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In an effort to provide suitable alternative livelihoods to vulnerable women, the Ministry of Rural Development has decided to tackle gender issues under its flagship National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The NRLM, launched in 2011, aims at enabling the rural poor increase their household income through 'sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services' by facilitating capacity building. The scheme has a budgetary allocation of Rs 3915 crore in the current financial year and covers only below poverty line households. The ministry will introduce a "gender justice component" in the scheme, which currently covers three crore women who are members of around 25 lakh SHGs.