Rajasthan

• 24 Aug 2022

Five-day Exhibition on Women's Equality Day

Why In News?

On August 23, 2022, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma inaugurated a five-day exhibition of products of women self-help groups at Shilpgram of Jawahar Kala Kendra. The exhibition will be open till August 27.

Key Points

• It is worth mentioning that on the occasion of 'Women Equality Day', a series of five-day celebrations have been started under the joint aegis of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department and Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Development Council.
• The exhibition showcased various handicrafts and handloom products by women of self-help groups from different districts of the state and from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar, Telangana, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand. About 150 stalls have been set up.
• On this occasion, the Chief Secretary gave several instructions to the officers like regular training of women of women groups, their help in selling their products on online platform and connecting these groups with Anganwadi. Along with this, he also instructed to look into the possibilities of promoting many products of SHGs as corporate gifts.
• Aparna Arora, Principal Secretary of the Department, and State Mission Director and Rural Development Secretary, Rajivika Manju Rajpal told the Chief Secretary that soon an MoU will be signed by Rajivika for the sale of products of women self-help groups through Amazon online platform.