Govt plans self employment training units in all districts

Government plans to set up 500 Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes in each district of the country under the proposed 'National Rural Livelihood Mission'.

The Mission, being designed to replace the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY), aims at reducing poverty in rural areas through promotion of diversified and gainful self-employment and wage employment opportunities as the SGSY has failed to yield the desired results.

As per the proposed NRLM, Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) will be the replication of "successful" Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI), a rural development ministry official said.