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KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 23
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) along with representatives from SHG Federation, Dimapur district; AIDA Dimapur and SBI attended a training on SHG federations-cum-exposure tour to Andhra Pradesh. Altogether, 12 participants from the state attended the programme which was held from September 10 to 14.According to a press note, the training on SHG Federations was held at SBIRD, Hyderabad organised by APMAS and Sadharika Foundation. Resource persons for the training included CS Reddy, CEO APMAS; GC Pande, GM, SBIRD; P Usha Rani, director, IB (SERP); Vidya Sagar Reddy, MD, Stree Nidhi and coordinators N Naveen Kumar and S Rama Lakshmi from APMAS.
A two day exposure tour was held in the districts of Warangal and Kamareddy on September 12 and 13 where participants visited SHGs and various federations and interacted with individuals and groups.
The training focused on SHG Federations-concept and challenges; Models and formation; Bank linkages etc while the field visits focused on structure, governance, human resources, finance resources, systems, services and self-management.
The state team visited Kurnool district from September 15-17 where they interacted with various functionaries of the Orvakal Mandal Samakhya and met with Vijay Kumar, joint secretary NRLM and Vijaya Bharati, advisor SERP.
The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) or Aajeevika is a mission under the Ministry of Rural Development that aims at poverty alleviation through programmes targeted at the rural poor and with focus on nurturing women SHGs at various levels.
