Srinagar, Oct. 12 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) on Sunday launched a three-day Union Territory-level training programme on the Village Poverty Reduction Plan (VPRP) to strengthen community-led rural development and improve the participation of rural women in local planning.
The programme aims to train resource persons, district teams and block mission coordinators to prepare community-based plans and incorporate the needs of vulnerable households into the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).
The VPRP is a grassroots planning exercise led by Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations under the guidelines of the Ministries of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development. It seeks to ensure that community prioritie...