Empowering Artisans: DC Baramulla Supports Handloom & Handicraft Revival at UMEED Exhibition

Empowering Artisans: DC Baramulla Supports Handloom & Handicraft Revival at UMEED Exhibition This exhibition is under JKRLM UMEED. It is a good platform. The existence of a large number of people and women in Jammu & Kashmir are dependent on handicrafts and handlooms. There is a need to create more opportunities here, said a woman […]
Mission YUVA: Transforming Jammu & Kashmir’s Youth into Entrepreneurs

Mission YUVA: Transforming Jammu & Kashmir’s Youth into Entrepreneurs Jammu, June 13, 2025 – Mission YUVA (Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan), launched under the inspiring slogan “Yuva Sapne, Nayi Ummidein” (Youth Dreams, New Hopes), is empowering the youth of Jammu and Kashmir through entrepreneurship, skill development, and career support. Unveiled by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on January 26, 2025, […]
JKRLM promotes health and hygiene awareness among SHGs in J&K

SRINAGAR, May 16, 2025 – The Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), through its Umeed program, has launched a significant initiative to promote health and hygiene among Self-Help Groups (SHGs) across all districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the Food, Nutrition, Health, and WASH (FNHW) program, JKRLM is organizing health camps to empower rural […]
Certificate distribution ceremony held for SHG members in Srinagar following hospitality training

Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, April 18, 2025 – A certificate distribution ceremony took place at the District Mission Management Unit in Srinagar to honour Self-Help Group members from District Srinagar who successfully completed a two-month training program in the Hospitality Service Sector. The initiative, a collaborative effort between the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission […]
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 & […]
A Modest ₹1000 Is Empowering Tral Women with Skills, Respect & a Brighter Future in Carpet Weaving

A Modest ₹1000 Is Empowering Tral Women with Skills, Respect & a Brighter Future in Carpet Weaving This carpet centre in Tral has been running for two years. We give training to those eager to learn carpet weaving. Here all the girls have learnt the art and are now ready for working at home. These […]
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 […]
Earning ₹1500 & Gaining Independence: J&K Young Women in Narastan Tral Empowered by Pashmina Work

Earning ₹1500 & Gaining Independence: J&K Young Women in Narastan Tral Empowered by Pashmina Work We are working here since four years in the Pashmina Centre loacted in Narastan, Tral, Jammu & Kashmir. We get a monthly stipend of Rs 1500, informed a young female worker. Other young women at the centre said they get […]
JKRLM (UMEED) Shopian, AYUSH shopian organise free medical camp for women SHG members

Shopian, March 26, 2025 – In a significant initiative to support women’s health, the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission under the UMEED scheme, in collaboration with AYUSH Shopian, organised a free medical camp for the Self-Help Group women members in Shopian district. The event, held on March 25, 2025, aimed to provide essential healthcare […]
Ramban women in J&K get free soft toy making training with RSETI

Ramban women in J&K get free soft toy making training with RSETI . Jammu Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission and UMEED organised a trainimng programme to help women become self independent. Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) and UMEED in Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir provided soft toys making training to women in J&K. This […]