Aajeevika Skills Programme

Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011. with some investment support by the World Bank, the sole aim of this mission is to create efficient and effective institutional platforms for  rural poor to improve their household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services offered by the government.


Aajeevika is one of the 3 programs under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) . NRLM constitutes other programs



see below diagram,

Aajeevika Programme Details 


Key features of the programme 


Who is eligible? 


i.  Age Category

ii. Identification of Poor

Coverage of programme