Nabard celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in Shopian 

ANANTNAG, September 09 NABARD today organized a one-day programme to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on the eve of 76th Year of Independence, here in Shopian. 

The event was attended by a large number of women self help groups (SHGs) promoted under NRLM and was attended by DPM NRLM, sub divisional Officers of Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal/Sheep Husbandry.  

On the occasion, DDM NABARD Rouf Zargar highlighted the contribution of NABARD vis-à-vis boosting the rural economy by providing undivided attention and pointed focus to credit related issues linked with rural development. 

Speaking at the event, Rouf Zargar highlighted various initiatives of NABARD to promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development through participative financial and non-financial interventions, innovations, technology and institutional development for securing prosperity. 

He mentioned about the efforts of NABARD to energize rural credit, empowering women by SHG programme, skill development and livelihood programmes for women and rural youth, development of rural infrastructure through RIDF projects, timely and hassle free institutional credit to farmers through KCC at concessional interest, implementation of watershed/springshed projects and FPOs. 

He gave details about skill development initiatives of NABARD and bank aided projects on technology transfer and various initiatives/ programmes implemented by NABARD in UT of Jammu & Kashmir and in district Shopian in particular. 

The officers from the line department guided the participants about the various schemes of the department and the process of availing the benefit.