UMEED Scheme

  • Recently, a self-help group (SHG) launched a flower nursery as part of the UMEED scheme in Budgam district (Jammu& Kashmir).
  • The UMEED scheme under the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) is a centrally sponsored scheme to encourage women to be self-dependent and self-sufficient.
  • The main objective of the scheme is to help the rural poor across Jammu and Kashmir.
  • It also encourages women to make small savings so that their Self-Help Groups (SHGs) eventually become bankable at a reduced rate of interest. It helps women entrepreneurs exhibit and market their products.
  • It is implemented by the Jammu & ....
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