Ashok RainaDharamshala, Sept. 7 -- Himachal Pradesh Youth Services, Sports and AYUSH Minister Yadvinder Goma said the state government, with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is undertaking large-scale improvements in the forestry sector while strengthening the rural economy.
Addressing the concluding session of a two-day workshop on sharing experiences of the JICA project at an Alpine Hotel in Khanyara, Goma said 920 self-help groups from seven districts of Himachal Pradesh were associated with the project.
He said the SHGs had helped economically empower rural women by involving them in livelihood activities such as herbal products, handicrafts and food processing, making them more financially self-relian...