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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Kudumbashree to provide all vegetables needed for Onasadya: Minister
Kudumbashree will provide all vegetables needed for the Onam sadya this year, Minister for Local Self-government M.B. Rajesh has said. He was speaking after performing the State-level inauguration of the Kudumbashree's Onakani project at Kottukal panchayat here on Wednesday. Onakani is a project to make available safe and pesticide-free vegetables to the people for the Onam festival. 'Onam with Kudumbashree' is the theme. Onam kits that include vegetables for the sadya, pickle, chips, payasam mix, and spice powders will be readied as part of Onakani. For this, the Kudumbashree has increased the land under cultivation four times. As much as 25,680 acres of land is under cultivation this year as compared to 6,800 acres last year. The Kudumbashree achieved a turnover of ₹7.8 crore through sale of vegetables and flowers last year. This year, hybrid seeds made available through its Jaivika plant nurseries will be cultivated. Each Kudumbashree community development society (CDS) will be sanctioned up to ₹25,000 as revolving fund. Training to the women farming groups in technical aspects such as preparing the land, sapling production, crop maintenance, and pest control will be given. A market for the vegetables will be found by the Kudumbashree. Kottukal CDS chairperson Vimala K. gifted Kudumbashree products to the Minister. Kottukal panchayat president Chandralekha K. spoke. District panchayat president D. Suresh Kumar presided.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
KTAP to give technological facelift to farming sector: Minister
The Kudumbashree Technology Advancement Programme (KTAP) will give a technological facelift to the farming sector by adopting modern technologies, said Minister for Local Self-Government and Excise M.B. Rajesh. He was speaking at the State-level launch of the programme at a technology conclave held at the Jain Deemed University here on Monday. 'KTAP will elevate rural livelihood initiatives to a new level. The State government aims to enhance the income of women entrepreneurs. The procurement of technologies will facilitate the modernisation and diversification of enterprises and provide a qualitative edge to their products,' Mr. Rajesh said. Kudumbashree has expanded its presence in the e-commerce sector by making its products available across the country. Over the last quarter of a century, Kudumbashree has succeeded in its mission of poverty alleviation. It has managed to lift 90% of the extremely poor families out of poverty. Kerala will be declared the first State in the country without extremely poor families on November 1, he said. The Minister also visited stalls displaying Kudumbashree's agriculture value-added products at the technology conclave. Kudumbashree Mission signed MoUs with the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, the National Research Centre for Banana, the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, the Central Food Technological Research Institute, the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (Thanjavur), and Kerala Agricultural University. Kudumbashree also signed MoUs with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Institute, MG University, Lead College of Management, Jain Deemed University, Saintgits College of Engineering, Council for Food Research and Development, and the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute for imparting training and support. Thrikkakara municipal chairperson Radhamani Pillai presided over the function.
The Hindu
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
CM to open Kudumbashree's 27th anniversary fete on Saturday
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the 27th anniversary celebrations of the Kudumbashree Mission and give away the Kudumbashree State-level awards in the State capital on Saturday afternoon. The Chief Minister will also make an announcement on providing livelihood to three lakh people as part of the Kudumbashree Livelihood Initiative Transformation (K-LIFT) that had been announced in the 2024 Budget. Minister for Local Self-government M.B. Rajesh will preside over the event, to be held at Tagore Theatre, Vazhuthacaud, at 3 p.m. Green fellowships Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty will inaugurate the distribution of 'green fellowships' being given to children who presented best papers at the Kudumbashree's 'International Children's Summit on Zero Waste Management,' in association with the Udhyam Learning Foundation. Minister for Food and Civil Supplies G.R. Anil will be the chief guest. A video on the model activities that won the Kudumbashree's State-level awards will be screened on the occasion. Shashi Tharoor, MP; Mayor Arya Rajendran; and MLAs V.K. Prasanth and Antony Raju will be present. Kudumbashree executive director H. Dineshan will welcome the gathering.
The Hindu
07-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Kudumbashree State awards announced
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will give away the Kudumbashree State awards at a function to mark the women empowerment mission's anniversary in the State capital on May 17. Minister for Local Self-government M.B. Rajesh announced the Kudumbashree awards for performance excellence in 17 categories here on Wednesday. The awards have been decided by evaluating the performance of the three-tier Kudumbashree structure, enterprises, groups, and other mission systems and expanding model activities to the entire Kudumbashree network. The evaluation process was done at block, district, and State levels. The top three winners will be presented with cash awards, memento, and certificate at the award function to be held at Tagore theatre. The award for the best neighbourhood group has gone to Pournami from Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad. The award for the best auxiliary group was bagged by Dhwani, also from Sulthan Bathery. Sanjeevani nutrimix unit from Malappuram bagged the award for the best entrepreneurial group, and Shareefa of Malappuram was adjudged the best entrepreneur. The best auxiliary enterprise was Team Gramam from Wayanad. Pazhassi Raja BUDS School was named the best BUDS institution, while Malappuram district Snehitha bagged the top spit in the best Snehitha segment. The award for the best district mission went to Kollam. The award for the best community development society (CDS) in the agriculture and animal husbandry segment went to Varavoor CDS in Thrissur. Marayur CDS in Idukki bagged the award for the best CDS in tribal activities. Thirunelli in Wayanad secured the second spot.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Kerala's first tribal panchayat gets a ‘smart' panchayat office
After 15 years of its formation, Edamalakkudy, the first tribal panchayat in the State, has a central office system with K-Smart facility. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh will inaugurate the renovated panchayat office at Societykudy on Tuesday. Edamalakkudy panchayat secretary Arun Kumar N. said the building had been constructed at a cost of ₹4.2 lakh. 'Certificates will now be issued by the Edamalakkudy panchayat through K-Smart that makes available services of local self-government institutions on a uniform platform,' said Mr. Kumar. Panchayat president Eshwari said that 850 families in the 236-sq km area of the panchayat would benefit from the move. Earlier, people had to travel 35 km off-road to go to the panchayat office at Devikulam, incurring around ₹6,000 in transportation cost alone. 'Now, people can come to the panchayat office and avail themselves of various services on the same day,' she said. Wild elephant attack The panchayat office remained in Devikulam since the formation of the grama panchayat in 2010 because of a lack of mobile connectivity and other infrastructure in Societykudy. In 2022, it was decided to shift the panchayat headquarters to Societykudy in phases. An office was set up, but wild elephants destroyed the building. The area has an active presence of wild animals, including elephants. 'To keep wild animal at bay, a trench has been dug around one hectare of land in the area,' said the official. The people of Edamalakkudy will get an ambulance with four-wheel drive from Tuesday. The Kochi-based Petronet LNG Ltd. purchased the vehicle from its CSR fund. 'Through the ambulance facility, the patients can reach the hospital off-road quickly,' said an official. Devikulam Subcollector V.M. Jayakrishnan will flag off the ambulance service. Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose will inaugurate the community hall, and district panchayat president Joseph Kuruvila and Ms. Eshwari will inaugurate two anganwadis. Munnar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) will hand over to the Local Self-Governments Minister the documents of the land allotted to the panchayat for developmental activities. Idukki Collector V. Vigneshwari will attend the function.
