Uttarakhand State PCS

• 18 Dec 2021

Livelihood Festival at Hawalbagh

Why in News

• On December 17, 2021 Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the two-day Livelihood Festival at Hawalbagh, Almora. Also inaugurated the Rural Business Incubator Center located in Hawalbagh.

Key Points

• On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that the objective of Rural Business Incubator Center is to encourage self-employment in rural areas and to provide support to entrepreneurs from beginning to end for setting up of enterprises. Along with this, its objectives are to generate employment, business cooperation, promotion of new ideas and technology etc. to the youth.
• On the occasion of its inauguration, the Chief Minister said that a Rural Business Incubator Center has been set up at Almora and Pauri in the state. Efforts will be made to connect the common man with this center. This will help prevent migration.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that all the officers and public representatives should work together for the progress of Uttarakhand. All the departmental officers have been instructed to prepare a roadmap for 10 years so that the foundation for the development of Uttarakhand can be laid.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of schemes worth Rs 49.19 crore and also distributed cheques to 27 self-help groups under various schemes.
• Workshops on European Vegetable Cultivation by Horticulture Department, Homestay Scheme by Tourism Department, Commercial Poultry Farming by Animal Husbandry Department, Marketing and Packaging by Industries Department, Value Chain by NRLM and Aajeevika and Tree Ayurveda Agriculture by Agriculture Department were organized during Aajeevika Mahotsav.