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Jammu and Kashmir: Over 63000 people are expected to get self-employment under ‘Back to Village Programme’

| @indiablooms | Oct 24, 2022, at 01:54 am

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to start several initiatives during the 11-day public campaign under the ‘Chalo Gaon’ and the ‘Back to Village Programme’ phase IV.

Under the ‘Back to Village Programme’ initiative, the administration is planning to provide self-employment to over 63 thousand people.

According to the officials, the government has assigned the responsibility to various departments for this, reports ANI.

The Finance Department has been asked to provide self-employment to at least 15 persons per panchayat of Jammu and Kashmir through the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) and Labor Department. With this, around 63,000 people will get employment in 4,200 panchayats of the union territory, the news agency reported.

Principal Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, Rohit Kansal, who is also the head of the Back to Village Programme Committee, tweeted: " As part of #Back2village massive #JanAbhiyanJK starts.35 departments to deliver on 85 people centric schemes.8 lakh Ayushmaan cards, 2.5 lakh UDID cards, 2 lakh e-shram cards,30000 land passbooks-just a few of the deliverables. @diprjk@PIBHomeAffairs."

 

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