National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP):
- Objective: To help women in rural households shift to a new generation of economic initiatives.
- Strategy: This will be achieved by –
- promoting women-owned and women-led farm and non-farm enterprises across value chains;
- enable them to build businesses that help them access finance, markets and networks;
- and supporting youth skills development, in coordination with the Deen Dayal Upadyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
- Duration: The $250 Million Loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a 5-year grace period, and a final maturity of 20 years.
- Parent programme: The National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) is an additional financing to the $500 million National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) approved by the World Bank in 2011.
