AR conducts security and awareness meet
Source: IT News

Imphal, February 19 2021: Mantripukhri Battalion of 9 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (South) conducted a Security and Awareness meet at Yaingangpokpi of Imphal East district on yesterday.

A total of 39 persons including village headmen, members and women of nearby villages attended the meet.

During this meet, the current security situation existing in the area was discussed in detail.

All present members were sensitised about the security aspects.

Their role in achieving the aim of making incident free zone was also highlighted, to which all of them assured to give full support in sharing information to avoid any untoward incident.

The opportunity was also used to explain Government welfare scheme North East Entrepreneurs Development (NEED) to the attendees.

The audience was explained how the Government is supporting the establishment of own ventures and local entrepreneurs, especially in post CoVID scenario, which has resulted in large scale unemployment.

The scheme has been formulated to help first generation entrepreneurs who are short of equity.

The scheme's eligibility criteria, procedure to apply along with additional relevant information was explained to the audience, thereby achieving a twofold aim of security and spreading awareness about Government developmental schemes.

A feedback was also taken from villagers regarding their basic requirements and steps to increase interaction between villagers of these villages via such meets.

The program was organised with strict adherence to the Government norms pertaining to the COVID protocols.

The villagers were elated and expressed their gratitude towards Assam Rifles for connecting with them and extending their support to the villagers.

The event was concluded with refreshment for all the attendees.

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