.6 lakhs (Rs.3 lakhs at each stage)

A2 d. Federation Development

  • Formation of federations of SHGs, Economic Activity Groups and Disabled groups

  • Support of operational cost of federations.

  • Market tie up with private partners, corporates