COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

Members of a Self Help Group financed by Rashtriya Mahila Kosh seen doing Sun flower
cultivation.
2. Manipur
All Backward Classes & Economic Development
Organization (ABCEDO), Samaram Bazar, Thoubal
District of Manipur is implementing a number of socioeconomic
development programmes though Self Help
Groups. One of the remarkable achievement of the
organization is its Micro-Credit Programme supported
by RMK The organization has 64 Women SHGs. Some
of the Groups have taken up vegetable farming to
promote their economic status. The members of these
SHGs took 2 Hectare of land on lease at Rs.40,000/and
planted 50 thousand number of cabbage plants and
also some seasonal vegetables. This investment of
Rs.40,000/- gave them a profit of Rs.2,39,000/-. This
has encouraged them to go for agricultural inputs like
tractor and make other members of group financially
strong and independent. The members of the group are
very happy with the present system of micro financial
assistance being provided by the RMK through
ABCEDO.
3. Assam
Anchalik Gram Unnayan Parishad, a NGO supported
by RMK has promoted a number of Self Help Groups in
Barpeta, Assam. Nari Kalyan Mahila Sanchay Samity
is one of the NGOs which has worked very hard to
develop Bamboo Mat making in the state. In the
beginning when there was no SHG the women working
in the Bamboo Making unit were earning around Rs.400/
- to Rs.500/- per month in spite of the fact that they had
expertise in the field of mat making. The help provided
by the NGO with financial support from RMK had
helped these SHG members to earn more than Rs.4000/
- to Rs.5000/- per month. As a result of this, the socio
economic status of these SHGs members has also raised
and they have become self-reliant. This economic
change has helped them to give proper education and
medical care to their children.
Workshops/Training organised
11.26 RMK organised various Awareness cum Business
Development Workshops & Capacity Building Training
Programmes during the year under report (from April 2006
to December 2006) at various locations. Details of the
same has been given at Annexure XLVII.
174 Annual Report 2006-07