Ri bhoi to benefit from entrepreneurship awareness campaign

SHILLONG: The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on Tuesday, will launch Udyam Abhilasha – a national level entrepreneurship awareness campaign – in 115 aspirational districts identified by NITI Aayog in 28 states.
The campaign will reach out to around 15,000 youth. SIDBI will also contribute to ‘the transformation mission’ unleashed for these districts.
Ri Bhoi has been named as the aspirational district covered under the nationwide campaign which will conclude on October 8.
The campaign would create and strengthen more than 800 trainers to provide entrepreneurship training to the aspiring youths across these districts.
The initiative aims at providing access to credit facilities, addressing information gaps, transforming job seekers into job creators and harnessing local resources.
Speaking about the campaign, Mohammad Mustafa, CMD, SIDBI said: “As the task of transforming aspirational districts is challenging, SIDBI has taken abold step by entering into these aspirational districts and working on ground level activities in these areas, to create livelihood and promote sustainable development.”
“This is part of our programmatic approach to induce entrepreneurship as dream choice by turning job seekers as job creators.”