Grant-in-Aid Scheme To Provide Financial Assistance To The Mahila Mandals/ Women’s Self-help Groups (SWAWLAMBHAN)
The SWAWLAMBHAN Scheme by the Govt. of Goa provides financial assistance to Mahila Mandals/Self-Help Groups for training/orientation for members of the Mahila Mandal/Self-Help Groups for generating their own activity for self-employment.
States / UT: Goa
Nodal department: Women and Child Development Department
Scheme for: Infra
Scheme profile
Categories: Social welfare & Empowerment, Business & Entrepreneurship, Women and Child
Sub-categories: Financial assistance, Citizen empowerment, Setting up / start-up / entrepreneurship
Target beneficiaries: Joint Liability Groups (JLGS), Self Help Groups (SHGS)
Tags: Self Help Group, SHG, Employment, Training
Details
The scheme "Grant-in-Aid Scheme to Provide Financial Assistance to the Mahila Mandals/ Women’s Self-help Groups (SWAWLAMBHAN)" by the Directorate of Women And Child Development, Govt. of Goa, provides financial assistance to Mahila Mandals/Self-Help Groups for training/orientation for members of the Mahila Mandal/ Self Help Groups for generating their own activity for self-employment. This Scheme is applicable to all the Mahila Mandals/Women's Self-Help Groups duly registered before the competent authority within the territory of Goa.
Benefits
- Financial Assistance: ₹20 000/- sanctioned as annual grants. Purpose: For successful functioning in the state of Goa. Financial Assistance: ₹5 000/-. Purpose: For undertaking any gainful self-employment activity training orientation in the activities. For the Master Trainers 1. The Directorate may provide resource persons/ Master Trainers/Instructors for each course of activity through CDPOs. 1. A fixed honorarium of ₹5 000/- will be paid per course..1. Actual Travel Allowance (TA) incurred shall be paid if travelling in the Taluka outside his/her jurisdiction
Financial Assistance: ₹ 20,000/- sanctioned as annual grants.
Purpose: For successful functioning in the state of Goa.
Financial Assistance: ₹ 5,000/-.
Purpose: For undertaking any gainful self-employment activity training orientation in the activities.
For the Master Trainers
- The Directorate may provide resource persons/ Master Trainers/Instructors for each course of activity through CDPOs.
- A fixed honorarium of ₹ 5,000/- will be paid per course..1. Actual Travel Allowance (TA) incurred shall be paid if travelling in the Taluka outside his/her jurisdiction.
Eligibility
- The Mahila Mandals/Women’s Self-Help Groups should have valid registration with the Department of Women & Child Development, Panaji-Goa.
- The Mahila Mandals/Women’s Self-Help Groups shall be operating successfully for their members within the State of Goa.
- There shall be a minimum of 20 members for training/orientation.
NOTE: The compulsion of 2 years of registration is deleted.
Exclusions
No exclusions are listed for this scheme yet.
Application Process
Offline
For the Mahila Mandal/ Self Help Groups
The application in the prescribed format, along with copies of the required documents shall be submitted through the CDPO of the concerned block, Mukhya Sevika at the village level of the respective block, at the cost of ₹ 100/-.
For the Master Trainers/Instructors
The application in the prescribed format, along with copies of the required documents shall be submitted through the CDPO of the concerned block, Mukhya Sevika at the village level of the respective block.
Documents Required
No document list is available for this scheme yet.
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