• Dr. SHIODAYAL PRASAD

Sustainable development goal aims to eradicate globle poverty by 2030. Poverty reduction has remained the central concern in India. The trend of introduction of self-employment programmes as a policy tool to fight against poverty is found in India. Ramnagar is a town and a notified area in Pashchim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Ramnagar is situated on the border of India-Nepal and Bihar - Uttar Pradesh. This paper critically reviews different self-employment programmes introduced in India. It covers Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). The paper further explains how the approaches of the Government have changed across the time (explaining merits and demerits of each programme) to fight against poverty. The paper concludes how the current self-employment programme is better in comparison to previous programmes.

: NRLM, Poverty, Self-employment, Food security, SGSY

"A JOURNEY FROM INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IRDP) TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN RAMNAGAR BLOCK OF WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1704-1708, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D40.pdf

"A JOURNEY FROM INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IRDP) TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN RAMNAGAR BLOCK OF WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1704-1708, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D40.pdf