National Rural Livelihoods Mission - NRLM

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), implemented with the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihood Society in the Mawlai and Mawpat blocks of East Khasi Hills district, reduces rural poverty by organising women into self-help groups and linking them to financial and livelihood services. In 2025–26, BIDS formed 113 new SHGs, 7 village organisations and 6 cluster level federations, moved 104 SHGs in Mawlai through stages of bank linkage, and saw INR 95 lakh sanctioned to 28 SHGs in Mawpat. These groups have since registered a Unified Marketing Cooperative Society, bringing 75 SHGs and 6 village organisations onto a single market platform.