From Idle to Inspired: Tral Girls Find Dignity & Purpose in Crewel Craft Training

From Idle to Inspired: Tral Girls Find Dignity & Purpose in Crewel Craft Training We do Crewel work at this centre in Tral set up by the Handicrafts Department. I have completed one month here and our Sir teaches us well, said a young girl doing Crewel embroidery at the centre in Tral, Jammu & […]
Empowering Women Through Sozni Embroidery at Handicrafts Centre in Jammu & Kashmir

Empowering Women Through Sozni Embroidery at Handicrafts Centre in Jammu & Kashmir This Centre in Tral has been established by the Handicrafts Department, Jammu & Kashmir. The centre has been running for two years and it is in its third year now. We are doing Sozni embroidery. We are eighteen of us here. We learnt […]
Young girls in village Tahab, Pulwama join Tilla embroidery centre to meet their expenses

A plain shawl is not so attractive as compared to a shawl with embroidery work. There are 20 females here in Tahab village, Pulwama. We have come here to earn, said a Till work embroiderer. Girls’ expenses are very high. We thought why should we sit at home idle. It is better that we earn […]
Udhampur woman connects with Self Help Group, makes profits from her mushroom farming business

I have been doing Mushroom farming for three years, said a female in Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir. There are more ladies who work with me. I am grateful to this Government and the Department of Agriculture J&K who supported us and showed us the way to farming mushrooms. A Government official stated that […]
RDD organizes 2 day capacity building training workshop on VRPR, GPDP

SRINAGAR, JUNE 06: Secretary, Rural Development Department (RDD) and Panchayati Raj, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, on Thursday had an interactive session with Self Help Group (SHGs) and other participants of two day UT level capacity building and training workshop on Village Poverty Reduction Plan (VPRP) and Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) at TRC Srinagar.Dr Shahid, […]