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The Telangana authorities has decided to archetypal fortify the Mission for Elimination of Poverty successful Municipal Areas (MEPMA) and code its interior issues earlier moving up with its projected merger with the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP). Although a authorities bid (GO) was issued successful March past twelvemonth to bring MEPMA’s self-help groups (SHGs) nether SERP’s administrative control, the determination has reportedly met with absorption from MEPMA staff, including elder officials, arsenic good arsenic SHG leaders.
As portion of efforts to consolidate and fortify the system, Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening programmes are being conducted for SHG members, Executive Committee (EC) members, and bureau bearers of Area Level Federations (ALFs) crossed Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
MEPMA Mission Director and SERP CEO Divya Devarajan said grooming had precocious been provided to 4,592 members crossed 568 SHGs, on with EC members and office-bearers of 28 ALFs successful Madhira municipality, Khammam district. “We are besides preparing to screen the remaining 6,930 ALFs (EC & OB) and Resource Persons crossed each ULBs, including those falling nether the recently formed municipal corporations carved retired of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation,” she said.
She added that 357 tract unit volition acquisition specialised grooming done NI-MSME connected argumentation frameworks from March for strengthening SHGs and promoting livelihoods and entrepreneurship among municipality SHGs.
Meanwhile, ₹120.98 crore nether the Vaddi Leni Runalu strategy has been released to 32,027 SHGs successful 103 ULBs for livelihood enactment covering the play from December 2023 to March 2025.
Honorarium arrears to Resource Persons (RPs), pending since August 2025, person besides been cleared. The authorities released ₹20.20 crore to 5,612 RPs towards honorarium for the play betwixt August 2025 and January 2026, acknowledging their publication to assemblage development.
Saree organisation began this January crossed 75 ULBs, with 5.50 lakh sarees already distributed to women beneficiaries. An further 33 lakh sarees volition beryllium distributed from March 1 to 10, successful the 2nd phase.
Two Entrepreneurship Development Programme grooming sessions were organised successful collaboration with ISB, Hyderabad, benefiting 80 SHG entrepreneurs by enhancing their concern and endeavor absorption skills.
Presently, Telangana has a web of 65 lakh SHG women, comprising 47.40 lakh agrarian women successful 4.37 lakh SHGs nether SERP and 17.60 lakh municipality women successful 1.73 lakh SHGs nether MEPMA. These SHGs run done structured tiers specified arsenic Village Organisations, Mandal Mahila Samakhyas and Town-Level Federations.
