സ്പര്‍ശം ക്യാമ്പെയ്‌ന് തുടക്കം

Sparsham Campaign, which aims at strengthening the activities of Kudumbashree Mission at urban areas and to help reach the advantages of the various programmes implemented by Kudumbashree to the real beneficiaries was launched by Dr. K.T Jaleel, Minister, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala at Animation Centre, Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram on 16 February 2018. The campaign would be held from 20 February 2018- 19 March 2018. For eradicating the urban areas, Kudumbashree and Local Self Government Departments should work hand in hand. Minister said.

The Pradhan Manthri Awas Yojana (Urban)[ PMAY (U)] programme under Central- State Ministries which works with the mission of achieving 'Housing for All' and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) programme which enable the urban poor to find a livelihood of their own are implemented through Kudumbashree Mission. The campaign envisages to reach the advantages of these programmes to the real beneficiaries to the maximum. It is planned to spend Rs 10,000 crores in constructing the houses for the needy in the next financial year. Government will give Rs 4 lakh to the urban homeless who have plots of their own. There are 7,38,704 families dwelling in the urban areas. Even now, around 1 lakh urban poor are out of those NHGs. The campaign is being organised for including such urban poor to the NHGs. Minister added.

The Award for the Best CDS was bagged by Chavakkad CDS. Best ULB in formation of new NHG was bagged by Kattapana ULB. Anugraha ( Neyyatinkara ) was selected as the best performing NHG. Oruma (Chavakkad) and Pournami (Sulthan Bathery) was selected as the second best NHGs in the state. The awards for the best performing banks in CLSS under PMAY was bagged by Axis Bank and Kerala Grameen Bank. Shri. Umesh Arora, Executive Vice President, Axis Bank and Shri. P. Janardhanan, General Manager, Kerala Grameen Bank received the awards from the Minister. Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust ( HLFPPT) and Jeevaneeyam Ayurvedic Research Centre bagged the awards for the best performing Skill Training Provider and Shri. Vimal Ravi and Dr. Reshmi Pramod received the awards from the Minister respectively. The ID cards for the Urban Service team was also issued by the Minister.

Adv. Rajendra Babu, Mayor, Kollam released the Urban Directory and the Circular on Sparsham Campaign by giving it to Shri. S. Harikishore, Executive Director, Kudumbashree Mission. Shri. Sabu. K. Thomas, Secretary, Chairman's Chamber presided over the function. Shri. K Muraleedharan, Ward Councillor, Smt. Heeba, Chairperson, Neyyatinkara ULB, Shri. Pramod K.V, Programme Officer, Kudumbashree, Shri. Binu Francis, Programme Officer, Kudumbashree, Chairpersons of ULBs, Secretaries, Kudumbashree CDS Chairpersons, NULM City Mission Managers and PMAY City Cell Managers also attended the programme.