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Mission Nava Disha - A success story
In the recent past the tranquil environment of North Bengal, especially the three districts of Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Darjeeling experienced a spate of violent activities indulged in by the protagonists of violence joined in by a section of youths in the area.
Although these youths are ready to contribute to the well being of their family and society, the circumstances let them to get withdrawn from the society and become Socially Alienated Persons (SAPs).This, inevitably, disturbed the social harmony and led further to reverse the smooth functioning of the institutions engaged in the governance and development of the region.
Taking things as they emerge the district found the RSVY as an opportunity to offer a constructive forum to the -SAPs and stimulate them for creative initiatives. The district has played the facilitator's role.
The RSVY components are well within their envisaged scope to serve the requirements of the SAPs in the scheme of their rehabilitation. The sub-components further emphasize capacity building inputs so that the project initiatives create better absorbing capacity for a sustainable impact. The capacity building inputs have been well designed and fine tuned to meet their special requirements of firing imagination, creating sensitivity and arousing creativity.
Basically following types of training were imparted in the specially created and fully equipped RSVY training colleges at Jalpaiguri town and Alipurduar town for the training purpose in RSVY HRD sector.
- Orientation for a constructive and productive initiatives
- Skill development -in different vocations-driving, dairy, agriculture etc.
- Entrepreneurship and techno managerial proficiency
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