Terming the local Women Empowerment Centre ‘Shakti’ as the excellent initiative of the administration, Bastar Divisional Commissioner RP Jain said that with the unity of women self-help groups (SHGs), they would get golden opportunity for further progress.
Jain said that significant increase in the income of the SHGs could be ensured with the availability of raw materials and market. Working through the medium of Federation, the way for sanction of grant to them from the State and the Central Government would be opened, he said. Giving information about the Centre, Collector KC Devsenapati said that the objective of ‘Shakti’ was to make market available to different women SHGs working in the district by providing them a single platform.
Under this, a Federation would be formed for the SHGs. As such, 300–400 women could work from a single platform. With this the Federation could easily take order from big organisations and financial farms directly, he added.
Praising the initiative, the Divisional Commissioner stressed on effective work on market linkage. With imparting training at times, the women SHGs could be updated with modern technique. The possibilities for new opportunities of getting works available in other business areas should also be considered. The Collector said that all arrangements for training have been done on the premises, where training on textiles to ready-to-eat food production, sanitary napkin etc would be imparted. He said that the SHGs in Bijapur have done good work in textile production sector.