Exim Bank conducts training for women in Rudraprayag

Export-Import (Exim) Bank today said it has organised a training programme for women in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand to provide sustainable livelihoods to affected families after 2013 floods.
Post the devastating floods at the temple town in Kedarnath in June 2013, Exim Bank organised a training programme with a view of providing sustainable livelihoods and women empowerment to the affected families in the region of Dewali-Bhanigram village in Rudraprayag, it said in a release.
"Mandakini Women Weavers Association, which was promoted by Panchachuli Women Weavers Association, brings together over 300 women from seven of the worst affected villages into groups to teach them spinning, knitting, embroidery and weaving under four common facility centers," it added.

In the training programme, a total of 30 rural women are getting trained, Exim Bank said.
The training involves spinning, weaving, knitting and embroidery to develop hand woven and knitted products like shawl, stoles and scarves made from rare wools such as Tibetan and Mongolian cashmere, lambswool, eri silk and local fibres and materials.