Project Unnati

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• Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj felicitated 75 trained candidates of Project UNNATI under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA .

About Project ‘UNNATI’

• It is a skilling project intended to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries, and thereby improving their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full-time employment and hence reduce their dependence on Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
• This project is meant for providing training for one adult member (of age 18-45 years old) of a household who has completed 100 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in the previous financial year from the year of commencement of the project. 
• Features: 
  • The household from which candidates are selected for the training, continue to enjoy 100 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.
  • The candidates undergoing training are paid a stipend for a maximum period of 100 days and for one program per household as per the wage rate prevailing in the concerned State/UT as per the provisions of the project.
  •  Full expenditures towards a stipend, against wage loss compensation, are entirely borne by the Central Government.
  • Total of 2,00,000 beneficiaries shall be imparted training under this project in a span of three years in 26 States and 2 UTs. 
• Significance: 
  • The whole purpose of the project is to connect the rural people to various available livelihood opportunities and lead them to self-reliance and sustainable development.
  • It  is improving the livelihoods of the neediest Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries by providing a skill, either for self-employment or wage employment.

Source:PIB