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AMC to build hostel for working women

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The Indian Express         31.10.2013

AMC to build hostel for working women

The standing committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has approved construction of a six-storey hostel for working women in the Maninagar Assembly constituency, which is represented by Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This will be the first-ever hostel to be built by the AMC for working women in the city.  

 

NMDFC allots Rs 15 crore to KSWDC for loan disbursal

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The New Indian Express             22.10.2013

NMDFC allots Rs 15 crore to KSWDC for loan disbursal

National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) has allotted Rs 15 crore to Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC) to disburse as loans in the coming three months.

A release from KSWDC here on Saturday said that this is for the first time that any institution in the state had received such a big amount from a national financial corporation at one go.

It is expected that around 2,000 women would benefit from this. The corporation is providing loans for self-employment ventures of women and education of girls at low interest rates.  The loans using the amount would be disbursed in November, December and January next year.

“The Corporation recently got guarantee from the State Government for taking loan of Rs 45 crore,” said KSWDC managing director S M Arif in the release.

The corporation got Rs 5.68 crore in 2010-11 financial year, Rs 5 crore in 2011-12 and Rs 3.74 crore in 2012-13 from the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation.

Only six per cent interest is charged for the loans which are disbursed by national finance corporations through KSWDC.

The income limit for loan for self- employment ventures is Rs 81,000 in rural areas and Rs 13,000 in urban areas. The application for loans should be submitted at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode regional offices.

 

AMC approves training scheme for women

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The Times of India             10.09.2013

AMC approves training scheme for women

AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has recently approved two projects for empowering women wherein its women and child welfare committee will conduct training programmes on desk top publishing (DTP) and nursing.

With an expenditure of Rs 20 lakh, the training programmes will be open for below poverty line (BPL) and non-below poverty line (NBPL) category women.

Prajatka Bhale, president of women and child welfare committee, said on Monday that the AMC would start both the activities within 30-40 days.

"The courses are selected keeping in mind the market requirement of skilled manpower in these fields. The successful candidates can start their own ventures or join some company," Bhale said.

She said that the AMC's initiative would bring in positive change in the lives of more than 700 female candidates.

"For DTP training, we will invite four participants each from all the municipal wards while for nursing training, three participants will be selected," she said.

There are 99 municipal wards in the municipal corporation.

Bhale said women participants with minimum qualification of SSC would undergo the three-month training programme.

For both the courses, the BPL participants will get subsidy of 90% of the total course fee. Similarly, for NBPL category candidates, the subsidy will be of 85%. Women candidates between the age group of 16 and 40 years residing within the city limits are eligible for the course.

"We are now in process of identifying agencies for providing training and the actual fee structure will be declared soon," Bhale said, adding that the fee structure will be well within the reach of common people.

Besides, the women and child welfare committee has also approved a two-month training course in spoken English.

"Three to four interested candidates from each municipal ward can undergo the course which is aimed at developing knowledge of English," she said.

 


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