I implementation of the LRP project in the first phase. A total of 1241 households were covered by the sample design for the base line survey in the three districts. The households selected for the baseline survey numbered 477 in Mahottari, 439 in Sarlahi and 325 in Rautahat. A stratified random sampling design was used for selecting the household sample from these LRP project areas and for computing estimates from the data taken from the sampled households.

The data for computing baseline indicators was collected from a sample of households taken from the well-defined poverty pockets lying within 38 VDCs of Mahottari, 33VDCs of Sarlahi, and 33 VDCs of Rautahat chosen for the implementation of the LRP project in the first phase. A total of 1241 households were covered by the sample design for the base line survey in the three districts. The households selected for the baseline survey numbered 477 in Mahottari, 439 in Sarlahi and 325 in Rautahat. A stratified random sampling design was used for selecting the household sample from these LRP project areas and for computing estimates from the data taken from the sampled households.

The baseline contained a long list of vital questionnaire and the outcome of the baseline survey has  what has come up from the finding will be shortly up for public display that answer many questions relating to the status, understanding and expectations of LRP's key target groups as we call them VEED or vulnerable, excluded and economically deprived.