PERNEM
Nabard Goa General Manager Usha Ramesh has appealed to locals of Hasapur-Pernem to upgrade their skills and use the opportunity provided by the upcoming Mopa International Airport to their benefit by taking up livelihood activities.
Ramesh was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the second batch of the Livelihood Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP) on Food Processing & Bakery sanctioned by the Goa Regional Office.
The event was organised organised by Agnel Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Hasapur-Pernem on Wednesday.
Nabard DGM Vasant Savardekar, Sushil L Naik, master trainers and 30 women members drawn from various SHGs were present during the occasion.
In her inaugural address, Usha Ramesh appealed to the participants to undergo training in the right spirit, upgrade their skill and use the opportunity provided by the upcoming Mopa International Airport in the village to their benefit by taking up such livelihood activities.
“The State government is in the process of GI tagging local food delicacies and this will also come handy,” said Ramesh.
Savardekar outlined the role of Nabard in the State and the need for SHGs to take up income generating activities in these uncertain times of the Covid pandemic.
Sushil Naik, DDM, stressed on the need to attend training programmes and benefit from them so that potential entrepreneurs emerge from among rural Goan women.
He also conducted the sanitation literacy campaign during the programme and the participants were briefed about the need for cleanliness, sanitation and precautions to be taken for avoiding spread of Covid.
