J-K: Traditional art of 'Calico printing' is being revived in Samba

Jun 03, 2023

Self-help groups of the Rural Employment Livelihood Mission and the work under the UMEED program of the Department of Handicrafts have played a major...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Spherule Foundation and Fedbank Financial Services Ltd. Join Forces for a Groundbreaking CSR Initiative, 'Umeed'

Aug 29, 2024

New Delhi [India], August 29: Spherule Foundation and Fedbank Financial Services Ltd. have launched Umeed, a CSR initiative designed to support 700 women entrepreneurs...

Meet Jammu's Ranjeet Kour, a woman auto-driver breaking barriers

Mar 17, 2023

With the support of the UMEED programme Ranjeet has became an inspiration for many and is seen as a respectable figure wherever she goes.

Kashmiri girls take up mushroom cultivation under NRLM scheme in J-K's Kulgam

Dec 20, 2022

The budding entrepreneurs, registered with the UMEED scheme under NRLM, have got subsidy-based units of mushroom cultivation from the agriculture department of Kulgam.

J-K: Women in Rajouri doing small businesses under NRLM UMEED Scheme

Sep 10, 2023

Various women in Jammu’s Rajouri have started small businesses under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), UMEED Scheme as a part of women empowerment.

'Umeed' scheme provides employment to youth in J-K's Pulwama

Jul 05, 2020

Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 5 : A section of youth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama is earning their livelihood through the 'Umeed'...