Micro Enterprises Development Kudumbashree Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission
Kudumbashree Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission 3 critical components Micro Credit, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Members encouraged to start Micro Enterprises using local recourses and financial aid, training, handholding by Mission 19 years (1998 2017) 45.6 Lakhs members / HHs 2.77 Lakhs NHGs (SHGs) 19,854 ADS (VOs) 1073 CDS (CLFs) Uniqueness - Universal Coverage & Stgrong PRI CBO Convergence
Enterprises Development MEs started with direct Mission support Micro Enterprises 30,512 (Approx 1.52 Lakh members incl group & individual) Joint Liability Groups (Farming) 49,632 (more than 2.5 L members, Cultivation in 51,113 ha) Animal Husbandry 3734 Groups (Approx 20,000 members) Construction Units 61 Groups (650 members) Producer Companies / Consortiums 8 (Agri/AH/Dairy, Apparel, Nutrimix, IT More than 1500 members) Enterprises initiated through internal credit Approx 25K (individual units)
Systems for Enterprise Development Micro Enterprises Consultants Entrepreneurship Development : Skilling & Mgt Services Enterprise Development : Technical & Financial services
Micro Enterprises Consultants MECs are drawn from the community, trained and placed locally to provide handholding support to existing and potential entrepreneurs on a chargeable basis. 350 MECs across the State / Wide range of services provided by MECs Identification of right business opportunities / Identification of right beneficiaries Entrepreneur orientation and training Development of Business Plan Credit linkages - financial and other institutions Enterprise setting-up and market linkages Performance tracking and advisory Book Keeping & Accounting
Entrepreneurship Development : Skilling & Mgt Services Pre - General Orientation in livelihoods to all new NHG members General Orientation EDP Training / Skill Training Performance Improvement Training Handholding by Micro Enterprise Consultants Accounting Training / Audit support by trained CRPs (KASS)
Enterprise Development : Technical & Financial services Start Up Capital & Interest Subsidy Second Dose Assistance Technology Fund, Technology Up-gradation Fund Innovation Fund, Revolving Fund Crisis Management Fund, Community Enterprises Fund Marketing Support - Monthly Markets / Home shops / Festival Fairs / Basars / Online Clustering & Networking
Types of Enterprises Priority programmes of Mission : Social Start Ups Service Providers to Govt. Depts. / Public Suppliers to Govt. / Public Production / Service Enterprises addressing social needs or grabbing new opportunities Support structure MECs, KAASS & Training groups CBO Lead Local Enterprises : Traditional women enterprises such as Pickle & Soap making Units and Flour & Curry Powder units Supported by MECs
Social Start Ups
ABC Units 83 Units functioning 4462 dogs castrated (adhering to AWB SOP) Humane dog catching / pre & post operative care Rs. 2100/- per dog provided by LSGs Rs. 2.25 crores revenue expected in this FY
She Lodges Women managed women friendly boarding & lodging Launched 3 She Lodges / 11 in pipeline 30 persons (10 each) Kudumbashree Travels pick & drop and Food by Café Kudumbashree
Geriatric Care Service Providers 100 Care Givers in each District Assistance during hospitalization / pre & post hospitalization care Assured income of Rs. 15,000/- pm Trustworthy service providers monitored by CBOs
Rain Harvesting & Dug Well recharging Units 265 members (3-5 members in a group) / 3 Districts 1076 units being formed / Scaling up to tap budgetary provisions of LSGs Rs. 8000/- per well for recharging services
Service Providers to Govt. Depts. / Public
Kochi Metro Facilitation Service First women run metro All services (ticketing, parking, customer facilitation, canteen, housekeeping etc) Employment for 780 women including 23 Transgender Planning to extend to CIAL, Kannur airport, Refineries, Shipyard, RCC etc
E Seva Kendras Situates in Transport Offices and provides all services to public related to Transport Office 3 5 members in a unit 40 Kendras
Facility Management Services - Railway Stations Railway Parking Management (40 Stations across Kerala) A/C Waiting Hall Management (5 Major Stations) 240 Women employed
Facility Management Services House Keeping Offices like Spices Board, RBI, Cochin Refineries etc 100s of women employed in Customer Care, House Keeping etc
Tourist Amenity Centres (providing Management, House keeping, restaurant services) Canteens Govt. Offices / Secretariat / Legislative Complex / MLA Hostel etc
Suppliers to Govt.
Nutrimix - Food Supplement for Anganwadis Nutritious food supplement provided to all Anganwadis of Kerala under the Take Home Ration Scheme (THRS) for children of 6 months to 3 years of age group 368 Micro Enterprises Units catering to approx. 3000 anganwadis 3680 women employed
IT Enterprises 63 Data Processing Units / 5 Hardware Units More than 2500 women employed Takes up government orders for IT related work such as data entry (Provident fund office, Voters list, Ration card, RSBY works, Disability Census, BPL surveys etc)
Apparel Parks 1413 Units across the State number Supplying Uniforms, coats, over coats for Govt. Depts like Hantex, Lotteries and to DDU GKY PIAs etc Govt. Depts. Can give works without tender
Napkin Units Supplying to Schools through LSGDs Supply to Medical Services Corporation number
Rangashree IEC Units Undertakes IEC activities of Govt. Depts. / Missions Number all dist nrlm
Production / Service Enterprises addressing social needs or grabbing new opportunities
Construction Units Painting Units
Hollow bricks units Road Works Units
Working women Hostel Children s Day Care Units
Wellness Centres Organic manure & Coir pith
Bus Service Unit RO Plant / Packaged Drinking Water
Flex Printers Cashew Processing Unit
Mechanized Coir Unit Kudumbashree Taxi
Way Forward Strengthen the products/services and value-chains to bring more economic value to the products/services. Bring in various expert institutions (Govt. and Pvt.) to upgrade women s products/services. Increase women s capacities to look at better product quality and designs, while raising their knowledge and confidence about new markets for their products. Address major topics such as design, strengthening of the business side for sustainability, costing, production capacities, value additions, new product categories or diversification and the peculiarities or characteristics of different types of market.
Thanks Ajith Chacko Chief Operating Officer - NRLM