JAIRAMPUR, Jan 22: Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs Parliamentary Secretary Laisam Simai inaugurated a rural mart here in Changlang district on Monday.
Sponsored by the NABARD, the rural mart has been established by local SHG Shangnyeu under the rural mart scheme promoted by the RK Mossang Memorial Society (RKMMS).
Simai said the state government is serious about women empowerment and economic growth in the rural areas, adding that schemes for rural uplift and providing livelihood have been taken up by the government. He expressed gratitude to the NABARD and the RKMMS for supporting the rural mart initiative.
Earlier, RKMMS Chairperson Komoli Mossang urged the locals, bureaucrats and public leaders to support SHGs for their economic uplift.
Among others, Jairampur ADC SS Choudhury, NABARD DDM Kamal Roy, and NABARD manager L Arul Raj were present at the function.
