Agartala, Nov 29, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk
Agartala, Nov 28: Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said Self Help Groups (SHGs) are contributing to the rural economic growth and various banks are playing an important role in strengthening the SHG Didis.
After inaugurating the SHG credit linkage and financial inclusion programme organized by the UCO Bank, Agartala at Sukanta Academy, the Chief Minister said, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for women empowerment, various banks are making special contributions to strengthen the SHGs. He also said, the SHG sisters are receiving the benefits and setting examples before the society by achieving self-reliance.
He said, the UCO Bank, Agartala branch disbursed loan of Rs. 2.11 crore to the Self Help Groups (SHGs). He said, this branch provided loans to 130 SHGs. Among them, 95 new SHGs were included to credit linkage in the first phase and another 35 in the second and third phases respectively.
The Chief Minister congratulated and appreciated UCO Bank for improving the livelihood of rural people by offering SHG Accounts and providing credit linkage to them. This scheme also helps in developing Entrepreneurship skills. He encouraged UCO Bank branches in Tripura, for creating more entrepreneurs in Tripura.
The Chief Minister also highlighted the growth of SHG groups in the state. He said, over 4.66 lakh rural women are involved in around 51,254 SHGs. The figure included 19,964 women from Janajati communities.
During the programme CEO of TRLM Brahrnneet Kaur, Executive Director, UCO Bank- Vijaykumar N Kamble, General Manager, Financial Inclusion, UCO Bank- Ranjeet Singh, Zonal Manager, Agartala Zone- Raju Das, Deputy Zonal Head, Agartala Zone- Ashish Sharma and Chief Manager Saurabh Trivedi along with other dignitaries were present in the programme.
The programme was attended by around 270 SHGs members and other beneficiaries of different schemes.
The Chief Minister handed over the cheque of Rs. 2 lakh to Chief Executive Officer, TRLM on behalf of 130 SHG groups in the state of Tripura. He also distributed cheques to 4 SHGs during the event.
The Executive director, UCO Bank lauded the SHGs members for their entrepreneurship skills.