In the year 2006, Government of Odisha formed a society named ‘Orissa Poverty Reduction Mission (OPRM)’ to implement various poverty reduction programmes in the state, which was reconstituted and renamed as ‘Odisha Livelihoods Mission (OLM)’ an autonomous society under the aegis of Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Odisha, presently implementing both National Rural Livelihoods Mission and National Rural Livelihoods Project.Odisha was the first state in the country to launch National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in its bid to bring down rural poverty by promoting diversified and gainful self-employment to the rural poor.Poverty eradication program runs on a mission mode having focus to create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor households and nurture till they are come out of poverty and lead a quality life. This is a centrally sponsored scheme with a proportionate ratio of 60:40 between Centre & State. OLM has put in place a dedicated and sensitive support structure, to take the rural poor households out of poverty line trough capacity building, financial assistance and self-reliant institutions.
