RSP institutes Shree Shakti award to promote women SHGs

In order to recognise and motivate Women's Self Help Groups (SHGs) operating in its peripheral areas, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has instituted Shree Shakti, a scheme to recognise outstanding SHGs.
Under this scheme, taken up as a part of RSP's CSR initiative, the best Self Help Group will receive a cash award of Rs 50,000 along with a Trophy and Citation.
The second prize comprises a Cash Award of Rs 30,000/- along with a Trophy and Citation. There will be maximum four consolation prizes of Rs 5,000 each, RSP said in a release.
Any Women's SHGs functioning in the model steel villages adopted by RSP, resettlement colonies/camps of RSP and villages in the adjoining blocks of Rourkela -- Bisra, Nuagaon, Kuarmunda, Lathikata and Rajgangpur Blocks -- are eligible to participate in the scheme, it said.

Interested and eligible Women's SHGs have to submit applications in the prescribed format, through the Sarpanch concerned, latest by January 31, 2015.