Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

Availability of infrastructure, both physical and institutional, at local level.
Access to support services (e.g. credit, inputs, training and information)
Access to markets and knowledge
Safeguard against ecological problems (e.g. land degradation,
overexploitation of natural resources and endangered bio-diversity)
Implementation Strategy for IGAs: The implementation of the strategy for
enhancing incomes of vulnerable groups will take place in seven steps:
Identification of vulnerable sections/individuals and their need assessment
Formation of SHGs of identified vulnerable groups/individuals and women
Entrepreneurship Development of the SHGs
Selection of the Income Generating Activity (IGA)
Formation of Sub Plan for RF
Implementation of Sub Plan for RF
Networking of Groups for the sustainability of IGA
VIII Identification of Vulnerable Groups and their Needs:
Who: WDT
When: After orientation of the GP & community to the project
Help the communities understand the reasons for their poverty, what
opportunities could reduce their poverty and how they can collectively act to
make this happen.
Conduct Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) for the identification of vulnerable
groups/individuals
Identification of vulnerable sections of the society, poorest of the poor, through
the process of wealth ranking
Ascertain their special needs and existing gaps
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