Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 17 October 2025
The District Industries Centre (DIC), Department of Industries, A&N Administration, Sri Vijaya Puram, carried out a collection of Awareness-cum-Motivational Programmes on the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and different government-sponsored schemes throughout numerous places in Shaheed Dweep.
The programmes, organized in collaboration with Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), banks, and tour operators, have been held on the Gram Panchayat Office, Vegetable Market Hall, and Laxmanpur No. 1. The initiative aimed to disseminate details about self-employment alternatives accessible underneath PMEGP and different incentive-oriented schemes of the division.
Around 60 aspiring entrepreneurs from totally different components of the island participated enthusiastically within the periods. Participants have been inspired to discover self-employment ventures within the manufacturing, service, and enterprise sectors by availing advantages underneath PMEGP. The occasion additionally included an interactive session the place officers addressed queries on scheme operations, coaching, subsidies, and utility timelines — a lot of which have been resolved on the spot.
During the programme, seven members expressed their curiosity in availing monetary help underneath PMEGP. They acquired hands-on steerage on the on-line documentation and utility course of. The youths proposed tasks corresponding to automobile and bike leases, gyms and spas, packaged consuming water manufacturing, and drone-based digital video studios.
In addition to selling entrepreneurship, the DIC additionally carried out an evaluation of ongoing tasks and mortgage restoration efficiency underneath PMEGP in Shaheed Dweep. A restoration drive, carried out in affiliation with Canara Bank, was organized to encourage defaulters to make well timed repayments and thereby qualify for second loans underneath the scheme.
The consciousness marketing campaign mirrored the administration’s continued efforts to foster entrepreneurship and self-reliance among the many island’s youth.
