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nning process will be explained to all elected members of Gram Sabha and the data recently released from the socio-economic survey will be shared with them, a communique from Rural Development Ministry said. Earlier, the ministry had conducted an IPPE exercise last year in 2500 backward blocks for preparation of MGNREGA Labour Budget (LB) of the Gram Panchayats of these blocks. That exercise had a village level focus with emphasis on reaching out to securing MGNREGA specific needs of the vulnerable sections. This year, the ministry seeks to capitalise on the participatory planning processes conducted and the presence of the Block Planning Teams to plan more comprehensively for addressing the various facets of poverty of rural families by incorporating all rural development programmes in a single participatory planning exercise. "This would include, apart from MGNREGA, the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and the Indira Aawaas Yojana (IAY)," the ministry said. Efforts would also be made to sensitise the Gram Sabha for partnerships with Community Based Organisations (CBOs) like Self Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organisations (VOs) and other organisations of the poor. It was felt institutional involvement of organisations of the poor like SHGs, VOs would greatly improve accountability and participation in Panchayats, the ministry said. The intent of the programme is to promote convergence for wage employment, livelihood, housing, skills and social security. "Other programmes like Swachha Bharat Mission, programmes of financial inclusion like PM's Jan Dhan Yojana, Accident Insurance, Life Insurance and Atal Bima Yojana will all be part of the convergence efforts. "The programmes of other departments that improve livelihoods of poor households will also be part of the convergence," the ministry communique said. "To enable systematic facilitation of the planning process, the rural development department is separately providing the resources from the MGNREGA and the NRLM to ensure three to four day intensive planning process in each and every village of the 2532 IPPE blocks," the communique from Rural Development Ministry said.Through this intensive process, the intention is to reach out to every deprived household and to develop sustainable livelihoods for them based on their priorities and resources. For the remaining blocks, it is up to the state governments to develop a system of facilitation for planning. A large number of states are using convergence framework for a more effective implementation of rural development programmes and learning from their initiative. Taking lessons from them, Centre decided to undertake convergent planning process for rural development programmes with Gram Panchayat as a unit for the year 2016-17. The theme for IPPE-II is Convergent planning for all Rural Development programmes, the ministry said. The government feels that in order to promote sustainable livelihoods on a large-scale, it is important for different programme and institutions of the government and various knowledge and financial institutions to come together in a well-orchestrated manner. The emphasis among others will be on preparation of household level plans for vulnerable sections of the society, canvassing for skilling opportunities and identification of youths willing to be skilled in urban areas and identification of rural housing needs- especially those not reflecting in existing lists, the ministry said.