Mahasamund District Administration has decided to hand over the supply of Pickle-Papad and school uniform stitching of school students in Anganwadis to the Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
Collector Umesh Kumar Agrawal while holding a recent review meeting on Integrated livelihood Campaign told the officials to involve the trained youngsters under Skill Development and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for such works by providing bank loans and forming them in Self-Help Groups.
He asked the officers to register such skill development trainers as organized or unorganized labourers in order to benefit them with the schemes of labour Department.
Agrawal further directed to train these men by identifying at cluster level. Also, he emphasized on giving training on different trades as per area. This according to Agrawal will help in proper marketing of the items produced by these youngsters.
Meanwhile, officials informed that as many as 549 beneficiaries have undergone a workshop on stitching as part of the Readymade Business of the Skill Development Authority. Till date 5200 people have been covered in the Skill Development Training.
NABARD has conducted training sessions on washing powder, sanitary pad, dairy and Vermi-compost for about 500 beneficiaries, said officials.