The Union Minister for Minorities Welfare, Najama Heptullah kick started ‘Ustad Yojna’ from Varanasi today. The scheme envisages to boost the skill of artisans, craftsmen and weavers who are already engaged in their work. Addressing a programme on this occasion, Najma said that the scheme is part of PM’s vision of ‘Sab ka Sath Sabka Vikas’ which encompasses every citizen of India. Under the scheme, the artisans and weavers will not only get training and skill orientation but also they will be given help to sell their products.
On the occasion MoS for Minorities Welfare, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that as the NDA government has weeded out the middlemen from the powers of corridor in Delhi, it will also cleanse the middlemen who are hampering the growth of artisans and craftsmen.