Livelihood Service Centre to Help SHGs and Girls Farmers in Diglipur

Sri Vijaya Puram | July 20, 2026

The Community Development (CD) Block, Diglipur, below the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), has established an Integrated Farming Cluster (IFC) below the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) to strengthen rural livelihoods. As a part of the initiative, a Livelihood Service Centre (LSC) is being set as much as help manufacturing, worth addition, capability constructing and market linkages for girls farmers and Self-Help Group (SHG) members.

The inaugural programme was attended by the Block Development Officer, Diglipur, Mr. M. Rajendra Kumar, because the chief visitor. Mr. Shyamol Bhowmik, Pradhan of R.Ok. Gram Panchayat, and the Pradhan of Subashgram Panchayat have been current as friends of honour.

Addressing the gathering, the dignitaries highlighted the significance of the Livelihood Service Centre in creating sustainable livelihood alternatives, strengthening women-led enterprises and bettering the financial situation of rural households.

According to officers, the Livelihood Service Centre will operate as a one-stop help centre for SHGs by offering technical steerage and capacity-building programmes for girls farmers. It may also supply manufacturing and worth addition amenities for dairy, poultry and goat-rearing actions, facilitate enter provide and extension help, and supply a standard platform for aggregation, packaging, branding and advertising and marketing of SHG merchandise. Business improvement providers and market linkages with native and institutional patrons may also be prolonged via the centre.

As a part of the Integrated Farming Cluster initiative, a poultry hatchery may also be established to make sure the common availability of high quality chicks, promote poultry-based livelihoods and create extra income-generating alternatives for SHG members. The centre will additional facilitate coaching, enterprise improvement and entry to authorities convergence schemes to assist ladies entrepreneurs set up sustainable companies.

The programme witnessed the participation of the Cluster Coordinator, Data Entry Operator, Community Resource Persons (CRPs), village-level functionaries and a lot of SHG members, reflecting neighborhood help for the initiative.

Officials stated the Livelihood Service Centre is predicted to function a mannequin for built-in livelihood improvement in Diglipur Block by bettering manufacturing effectivity, enhancing market entry, selling worth addition and growing the earnings of Mahila Kisans below the DAY-NRLM framework.