According to officials in the department, the SVEP programme has been launched in five districts as of now. These include Ajmer (1,874), Chittorgarh (1,685), Baran (924), Tonk (914) and Churu (1,086). The enterprises include tailoring shops, beauty parlours, grocery shops, canteens, shops with items for women, garment shops, optical shops etc.
“SVEP was started in Rajasthan in 2015-16 in two blocks – Kekri (Ajmer) and Begun (Chittorgarh) – to help rural poor come out of poverty by helping them set up enterprises and support them till the enterprises stabilised,” said an official. In 2018-19 (Phase II), the project was started at Taranagar in Churu, Deoli in Tonk and Antah in Baran district. “The aim was to provide the enterprises with business skills, exposure, financial support at the time of launch and business support during the first critical six months of the enterprises by using NRLM SHGs and their federations,” the official said.
In the third phase, SVEP has been approved for Hindoli (Bundi) and Sawai Madhopur (Sawai Madhopur) blocks. “For providing facilitation and support to these enterprises, a group of CRP-EPs (a cadre of Community Resource Persons – enterprise promotion) trained in business management, monitoring and support using ICT (information and communication technology) and audio-visual aids are deputed in each of the blocks. There are a total of 85 CRPs-EP working currently,” the official added.
The objective of SVEP is to enable rural poor to set up their enterprises, develop local resources by training a pool of village level community cadre (CRP-EP) and handholding of the rural entrepreneurs.
