The Chhattisgarh State Rural livelihood Mission is planning to link one woman each from the 18 lakh families of 16 development blocks of the then undivided four districts of Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Sarguja and Bastar with self-help groups (SHGs).
This was announced by Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar while reviewing the works of Chhattisgarh State Rural livelihood Mission.
In the meeting held here, the officials informed that there is a target to link one woman each from the 18 lakh families of total 16 development blocks of the then undivided four districts of Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Sarguja and Bastar with SHGs under the mission.
During the last financial year, bank linkage sanction for Rs 166 crore had been given to about 14,000 SHGs.
Chandrakar asked the officers to prepare an action plan for the promotion of ‘Nagari Dubraj’ paddy cultivation in the districts included in the Rural livelihood Mission.
He said that priority should be given to the marketing of materials produced by the self-help groups.
The Minister stressed on increase of livelihood source for the villagers under the mission and the need for their skill development.
For the implementation of the Mission, the State Government had registered ‘Chhattisgarh Gramin Aajeevika Samvardhan Samiti’ in 2011. Under the Mission, 10 villages each from Balrampur-Ramanujganj and Rajnandgaon districts were selected for community management based farming. A total of 231 small and marginal woman farmers were selected from these villages, as woman farmer empowerment project is an important link of this Mission.
Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department MK Raut, Director, State Rural livelihood Mission Sangeetha P and other senior officers of the department were present.