Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 2: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) held a loan fair and entrepreneurship awareness programme for the youth of Rajouri to attract them towards self-employment.
A spokeswoman of the institute claimed at least 150 persons participated in the camp held in Kalakote area of Rajouri, including Sarpanchs, Naib Sarpanchs, senior citizens and unemployed youth of the district.
“The programme is aimed to aware the people about the term loan scheme of the institute under the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) in which financial assistance for projects costing up to Rs.10 lakh is provided to backward sections among minorities with concession interest rates,” the spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman quoted Tehsildar Kalakote, Abdul Majid Tantray, as saying, “Rajouri has a good potential for agriculture entrepreneurship and can especially benefit from the NMDFC term loan scheme. You must recommend unemployed youth to avail the benefit.”
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