Milk production training for poor women in Assam

Jana Kalyan Sanstha, a social organisation of Dhupguri in Nagaon district, has recently started training on milk production under the Diary Project (STEP – Support to Training and Employment Programme for women) where 504 poor women were enrolled.

STEP is a policy under the Government of India’s department of women and child development, the project aims at improving the economic status of rural women through efficient and modern dairy management.

The programme was inaugurated at Dhupguri by the president of the organization, Ahmed Ali.

Jana Kalyan Sanstha is the very first kind of programme which has been started in the north-west part of Nagaon district. The local people, and also various panchayats, have largely appreciated the organisation for the STEP and wished for the overall success of the scheme in their area.