The Government is preparing to provide training for auto driving to 2000 women, who would be tagged with MUDRA scheme so that they can afford to be economically self reliant. While reviewing Jharkhand Tribal Empowerment and livelihood Promotion and PAN IIT jointly, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma said that women of the State will be empowered to become self-reliant.
It was decided in the meeting that training in Saraikela and Koderma will be given through PAN IIT and from the next session, nine Gurukuls will be opened to train youths in different sectors.
The CS directed to connect tribal people with different conversion schemes and monitor it on departmental level. She said that the department should conduct survey of social and economic level of primitive tribes like Birhor and Paharia and their children should be tagged with sports academy and Kasturba School for training. She said that proposals should be made for providing water, house, livelihood and health facilities in tribal abounding areas. Community resource persons and SHGs should be trained in different sectors to make the villages self-dependent in livelihood.
Verma said that JTEPl is working well but root level work is required to be done in this project. She said to prepare projects on poultry, goat rearing, and piggery and arrange a market for them. She also directed to open bank account of all SHGs. It was told in the meeting that Rs. 635 cr scheme is running in 14 districts, which has given a boost to cottage industries. As many as 5500 SHGs have been made by now and 6,000 solar lights and 492 pumps have been distributed through JREDA. The scheme of upgrading 65 schools is under process and 20 subdivisions have been identified for new Gurukuls and Ashram Vidyalay.
Welfare Secretary Himani Pandey and other senior officers were present in the meeting.