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City mayor distributes certificates to passing out urban poor beneficiaries

None | By, Chandigarh
Feb 07, 2015 12:06 AM IST

A joint convocation for urban poor beneficiaries under Employment through Skill Training and Placement (EST&P) Component of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) by VLCC Wellness Institute and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Chandigarh, was organised on Friday.

A joint convocation for urban poor beneficiaries under Employment through Skill Training and Placement (EST&P) Component of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) by VLCC Wellness Institute and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Chandigarh, was organised on Friday.

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City mayor Poonam Sharma, who was the chief guest on the occasion, distributed certificates to 95 passing out urban poor beneficiaries along with specially-designed training kits.

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In the convocation, 41 beneficiaries were scheduled class, 22 were general/backward class and 32 were minorities. They were also provided a stipend of Rs 1000.

On the occasion, Sharma appreciated the work towards socio-economic empowerment of young poor beneficiaries, particularly women, taken up by the urban poverty alleviation wing of the civic body led by social development officer Vivek Trivedi.

She also announced a budget of Rs 2 crore for the local initiatives and grand activities towards urban poverty alleviation for the urban poverty wing, which was previously proposed to Rs 50 lakh.

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