Biswanath: NABARD Organizes Programme for Women on International Women’s Day

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BISWANATH CHARIALI: As a part of the International Women’s Day 2025 celebration, a programme was organized at Borfolong Village under Pub Chaiduar Development Block in Biswanath district on Wednesday. To promote women entrepreneurship in the region, four successful women entrepreneurs namely Rinkumoni Pegu, Pallabi Bora, Nikunja Pegu Kumbang, and Nita Pegu were felicitated in the programme.

They showcased their own handloom and handmade value-added products like Mising Sador Mekhela, pickles, agarbatti, etc. in the programme. The programme was attended by several dignitaries including Suman Chattarjee, DDM NABARD, Biswanath, Sandeep Debnath, Lead District Manager, Biswanath, Nabadweep Kalita, Assistant Director, Department of Handloom and Textiles, and more than hundred women weavers of the locality.

As the theme of the programme was ‘March Forward : Promises to Progress,’ the DDM NABARD, Biswanath, Assistant Director, Handloom and Textiles, and other speakers from the line departments explained the benefits of various government initiatives including ‘Swanirbhar Naari’, ‘Weavers Mudra,’ etc. They also urged the women to come forward and avail these benefits for the economic progress of themselves and their families.

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