About 5,500 women were provided employment involving stitching work for school uniforms in the 207 women's Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
The Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development Development and Marketing Samiti Union of the Garmodyog Department had delegated the responsibility of making the uniforms to the several women's SHGs.
About 20 lakh sets of school uniforms had been stitched by the members of the women's self-help groups in the year 2015-2016. As a result, the women earned a total of Rs 10 lakh in the form of wages.
The Handloom Marketing Union had fixed a target of 35 lakh sets of school uniforms under the ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan’ in the current fiscal 2016-2017. The Handloom Department had decided to allot the responsibility of stitching uniforms to other women's self-help groups. Handloom Marketing Co-operative Society Managing Director Shyam Dhawde said that Gramodyog Department had made the Society a Nodal Agency.
The women's self-help groups can submit registration papers, bank pass books, Pan card and Adhaar card photocopy and two passport size photos to the Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development and Marketing Union New Rajendranagar Raipur.
The groups which have previous experience in the stitching of school uniforms will be given preference.
The target of 35 lakh sets of uniforms for the 19 districts-Bilaspur, Mungeli, Kabirdham, Balod, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Jashpur, Ambikapur, Surajpur, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Bastar, Sukma, Kanker, mahasamund, Korea, Dantewada, Balodabazar-Batapara, Durg districts under the Sarva Siksha Abiyaan in the fiscal 2016-2017.