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Session 04: Keynote address
Keynote address: Empowering rural communities through evidence: Learnings from National Rural Livelihoods Mission
On 9 September 2025, 3ie brought together policymakers, researchers, implementers, donors, and self-help group members for a shared dialogue on lessons from the Ministry of Rural Development’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission. Shailesh Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, in his address said DAY-NRLM was a vehicle for financial inclusion, social inclusion, social development, institution building, capacity building and above it all, economic transformation.
