Resource Center for Tribal Livelihood issues in Bhubaneshwar
NEW DELHI : The country can look forward to a National Resource Center for Tribal Livelihood issues. To be located at Bhubaneswar it would be known as `Vanjeean’ and would formally be launched by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs on December 22.
It is a collaborative project of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs with UNDP and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC). On the same day the NRC website and e-knowledge platform on tribal livelihood will also be unveiled on the occasion.
The ceremony would be followed by a workshop on Skill development and entrepreneurship landscape in tribal areas, Livelihood mapping; skill gap analysis- Farm, Non Farm and Forest based and Skill and Enterprise Promotion in Farm and Forest-based Livelihood.
Eminent experts and senior officials of Centre and State Governments including Dr. Hrusikesh Panda, former Union Tribal Secretary and Dr. N C Saxena, former Secretary, Planning Commission will attend the workshop.
Vanjeevan is planned as a programme to identify the problems in livelihood issues in select districts of six states having low Human Development Index (HDI) of tribal people in the first phase. The states are Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Telangana.
In the second phase the programme will be implemented in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and Tripura.
The programme will focus on the identification of local resources, keeping in view the existing skill level and seeks to facilitate utilization of funds under various Government programmes for the above purpose.
The National Resource Centre is intended to serve as a platform for livelihood mapping, skill gap analysis and knowledge hub where consolidation of best livelihood and entrepreneurship models will be accessible for tribal entrepreneurship development.
