Kohima, May 15 (MExN): The Directorate of Women Development held a progress review meeting with the Transformative Livelihood Intervention (TLI) Project Divisional Societies on May 14 at the Directorate conference hall. Chairing the meeting, Director Neilavoü Keditsu explained that SHGs under the Project have been federated at different levels to build their capacities and empower them by embracing different responsibilities, learning management skills and taking up project implementing and supervisory roles. Moreover, registering themselves under the Societies Registration Act permits them easier access to funds and other facilities from schemes and programmes of various ministries, departments and funding agencies, she added.
Assistant Director Vilone Sakhrie in a press release informed that 21 TLI Divisional Societies representing 1091 SHGs from all over the State tabled their reports which were discussed and reviewed thoroughly. As per their reports, the recovery rate of the revolving fund extended as loan to SHGs through the Societies to take up income generating activities stands at 100% in the first round. While some Societies have re-loaned the recovered amount to SHGs under them, some are already in the third round of this exercise. The reports also revealed that many SHGs under this program are doing very well with the loan availed with some of them taking initiatives in production of wild apple candies, fruit juices, pickling, floriculture including setting up of a ‘rural mart’, procurement of land for orchard field and purchase of an auto-rickshaw which brings in approximately Rs. 4500 per month.
The Transformative Livelihood Intervention Project is the flagship programme of the Department which works for socio-economic uplift of women through networking of SHGs covering all districts of Nagaland. This project is part of the vision document of the Department in human resource development with special focus on the socio-economically marginalised womenfolk in the State, the note added.
