Jharkhand IAS Officers’ Wives Association (JIASOWA) has donated Rs 1.25 lakh for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF). A similar initiative was taken by the members for the flood victims of Bihar a few years back.
The information was given during a Press conference on Tuesday. Similarly, the members are bearing the engineering coaching fund of a Below Poverty line student named Arijit Kumar. “We had earlier provided the entire four year fee of a BPl candidate Saurabh Kumar who completed his graduation in engineering from KIIT. He has recently passed and is placed in TCS,” welfare secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal’s wife, Richa Sanchita who is a JIASOWA member, said.
Similar to previous years, JIASOWA will be conducting Diwali Fair from October 17 to 19 at Morhabadi Army Ground. “The Diwali Fair was first hosted in 2007. Around 250 stalls will be displayed here. Women willing to put up their stalls can contact us at CSOI between 4 to 6pm from October 7 onwards,” JIASOWA secretary Nandini Jajoria, wife of Chief Electoral Officer PK Jajoria said.
The theme of the fair is ‘the light within’. Joint secretary Nikita Sinha, wife of Principal Secretary IT NN Sinha said the theme highlights on women empowerment. As many as 50 women are associated with JIASOWA.