The World Bank is assisting National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and the State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs) in enabling women SHG members having entrepreneurial abilities in accessing Microenterprise loans from banks and other financial institutions. In order to facilitate that NRLM and SRLMs have developed a cadre of Vitta Sakhis and mentors who will assist the SHG members in assessing bankability of the enterprises and prepare loan proposals.
Under the project M2i performed the following tasks: