Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 20: Member Legislative Council Rajouri Vibodh Gupta, visited the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) at Rajouri and interacted with the emerging entrepreneurs, where they were attending, “three-week Entrepreneurship Development Programme” (EDP) under Seed Capital Fund Scheme (SCFS) and Youth Start-Up Loan Scheme (YSLS).
Around 60 candidates along with their programme coordinators were present there and attending the programme. Gupta in his address said that JKEDI is the only viable option to tackle increasing unemployment in the State. He said J&K in general and Rajouri district in particular, has tremendous potential in horticulture, agriculture and allied sectors, wherein educated unemployed youth can set up their entrepreneurial ventures with the support from the government.
Gupta said that Rajouri district is having Tourism potential and Mughal road, which connects Jammu region to Kashmir region has also opened a gate of business opportunities for young entrepreneurs. New units like Ice Cream, Restaurants, Hotels, cafes etc can be established with the financial assistance from JKEDI and our unemployed youth must take benefit from these schemes. Gupta stated that Government’s agenda, is to strengthen the nation and also to make India, “independent” in all the sectors. He asked the programme Coordinators that these training programmes should aim at providing enterprise-led livelihoods, sectoral exposure, financial and market linkage, hand holding and mentoring support to young entrepreneurs.
Gupta showed his satisfaction regarding the facilities available at JKEDI for training, aspiring entrepreneurs, who in turn can provide employment opportunities to others as well. He discussed various business activities with the aspirants.
Dinesh Sharma, district president BJP and a prominent citizen of the area also accompanied the MLC.
Rajinder Gupta, Ex-Chairman Municipality and Atam Gupta also spoke on the occasion.
Manzoor Hussain Programme coordinator complimented the MLC.
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