State of India's Livelihood Report 2016
- Narasimhan Srinivasan - Expert adviser and international consultant
- Girija Srinivasan - International Consultant, Development Finance and Rural Livelihoods
SAGE Impact
State of India’s Livelihoods (SOIL) Report is an annual publication that addresses contemporary issues in the livelihoods sector. It is the only document that aggregates the experiences and challenges of the sector, analyses case studies and reports progress of both government and privately run programmes.
This volume provides an overview of the livelihoods situation from a macro viewpoint and includes an update on the policies, financing, and legal and fiscal framework for livelihoods. It also provides a review of important government programs in the past year. Apart from this, the report covers some new and topical themes such as the likely effects of climate change in India with a focus on agriculture, and delves into the handloom sector to look at the production and employment trends in the sector and the current government’s initiatives and challenges in the marketing of handloom products. Further, the report analyses the current opportunities and challenges for people in the Northeast in various sectors such as agriculture, sericulture, livestock, forestry, arts and crafts, and tourism. A concluding chapter summarizes the key challenges for livelihoods of the poor in the future.
It is the only document that aggregates the experience and trends within the livelihoods sector, analyses case studies, and reports progress of both government and private-run programmes aimed primarily at poverty alleviation…On the whole, the report is informative and insightful.
This report is an annual publication and it explores the contemporary issues in the livelihoods sector. It provides an overview of the livelihoods situation from a macro viewpoint and includes an update on policies and finances on livelihoods in India. Another key feature of the report is it presents a legal and fiscal framework of livelihoods. This is the only report that aggregates the experiences and challenges of the livelihood sector, analyses case studies, and reports the progress of both government and privately run programmes. It reviews and updates the important government programmes in the past one year. Another key aspect of this report is it analyses the current opportunities and challenges for people in the North East in various sectors. As the report gives a glimpse of the progress and problems of rural livelihoods in India, this may help policy makers for corrective measures in implementing different rural livelihood programmes, which ultimately benefit the rural poor.