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| JK CM rolls out prestigious rural livelihood mission in State | | ‘NRLM yet another initiative to target poverty alleviation’ |  Ganderbal/Srinagar,January 29 (Scoop News) –Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that the highest court to judge the performance of government is that of people’s court adding that public satisfaction over the work done by the government is the only genuine and valid certificate.
“My report card is before the people of Jammu and Kashmir and they have to give me certificate for my government’s performance, as such, I am not afraid of the propaganda and false bogies carried by my detectors whether they are from PDP or separatists”, he asserted and said that people of Jammu and Kashmir would judge his performance as the Chief Minister and those of Ganderbal Assembly Constituency as MLA in 2014 State Assembly Elections.
Rolling out prestigious National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) under the local name ‘Umeed’ to target rural poverty and bring about economic welfare in the rural households at Lar about 15 kilometres from here, the Chief Minister said that poverty alleviation through a befitting mechanism has been focused area during the last four years of his government and NRLM is yet another initiative in this regard.
The Chief Minister said that the centrally sponsored NRLM was sanctioned for four blocks but by his persuasion at the Central Government level one block in each district is being sanctioned to be covered under the first phase of the programme.
Omar Abdullah said that during his visit to certain villages in Utter Pradesh, he has witnessed the positive impact of NRLM for upliftment of rural poor. He said the success of the scheme is largely dependent on the unified efforts of the department and the people. He said that the people have important role in making the scheme viable and purposeful for alleviating poverty and improving economy of poor households. The Chief Minister also highlighted the role of Mission Director of the scheme and said that his approach and sincere work is key to see the scheme delivering and successful.
The Chief Minister said that the rural poverty in the State is not so severe as is witness in most other states in the country because of the facts that Baba-i-Qoum Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah made farmers owners of agriculture land free of cost through the historic Land Reform Acts. He said Sheikh Sahib’s visionary approach to alleviate poverty paid satisfactory dividends. He said that his government through various flagship programmes and State Government run schemes is paying focused attention to upgrade economy and uplift poor populating across the State adding that NRLM is yet another important breakthrough in this regard.
Omar Abdullah said that State has witnessed difficult period and economy of common man received heavy jolt. “We all have to work together to cultivate peace and seek bright and prosperous future for the State”, he said adding that people have to render their stupendous and active role in this regard. He said, he is well aware of the public difficulties and development needs in different areas. “We are moving ahead with commitment and determination to seek public welfare”, he said adding that his government’s endeavour in this direction would continue.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar explained the salient features of the scheme and said that ‘Umeed’ initiative would prove highly significant for poverty alleviation in rural areas by enhancing their capacity of generating livelihood avenues.
The Minister said that NRLM will provide institutional platform to rural poor to start gainful activities for poverty reduction and economic betterment. He said the scheme provides for building strong grass-root institutions of the poor, engage them in gainful livelihood interventions and appreciable improvement in their economy on a sustainable basis.
Sagar highlighted the keenness and dynamism of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah to seek peace and prosperity in the State and said that the achievements of the government on peace and development front loom large on the State’s spectrum.
In the state of Jammu & Kashmir, NRLM is being rolled out with a phased implementation approach, saturating all the blocks in the next 5 years. The NRLM will be implemented with defined scope of coverage. Lar, Khansahib, Basholi and Chenani are first four blocks in which NRLM is being launched at present.
To saturate all the blocks in the state, a two-pronged implementation approach namely; Intensive and Non Intensive Approach will be adopted. Blocks under intensive approach will be manned with dedicated and sensitive staff for rolling out of mission. These blocks will demonstrate the “proof of concept” and act as immersion sites for learning by other non-intensive blocks.
These blocks will also be treated as resource sites to seed best practices in remaining blocks and expand NRLM in those blocks in a phased manner. To ensure that at the end of two years, every district has at least one block developed under Intensive approach, 8 blocks (1 block in each district) would be covered under Intensive approach in the first year and 14 blocks in remaining 14 districts would be taken up in the second year. The total of 22 blocks to be undertaken in the first two years in all 22 districts of the state would be developed under Intensive Approach strategy.
The roll out in non-intensive blocks would be taken up six months after the start of intensive block strategy in those districts. However, the capacity building of the staff and other stakeholders of the remaining non-intensive blocks would start from the third month of starting resource block strategy, thus, the block coverage that would be achieved.
To ensure universal mobilisation, at least one member from each rural poor and vulnerable household, preferably a woman, has to be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) net within the next five years. To start with, Resource Block Strategy would be undertaken in the identified blocks. Eight-resource blocks would be taken from the identified 22 intensive blocks within the first six months. The work would start in the month of Feb 2013 for Jammu division and from March 2013, in Kashmir division. Remaining fourteen blocks from the intensive blocks would be taken
To ensure capacity building on a continuous basis eight training centres (one at every resource block) would be started to ensure social capital development in the first year. Trainers from the resource block from Society for Eradication of Poverty, Andhra Pradesh would anchor these training centres for a period of three years. Every training block would be manned by at least two master trainers to impart continuous training. The endeavour would be that at the end of three years the community by itself would run these training centres and the community itself would churn out master community trainer among themselves. The mission would rest on the pillars of these trained trainers - the social capital.
The Self Help Groups of women shall be formed in each village. Each group shall have 10 to 14 members. Each group shall create its own capital through thrift. This capital can be used for internal lending till the group graduates for revolving fund and bank credit. The resources of the group shall be strengthened by providing subsidy and multiple credits subject to repayments. The group shall take up various livelihood initiatives individually or collectively from the credit which shall flow from the Group. The group shall maintain its accounts and shall run the affairs of the group without any official interference. These Groups shall be federated at the Village and bloc levels. The federations aim at providing voice, space and bargaining power to the poor.
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