NAMSAI, Aug 9:  Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Monday chaired a review meeting on activities of Arunachal State Rural Livelihood Mission (ArSRLM) undertaken in Namsai district. The meeting was also attended by legislators Chau Zingnu Namchoom and Jummum Ete Deori, deputy commissioner Namsai, RK Sharma, DDM, NABARD, Kamal Roy, among others.
Mein advised the officers of ArSRLM to work in coordination with KVK, NABARD and other line departments for better output of their efforts. He reiterated that besides focusing on agriculture and allied activities, ArSRLM should also focus on handloom and handicrafts.
“The efforts made by ArSRLM for credit linkages with banks is laudable and it will improve credit-deposit ratio of the district,” said Mein
He informed that the state government is planning to establish a handloom emporium in each district to showcase the rich culture through handloom activities.
Mein said that in the next meeting, he would like to see the success stories from each block of ArSRLM and advised them to try to compete with each other. He announced that the better performing blocks will be rewarded.
MLA Namsai Zingnu Namchoom assured all support to the ArSRLM team and announced to give Rs 5 lakh to each Primary Level Federation consisting of 8 to 10 SHGs for establishment of PLF Office from his MLALAD fund.
MLA Lekang Jummum Ete Deori requested ArSRLM team to start activities in her block for the benefit of the people.
DMM, ArSRLM, Mongam Basar gave detailed presentations on activities being undertaken by them along with the progress. She highlighted that as on date there is no NPA reported against the loans availed by the SHGs.
She thanked NABARD for support extended for promotion of livelihood activities for SHGs and providing marketing support through Rural Mart & Rural Haat schemes.
DDM, NABARD, Kamal Roy highlighted the various activities being undertaken with the help of ArSRLM for SHGs in convergence mode in the district.
He also emphasized the pre-Potential Linked Credit Plan (PLP) exercise conducted by NABARD, annually and considered as a guiding document to the bankers for the credit planning process at the block/district level. 
Later, the Deputy Chief Minister also held an in-depth review meeting to take stock of the development works underway in the Namsai district with District Administration and officers of PWD, RWD, PHED, Power, DRDA, DMO and UD.
He also took the status report on completion of vaccination and on the ongoing efforts to fight the Coronavirus in the district from the District Medical Officer.

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