Mission Sakti: Kalahandi meets target

The Statesman, March 15, 2007
Statesman News Service

BHAWANIPATNA, March 14: Mission Sakti is one of the few schemes where Kalahandi is reported to have met the target. There are also some success stories worth quoted by district administration.
Recently, the progress achieved so far in the Mission Sakti activities was reviewed at a meeting. The Mission Sakti was launched in Kalahandi in 2001 with the target of forming 7,200 woman self-help groups by 2008 and as against the target set, 9,626 self-help groups were formed as on today.
On this occasion, a training of government officials of different line departments was organised jointly by Nabard and district social welfare office (DSWO). Collector of Kalahandi Mr NBS Rajput while addressing the line department officials laid emphasis on the grading norm of self-help groups and asked the concerned to constitute a committee to look into gradation, norms and application.
He also insisted on offering proper monitoring. On an experimental base, public distribution works will be entrusted to the women self-help groups in the interiors during the ensuing financial year and for which they need to be strengthened.
He said that there were many silver line of achievement of woman self-help groups in the fields of horticulture, pisciculture and handicrafts. However, in various works, there should be a dedicated technical support by line department with constant touch.