The Department of Housing and Urban Development launched a State-wide skill development training programme from January 2024 for the Mission Shakti Self Help Groups in order to empower them for successful implementation of the projects under Mukta scheme and the need for better knowledge on project construction.

In the first phase, 115 municipalities have been divided into 12 clusters and about 800 master trainers have been created through a comprehensive training programme. The master trainers were selected from among Mission Shakti Self Help Group members.

A training module has been specially designed and developed to thoroughly train them on implementation, documentation, digital literacy and communication skills. It contains a detailed trainers guide system to guide the trainees which will help the master trainers to understand the technical issues and help in imparting accurate and complete messages to the trainee Mission Shakti Self Help Groups implementing the free projects across the State.

Training of Mission Shakti Self Help Groups is being organised by the master trainers at ward level. Thirty members participate in each batch. A total of 2,055 ward-level training camps are planned to be organised by March 2024.

So far in the first phase, 1,700 training programmes have been completed and more than 35,000 Mission Shakti Self Help Group members have been trained by master trainers. The capacity building programme is empowering Mission Shakti Self Help Groups in the real world. At least three members of each group will be thoroughly trained and empowered, creating an army of about 67,500 mission-strength self-supporting group leaders who can efficiently manage the programme by coordinating "time and speed" implementation of the liberation.

Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had launched the "Urban Wage Based Employment" in April, 2020. It aimed at creating rapid and widespread employment opportunities for the urban poor, unskilled and migrant workers who lost their livelihoods during the Covid period. Later, the drive was transformed into a full-fledged scheme named "Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan" (MUKTA) in February 2021. More than 22,500 Mission Shakti Self Help Groups have been issued work orders under Mukta scheme. So far, 52,500 projects under the scheme have been completed and 76 lakh man-days have been generated.