Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana -NRLM

About the program:

• Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011.
• It is a restructured version of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY).
• The Mission aims at creating  efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services.
• In November 2015, the program was renamed Deendayal Antayodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM).
• NRLM has set out with an agenda to cover 7 Crore rural poor households, across 600 districts through self-managed Self Help Groups (SHGs) and federated institutions and support them for livelihoods collectives in a period of 8-10 years.
• It is implemented by Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

Sub missions/schemes:

• Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana : Provides an alternative source of livelihoods to members of SHGs under DAY - NRLM by facilitating them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas, as identified by the States
• Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP): To create and sustain agriculture based livelihoods of rural women.
• Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Program: Focused intervention to promote start-up entrepreneurship at village level by rural poor households by providing assured availability of need based financial support.
• National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP)

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding “Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana -NRLM (DAY-NRLM)”
1.Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Program is a sub scheme under DAY-NRLM
2.It is implemented by Ministry of Social Justice.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2 
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to prelims question