Karnataka   

Plan for retail outlets for SHG

DAVANGERE: B. Nijalingappa, Chief Executive Officer of Davangere Zilla Panchayat has said that there were plans to set up retail outlets for Self Help Groups (SHGs) at bus stands, railway stations and commercial complexes to help the SHGs to market their products.

The zilla panchayat had started discussion with different authorities like KSRTC, railways and different civic bodies in the district to get a retail space reserved for the SHGs, he said.

Inaugurating a workshop on Rural Business Hub (RBH) here on Monday, Mr. Nijalingappa said that there was an urgent need to encourage enterprising women in the district by providing them an avenue to market their products.

He added that the zilla panchayat was also deliberating on buying products of SHGs for schools.

Speaking about RBH, Mr. Nijalingappa said that it was meant to create entrepreneurs at a local level. The concept entails training the rural youth to manufacture quality goods using natural resources and market them.

He added that many government schemes had failed as the beneficiaries had “misused” the grants. He noted that multinational companies had commenced their operations in all fields including vegetable retail. He exhorted the rural youth to be more dynamic and enterprising to survive in a competitive market.

Y. Ramappa, president of the Davangere Zilla Panchayat, in his speech asked the banks to help the rural poor for self-employment.

Speaking on the occasion, Kudremothi, assistant general manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) said the contribution of agriculture to country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had seen a decline. “In 1997 agriculture sector had contributed 7.5 per cent to the GDP, which came down to three per cent in 2007,” he said.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Forest Department wants lakes declared as ‘nature preserves’
Plan for retail outlets for SHG
A day of protests in Chitradurga
Honored
Felicitated
Directive to forest official
GIDC criticised
Work on Upper Bhadra Project likely soon
More support for former Minister
Preparing for session
All that is left

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu