176
S
tate
of
I
ndia
’
s
L
ivelihoods
R
eport
2015
food security (NFSA), 22
labour laws, 22–23
land acquisition bill, 20–21
national policy on skill development and
entrepreneurship, 24–25
NITI Aayog, 23–24
price stabilisation fund (PSF), 25–26
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY), 26
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Amendment
Act, 22
livelihoods
in agriculture and allied activities, 5–7
macroeconomic context, 1
means of, 1
quality of, 3–4
subsidies, 10–11
taxes and debt, 11–12
wage employment, 7–9
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 10, 29–38
comparative performance of states, 51
Economic survey
, 35–36
income range-wise distribution, 50
self-help groups (SHG), 39–45
social audits, 37–38
wage payments, 33–35
Maitree dairy–women’s initiative in dairy
(Rajasthan), 80–84
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME),
146
Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency
Ltd. (MUDRA), 12
milk cooperatives, 88
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 3–4
Ministry of Rural Development, 126
Mission for Integrated Development of
Horticulture (MIDH), 15
National Afforestation Programme (NAP), 15
National Agriculture Development Programme
(NADP), 6
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD), 6
National Council of Applied Economic
Research (NCAER), 146
National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company
(NCGTC), 25
National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), 15
National Food Security Act (NFSA), 10, 47–48
National Handloom Development Corporation
(NHDC), 151
National Institute for Transforming India
(NITI) Aayog, 12, 23–24, 113
National Livestock Mission (NLM), 15
National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA), 15
National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP),
15
national policy on skill development and
entrepreneurship, 24–25
National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (NREGS), 12
national rural livelihoods
mission, 38–39
self-help groups and federations, 39–45
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM),
12, 167
National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO),
4
National Skill Certification and Quality
Assurance, 130–131
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM),
15, 46–47
new initiatives, 28
non-farm sector enterprises and employment
employment trends, 144
GDP, services sector in, 143
handicrafts, 146–150
handlooms, 150–154
informal workers, 144
Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC), 154–156
policies, 13
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY), 129, 133–134
price stabilisation fund (PSF), 25–26
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation
Programme (PMEGP), 44, 156
producer companies (PCs)
benefits, 103
challenges, 108–111
data on, 91–92
formation of, 89
funding promotion of, 103–104
governance, 102–107
input supply, 96
loan fund mobilisation, 104–108
marketing of output, 96–100
model of, 91
services offered by, 95
staffing, 101–102
structure of, 90–95
warehouse financing, 100–101
Public Distribution System (PDS), 48
public finances, 9–11
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY), 26
Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran
Abhiyan (RGPSA), 15
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), 6
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Amendment Act,
22
