Indian Army inaugurates cosmetics centre in Bishnupur
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 26 2025: In its continuous commitment towards Women and community empowerment, the Indian Army, in collaboration with Aseem Foundation (a Pune-based NGO focused on education, entrepreneurship, and development), established and dedicated a Cosmetic Centre at Phubala village in Bishnupur district of Manipur today under Operation Sadbhavana.

According to a release issued by PIB (Defence Wing), this cosmetic centre aims to foster skill development and self-empowerment among the local women, providing them with valuable resources to enhance their livelihoods.

The project was inaugurated by the Lieutenant General Abhijit S Pendharkar, AVSM, YSM, General Officer Commanding, Spear Corps, with distinguished guests in attendance, including GOC, Red Shield Division, representatives from Aseem Foundation, Senior Indian Army officers, Civil administration, Village Pradhans, prominent veterans from the area and locals.

The community leaders and womenfolk expressed their gratitude for the Army's sustained efforts to uplift local communities, particularly women.

The village pradhan, N Ranjit Singh also expressed his gratitude and thanked the Indian Army and ASEEM Foundation, to reach out and provide this facility on behalf of all the women folk as this will help the women to indulge into new professional avenues and gain new skill while earning a livelihood for their families.

The facility is equipped with necessary equipment, raw material, and other ingredients to fully support the start-up.

This venture initially will train 20 women from the local area and empower them with skill-building opportunities and income-generating activities.

They will be provisioned with tools of empowerment & dedicated training by the instructor and the much-needed market access to sell products from ASEEM Foundation.

After the inauguration, the GOC, Spear Corps also visited the Yarn Bank at Toronglaobi in Bishnupur which was established as a joint venture by Indian Army and ASEEM foundation Oct 30, 2024.The venture has been providing livelihood to women of Toronglaobi village and the products are already being dispatched across other states.

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