DW BUREAU / PATIALA
State Bank of India's Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) situated at village Jassowal, on Bhadson Road here, becomes the first RSETI in Punjab State to conduct Financial Literacy Community Resource Person Training course under the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
A valediction ceremony concluded today and certificates were distributed to all the successful women Self Help Group members underwent the six days training course which was presided over by Pooja Sayal Grewal, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General).
The training was inaugurated on October 14 last by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Dr Preeti Yadav and it successfully concluded today.
Speaking on the occasion Pooja Sayal expressed her happiness on RSETI Patiala becoming the only training institute in Punjab to conduct this programme. She said that the district administration was providing all possible support to conduct such programs at RSETI.
She said that SBI, RSETI, Patiala is working very proactively providing free of cost training to rural unemployed youth of the district in more than 60 courses. She told that RSETI was playing a significant role in the Punjab Govt's Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yozna through skill development training. The FLCRPs trained today will provide Financial Literacy in villages so that the unbanked rural population will be benefited, said Sayal.
Those present on the occasion included Lead District Manager Pritpal Singh Anand, District Functional Manager (FI) Randeep Kaur, Chief Manager (RACC), SBI, Patiala Sudama Prasad and Director of SBI's Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Patiala Rajiv Sirhindi.
The Director of SBI RSETI Rajiv Sirhindi said that the training at State Bank of India's Rural Self Employment Training Institute has been taken to the next level. Many new NACER approved courses have been started which included Bank Mitra for MORD Mission "One GP-One BC Sakhi", Bee Keeping, Jute Products Udyami, Dairy Farming & Vermi Compost etc.
(editor@dailyworld.in)