BTR Must Implement Orunudoi & Re-SVAYEM Schemes: CM Himanta Biswa

Orunudoi and Re-SVAYEM

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a meeting to review preparedness for the launching of Orunudoi and Re-SVAYEM schemes in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) at Assam Administrative Staff College on Friday.

The Chief Minister directed the district administration of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts to take expedient steps to implement the schemes and finalize lists of beneficiaries for both the schemes. He asked the officials to consult the public representatives in preparing the beneficiary list for their respective areas.

The Chief Minister asked the four districts to launch Orunudoi in BTR from next month. Notably, under the Orunudoi scheme, economically weaker families of BTR will get financial assistance of Rs 830 per month through DBT mode to the bank account of the nominated woman of each family for household expenses.

In today's meeting, various aspects of Re-SVAYEM scheme implementation were discussed. The Chief Minister directed to complete all necessary works at the earliest for the launch of Re-SVAYEM in BTR within June.

Under the Re-SVAYEM scheme, seed money and working capital support of Rs 50,000 in two tranches will be provided to identified members of enterprising groups of BTR for undertaking economic activities or for expanding their existing businesses at the grassroots level. These schemes couldn't be launched in BTR earlier due to elections in BTAD and then the general elections.

DCs of four districts of BTR apprised the Chief Minister about the statistics of beneficiaries, the current status of schemes etc.

Handloom and Textiles Minister UG Brahma, Urban Development Department Minister Ashok Singhal, BTR Chief Pramod Boro, MP Dileep Saikia, and others were present at the meeting, a press release said.

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