Dr. Hina Shafi distributes sponsorship letter to beneficiaries under JKREGP, PMEGP

Srinagar : Vice Chairperson J&K Khadi and Village Industries Board, Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, visited Block Harwan District Srinagar to make aware and interact with the unemployed educated youth, aspiring entrepreneurs, artisans, ST/SC population of the area and general masses belonging to Harwan & adjoining areas.
Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat interacted with the various DDC & BDC Chairmen, PRIs, Members, Sarpanches and Panches of the area and emphasized the need for PRIS to involve themselves with the schemes being implemented by the J&K KVIB for the upliftment of unemployed youth/educated youth/ST-SC population of the area to get the benefits of the schemes to establish their income generating ventures/units and create employment without wandering after the jobs.
She requested them to engage and involve the young youth of the area in the employment generation by establishing their self-income generation units sponsored under PMEGP/JKREGP under different trades from each of the family so that the standard of living in the area will be better and will contribute towards the economic growth of the J&K.
Vice Chairperson J&K KVIB also on-spot distributed the sponsorship letter to various beneficiaries sponsored under JKREGP and PMEGP under different trades and directed the officials of the board to provide hand-holding support at the doorsteps to the area’s rural population.
She informed the sponsored beneficiaries that it was a happy New Year gift for them from the board & further requested Bank Officers/Officials to sanction the sponsored cases on priority by the end of December so that the beginning of the new year shall bring joy & prosperity among them by establishing their self income generating ventures.
It was informed in the program that during the last three years, 2021-2023, the J&K KVIB has sponsored 298 numbers of cases involving a Project Cost of Rs 532.72 lacs under PMEGP and JKREGP sponsored 47 cases involving a Project Cost of Rs 110.95 lacs in Block Harwan.
Among others were present Block Development Officer Harwan, Deputy CEO KVIB Kashmir Division, Deputy CEO (P/R/S), Lead District Manager – Srinagar, Bank Officers/officials, Revenue Officers, DDC & BDC Chairmen of Harwan Block, Branch Heads of various banks and different Officers of the Board & line department.