Explanation:

Objectives of the North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP)
a. Create sustainable community institutions around women Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Youth Groups of men and women (YG) and Community Development Groups (CDG).
b. Build capacity of community institutions for self governance, bottom up planning, democratic functioning with transparency and accountability.
c. Increase economic and livelihood opportunities by
• Managing natural resources and improving agriculture for food security and income enhancement from farming and allied activities
• Skill development of youth for employ-ability and establishment of self and/or group managed enterprises
• Establishing backward and forward linkages for economic enterprises
• Creating access to finance through linkages with banks and other financial institutions
• Creating critical infrastructures
d. Develop partnership of community institutions for natural resource management, micro-finance, market linkages, and sectoral economic services.