“RUDSETI will be started in Asia, Africa and neighbouring countries,” he announced.
Speaking after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Union Ministry of Rural Development for monitoring of RUDSETIs in India, at Ujire near here on Friday, he said RUDSETI will be started at Jharkhand, Assam and Tripura this year. Similarly, the branches of RUDSETI will be started in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir later.
Heggade said agriculture based self-employment will be started this year to check the migration of youth to cities in search of job. The Union government has released Rs 2.70 crore for the maintenance of the institutes, he added.
Ministry of Rural Development Joint Secretary Vijaya Kumar said the country has 350 RUDSETI model institutes. It has been decided to start 150 more such institutes. A sum of Rs one crore will be given for the maintenance of each institute.
Canara Bank Managing Director Archana S Bhargav said that the bank will donate a sum of Rs 5 lakh for Rudseti while Syndicate Bank Managing Director Ravi Chaterjee donated an ambulance to SDM Medical Trust.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, ZP President K T Shailaja Bhat and others were present.
