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CENTRALLY SPONSORED
SCHEMES TAKEN UP BY DRDA, LUNGLEI
Swarynjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana : The
major objective of SGSY is to bring the assisted
rural poor families above the poverty line by
providing them income generating assets through
a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The
scheme involves organization of the poor into
Self Help Groups (SHGs) and building capacities
through social mobilization, training and skill
development, selection of key activities,
planning of activity clusters, creation of
infrastructure, technological and marketing
support etc.
Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) : IAY aims at
providing financial assistance to the rural poor
living below poverty line for construction of
pucca house. The ceiling on construction
assistance under IAY is Rs.35,000 per unit in
plain areas and Rs. 38,500 in hilly/difficult
areas. For upgradation of a kutcha house, the
financial assistance is Rs. 15,000 per unit. The
dwelling units should invariably be allotted in
the name of a female member of the beneficiary
household. Alternatively, it can be allotted in
the name of both husband and wife.
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(NREGS) : The objective of the Act is to
enhance livelihood security in rural areas by
providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage
employment in a financial year to every
household whose adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work.
Unique features of the Act
include, time bound employment guarantee and
wage payment within 15 days. 90 percent of the
cost for employment provided is borne by the
Central Government and 10 percent by the State
Government. The Act also mandates 33 percent
participation for women. The Act prohibits the
use of contractors and machineries in the
execution of works.
Integrated Watershed Development Programme
(IWDP): The main objective of the Waterhsed
Development Programme is harvesting every drop
of rainwater for the purposes of irrigation,
plantations including horticulture and
floriculture, pasture development, fisheries
etc. to create sustainable sources of income for
the village community as well as for drinking
water supplies. Besides, employment generation,
poverty alleviation, community empowerment and
development of human and other economic
resources of the rural areas and restoring
ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and
developing natural resources are and important
objective of the Programme.
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