Article(s) of the CEDAW Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements 2. National Rural Livelihood Mission: It is a poverty alleviation project by the Government of India that began in 2011. This scheme aims to promote the self-employment of the rural poor. The idea is to organize the poor into a Self Help Group for self-employment. It comes under the Ministry of Rural Development. The World Bank finances this scheme as it is one of the largest schemes working for rural poor. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana took over it in 2015. 3. Swamitva Yojana: Swamitva Yojana is a Government scheme to encourage land ownership in rural areas with use of modern technology. The Panchayati Raj Ministry of the Union Government is responsible for this scheme management. Panchayati Raj Day, 2020 saw the launch of this scheme. The reason is many villagers don’t have a paper to prove their land. This scheme is to provide them ownership rights. 4. The National Policy on Farmers, 2007 accords priority to ‘Recognition and Mainstreaming of Women’s role in Agriculture’ and highlights incorporation of ‘Gender Issues’ in the agricultural development agenda. 5. The National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA) set up in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, endeavours that the policies and programmes in agriculture are fully engendered & promote the national commitment to empowerment of women. 98 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) included in the Indian Shariat Act. General Recommendation: Impact assessment of Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, Kudumbashree & National Gender Resource Centre be done.

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents