After training, the same number of SHGs has got credit linkage with the Banks. Up to 31-7-2014, 109 SHGs have got the sanction of Bank Loan & 92 SHGs have got the disbursement of Rs. 7585 lakh as loan from Banks in Purulia-I and Balarampur Block of Purulia. One District Project Manager, two Block Project Managers, one Nodal Officer from the District Administration, respective Block Supervisors (SHG & SE), DDM-NABARD etc. are providing necessary support for successful implementation of Muktidhara in Purulia District. The department has now implemented a pilot project (Muktidhara) for Paschim Medinipur in Purulia Model with the assistance of NABARD with a plan to extend the same to other districts later. The Project is aimed at providing sustainable livelihood to the Self Help Groups on their selected livelihood activities viz. – Homestead garden, Poultry, Goatery, Vegetable Cultivation etc. Society for Self Employment of Unemployed Youth, W.B. has been entrusted to execute the Scheme.

Beneficiary: SHG members.

Benefits: Livelihood augmentation of the SHG households by providing support for micro firms and micro enterprises. Skill up-gradation of SHG members in both production and service sectors. Support to individual youth through skill development and bank loan subsidy-linked projects.

How To Apply: Please Refer https://wb.gov.in/government-schemes-details-muktidhara.aspx

Beneficiary: Students of class V-VIII belonging to Scheduled Caste category.

Benefits: Financial assistance to the SC students reading in classes V to VIII to improve their participation in Pre-matric stages and minimize the incidence of drop-out especially in case of girl students.

How To Apply:

1. The candidate needs to visit the Backward Classes Welfare Department West Bengal official website
2. Then, click on Sikshashree Scholarship Application
3. The candidate can now log in by providing the following detail
4. Choose User Type
5. Choose the District
6. Choose Sub-Division
7. Then choose Block/Municipality
8. Next, choose the School
9. Enter User ID and Password
10. Now login, by clicking on the Login Button
11. Then you will be redirected to the Dashboard
12. On the left side, you can see Application, click on it
13. Then you can see a fresh Sikshashree Application Form 2020, click on it
14. Fill the application form and click on Submit.

Please Refer https://wb.gov.in/government-schemes-details-muktidhara.aspx

Initially, in Phase-I, the facility of Shilpa Sathi is available to investors, who want to set up medium and large industries in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, South24-Parganas and North 24-Parganas districts. ShilpaSathi will assist investors to apply in the Common Application Form (CAF), to obtain licenses and registration from relevant important State Government departments from a single place, which are listed below. For the above purpose, a Single Window Cell (SWC) has started functioning at the Ground Floor, “Protiti”, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (WBIDC), 23. Abanindranath Thakur Sarani (Camac Street), Kolkata -700017.

Officers of the above departments will sit in the Single Window Cell at designated days of the week. They will receive the Common Application Form and related documents and will issue relevant Licenses / Registration after observing necessary legal and procedural formalities according to relevant Acts and Rules.

In Phase-II. the investor will be able to submit the Common Application Form on-line in the Shilpa Sathi and get all licenses and registrations on- line. An online tracking system of status of the online application will also be available in the G2B portal developed for the purpose with IT infrastructure in the State Data Centre.

In Phase-III, the State Shilpa Sathi will migrate to the eBiz, the Single Window Facility being developed by Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, which aims to cover all Central and State government departments which issue licenses and registrations required for setting up an industry in India.

Beneficiary: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Benefits: Online Single Window Portal serves as a digital gateway for providing the necessary services under the applicable Acts, Rules, Policies and Schemes made thereunder from a single point in a time-bound manner.

How To Apply:

1. The applicant has to visit Silpa Sathi Portal to avail the respective services online.
2. Click “Apply Online” to open silpa sathi single window portal
3. On click of “Click Here” hyperlink
4. Username Should be less than 10 Characters the same should be Unique.
5. Password should have one numeric, one uppercase, one lowercase and a minimum of 8 characters.
6. Both Password and Confirm Password Should Match.
7. Silpa Sathi will accept the Unique Email ID and the Mobile Number for each user.
8. After completing all the details click the register button.
9. On Click of Register Button, Silpa Sathi Portal will show a message as “Email has been sent to” Registered Mail ID.
10. Check your email you have received mail for validating. Once you verify the mail using “Click here to validate the account”.
11. “User Validate Successful” message will show. After Validation Successful User can log in using a registered username and password.

Please visit : https://www.silpasathi.in/

Beneficiary: Unemployed youth.

Benefits: Provide employment assistance to the unemployed youths of West Bengal for increasing their employment ability and skill. The eligible applicant will receive the monthly financial assistance of an amount of Rs.1500 from the State Government.

How To Apply:

1. The applicant has to visit the official website of the employment bank of West Bengal to register as a job seeker.
2. Click on “New Enrollment Job Seeker” button, and then the terms and conditions for registering will be displayed.
3. Yuvasree Prakalpa Yojana
4. Click on “Accept and Continue” option.
5. Yuvasree Prakalpa Yojana
6. Then the application form will open on the next screen.
7. Yuvasree Prakalpa Yojana.
8. Fill the form with required details and click on “Save” button to save your data.
9. The applicant will receive a registration number as an acknowledgement to confirm your successful registration.

Please visit: https://employmentbankwb.gov.in/yuvasree.php

Beneficiary: Students of class IX to XII studying in Govt. run and Govt. aided Schools and Madrashas.

Benefits: Distribution of bi-cycles to estimated 40 lakh students of class IX to XII studying in Govt. run and Govt. aided Schools and Madrashas.

Please visit: https://wbsaboojsathi.gov.in/v2/

Beneficiary: Rural Poor.

Benefits: Rural Self Employment Training Institutes Capacity & Skill Building Rural Self Employment Training Institutes, etc.

Please visit: http://wbprd.gov.in/anandadhara/

Beneficiary: Unemployed youth.

Benefits: Beneficiaries get financial support of upto 30 % of vehicle cost or upto ₹1,00,000/- as subsidy, women get a subsidy of ₹1.5 lakh. Beneficiaries are given preference in getting permits.

How To Apply: Vehicle-dealers are authorized facilitator for Gatidhara Scheme. Applicant should get his application with all requisite documents processed by the dealer of his choice. Select a financier for loan required for purchasing the vehicle. Vehicle is to be registered within one month of receipt of offer letter for permit and subsidy under the scheme.

Beneficiary: Everyone, especially Women.

Benefits: Construction of PATHASATHI consisting of Pay & use toilet, Waiting room, Night shelter and Restaurant under one roof at every 50 K.M. of National Highway, State Highway and other important roads throughout the State.

How To Apply: Please refer to https://wb.gov.in/government-schemes-details-pathasathi.aspx