KULGAM, NOVEMBER 23: Member Legislative
Assembly from Kulgam, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami today inaugurated a daylong seminar
on UMEED scheme here at Town Hall which was organized by officers of National
Rural Livelihood Mission.
ADDC Kulgam, Chief Planning Officer Kulgam,
District officers of line Departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Sheep
Husbandry, Sericulture, Handicrafts, Fisheries, KVIB, Lead Bank Manager and
Animal Husbandry, professional resource persons from NRLM and a large number of
unemployed women SHGs were present on the occasion.
The participants were informed about different
sectoral components under which opportunities are available in NRLM for
livelihood generation for unemployed youth and SHGs. Besides, the officers
delineated different aspects of UMEED programme.
Speaking on the occasion, the MLA, who was the
chief guest on the occasion, said that he felt happy to see enthusiastic women
SHGs who are ready to face challenges in order to achieve success in their
lives.
“I am hopeful that UMEED will fulfil
dreams and aspirations of women folk through self-reliance and access to
economic resources," he added.
It was given out that 446 Self Help Groups
(SHGs) were formed during the current year whose membership has risen to 3770.
In addition, 40 Village Organization Teams were constituted to mobilize the
unemployed women for seeking gainful employment through the UMEED scheme.
During the seminar, the WSHGs put forth the
demand of declaring Kulgam Block a resource block in South Kashmir besides they
wished under convergence the MGNREGA works done in RDD department be
facilitated through these groups.
Earlier, a mission song was sung by a group of
SHGs present in the programme who later on shared their success stories with
the audience.
Additional District Development Commissioner,
Khwaja Nazir Ahmad also spoke on the occasion and said that district administration
is acting as a facilitator for implementing these schemes with the prime motive
of making the youth self-reliant and progressive.
Pertinently, NRLM is implemented in the State
under the name UMEED and in Kulgam District, the scheme is being implemented in
Kulgam, Devsar and DH Pora blocks currently.
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