DDC Kishtwar chairs meeting of District Level Implementation Committee(DLIC) to review the implementation of Tejaswani scheme in the District

Approved 28 cases of the eligible female entrepreneurs of Kishtwar district under Tejaswani scheme.

Kishtwar December 07:–In order to review the implementation of Tejaswani scheme in Kishtwar District, a meeting of District Level Implementation Committee(DLIC) was held under the chairmanship of the District Development Commissioner(DDC), Kishtwar Ashok Sharma here today in the VC Hall of the DC office.

The meeting held threadbare deliberations on the implementation of Tejaswani scheme in the District and several cases of unemployed eligible female entrepreneurs of Kishtwar district were brought before the Committee for approval.

The DDC after detailed review approved 28 cases of the eligible female entrepreneurs of Kishtwar district under Tejaswani scheme.

Highlighting the importance of the scheme, the Chairman DLIC said “TEJASWINI” scheme is aimed to provide financial assistance to young women entrepreneurs for setting up profitable self-employment ventures suited to their skill and training aptitude, he said the purpose of the scheme is also to empower and encourage young women in the age group of 18 to 35 to start their business for income generation activities either in manufacturing, service, trading or small business to earn livelihood.

The meeting was informed by the Employment Officer DECC Kishtwar that beneficiaries under the TEJASWANI scheme under Mission Youth are provided financial assistance of Rs 5 lakhs under the age group of 18 to 35 years to start their business. The beneficiaries are also provided 10% of the project cost by Mission Youth.

Among others, the meeting was attended GM DIC Khalid Hussain Malik, DSWO Tariq parveaz Qazi, AD Employment Amit Kumar, LDM Nasir Bhat, and DNO JKEDI Kishtwar alongwith Tejaswini applicants from Kishtwar.