Raipur: Attention should be given to quality, price and marketing to provide good market to the products of Rural Industrial Park: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel

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Use of social media platforms like Amazon, Flipkart for branding and selling of products

Local Haat Bazar, C-Mart, Bilasa, Shabari Emporium, Sanjeevani Kendra, Rural Industrial Park products will be sold through wholesalers

Instructions for providing Vermi Compost filtering machine in Gauthans

Raipur 15 July 2022

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that special attention is needed on quality, reasonable price and marketing of the products, so that the sales of the products increase in order to get a good market for the products being prepared in the rural industrial park of Gauthan of the state. Self-help groups should get maximum benefit of this. The Chief Minister gave these instructions in a meeting held at his residence office here today. In the meeting, he reviewed the work being done to develop Gauthans in Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park, Godhan Nyay Yojana, C-Mart and Chief Minister Silk Mission.

Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey, Forest Minister Shri Mohammad Akbar, Public Health Engineering Minister Shri Guru Rudra Kumar, Higher Education Minister Shri Umesh Patel, Advisor to Chief Minister Shri Pradeep Sharma, Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Chairman Shri Girish Devangan, Chief Secretary Shri. Amitabh Jain, Additional Chief Secretary Shri Subrata Sahu along with officers of the concerned departments were present.

Chief Minister Shri Baghel said in the meeting that according to the need of the village, he directed to prepare the products and produce those things which can be consumed locally, on priority basis. The Chief Minister also directed to use social media platforms like Amazon, Flipkart for branding and sale of finished products in Gauthans. He said that arrangements should also be made for training to the people involved in various income-oriented activities in Gauthans.

It was informed in the meeting that 12 thousand 176 self-help groups are working in Gauthans, in which 83 thousand 874 women are members. These groups have so far received an income of about 65 crore 18 lakh rupees from various activities. Self-help groups are making lamps, pots, incense sticks from cow dung along with vermi compost production, community gardens, mushroom products, poultry, fish farming, goat rearing. Along with this, activities like manufacturing of sanitary trees, bags manufacturing, fencing poles, LED bulbs, paper blocks are also being conducted in Gauthans. At present, 79 oil mills, 177 pulse mills, 364 flour mills, 939 mini rice mills have been established in Gauthan. At least two Gauthans have been selected in each block of the district for development of Rural Industrial Park. It was informed in the meeting that unemployed youth along with self-help groups in Gauthans under Rural Industrial Park, Interested male-female and third gender entrepreneurs are eligible to conduct various activities. The goods produced in Rural Industrial Park are being sold in local Haat Bazar, C-Mart, Shabri Emporium, Sanjeevani Kendra, Wholesalers, Private Company and Government Offices.

During the review of Godhan Nyay Yojana, the Chief Minister directed to provide machines for filtering vermi compost in all Gauthans. He said that the dairy industry has benefited from the Godhan Nyay Yojana. The Chief Minister said that farmers are using vermi compost, its demand will increase in the coming time, so maximum production of vermi compost should be done.

Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey said that about 19 lakh quintals of vermi compost has been prepared in Gauthans, which is being sold to the farmers. At present about 3 lakh quintals of vermi compost is left. It was informed in the meeting that out of 1300 cowsheds of recurring grazing, procurement has started in 619 cow dung, about 82 thousand quintals of cow dung has been procured here, dung procurement will start soon in 159 cowsheds of recurring grazing.

Establishment of Cocoon Bank in Nangoor

During the Silk Mission review, the Chief Minister said that a large number of local people can be provided with a means of income and employment in the collection and thread making of natural cocoons in Bastar. It was informed in the meeting that Cocoon Bank has been established by the Forest Department at Nangoor in Bastar district. Natural rally cocoons are being purchased by the Forest Department from the local people at support price. 740 beneficiaries have been given training in making yarn. They will also be given threading machines. The project for setting up a modern wet reeling unit at Nangoor at a cost of Rs.5 crore 70 has been sent to the Central Silk Board for approval. The rally cocoons are collected from 01 March to 30 April and 01 August to 15 October.

Sale of handloom garments worth 4.90 lakhs in Bilasa Premium Shop

It was also informed in the meeting that till 11th July, garments worth Rs. This premium shop is displaying and selling tussar silk and cotton sarees, stoles, dress materials, furnishings and readymade handloom garments made by weavers of Chhattisgarh.

3101 students studying in Higher Secondary cum ITI Certificate Combine Course

During the review of Chhattisgarh Employment Mission, it was informed that 3101 students are studying in ITI certificate course started in 11 trades along with Higher Secondary course in Chhattisgarh with the aim of providing better employment opportunities to the youth. On the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, this course is being run in 114 ITIs in 111 development blocks, in which students are studying 12th as well as ITI. These students will be given a certificate of ITI along with the certificate of 12th board examination on completion of the course.