Port Blair, Aug. 23: The A&N Islands Khadi & Village Industries Board will be organizing Awareness-Campaign-cum-Peoples Education Programmes on Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme of KVIC [PMEGP scheme] and other Govt. sponsored self-employment schemes in association with Department of AH&VS, Agriculture, Fisheries, NYKS, Banks & PRIs at various Gram Panchayats of South Andaman district. The camps will be held in the following areas on the specified date and time:

1) Gram Panchayat, Kanyapuram: 24/08/2023 at 1030 hrs

2) Gram Panchayat, Shore Point: 25/08/2023 at 1030 hrs

3) Panchayat hall, Gram Panchayat, Shoal Bay: 11/09/2023 at 1030 hrs

The main objective of the programme is to disseminate information to the participants about the role of Industries Department, A&NI KVIB and other Govt. Departments like Directorate of Agriculture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, NYKS and other likeminded agencies towards Rural Industrialization through setting up of micro-enterprises / Individual units / self-employment venture duly availing finance under PMFME, PMEGP and other Govt. sponsored schemes.

The awareness programme will be followed by extension of consultancy services to the rural entrepreneurs such as preparation of project profile and other consultancy services on the spot.