Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey

Rural India is primarily an agri-based economy. Over-dependence on agriculture has meant declining percapita rural income which has gradually initiated a shift towards the non-farm sector. This transition from agriculture to non-farm sectors is con...

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Main Authors:	Gupta, Arshia, Nair, Vinod
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	RURAL LIVELIHOODS NON-FARM INCOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MICROENTERPRISES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/443641590664641921/Transforming-Rural-Non-Farm-Livelihoods-The-NRLM-Journey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34723

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spelling	okr-10986-347232021-05-25T10:54:41Z Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey Gupta, Arshia Nair, Vinod RURAL LIVELIHOODS NON-FARM INCOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MICROENTERPRISES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Rural India is primarily an agri-based economy. Over-dependence on agriculture has meant declining percapita rural income which has gradually initiated a shift towards the non-farm sector. This transition from agriculture to non-farm sectors is considered an important source of economic growth. DAY-NRLM, which has been instrumental in reaching out to sixty-eight million rural poor women, witnessed a similar shift towards non-agricultural sources of income. This trend encouraged DAY-NRLM to adopt dedicated entrepreneurship promotion measures. Even though, NRLM is more than a decade old, enterprise development programmes have been initiated only in the last five years. These initiatives are expected to gain pace and momentum through National rural economic transformation project (NRETP), which aims to identify existing enterprises with growth potential and provide dedicated services to help them scale-up. 2020-11-02T21:57:30Z 2020-11-02T21:57:30Z 2020-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/443641590664641921/Transforming-Rural-Non-Farm-Livelihoods-The-NRLM-Journey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34723 English South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series;No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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description	Rural India is primarily an agri-based economy. Over-dependence on agriculture has meant declining percapita rural income which has gradually initiated a shift towards the non-farm sector. This transition from agriculture to non-farm sectors is considered an important source of economic growth. DAY-NRLM, which has been instrumental in reaching out to sixty-eight million rural poor women, witnessed a similar shift towards non-agricultural sources of income. This trend encouraged DAY-NRLM to adopt dedicated entrepreneurship promotion measures. Even though, NRLM is more than a decade old, enterprise development programmes have been initiated only in the last five years. These initiatives are expected to gain pace and momentum through National rural economic transformation project (NRETP), which aims to identify existing enterprises with growth potential and provide dedicated services to help them scale-up.
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title	Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey
title_short	Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey
title_full	Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey
title_fullStr	Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey
title_full_unstemmed	Transforming Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods : The NRLM Journey
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/443641590664641921/Transforming-Rural-Non-Farm-Livelihoods-The-NRLM-Journey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34723
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