To increase the income of the target population by way of comprehensive livelihood projects having components of income generating schemes, skill development and related infrastructure development thereby reducing the poverty among the target population and bring them above the poverty lines.

Grants for creation/acquisition of assets for beneficiaries/households: There shall be no standalone individual asset distribution under the scheme, which shall be ensured by the PAC also while appraising the projects. However, under Comprehensive Livelihood Projects which, inter alia, have provision for acquisition/creation of assets for beneficiaries/households needed for livelihood generation, financial assistance towards loans taken by the beneficiary for such acquisition/creation of assets, would be upto Rs. 50,000 or 50% of the asset cost, whichever is less, per beneficiary/household.