Jobless youths in border villages get rickshaws

Tuesday, 19/08/2014

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140819/punjab.htm#17

Ferozepur : In a first-of-its-kind initiative, more than 150 jobless youths in border villages have been given eco-friendly rickshaws. Besides, soft loans have been sanctioned to another 100 youths from “non-banking villages” in the district.

Deputy Commissioner DPS Kharbanda said that the eco-friendly rickshaws, purchased at a cost of Rs 11,000 each, were given away to jobless persons on Independence Day.

“A rickshaw-puller has to daily pay a rent of Rs 30 to the owner. This amounts to Rs 900 per month. We have provided new rickshaws to these persons at a modest interest of 4 per cent per annum,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

He said each beneficiary would pay Rs 10 per day to the bank for the next three years and subsequently he would become rickshaw owner. As many as 31 nationalised and private banks had agreed to provide soft loans for the project as per the Reserve Bank of India guidelines.

The Deputy Commissioner said efforts were afoot to identify more unemployed youths who could be provided soft loans to start their own ventures in villages. “We have provided loans for self-employment to more than 100 youths so far,” he said.

He said the district administration was encouraging self-help groups to adopt vocations like handicraft, bee-keeping and  fisheries for which marketing centres were being opened in every block of the district. Emphasis was being laid on skill development for which private partners were being roped in, the Deputy Commissioner said.

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