> >It is quite difficult to decipher from here what is >"behind" any news item anymore.
*** 'Any more'? Come now Ram, WHEN was it reliable ? *** I think the bigger urge is the need to feel good about India doing good by Assam and thus the attempt at groping at every straw that floats by :-). At 11:08 PM -0500 6/2/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >Hi Uttam, > >You are correct. It is quite difficult to decipher from here what is >"behind" any news item anymore. >But, we take them as they come and there aren't too many ways to cross-check >news items. > >--Ram da > >On 6/2/08, uttam borthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ram Da >> >> Will it not be prudent to get all the facts together before getting >> euphoric? You know as well as all of us do that 'SHG' is not a magic wand. >> The land acquired by the SHG( the process), the initial funds raised by >> them( the process) may not be accessible to a poor farmer in Assam without a >> history like the person in question and his cohorts have. So let us not >> repeat the bane of being euphoric or depressed too fast. These days news >> reports are also not very innocuous. >> >> Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Now, here is some great, positive news! >> >> And for those of us who see everything is wrong with Dilli, the >> Swarnjayanti >> Gram Swarozgar Yojana initiated by Dilli is doing wonders. >> Highlights mine. >> >> --Ram >> ____________ >> >> Self-help groups in Assam transform rural economy (Feature) >> June 1st, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin - >> >> >> >> By Syed Zarir Hussain >> Nagaon (Assam), June 1 (IANS) Karuna Kalita was once an explosives expert >> with the terror group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). But he got >> fed >> up with life in the jungles and surrendered in 2003. He opted for a new >> life >> by forming a self-help group (SHG). The 36-year-old former rebel, who is a >> father of two, is today into mechanised farming, growing paddy in an acre >> of >> land, besides cultivating cabbage, mustard, and bhut jolokia - the hottest >> chilli on earth - at his native Dhing village in the central Assam district >> of Nagaon. >> >> "I have 12 other members in my SHG and we are working hard. Last year we >> earned about Rs.1 million," Kalita said before he jumped into his tractor >> and set off for work. >> >> >From former separatists to housewives to educated but unemployed youths, >> thousands of people in the northeastern state of Assam are pushing >> micro-enterprises into profitable business ventures, thereby turning around >> the region's rural economy. >> >> There are more than 90,000 SHGs working in diverse fields in rural Assam - >> the whopping number being an indicator of the success of the central >> government-aided venture in working towards development and boosting the >> rural economy. >> >> "Earlier, earning Rs.3,000 per month was unthinkable. But now after setting >> up an SHG, I and my seven friends are not only earning but also encouraging >> others like us to do something and earn a living," said Nandeswar Dihingia, >> a college dropout in Dhing. >> >> *The concept of SHGs got a major impetus after New Delhi launched the >> Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) - a programme aimed at bringing >> families above the poverty line by ensuring a sustainable level of >> **income* >> * over a period of time.* >> >> "The SHG scheme has led to a silent economic revolution sweeping through >> rural Assam. This is a good sign as people are getting involved in self- >> enterprise," >> Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told IANS. >> >> *Under the programme, SHGs can avail themselves of assistance in the form >> of >> **bank loans* >> *, supported by back-ended government subsidy - a group can avail itself of >> a government subsidy up to Rs.125,000.* >> >> >From dairy to mechanised farming, weavin, poultry, food processing >> unitsand >> mushroom cultivation, people in Assam's countryside are busy setting > > up >> micro-enterprises by forming SHGs. >> >> "We are now self-reliant and able to speak with our heads high," said >> Rupanjali Gharphulia. Rupanjali along with a dozen-odd housewives had >> opened >> a poultry farm with bank loans and is today making a substantial profit. >> >> *The self-help group movement has indirectly come to perform the role of >> peacemaker in a state where militancy is a problem*. >> >> *"One can only hope this movement indirectly helps solve the region's >> growing unemployment problem, which in turn could tame insurgency in the >> state," Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Chandan Brahma >> said.* >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> >> Uttam Kumar Borthakur >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Has your work life balance shifted? 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