JAMMU, JUNE 29: The Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday stressed on identifying 75 progressive women entrepreneurs from Rural Livelihood Mission Self Help Groups for honouring them August 15 as an acknowledgment for their contribution to women empowerment.
Attending an event of women entrepreneurs organised by J&K Rural Livelihood Mission at the lawns of SKICC, LG observed that five lakh women are associated with 56,000 self help groups. This year, assistance and support will be provided to additiona 1.5 lakh women entrepreneurs, he added.
On the occasion, the Lt Governor e-inaugurated and laid foundation stone for New District Rural Haats across J&K and dedicated the facility to all the women entrepreneurs. He also unveiled the Product Catalogue of Self Help Groups and JKRLM’s gift hamper, besides distributing micro ATMs and felicitating the best performingmSakhies to mark the occasion.
Highlighting the reforms introduced by the government to identify women’s potential in the leadership role and providing them opportunity to scale up their businesses, LG said that it is the women entrepreneurs in far flung rural areas who keep the wheels of socio-economic progress moving, helping government to reduce disparities, inequalities in the society and contributing to faster growth with employment and equity. Government’s initiatives like Saath, Hausla, Umeed, Tejaswini laid a strong foundation for financial independence of rural women, he added.
