DODA: Berozgar se Swarozgar (Self Employment) is the slogan of the current UT administration to make the youth self-reliant and provide them gainful livelihood with dignity.
In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Doda Vishesh Paul Mahajan convened a meeting of all the stakeholder departments and reviewed their performance.
The DC directed the concerned officers to certify by the end of March 2023 about the 100% disbursement of cases sponsored under different self-employment schemes.
Under PMEGP, it was informed that out of 1261 cases sponsored in the current financial year, 1042 have been sanctioned and 499 have been disbursed till date. The DC instructed the departments dealing with Self Employment schemes to provide the list of sponsored/ sanctioned cases to the control room of the DC office so that the applicants/ beneficiaries may be contacted and provided handholding for setting up of their profitable business establishments.
The Deputy Director Employment and LDM were asked to coordinate and make sure that all the applicants get their chosen financial assistance at the earliest.
The meeting was attended by CPO Doda Suresh Kumar, GM DIC/ DD Employment Idrees Lone, CHO Doda, DSHO Doda, District Agriculture Officer, Food Safety DFCO Doda, LDM, Zonal Manager JK Bank, DIO Doda, Principal Polytechnic College Doda, Superintendent ITI Doda, District Manager KVIB, representatives of Handloom, Handicrafts, DUDA, and other concerned officials.