Panchayati Raj and law Minister Arun Sahoo on Wednesdaylaunched Swarojgar Yojana, a self-employment scheme undertaken by Bharat Nirman volunteers here in the presence of General Administration Department Secretary Niten Chandra, Water Resources Additional Secretary Santh Gopalan and Khordha Collector Niranjan Sahoo.
Under the scheme, nearly 6,000 Nutra Points, outlets having all nutrition foods prepared by Soya products only would be available. Initially every beneficiary has to invest Rs25,000 for opening the Nutra Point and would get Rs15,000 profit monthly, said GK Patnaik of Social Response Initiative (SRI), the nodal agency for promoting activities of CG-Soya in the State in pursuance to the implementation of Swarojgar Yojana.
In the first phase, 79 Nutra Points have been opened in State (20 in Bhubaneswar, 59 in Rourkela). Around 6,000 Nutra Points would be opened in the State later. Food items like Vada, Kurkure, cake biscuits prepared by soya products would be available at these shops.
The main objectives of the initiative are strengthening of rural economy, mitigating the problem of malnutrition, addressing the scarcity of nutritious fodders for cattle, employment generation. The Minister hailed the initiative and urged the stakeholders to ensure hygiene at the shops.