Million Designers, Billion Dreams with LEAP

What it is

An innovative program that seeks to empower individuals across India by introducing systems design to help find solutions to complex societal challenges.

Objective

To help find solutions to complex societal challenges.

Launch Information

Launched on August 6 by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

Who Runs it?

LEAP (a catalytic organization).

What is LEAP?

• A catalytic organization.
• Emerged from multidisciplinary work developed in India by the Design Laboratory at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (D-Lab) and the Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF).

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

Launch

Launched in June 2011 as a restructured version of the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY).

Objective

• Sustainable livelihood enhancement for the rural poor.
• Improved access to financial services.
• Increased household income.

Name Change

Renamed Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM) in November 2015.

Target

• Cover 600 districts, 6000 blocks, 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats, and 6 lakh villages.
• Link 7 crore rural poor households through Self Help Groups (SHGs).
• Promote livelihood collectivization.