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North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for upland Areas (NERCORMP) is standing as an important livelihood management project in North Eastern Region of India under International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and North Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India. Present study was conducted in order to see the performance of NERCORMP based on respondents’ perception during 2014-15. Study showed that because of NERCORMP intervention, income and expenditure for beneficiary respondents remained much higher than non-beneficiary respondents considered from adjoining non-project villages. After exposure with various project components people in the study area were seen to change their cropping pattern in order to increase their income. Although “shifting cultivation” is considered as one of the most common livelihood management option, area under it declined over the years. Not only that, beneficiary respondent showed more interest on cultivation of many other plantation crops in project areas. Performance was more visible in respect of calculation of six different types of asset. These assets were calculated based on various statements prepared for each type of asset. So far from the respondents’ direct perception or conception about the project, it can be calculated that by and large beneficiaries were satisfied for most of the project activities except a few. Most of the beneficiaries referred that their income, saving, expenditure were increased because of project intervention and on the other hand their liability declined. Address for correspondence: Sanjoy Das E-mail: das_san1@rediffmail.com INTRODUCTION There are number of livelihood related projects in the country for the benefit of below poverty population, some are available for a specific period and some are almost continuous in nature. Among them, North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for upland Areas (NERCORMP), a project funded jointly by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and North Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India has appeared as a big intervention for improvement of livelihood in North Eastern Region of India in the last part of 20th century. The project started its operation in six districts of three North Eastern States during 1999 viz. (Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts (old NC Hill) from Assam; West Khasi Hills and West Garo Hills districts from Meghalaya and Senapati and Ukhrul districts from Manipur). NERCORMP is implemented by North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society (NERCORMS) located at Shillong, Meghalaya as Regional Office and through district level society at respective districts. At present, the project is in its third phase and extension of the programme has already been initiated in Arunachal Pradesh including three districts viz. Tirap, Changlang, Longding and Manipur including two more districts viz. Churachandpur and Chandel from 2014. The overall objective of NERCORMP is to improve the livelihood of vulnerable groups in a sustainable manner through improved management of their resource base that would restore and protect J Soc Sci, 54(1-3): 1-11 (2018) DOI: 10.31901/24566756.2018/54.1-3.2224 2018 2 SANJOY DAS, AMOD SHARMA, A.K. SAHU ET AL. the environment. Since 1999, NERCORMP has been operationalising its activities in all the project districts without any interruption. It is a holistic approach under the NEC, GOI and is implemented by the respective district offices covering a large number of villages from the above States. There are reports that NERCORMP is one of the most successful livelihood improvement projects in NE Region of India. Keeping in view all above it was decided to study the performance of NERCORMP on livelihood improvement emphasising mostly from the beneficiaries’ point of view.

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Performance of North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas (NERCORMP) In Assam – A Study Based on Respondents’ Perspective