Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

SGSY, an initiative launched by the Government of India to provide sustainable income to poor people living in rural areas of the country. The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of self-help groups. Activity clusters are established based on the aptitude and skill of the people, nurtured to their maximum potential.

The SGSY was somewhat intended to provide self-employment to millions of villagers. Poor families living below the poverty line were organised into Self-help groups (SHGs) established with a mixture of government subsidy and credit from investment banks. The main aim of these SHGs was to bring these poor families above the poverty line and concentrate on income generation through combined efforts. The scheme recommended the establishment of activity clusters or clusters of villagers grouped together based on their skills and abilities. Each of these activity clusters worked on a specific activity chosen based on the aptitude and skill of the people, availability of resources and market potentiality.

Lok Bharti implemented this program in states of Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh.

The Programs under this project are the following: