MICRO-ENTERPRISES SCHEMES

This sector involves beneficiary oriented schemes aimed at convergence of different activities mainly related to cottage and small-scale industries. It targets at poverty alleviation, especially in forest villages, and areas around tea gardens where livelihood is eked through negligible earnings from different sources. The sector also addresses the near-unemployed situation of the rural folk musical groups, village artisans, potters, clay model artistes and the tribal population. Keeping in mind the concept of convergence this sector has (a) the Divisional Forest Officer, Jalpaiguri Social Forestry Division,(b)the District Information & Cultural Officer, Jalpaiguri(c)the General Manager, District Industries Centre, Jalpaiguri(d)the Handloom Development Officer, Alipurduar Jalpaiguri and (d) the West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation, as the PIAs.

Physical Achievements
1st Year		2nd Year
Scheme	Achievement	Scheme	Achievement
Construction of forest village shed	34	Cloth making equipments with raw materials to Rava women including Gramin Tanti	260
Procurement of musical instruments for rural rural musical groups	146	Supply of tools and kits to barbers including training	-
Training & distribution of equipments to Rava women for cloth making	260	Supply of equipments to Mrit shilpis	134
Setting of Small Industry Growth Centre (Sam Vikash Park)	1	Set up of Small Industry Growth Center at Barovisha	1 No. completed
Training & supply materials for work shed to mrit shilpis	317	Multipurpose projects of SHGs	55 SAPs & 44 non-KLOs
Training & supply materials for work shed for potters	60	EDP training	30 nos.