Tura, Oct 13: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday launched the “CM Elevate” programme at Tura in West Garo Hills.
He informed that Government has earmarked ₹ 300 cr and would support about 20,000 beneficiaries.
“India has a huge young population and to further boost entrepreneurship in the State, the Government has launched CM Elevate Programme. Through this programme, Government would provide grant upto 75 percent as per the criteria of the scheme”.
He encouraged people to take advantage of the programme and start business ventures that would create job opportunities and encourage entrepreneurship culture in the State.
Speaking at the launch, he also said that youth in the State has been given support from the Government through “Yess Meghalaya” to initiate various activities that educates and empower our youth.
He said that Yess Meghalaya has supported over 1000 groups in the last one year and more groups from the State will be provided financial assistance.
“We would support youth organisation to initiate awareness and educational programmes that aims to empower our society. Through this programme, we want our youth to be engaged in productive programmes”, he said.
He further informed that Meghalaya Grassroot Music Programme (MGMP) has supported over 1500 artists in the past one year and we have been able to engage and leverage the talent of our artists.
He announced that from this year under the MGMP, the Government will promote and support drama, folklore etc that aims to showcase the diverse culture and tradition of Meghalaya.
Talking further on promoting entrepreneurship, he spoke about “ PRIME” programme through which financial support was extended to the youth.
Taking about Green Meghalaya initiative, the Chief Minister said, “We would like to encourage our communities to continue to protect and conserve our forest and natural resources. We want to encourage our Nokmas to protect our forest cover, for which in return we will support the community with financial assistance”.
He said that in the past one year over ₹30 cr has been released to the community for protection of forest cover. He said that Government has envisaged to cover about 50,000 hectares under the programmes. “We would like to further increase the coverage of forest protection through this initiative”, he added.
