State Bank of India (SBI)

Ministry of Rural development has joined the hands with State Bank of India on 10th January 2024 for setting up economic enterprises.

• To implement a model of direct bank finance to individual Self help group members for setting up economic enterprises.
• To establish structured process and protocol for extending bank finance to individual member.
• Capacity building and sensitization of bank officials and State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM) functionaries towards need of bank finance for women-led Enterprise.
• Define new credit products to meet the emerging credit requirements of women-led enterprises.
• To support the Svayam Siddha Initiative of the Bank.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Develeopment (NABARD)

Ministry of Rural development has joined the hands with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on 27th February 2024 for operating various non-credit services and leveraging on the available schemes of NABARD to benefit of Self Help Group members.

• To consider grant of financial assistance to State Rural Livelihoods Mission or Federation or Self Help group members for conducting of skill, livelihoods and entrepreneurship related training/exposure.
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  To provide term loan support available under Food processing Fund for establishing designated food parks and also setting up of agro processing units.
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  To consider proposals submitted by SRLMs for Self Help Group its federation having objectives for the promotion of Agricultural Value Chain (Millet Value Chain), promotion of Climate Resilient Agriculture, enhancing productivity of agriculture and allied sector.
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  To provide revolving fund assistance available under Tribal Development Fund (WDF) for livelihoods Intervention of Self Help Group under the water shed project supported by NABARD.

National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME)

National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME) was associated with the Ministry of Rural Development on 30 March 2022 to provide technical support on rural Entrepreneurship development to the State Rural Livelihoods Mission. 

• They provide support to develop a sustainable model for promoting entrepreneurship at the grass roots by initiating the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) in North East States.
• They focus on promoting employment opportunities in rural India for self help groups members.
• Rural entrepreneurs are able to access banking systems for receiving financial support for starting their enterprises, including support from MUDRA bank.
• They offer several benefits to aspiring entrepreneurs, including training programs, capacity building, business planning, market research, financial management and marketing.

Central Silk Board

Central Silk Board has come up with the idea of reaching out to a large number of rural households to create livelihoods at the family level in Tasar sericulture.

 . They offer the following objectives.

• To create sustainable livelihoods for marginalized households, in various activities of Tasar sericulture and farm based interventions.
• To expand the scope of livelihoods through Tasar sericulture during and post-project period.
• To mobilize families in new clusters of the project districts for building their capacities for self-management and supporting families to build their livelihood vision.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has joined hands with the Ministry of Rural Development on 25 September 2020. This partnership aims to bring about economic transformation in rural areas in the country.

They offer the following objectives

• Latest technologies developed (production and post-harvest) in ICAR institute for women farmers and entrepreneurs.
• To provide training and capacity building of farmers, community resource persons.
• To create a village level innovation hub for learning, close to the farmers.
• To provide needs based diagnostic, advisory services and localized solutions to the farmers/ Self Help Groups.

National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)

National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) is associated with the Ministry of Rural Development on 27 December 2021 to support women-owned Producer Enterprises and Farmer Producer Organizations. 

• They provide support in facilitation, coordination and promotion of the marketing and trading activities of Producer Enterprises in agriculture commodities.
• They help them in sales, purchases, import, export, and distribution of agricultural commodities, horticultural and forest produce.
• The two would undertake diagnostic study & value chain assessment, conceptualizing the business model, delivery framework and process, financial needs and business plans.
•  They support the program and overall coordination, implementation, and management of the program components including skill development, marketing activities.

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, Assam

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) was associated with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) on 24 March 2022. 

• They provide support to develop a sustainable model for promoting entrepreneurship at the grass roots by initiating the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) in North East States.
• They focus on promoting employment opportunities in rural India for self help groups members.
• Rural entrepreneurs are able to access banking systems for receiving financial support for starting their enterprises, including support from MUDRA bank.
• They offer several benefits to aspiring entrepreneurs, including training programs, capacity building, business planning, market research, financial management and marketing.

National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)

National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) was associated with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) on 03 March 2022. 

• They provide support to develop a sustainable model for promoting entrepreneurship at the grass roots by initiating the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).

They focus on promoting employment opportunities in rural India for self help groups members.

• Rural entrepreneurs are able to access banking systems for receiving financial support for starting their enterprises, including support from MUDRA bank.
• They offer several benefits to aspiring entrepreneurs, including training programs, capacity building, business planning, market research, financial management and marketing.

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) was associated with the Ministry of Rural Development on 09 August 2021 for providing technical support for the range of interventions in the food processing sector. 

• Develop/modify new or existing technologies to meet food processing requirements of Self Help Groups or Entrepreneurs.
• Customized training programs for Self Help Groups/Entrepreneurs and State Rural Livelihoods Mission staff members.
• Design analytical and quality control measures for SHG run enterprises.
• Testing of packaging materials.
• Provide technical experts for various committees/groups for supporting State Rural Livelihoods Missions in the implementation of projects.

J-PAL

Category: IB-CB

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural development and J-PAL have decided to come together on 15th March 2024 to scale up graduation approach and work on gender impact lab. J-PAL is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.
1) Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has brought J-PAL on board as a knowledge partner on ‘Samaveshi Aajeevika’ a comprehensive livelihoods programme designed to empower rural women.
2) For creation of an ecosystem working towards sharing detailed evidence.
3) For bridging knowledge gaps and cultivating confidence for the successful adoption of the Graduation Approach across different states.
4) To collaborate with MoRD to set-up a Gender Impact Lab to conduct new research and institutionalize data.

Stichting Brac International (SBI)

Category: IB-CB

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural development and Stichting Brac International (SBI) have decided to come together on 1st February 2024 to provide technical assistance to governments and NGO partners for graduation programme.
1) To build a path-breaking strategy to reach the poorest of poor. This is achieved through a time-bound investment in the graduation approach for inclusive livelihood across rural India.
2) To provide technical support to DAY-NRLM and State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) in taking up the Inclusive Livelihood Program.
3) Facilitating State Rural Livelihood Mission in designing and implementing the Livelihood Program as per contextual requirements, integrating gender sensitivity and climate adaptivity and resilience.

SA-DHAN

Category: Financial Inclusion (FI)

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural Development and SA-DHAN joined the hand on 22nd March 2024 for promotion of women led-enterprises among matured members of Self Help Group. It was further informed to perform the following activities in selected states.
1) Preparation of scoping report on potential of women enterprises in selected states.
2) Facilitate partnership between State Rural Livelihood Mission and leading financing Institutions.
3) Support DAY-NRLM to develop appropriate digital tools for the intervention.
4) Conduct workshops, consultations, training Programmes with relevant Stakeholders in Partnership with DAY-NRLM.
5) Develop Schemes related to interest Subvention for entrepreneurs.

Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (BFIL)

Category: Farm

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural Development and Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited joined the hand on 15th March 2024 to develop some system in the field of Animal husbandry in rural areas. It was further informed to perform the following activities in rural areas.
1) Setting up Centralized Project Management Unit at the National and Project Management Unit (PMU) at State Level.
2) Facilitation in development of livestock Clusters / Farmers producers Organization in States.
3) Mobilizing and providing necessary government support to conduct various capacity building program like training and workshops.
4) Development Information Technology IT enabled ecosystem for tracking of deliverables of Pashu Sakhi
5) Convergence for providing doorstep Veterinary Services.

EaseMyTrip planner Ltd

Category: Non Farm

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural Development and EaseMyTrip joined the hand on 5th March 2024 to create mutual shared value for all stakeholders in SRLMs. It proposes to train and empower Self Help Group members to enable them to make travel reservation.
1) Self Help Group members to be trained and empowered to be able to make travel reservation for Train, Bus, Hotel and Flights.
2) The selected member to b trained to be able to Search, Book and Print travel services.
3) To ensure and demonstrate the profit earnings of the Self Help group members managing the Ticket book Enterprise.
4) To mobilise the members and ensure their availability for the training.
5) Enhancement of skills of members through multiple interventions.

Reliance Retail Ltd (Jio Mart)

Category: Non Farm

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural development has joined the hands with Reliance Retail Ltd (“Jio Mart”) on 22nd December 2023 to help local Communities, Artisans, Weavers and Cooperatives by enabling them to use the marketplace to sell their products.
1) To provide the market access to Self help group member of National Rural Livelihood Mission by onboarding them as seller on JioMart.
2) It also support to several artisans in the country through the Self Help Group and their federations to list their product on Jio Mart.
3) The project Monitor Group will monitor seller onboarding, timely delivery, timely payment, operational support on Jio Mart Platform.
4)They mutually acknowledge the contribution of each other in public communication.

Buddha Institute

Category: Farm

Scope of partnership: The two Partners have decided to come together on 29-August-2023 to build a model of Development Entrepreneurs in 100 districts of 12 States of India and impacting five million poor families.
1) DAY-NRLM may support in leveraging Mudra loans to development Entrepreneurs. Help in seeking convergence for skill development/capacity building of development Entrepreneurs. Enhance participation of experts and mentors from Industry.
2) To conduct in depth study, develop scope for development Entrepreneurs working with existing value-chains of different commodities.
3) Select high chance of success value chain (farm, non farm, livestock) among the existing programs supported by DAY-NRLM and build them further and their market led interventions.
4) Promote program at various levels with in the States to create greater enthusiasm and interest among rural communities for their participation and organize various kick-off meetings and promotional events.

IDH India Hub Pvt Ltd

Category : Farm

Scope of Partnership: Ministry of Rural Development and India Hub Private Ltd have decided to join hands on 2nd November 2023 to promote the landscape approach in the public sector to support in capacity building.
1) To work towards climate mitigation & resilience of agriculture and livestock communities.
2) Collaborate with the Private Sector, Civil Society, Government and Research Institutions in multi-stakeholder partnerships.
3) Integrate learnings in Policies, Standard Operating Procedures introduced in production and souring regions to enable scale in outreach, uptake and monitoring.
4) Scale up the model countrywide, leading to employment generation and income enhancement of agricultural and livestock communities.

Partner website: https://www.idhsustainabletrade.com

NDDB Dairy Services (NDS)

NDDB Dairy Services(NDS) is associated with the Ministry of Rural Development to provide technical support in identification, proposal development and implementation of projects for the promotion of women milk Producer Companies across the country. NDDB Dairy Services is recognized as an NRLM Support Organisation (NSO).