UDHAMPUR OCTOBER 27: To
provide direct linkage of different flagship programmes of government to the
members of Self Help Groups SHGs) of UMEED, a one day awareness cum sensitization
program was organized under Dean Dayal Upadaya Grameen Koshal
Yojana at UMEED Block Training Centre Chenani in Udhampur District here today.
District Development Commissioner Udhampur, Ravinder Kumar was the
chief guest while Additional Mission Director, JKSRLM (UMEED) Jammu, Kapil
Sharma presided over the function.
Addressing the Community cadre of UMEED including leaders of SHGs
Village Organisations, Cluster level federations, the DDC lauded the efforts of
JKSRLM for providing sustainable livelihood for the poor women of the district.
The DDC assured that all out efforts would be put in place by the
District Administration to link all members of SHGs under UMEED with government
sponsored schemes especially designed to raise their socio-economic status by
converging number of programmes of different departments like Agriculture,
Horticulture, Sheep & Animal Husbandry, Social Welfare and fisheries.
Additional Mission Director JKSRLM assured the district authorities that
the Mission shall strive to provide support to rural poor women. He informed
that the project is being presently implemented in Three Blocks of Udhampur
District and two more blocks are going to be taken up in the current financial
year for implementing the programme.
JKSRLM has formed about 1207 Self Help Groups in the district which are
federated to 125 Village organizations. Some Women have taken initiative in
CMSA /Non pesticide management farming; currently 140 farmers are cultivating
about 800 Kanal of land under CMSA.
District Project Manager JKSRLM, Dr. Jagdish Mehra conducted the
proceedings of the programme.
Among others SDM Chenani, District heads of Agriculture, Horticulture ,
Animal Husbandary , Sheep Husbandry Social Welfare and Block
Programme Manager UMEED Chenani were present on the Occasion.
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