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Policy in Action Coverage in 2020-21






                                                                                                                                                 In the year 2020-2021, TRIF provided          planning of livelihoods assets and
                                                                                                                                                 support to the NRLM in core areas of          services. With this, the technical unit has
                                                                                                                                                 Strategy co-creation with Mission             also provided support to the
                                                                                                                                                 Management Units for livelihoods              administration in translating these
                                                                                                                                                 intensification and initiatives to improve     strategies and creation of Block
                                                                                                                                                 Market Access through Producers               Intensification plans for the 10 pilot
                                                                                                                                                 Groups and Extension Services and             blocks. As part of the initiatives for
                                                                                                                                                 Technology. Strategy for                      improving Market Access, resource
                                                                                                                                                 Universalisation of Farm Livelihoods has      materials such as Producer Group
                                                                                                                                                 been designed for universal coverage of       playbook, and Training Modules for
                                                                                                                                                 SHG women under different farm                 community cadre to strengthen the
                                                                                                                                                 livelihoods activities. A digital tool for    Producer Group processes have been
                                                                                                                                                 facilitating Comprehensive Village            developed by the Unit. A digital
                                                                                                                                                 Livelihoods Planning (CVLP) has been          application has also been designed for
                                                                                                                                                 developed and field tested in 108              Producer Groups to prepare business
                                                                                                                                                 villages. The tool enables                    plans, financial plans and record
                                                                                                                                                 technology-based mapping of livelihood        keeping. Further, strategy on Market
                                                                                                                                                 resources at the household and village        Outreach has been designed for SARAS
                                                                                                                                                 level with data on assets, skills, and        Mela, an initiative of MoRD.
                                                                                                                                                 access requirements and helps in








                                                                                                                                                  Model of Model Cluster                       governance systems of the Cluster Level

                                                                                                                                                  Level Federations                            Federations to operate as effective
                                                                                                                                                                                               community-based organizations,
                                                                                                                                                                                               enhanced financial sustainability and
                                                                                                                                                  Livelihoods, State Rural Livelihood          linksages with value chain interventions
                                                                                                                                                  Mission, MP and UP                           of the National Rural Economic

                                                               Technical Assistance to DAY-NRLM                                                   Model of Model Cluster Level                 Transformation project. The program
                                                                                                                                                  Federations program aims to build on         covers 20 Cluster Level Federations
                                                               Health & Nutrition and Livelihoods,                                                DAY-NRLM’s planned focus of                  comprising 51,000 members across the
             The program is creating                           Ministry of Rural Development                                                      strengthening community institutions.        two states.
             significant pathways for                                                                                                              The initiative is in collaboration with      During the year 2020-2021, extensive
             intensifying rural livelihoods,                   The DAY-NRLM’s mission is to alleviate rural                                       PRADAN, supported by BMGF in                 capacity building, development, and
             potentially reaching 25 million of                poverty and create sustainable livelihood                                          Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.            institutionalization of processes was
                                                                                                                                                  The Program entails building
             women. The program reinforces                     opportunities for the rural poor. As part of the                                   prototypes of Model CLFs through             undertaken in the key thrust areas of the
                                                               Technical Assistance to NRLM, through the
             the strength of NRLM in enabling                  consortium of TRIF, Project Concern International                                  intensively working with a selected          initiative. Partnerships with Private
             socio-economic change at an                       and PwC, the project aims to co-create strategy                                    CLFs to create high-performance              sector players have been initiated in
                                                                                                                                                                                               multiple areas with CLFs being
             unprecented scale.                                for intensification of Farm livelihoods, strengthen                                 community institutions leading to            positioned as value chain players in
                                                               capacity of the mission management units for                                       outlier impact on lives of women             diverse businesses such as insurance
                                                               effective planning and monitoring of livelihoods                                    members. Key interventions include
             Vinay Kumar                                                                                                                          strengthening of management and              agency and seed traders.
             Chief of Party, TA-NRLM                           and Health and Nutrition initiatives.







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