- SGSY now restructured as the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) has been renamed 'Aajeevika' and implemented in mission mode across the cOllntry since 2011. - The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched a restructured poverty alleviation programme, Swamajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) with effect from April 1, 1999 which has replaced IRDP and its allied schemes viz., Trai...

Unemployment, according to the conventional and most commonly used concept, measures involuntary idleness, that is, the time for which individuals are available for and willing to, but are not able to find work. Unemployment is an economic problem as it represents wastage of human resources for the purpose of generating economic product. Further, unemployed youth areto be maintained by the society...

Poverty is deprivation of basic needs. that determine the quality of life- food clothing, shelter ,safe drinking water etc, It also includes the deprivation of opportunities to health, education, skills, employment etc. Many different factors have been cited to explain why poverty occurs. No single explanation has gained universal acceptance. The factors responsible for poverty include: Historical...

Micro Credit Micro Credit is defined as provision of credit and other financial service like insurance of very small amount to the poor in rural, semi-urban and urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels and improve living standards. Micro Credit Institutions are those which provide these facilities. Microcredit covers not only consumption and production loans for various farm and...

With about 17% contribution (2009) to the gross domestic product (GDP). agriculture provides livelihod support to about two-thirds of country's population. The sector provides employment to 57% of country's work force and is the single largest private sector occupation. Agriculture accounts for about 12.5% of the total export earnings and provides raw material to a large number of Industries (text...