GUWAHATI, Mar 18: A 15-day intensive certificate course for rural homestay operators for members of SHGs under DAY NRLM of Arunachal Pradesh fully sponsored by NIRD & PR NERC commenced today at NIRD & PR NERC.
The programme which is slated to conclude on April 5 is participated by 21 members of women SHGs under DAY NRLM from Seppa, Kalaktang, Chongkham, Aalo West, Jengging, Namsai, Pangin.
Chief Operating Officer ArSRLM Dr. Rakesh Srivastava in his address thanked Director NIRD and PR NERC for according Arunachal Pradesh priority in this programme. He also expressed gratitude to the NRLM Resource Cell at NIRD and PR NERC for supporting ArSRLM in its capacity building endeavours and gave a brief overview on implementation of DAY NRLM in the state, where 23 Block Mission Management Units had SHGs functional from last three years along with some SHGs which are functional for the past six months. He requested faculties from NIRD and PR NERC to customise the learning experience accordingly.  

General Manager NABARD, Guwahati Omprakash Dhaundiyal said that rural homestay operators need not invest on interiors in competition with hotels in the cities and resorts. Rural homestay operators should rather concentrate on taking care of sanitation and hygiene, overall cleanliness and maintain good quality of local food, and need to be well versed with all procedures of maintaining a comfortable as well as affordable rural homestay, he stressed. 
Earlier speaking on the occasion, Dr. R.M. Pant informed that NIRD and PR had chosen Arunachal Pradesh to conduct the first amongst the series of programmes for rural homestay operators because of huge potential of the state. He appreciated the efforts of Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ArSRLM) in capacitating rural poor women in locations under DAY NRLM. He said tourism needs to be considered as a high priority medium of development for North East in general and Arunachal Pradesh in particular which is blessed with rich bio diversity.
Course Director of the programme from NIRD and PR Hyderabad Dr. Partha Pratim Sahu informed that similar programmes will also be conducted for other Northeastern states shortly. ArSRLM Press Release

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