SAKSHAM Centres- Relevance for UPSC Exam
- GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges– Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
SAKSHAM Centres- Context
- Recently, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a total of 152 SAKSHAM Centres (Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery) across 77 districts of 13 states were launched.
- SAKSHAM Centres were launched under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) of the Ministry of Rural Development.
SAKSHAM Centres- Key Points
- About SAKSHAM Centres: Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery (CFL&SD) would act as a one-stop solution/single window system for basic financial needs of Self-Help Group (SHG) households in rural areas.
- Key Objective of SAKSHAM Centres: to provide financial literacy & facilitate delivery of financial services (savings, credit, insurance, pensions etc.) to SHG members and rural poor.
- Implementation: SAKSHAM Centres will be managed by the SHG network, largely at the level of the Cluster Level Federations (CLFs), with the help of trained Community Resource Persons (CRPs).
- These trained CRPs are provided six days of residential training at Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) established by the Lead Bank of the district.
- All of these resources persons, popularly known as Financial Literacy Community Resource person (FL CRPs) also provided a training tool kit in vernacular languages.
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SAKSHAM Centres- Development of SAKSHAM Mobile App
- SAKSHAM Mobile App: a mobile & web-based application called “SAKSHAM” has been developed by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).
- Key Function:
- SAKSHAM Mobile App will be used by the community resource person of the Centre to know the penetration of various financial services for each SHG & village,
- SAKSHAM Mobile App will be used to identify major gaps and accordingly provide training and deliver the required financial services.
- SAKSHAM Mobile application will also measure the impact of the program on regular intervals for mid-course correction in strategy, if any.