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DIMAPUR, JUNE 25
THE National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in villages across the 9 intensive resource blocks of Nagaland is making an impact of considerable magnitude.
Altogether, 12 professional resource persons, 24 community resources persons from the national resource organization for NRLM and 36 internal community resource persons from the resource blocks under NSRLM were stationed in villages. With them were the district and block mission management units of the NSRLM for the first round of the strategy. The 45-days campaign began in May and concluded on June 20.
A two-day “debriefing program” was held on May 22 and May 23 in the ATI of Kohima. Minister for Rural Development CL John, delivered the keynote address.
An overview of the first round was given by Additional Secretary M Lotha. Also, a devotional service was held on June 22 with Rev. Dr. Anjo Keikung, general secretary of Nagaland Baptist Church Council as the speaker.
During the first round, 46 villages were covered, while 284 new self-help groups were formed. 348 self-help groups were trained on bookkeeping. Savings’ bank accounts were provided to 235 self help groups while 58 village facilitators were identified.
Presentations of the field stay process, outcome, and follow-up plan, were given by the block and CRP teams from nine blocks. The dignitaries undertook a field visit to Phesama village under Jakhama block in Kohima on June 23 and interacted with the self help groups. Much impressed by the performance of the team stationed in villages and NSRLM as a whole, Vijay Kumar expressed confidence that Nagaland may become a “resource state for the northeast region.”
The CRP strategy is a year-long program with 180 days of village-stay in phases across villages under the nine intensive resource blocks of 9 districts.
