Special Rozgar Melas (Employment Fairs) are being organised in all the districts of the State by the livelihood Mission on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Prestigious organisations of the state and country will provide employment opportunities to the girls only in these fairs.
As many as 20 lakh rural families of 21 thousand villages have been linked to over One lakh 70 thousand self –help groups under the livelihood mission in the state. Out of these over 13 lakh 10 thousand families have been linked to livelihood activities. Also all the targeted families of about 11 thousand villages have been linked to the groups by the livelihood mission. More than One lakh 29 thousand families have come in the lakhpati category undertaking livelihood activities.
Total employment has been provided to 1738 villages through employment fairs held at block level. Under the main activities of livelihood Mission, around 4 lakh 41 families from advance agriculture, 3 lakh 11 thousand families from commercial vegetable production, 85 thousand from milk production, 72 thousand from micro industries, 10 thousand from cloth manufacturing, One thousand 800 from sanitary napkins manufacturing, One thousand 200 from incense stick manufacturing, 6 lakh 23 thousand families from Aajivika Poshan Vatika and 4 lakh 88 thousand families from wormi pit/Nadep construction have been benefitted.
Keeping in view the training and convenience, 2 thousand 800 trained agriculture CRP centers have been established at community level which are rendering services in state and outside. Beside this 174 V.C., 218 Bank Sakhi/Bank Mitra, 24 community based micro insurance institutes and 11 community training centers have been established.
In the current year under the field of employment and skill training, employment has been provided to 11 thousand 638 youths through training cum employment, 29 thousand 19 youths through R.S.T training and to 49 thousand 257 youths through employment fairs.