CS sets tone for transforming rural women into successful entrepreneurs

In a move to empower rural women and foster self-reliance, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Monday chaired a meeting to review the performance of the Jammu and Kashmir National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) here with the prime objective of transforming women registered with NRLM across the UT's rural areas into successfull entrepreneurs.

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On this oceasion Dulloo emphasized the immense potential of this tremendous human resouve of around 7 lakh women calling for their intensified social mobilization and capacity building efforts to ignite a powerful movement of self-reliance among them.

The Chief Secretary further issued a slew of directives aimed at bolstering the economic independence of women Self-Help Group (SHG) members. He directed the registration of Cluster Level Federations (CLFs) with the Cooperative Department under the Cooperative Societies Act, strengthening their organizational framework.

Dulloo also enjoined upon the NRLM to aggressively enhance credit linkage for SHGs, aiming to reach at least 75,000 linkages by the end of October this year. The Chief Secretary stressed the need to bridge the existing gap of 16,000 linkages through focused efforts and active support from financial institutions.

Recognizing the substantial number of literate SHG members (around 3 lakh), Chief Secretary Dulloo directed the MD, NRLM, to ensure they are skilled and trained. This will be achieved by linking them with the online Daksh Kisan Courses offered hy the Agricultmre Produetion Department, thereby increasing their chances of sustainable livelihoods.