Bihar Government launched a new scheme lsquo Satat Jivikoparjan Yojana rsquo in August 2018 The...........

Bihar Social Aspects of state

Bihar Government launched a new scheme ‘Satat Jivikoparjan Yojana’ in August 2018. The objective of this scheme is

to provide unemployment allowance to youth

to provide employment in rural areas through local bodies

to provide sustainable income generating assets to extremely poor households

to provide free training for skill upgradation of youth

None of the above/More than one of the above

More than one of the above/ None of the above

The Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY) was launched by the Government of Bihar on 5th August, 2018; with a budgetary allocation of INR 840 crores ( USD 120 million approx.).

Nodal Agencies for implementation of the programme -

Aim of the programme:

To cover around 100,000 (0.1 million) ultra-poor households with 24 months of livelihoods
Mentoring support through dedicated community cadres- Master Resource Persons (MRPs)

Objective of the programme:

To empower ultra-poor households involved in producing, transporting, and selling of country liquor/toddy; ultra-poor from SC/ST and other communities through diversification of livelihoods
Capacity building and improved access to finance
Provisions of increasing employment and livelihood opportunities in rural India