Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY).

With a view to ensure inclusion of the rural poor in the growth process, the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India had formulated several schemes specifically targeted at rural BPL. Among these, the Swarnjayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY), launched on 1st April 1999, aims to bring the assisted families (Swarozgaris) above the poverty line by ensuring appreciable sustained level of income over a period of time. This objective is to be achieved by inter alia organizing the ruralpoor into Self Help Groups (SHG’s) through the process of social mobilization, training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets. The SHG approach helps the poor to build their self confidence through community action. This process would ultimately lead to the strengthening and socio economic empowerment of the rural poor as well as their collective bargaining power.

Special Projects for Placement Linked Skill Development of Rural BPL Youth under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY-SP).

Following the recommendations of an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) constituted to address the issue of capacity building and training, the Special Projects for Skill Development of Rural Youths under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was designed to equip the unemployed rural youths from the BPL Households with marketable skills, which would enable them to either secure placement in the industry or pursue sustainable self employment opportunities through micro enterprise. These programmes were aimed at delivery of training, largely through the government machinery, supported by some civil society participants. Under special project component of SGSY, placement linked skill development programme was taken up on pilot basis through public private partnership (PPP). In view of success of the pilot projects, efforts have been made to up scale the skill development programme as it was felt that regular wage employment to at least one member of rural BPL family will enable it to come out of poverty. In this perspective, MORD has made concerted efforts in bringing about paradigm shifts in the delivery mechanism and in involving industry stakeholders, besides strengthening the process through output linked support. MORD has so far assisted several PPP or private sector led initiatives emanating from industry, civil society organizations etc.