Government Projects / Initiatives

National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)

The Ministry of Rural Development (MORD) has launched NRETP with an aim to promote cluster development in the farm and nonfarm sector.  The key focus of the project is to transform the economic participation of institutional groups by enabling them to engage in farm and non-farm activities with a strong footing. Hence, NRETP will enable existing enterprise agglomerations with specific technical, capacity building, marketing, governance and infrastructure support to transition them into remunerative clusters.

The cluster development component under NRETP supports various types of clusters including those for promoting artisan cluster. In this regard, EDII, as a Technical Support Agency (TSA) to SRLMs, is engaged in providing technical assistance to the artisan clusters. This includes conducting scoping studies, DSR preparation and implementation of approved clusters. EDII has been engaged with various SRLMs to function as TSA, particularly for artisan clusters.

Location: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan

Main highlights:

 

  • EDII as TSA is engaged for preparation of Scoping Studies and Diagnostic Study Report (DSR) of different clusters with six State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLMs) viz. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Karnataka.
  • The programmatic achievements so far includes conducting scoping study of 11 clusters in three states namely, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & West Bengal
  • Presently, EDII in closely working with three SRLMs namely Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and has commenced its first trench of activities for launching the programme in three clusters under implementation

 

Details of Scoping Studies Conducted

Sr. No.

Name of State

Name of the clusters

1

Gujarat

1.     Pottery Cluster, Dahod

2.     Bamboo Craft Cluster, Narmada

3.     Tourism Cluster, Narmada

4.     Leather Cluster, Kutch

5.     Handloom cluster, Surendernagar

6.     Potato processing Cluster, Banaskantha

2

Madhya Pradesh

1.     Badarwas Jacket Cluster

3

West Bengal

1.     Zari Work & Embroidery, Howrah

2.     Kantha Stitch Work, Purb Bhardaman

3.     Handloom Cluster, Nadia

4.     Patachitra Cluster, Paschim Medinipur

 

Details of Diagnostic Study (DSR) Prepared

Sr. No.

State

District

Name of Cluster

1

Gujarat

Dohad

Pottery Cluster

2

Madhya Pradesh

Badarwash

Jacket Cluster

3

Maharashtra

Kolhapur

Kohlapuri Chappal Cluster

4

Karnataka

Ramnagra

Chhanpatna Wooden Toys Cluster

5

West Bengal

North 24 Pargana

Hand Embroidery Craft Cluster

6

Rajasthan

Dausa

Leather Cluster

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National Rural Economic Transformation Project [NRETP]

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