About Anandadhara
Background

Before NRLM, the programme of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India that directly targeted poor families for creation of assets and self employment started with Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) in the year 1980. A major reform took place in 1999.

Mission & Vision

“To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor”

Salient features
  • Universal Social Mobilization – Saturation Approach
  • Institution Building
  • Capacity & Skill Building
  • Convergence, Partnership & Linkage
  • Building a pro-poor financial sector
  • Livelihoods promotion