Ms.Solmila G Marak, a student of Class: X, Garobadha H.S. School, South West Garo Hills, believes that digital classrooms would not just provide learning opportunities to students but also excite them to learn more in an innovative manner. With digital classroom infrastructure the learning experience of the students is significantly enhanced.&nbsp;She expressed her gratitude to Government of Meghalaya to enable her and her friends to learn and enjoy learning.

Solmila, believes that digital classrooms would not just provide learning opportunities to students but also excite them to learn more in an innovative manner. With digital classroom infrastructure the learning experience of the students is significantly enhanced.&nbsp;She expressed her gratitude to Government of Meghalaya to enable her and her friends to learn and enjoy learning.

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Ms.Solmila G Marak, Class: X, Garobadha H.S. School, Garobadha, South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya.

Digital Classroom – A combination of Learning and Entertainment

Digital Classroom – Learning by Entertainment

The Government of Meghalaya is committed towards the growth of the farmers in Meghalaya and has supported the farmers and Producer Groups (PGs) under FOCUS Program. In a recent visit to Williamnagar in Garo Hills, HCM Conrad K Sangma interacted with the farmers and PGs of Bakhpara, Resubelpara block and provided financial support of Rs 27.35 lac to 35PGs.&nbsp;Additionally, a total of Rs 10.50 lakhs was given to 20 PGs in Asimgere and Dalu Block of West Garo Hills. These PGs are into the production of Vegetables, Spices, Ginger and Pig rearing and are planning to increase their production for better livelihood.&nbsp;With the support, the group will be able to run its operation profitably and earn additional income for each member. Mr. Pritington Ch Marak, secretary of Rongsak Songma Producer Group expressed deep gratitude to HCM Shri. Conrad K Sangma and Government of Meghalaya for this financial assistance and hope that the Government will continue to support them in future as well.

In the interview Mr.Manseng said that he and the members were very happy to receive mobilisation funding support of Rs.50, 000/- under FOCUS scheme from HCM.Shri Conrad Sangma. The group wanted to do the farming of arecanut but always faced challenge of getting fund from any sources. Mr.Marak said that the group will use the Rs.50,000/- amount for starting a arecanut sapling nursery. This initiative will enhance the income of each member of the SHG. Mr.Manseng on behalf of his group expressed deep gratitude to HCM Shri.Conrad Sangma for this financial assistance and hope that HCM will support in similar way in future also.

FOCUS - Farmers Collectivization For Upscaling Production and Marketing System

Mobilization Fund Disbursement in East Garo Hills

Gara Bokmangre Nangrim SHG, Betasing Block, West Garo Hills

Smt. Siannibha Sajem from Thadsning village, a poor lady with no house and no land was living a tough life. Due to lack of basic house facilities, she suffered from various health and safety issues. Looking at her poor socio-economic condition, village darbar donated a&nbsp;plot of land to her. With the support from villagers, she applied for financial support of Rs 1,30,000 under PMAY-G scheme and received the benefit. With the convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, she also received an unskilled wage of ₹19,285 for 95 person days. Not only this, she got her house toilet constructed from financial assistance under Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and free electricity connection through Saubhagya Scheme. The scheme was a blessing for her and in no time her life transformed from a landless poor women to a house owner. Her house got completed on 17th Dec,2020. Today, she is living happily in her newly constructed house and is motivating others to register for PMAY-G scheme.

Smt. Siannibha Sajem from Thadsning village, a poor lady with no house and no land was living a tough life. Due to lack of basic house facilities, she suffered from various health and safety issues. Looking at her poor socio-economic condition, village darbar donated a&nbsp;piece of land to her. With the support from villagers, she applied for financial support of Rs 1,30,000 under PMAY-G scheme and received the benefit. With the convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, she also received an unskilled wage of ₹19,285 for 95 persondays. Not only this, she got her house toilet constructed from financial assistance under Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and free electricity connection through Saubhagya Scheme. The scheme was a a blessing for her and in notime her life transformed from a landless poor women to a house owner. Her house got completed on 17th Dec,2020. Today, she is living happily in her newly constructed house and is motivating others to register for PMAY-G scheme.

PMAY - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Laskein Block, West Jaintia Hills District

People living near the Rongre river were facing difficulty in traveling from one village to another. They had to cross the river to carry their day-to-day activities, which made their life difficult and it was also dangerous during rainfall. With the construction of the Warimandal Bridge over the Rongre river, more than 9 villages in East Garo Hills are now connected and people can easily move from one side to another for daily work. Constructed with the support of 9 VECs under MNREGA at a cost of ₹1,58,26,000/-, the bridge will help people to access better medical facilities and improve the trade and commerce of the villagers, leading towards the prosperous life.&nbsp;

People living near the Rongre river were facing difficulty in traveling from one village to another. They had to cross the river to carry their day-to-day activities which not only made their life difficult but it was also dangerous during rainfall. With the construction of the Warimandal Bridge over the Rongre river, more than 9 villages are now connected, and now people can easily move from one place to another. Constructed by 9 VECs under MNREGA at a cost of ₹1,58,26,000/-, the bridge will help people to access better medical facilities and improve their trade and commerce, leading to better and easy life for the villagers.&nbsp;

MGNREGA-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Warimandal Bridge Construction through MNREGA

Warimandal Bridge, Rongre of Songsak C&RD Block, East Garo Hills

Warimandal Bridge

Babadam Primary Health Center in West Garo Hills is a transformed Health Care Center equipped with doctors, medical staffs, bed, and essential healthcare services. Earlier, the center was short staffed, suffering from power outages &amp; water shortage. Today, Babadam PHC is considered as one of the best health centers in Meghalaya providing services to people of more than 47 villages helping them fight against malaria infection and increased institutional deliveries to 90%.

Babadam Primary Health Center in West Garo Hills is a transformed Health Care Center equipped with doctors, medical staffs, bed, and essential healthcare services. Earlier, the center was short staffed, suffering from power outages &amp; water shortage. Today, Babadam PHC is considered as one of the best health centers in Meghalaya providing services to people of more than 47 villages helping them fight against malaria infection and increased institutional deliveries to 90%.

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Babadam Primary Health Center

The Government of Meghalaya is all prepared to provide increasing oxygen demand for Covid-19 patient. The government understands the need of oxygen to fight Covid pandemic and has taken all necessary measures to ensure sufficient availability of oxygen in the state. To augment the process the government has approved the set-up of an oxygen cryogenic plant at the Baljek area of Jengjal, which is a tri-junction that connects all five Garo Hills districts. The proposed plant is situated at a strategic location and will be able to fulfil the needs of the five districts of Garo Hills as well as neighboring West Khasi Hills district.&nbsp;The government is optimistic about this new plant and believes that this plant will be a life saver for people in future.

The Government of Meghalaya is all prepared to provide increasing oxygen demand for Covid-19 patient. The government understands the need of oxygen to fight Covid pandemic and has taken all necessary measures to ensure sufficient availability of oxygen in the state. To augment the process the government has approved the set-up of an oxygen cryogenic plant at the Baljek area of Jengjal, which is a tri-junction that connects all five Garo Hills districts. The proposed plant is situated at a strategic location and will be able to fulfil the needs of the five districts of Garo Hills as well as neighboring West Khasi Hills district. &nbsp;The government is optimistic about this new plant and believes that this plant will be a life saver for people in future.

COVID Management

COVID

prepared to provide increasing oxygen demand

Cryogenic plant Baljek, West Garo Hills

Cryogenic plant Baljek

The villagers in Betasing block in South West Garo Hills was facing hardship due to lack of proper road connectivity.&nbsp;The people had difficulty in transportation of local agricultural and horticultural produce, in accessing medical facilities and maintenance of law and order in the region. The Contractor has faced a lot of challenges from insurgent group during the construction of this road. However, after the completion of this PMGSY road, villagers can easily transport their agricultural and horticultural produce to the market. School going children can now avail public transport and auto rickshaws for their commutation. Law and order has improved with regular patrolling of police personnel. Medical facility has improved as the health workers can easily visit these villages and the inhabitants also have access to hospitals. Earlier, there was not even a single shop along this road, however now number of shops have come up on this road, which clearly indicates the socio-economic growth of the people, that has come along with this road.&nbsp;

The villagers in Betasing block was facing hardship due to lack of proper road connectivity.&nbsp;The people had difficulty in transportation of local agricultural and horticultural produce, accessing medical facilities and maintenance of law and order in the area.The Contractor though faced a lot of challenges from insurgent group during the construction of this road. However, after the completion of this PMGSY road, now the villagers can easily transport their agricultural and horticultural produce to the market. School going children can now avail public transport and auto rickshaws. Law and order have improved with regular patrolling of police personnel. Medical facility has improved as the health workers can easily visit these villages and the villagers can easily visit hospitals. Earlier, there was not even a single shop along this road, however now number of shops have come up on this road, which clearly indicates the socio-economic growth of the people, that has come along with this road.&nbsp;

PMGSY-Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

PMGSY

Jamanggre to Wakantagre Road

Seven Cherri founded by Semada Marak, is based out of Tura in West Garo Hills, is a thriving design house that is entirely run by an army of skilful local women. From crafting to delivery, everything is executed by a vibrant team of hardworking women from the neighbourhood. Semada Marak, one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Chief Ministers E-Championship Challenge 2019, is a software engineer and left a well-cushioned corporate job to pursue her childhood dream of working in the fashion industry and providing training and gainful employment opportunities to the local underprivileged women in her state. Seven Cherri offers an array of chic and tastefully crafted jewellery pieces. Such innovative products mark the fusion of traditional motifs, signifying the tribal culture of Meghalaya and North-eastern states, proudly up-scaling their demand. Seven Cherri focuses to retrieve the dying traditional handicrafts of the Northeastern tribes, which has a great history of glamour through their ornamental collection.Semada was awarded with Rs. 6 lakhs PRIF Grant, a program run by IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) and funded by Pernod Ricard Foundation India. With the PRIF Grant of 6 Lakhs, she is intending to expand and strengthen the team, upgrade storage facilities, infrastructure, develop new products, improve packaging, create a website, invest in marketing, and boost overall business to create new training and livelihood opportunities for the women of the state.Semada shares, “I have received support and assistance from PRIME for more than a year now. I met experts from different industries and entrepreneurs, who guided me throughout and gave mentoring sessions. They improved my business plans and gave me ideas and advice so I could improve and grow my business. Also, I have received various financial support, PRIF grant, and Kick-Start grant for product development and more.”She also received the PRIME ID Grant of Rs 5 lakhs, which was launched by the Honourable Chief Minister of Meghalaya Shri Conrad Sangma on 19th February 2021 during the PRIME Entrepreneurship Awards. With the grant of Rs. 5 lakh from PRIME ID, she is planning to create a line of high-end, well designed, and eco-friendly accessories that focuses on using natural resources and local manpower. Extensive research and designs of locally found resources like bamboo and rikwareng (local fern) would be carried out with the support of PRIME.

Seven Cherri, founded by Semada Marak, is based out of Tura in West Garo Hills, is a thriving design house that is entirely run by skillful local women. From crafting to delivery, everything is executed by a vibrant team of hardworking women from the neighbourhood&amp; provides gainful employment opportunities to the local underprivileged women in her state. She was awarded with Rs. 6 lakhs PRIF Grant&amp; also received the PRIME ID Grant of Rs 5 lakhs, which was launched by the Honourable Chief Minister of Meghalaya Shri Conrad Sangma

PRIME-Promotion and Incubation of Market Driven Enterprises

PRIME

Seven Cherri

Eight women led Self Help Group of Akkindi Village Organisation has come together to open a hatchery unit at Dachimagre Village in West Garo Hills. With an initiative to support women SHG in the state, Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Conrad Sangma has inaugurated the hatchery unit. Today, these women are making good money and supporting their family towards a better life.

Hatchery Unit – Dachimagre, West Garo Hills.Eight women led Self Help Group of Akkindi Village Organisation has come together to open a hatchery unit at Dachimagre in West Garo Hills. With an initiative to support women SHG in the state, Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Conrad Sangma has inaugurated the hatchery unit.

SHG- Self Help Groups under National Rural Livelihood Mission

Mr. Conrad Sangma inaugurated the hatchery unit.

Hatchery Unit – Dachimagre, West Garo Hills.

Hatchery Unit

With the prevailing crisis of Covid pandemic, the focus for the Government of Meghalaya is on the development of Health Infrastructure in the state. In addition to the existing Health facilities available in Meghalaya, the government has constructed another 100 bedded Hospital at CHC Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi Hills. Recently, Honorable Chief Minister Mr. Conrad Sangma visited the health center and interacted with the staff to inspect the progress of the work.Honorable Chief Minister Mr. Conrad Sangma visited the upcoming 100 bedded Hospital at CHC Mawkyrwat which is almost completed and inspected the ongoing work of the oxygen plant. During the visit, he also interacted with the staff of the CHC, operating with full capacity for Covid management.

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