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Government Projects

Over the years, the LABS model has emerged as an important ingredient of the poverty alleviation programs of the Central Government, as well as several State Governments across the country.

With funding and infrastructure support provided by the government, DRF has implemented several LABS projects on the basis of creating a targeted number of sustainable livelihoods in each state.

Brief profiles of LABS projects currently operational in association with the Government of India and State Governments are given here:

Government of India

Grameen LABS

Funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India) under the Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) for creating rural livelihoods, the Grameen LABS project was piloted in six states in India : Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Patterned on the pilot program, the Grameen LABS project is now being scaled up in all other states across India .

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SGSY-NABARD LABS
Under Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), DRF runs a LABS program in association with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), for demand-driven skill development of disadvantaged youth in Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts of UP, with grant support from Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
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Government of Andhra Pradesh

MEPMA (Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas)

Govt of AP has issued G.O Ms No 414 dated 4.6.2007 , establishing a Mission called MEPMA, for formulating strategies to implement poverty reduction programmes in urban areas. Mission Goal is all the 30 lakh poor families will have improved quality of life by accessing services from all organizations through their own strong self reliant and self managed institutions. Objective of MEPMA is to enable the urban poor particularly the poorest of the poor to eliminate poverty and vulnerability in a sustainable manner and improve their quality of life in urban areas.

EGMM (Employment Generation & Marketing Mission)
Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) is a society set up by the Department of Rural Development of the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government to provide employment to the rural unemployed youth. Set up five years back, EGMM has emerged as one of the largest Jobs mission working for the underprivileged youth. To date it has trained 2,26,909 and placed 75% of them in entry level corporate jobs. 45% are girls and 37% are SCs/ STs. The youth are from economically and socially underprivileged sections of the society. EGMM works in a public-private partnership mode with Government, companies and the rural communities as its stakeholders. The entire approach is a bottom-up approach, tailored to move the rural poor from the unorganized to the organized labor market.

Government of Tamil Nadu

Corporation of Chennai LABS
Under an MoU with the Corporation of Chennai, DRF has launched LABS centers for delivering livelihood advancement training to 360 economically disadvantaged students. The training is being delivered in three batches at the Corporation’s Community Colleges.

Government of West Bengal

SHG LABS
To assist women SHGs in West Bengal to market their products effectively, the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development (Government of West Bengal) and DRF have come together to give them training in soft skills, communications skills, sales techniques, computer basics and Communicative English. One LABS center is currently operational at Rajarhat (North 24 Parganas District).