A total of 78 girls and boys have registered their name for self-employment in the “Swarojgar Mela” organised at district panchayat Narayanpur.
In the Mela, youths sought information about various self-employment schemes of the State Government and guidelines on project report, loan-grant, self-employment training programme, banking process etc for establishing small businesses.
Persuading the youths present in the Mela to become self-reliant by establishing their own businesses, Collector Yashwant Kumar asked them to be serious towards self-employment and come forward to bring about improvement in their own economic condition, along with the prosperity of their family.
For that, the girls and boys have to take one step forward by increasing their will-power for running the business of their interest, he added.
By making them aware of the self-employment possibilities available at local level, the Collector told them that they could earn an income by opening businesses of brick production, fabrication, spices manufacturing , holler mill, forest produce based ‘Dona Pattal’ preparation, incense sticks, brooms, lac keeping and bee keeping.
laghu Udyog Bharti Vice Chairman Gopal Krishna Agrawal informed the youths about self-employment involving less capital investment like stitching, readymade garments, dairy products and cattle keeping, fish farming, poultry, domestic appliances repair, two-wheeler repair.
In the Mela, bank officers gave detailed information to the youths about application form, necessary records, and banking process.
Collector Yashwant Kumar, DFO Dilraj Prabhakar, In-charge CEO District Panchyat Narayanpur Chandrakant Kaushik, laghu Udyog Bharti vice chairman Gopal Krishna Agrawal, representatives of SIDCON, SEDMAP, Khadi Gramodyog Board, Antyavasayi Sahkari Vikas Nigam, nationalised banks, Chhattisgarh State Gramin Bank and media were present at the Mela.