Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL)/Management Information Systems (MIS)

NRLM is process intensive and therefore at various levels, it would constantly review, assess, and learn from the qualitative and quantitative progress achieved. The primary objective of NRLM’s MEL/MIS framework is to institute a comprehensive system of the evidence-based decision-making process, of both strategic The MEL components are also expected to facilitate evaluation/assessment of the ‘net’ contribution of the Mission towards rural poverty reduction, livelihoods promotion, empowerment, quality of life and well-being of the poor. Given the scale and diversity of the Mission, which is geographically dispersed and institutionally decentralized, a comprehensive MEL has been provided with the following Monitoring mechanisms. NRLM would put in place various mechanisms for monitoring –

• provide a periodic measure of inputs, activities, and outputs in different project components;
• assess the process of implementation (conversion of inputs into outputs) and identify factors critical for that conversion;
• verify the project-related assumptions, particularly in the early stages of the project;
• provide an assessment of the pre-project situation in different states;
• assess the achievement of the project objectives at different points in time and make the primary stakeholders (the CBOs of the poor) an integral part of the MEL system;
• facilitate regular management review and adaptation