Tag: Self Help Groups

Lakshadweep: President Murmu interacts with members of self-help groups

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday interacted with members of Self-Help Groups of Lakshadweep at Kavaratti.

March 19, 2023

Tight security in Prayagraj for PM’s visit

The Prime Minister will inspect an exhibition and then participate in the program - where he will transfer Rs 1,000 crore into the accounts of over one lakh self-help groups (SHGs).

December 21, 2021

PM Modi to transfer Rs 1000 cr to SHGs at women empowerment program in Prayagraj on 21 Dec

The Prime Minister’s event in Prayagraj is claimed to be attended by over 2 Lakh women. The event will take place in the afternoon at 1 pm.

December 20, 2021

Women’s fight against Covid makes them self reliant in Himachal

The initiative was started in March 2020 under the Rural Development department in Una district where around 400 members of 38 SHGs affiliated to the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), turned its attention to making natural and breathable fabric masks.

September 5, 2021

HP woman beats disability on road to empowerment

A Himachal village woman, who has come to limelight for selling handmade pine- needle ‘rakhis’, has traversed a long journey towards self empowerment.

August 4, 2020

With drastic reduction, Rs 61,500 crore allocated to MGNREGA funds in budget 2020

The current allocation is down by more than 13 percent of the total estimated expenditure for 2019-20 which was at Rs 71,001.81 crore.

February 2, 2020

NABARD: Rural initiative

Nabard conducted an exhibition for self-help groups to bridge the gap with consumers.

December 10, 2018

Himachal Pradesh: A rural transformation

Self-help groups in a Solan panchayat make handicrafts out of pine needles in their free time, earning confidence and self-reliance.

November 26, 2018

Tourism to help generate job opportunities: Jai ram

Jai Ram Thakur announced promotion of products made by self help groups at 26 Tourism department complexes.

September 28, 2018

Women self-help groups to promote sanitary habits

The district administration has come up with a unique project where the women self-help groups are being provided sanitary napkin making machines.

September 17, 2018

PM to hold direct ‘Samvad’ with self-help groups

The interaction, through a video conference, will provide Modi an opportunity to know directly from the SHG members.

July 12, 2018

Khattar announces interest subsidy to women self-help groups on his b’day

Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women in Haryana will no longer be required to pay the interest on bank loan till the income of each member of a SHG does not reach rupees one lakh per annum. Announcing this on Saturday, Haryana Chief Minister (CM), Manohar Lal Khattar, who celebrated his birthday on Saturday, said...

May 5, 2018

NTPC Kaniha holds vocational training on mushroom culture

NTPC Talcher Kaniha under its CSR initiative organised vocational training programme on Mushroom Cultivation for Self Help Groups and unemployed rural youth of nearby villages to promote income and self-reliance. The training will be of two weeks period duration. The training programme was inaugurated by K. S. Sarma, AGM(HR) in presence of P. K. Sahu,...

March 15, 2018

Japan urged to consider `1,000 cr farm project for HP

The state government has urged the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to consider over Rs 1,000 phase-II of the HP Crop Diversification Promotion Project (HPCDP) for Himachal Pradesh. Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Dr Shrikant Baldi, Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) advocated that this will help the lessons learnt model developed under the ongoing JICA project are...

February 28, 2018

For sanitation, S Dinajpur turns to ‘Padman’

The South Dinajpur administration came up with a noble idea to spread awareness on sanitation issues among school-going girls in the district. Grabbing the opportunity that had come its way to create such awareness effectively, the administration on Thursday sponsored tickets for the movie ‘Padman,’ which is being screened at the Satyajit Mancha in Balurghat,...

February 16, 2018