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The Hindu
18-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Common facility centre to come up in Ariyalur
A Common Facility Centre, meant for self help groups and entrepreneurs engaged in manufacturing food products, would soon come up in Ariyalur district under the auspices of the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM). The centre, to be established with a credit support of ₹10 lakh extended under the TNSRLM, would have machines and facilities for packaging and branding of food products. It would cater to SHGs and food business operators in Ariyalur, Andiamadam, Jayamkondam, Sendurai, T. Pazhur and Thirumanur blocks in the district. The objective of the initiative is to help food business operators to get access to packaging and branding facilities at reasonable cost, ensuring high quality of the products and creating low-cost infrastructure for packaging and labelling. Products using the facility would be marketed under the common brand name, 'Mathi.' Sources in the TNSRLM said similar facility centres are to be funded in all districts in the State. Besides, extending credit, the centre would be provided space to function on rental basis. In Ariyalur, the facility would be located at the Village Shopping Complexes at Jayamkondam or Reddipalayam. The TNSRLM has invited applications from SHGs or community based organisations with experience in manufacture, value addition or processing farm on non-farm sector products. Applications can be submitted to the Project Director, TNSRLM, District Collectorate, Ariyalur, before June 30, Collector said in a press release. For more details, dial 9360064675.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Women SHGs boosted TN's economic growth, says Udhayanidhi
Chennai: Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday said that without the contribution of women self help groups (SHGs), would not have achieved the growth rate of 9.69%. "In the last four years, bank loans to the tune of 1.05lakh crore have been granted to women SHGs. It was because of women SHGs, TN has achieved the highest growth rate in the country," Udhayanidhi said at an event organised by Tamil Nadu Corporation for of Women (TNCDW) in Chennai on Wednesday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The event was to inaugurate disbursement of bank loans to the tune of 3,130crore to 3.76lakh SHG beneficiaries on a single day. Udhayanidhi also presented Manimegalai awards for best performing women SHGs during the event. "Recognising the importance of women SHGs, bank loan linkage is provided to them. For all the 53.74lakh members in 4.76lakh women SHGs in the state, the target for bank loans is fixed at 37,000 crore this year,'' he said. Udhayanidhi said that it was former chief minister M Karunanidhi who launched SHGs for the first time and initiated Manimegalai awards for best performing SHGs. "In the previous 10 years of AIADMK rule, the awards were stopped. Now they have been relaunched by the DMK govt," he said. Udhayanidhi unveiled a new logo for 'Mathi', the brand name for products sold by women SHGs and launched wood pressed groundnut oil, an SHG product to be sold in Mathi outlets across the state. In Madurai, loans worth 129 crore were distributed to 1,716 SHGs during a programme organised to disburse loans later in the day.
