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Six ALFs in MMC receive registration certificates under Self-supporting Cooperative Societies Act
ALF to obtain loans up to Rs 10 Lakh and tender for Government contracts
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, June 1: In a program organized at the Collectorate Auditorium, Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav presented the registration certificates of Self-supporting Cooperative Society to six Area Level Federations (ALFs) under the Jharkhand Self-supporting Cooperative Societies Act, 1996. The event took place under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihood Mission. Several dignitaries including Director DRDA Saurabh Sinha, Director NEP Jyotsna Singh, DTO Dinesh Ranjan, Executive Officer of Mango Municipal Corporation Suresh Yadav, District Cooperative Officer Vijay Pratap Tirkey, District Social Welfare Officer Neha Sanjana Khalkho, and CDPO Durgesh Nandini were present.
The Executive Officer of Mango Municipal Corporation announced that following the certificate issuance by the Cooperative Department, the six ALFs will be eligible to obtain loans up to Rs 10 lakh without a guarantor for self-employment purposes. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to bid on tenders worth up to Rs 10 lakh in any government department. The registration of ALFs with the Cooperative Department has made Mango Municipal Corporation the first municipal body in the entire Kolhan division to achieve this milestone. The six ALFs which received the registration certificates are Chhatra Chhaya Mahila Vikas Self-supporting Committee Ltd, Nari Shakti Mahila Vikas Self-help Society Ltd, Agsar Mahila Vikas Self-help Society Ltd, EPIL Mahila Vikas Self-help Society Ltd, Surbhi Mahila Vikas Self-help Society Ltd, Prerna Mahila Vikas Self-help Society Ltd.
Under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihood Mission, an Area Level Federation is formed among approximately one hundred or more women of ten self-help groups. After formation, the smoothly functioning federation receives registration under the Jharkhand Swavalambi Sahakari Samiti. In this context, an application for the registration of ten federations was submitted to the District Cooperative Office of East Singhbhum Jamshedpur. After the necessary actions and rule-based procedures were followed by the District Cooperative Office, East Singhbhum, registration certificates were granted to six Area Level Federations today, following approval from the state-level office.
These ALFs comprise predominantly women beneficiaries of self-help groups who have established their businesses, achieved self-reliance, and improved their economic conditions while financially supporting their families. The registration certificates of the self-supporting cooperative society will provide them with opportunities to further expand their businesses. As per government directives, Mango Municipal Corporation has already formed 36 Area Level Federations. Upon the formation of an Area Level Federation, the government can provide up to Rs 50,000 as a revolving fund to assist in business and self-employment ventures.
The program was attended by CMM Nirmal Kumar, CO Nandi Purti, Pushpa Toppo, Urmila Devi, CRP Gayatri Nayak, Sheela Devi, Pratima Devi, Manorama, Laxmi, Holi, Ruby Singh, Romani, Tanushree, Organization Karta Saraswati Singh, and others.
Aspire to do better than the best: DC
DC Vijaya Jadhav encouraged the representatives of women groups to explore new opportunities for self-employment. She emphasized the need to move beyond traditional practices and acknowledged that the success of self-help group (SHG) models in urban areas has been relatively less compared to rural areas. She urged the ALFs to break this myth and discover self-employment prospects in new areas. The DC suggested exploring better packaging and marketing of rural produce in cities, such as promoting products like karanj oil, honey, and homemade nutrition for the treatment of malnutrition, which possess multiple medicinal properties. She assured the women’s committees that if there is sufficient demand, priority would be given to allot government shops. Furthermore, she pledged to provide space for the sale of their products in the collectorate premises. As an experimental initiative, some women committees related to self-employment in food items will be allowed to sell their products in the collectorate premises starting from June 2.
