Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday inaugurated the stalls set up by women’s groups under the Chief Minister’s Empowered Bahana Utsav Yojana and Chief Minister’s Women Self Help Group Empowerment Scheme at the Secretariat. On this occasion, the Chief Minister also purchased local products (ghee and others) while observing these stalls. Chief Minister Dhami said that the state government is working to advance women self-help groups in the state through various schemes. The women of the state are making very good products through groups. Local products are getting new identity through groups and new employment opportunities are being provided. The Chief Minister said that Rakhis are being made by self-help groups before Raksha Bandhan. The government is providing a platform to women as per their convenience to sell their products. He urged all the people of the state to buy locally made rakhis and other products for the upcoming Raksha Bandhan. At the secretariat, Devbhoomi Self Help Group from Barowala, Vaibhav Laxmi Self Help Group from Dakpathar, Milan Self Help Group from Raipur, Aastha Cluster Level Federation from Sahaspur, Vikas Cluster Level Federation from Hawalbag Almora, Aastha Cluster Level Federation, Veerangna Cluster Level Federation, and other self help groups are selling their products. During this, Cabinet Minister Ganesh Joshi, Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Bhatt, Vice President Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Secretary Radhika Jha, Additional Secretary Manuj Goyal, CDO Dehradun Jharna Kamthan and others were present.
