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Himachal Pradesh government trains over 5,000 women

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Shimla: Over 5,000 poor women were trained by Himachal Pradesh government under management of funds, as the National Rural Livelihood Mission is the main objective this fiscal, an official said on Monday.

The major focus under the livelihood mission during 2015-16 would be on social mobilisation, institution building and communication and to create human resource, a government spokesperson told.

The NRLM aims to reach out to poor families and nurture them till they come out of the poverty. It was launched in the state in 2013, and this year 5,542 women were trained under funds management, he said.

Nearly 50,000 women belonging to below poverty line (BPL) and poor families have been covered under the mission through 9,146 self help groups, said the spokesperson.

The programme was made operational in selected blocks — Kandaghat, Mandi sadar, Nurpur, Haroli and Basantpur, whereas the remaining non-intensive blocks were partially covered.

The central government has so far sanctioned Rs.1,496.98 lakh for the programme. The contribution of the state was Rs.333 lakh.

Initially the programme would cover all the BPL families and later the poorest of the poor, the spokesperson said.

Families which are marginally above poverty line would also be selected through the process of participatory identification by organising them into the self help groups, he said.

The self help groups have been linked with the banks for micro financing. Under the programme, a bank would provide a loan of Rs.200,00-300,00 on seven percent interest to each group for initially starting its venture which would be increased up to Rs.10 lakh depending on the performance of the group.

In Shimla and Mandi district, the banks will lend up to Rs.300,000 at seven percent interest to all women self help groups.

The groups will also get additional interest subvention of three percent on regular repayment of loan, reducing the effective rate of interest to four percent. This interest subvention is being provided by the government of India, he added.

Till now, 7,170 self help groups have been linked with the banks providing them the credit of Rs.72 crore against target of Rs.148 crore. Revolving fund of Rs.3.63 crore was also distributed amongst the groups.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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