Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana ||स्वर्णजयंती ग्राम स्वरोजगार योजना. || સ્વર્ણ જયંતિ ગ્રામ સ્વરોજગાર યોજના.

Who?

• Ministry of Rural Development → Department of Rural Development.

Why?

• To bring the assisted poor families (Swarozgaries) above the Poverty Line.
• i.e. BPL to APL

How?

1. Organise the rural poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs).
2. train them and
3. provide them income generating assets.

When?

• April 1, 1999. (To make us April fool?)
• PS: Exact Date or year is not important, but you should have idea on which time-era this falls in: Which scheme came first and which came later?

Some Details.

1. Under the SGSY, generally a self-help group may consist of 10 to 20 persons.
2. all members of the group should belong to families below the poverty line.
3. 50% of the groups formed in each block should be exclusively for the women.
4. group formation and development is not a spontaneous process, so NGO can help as a facilitator.
5. Bank Linkage Programme of NABARD: To give Loan-cum-subsidy to such SHG groups for their business activities.
6. Cost sharing: Center and State on a 75-25 basis.

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