The idea for Zonal Cultural Centers germinated in the mind of our late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. At his instance, several centers were set up. They represent the effort on the part of the Government and the people to preserve and protect our rich cultural heritage and to bring it closer to the lives of the people. With each State or Union

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The Ministry of Rural Development launched the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) Scheme for creating self employment opportunities for the rural poor by focusing on their mobilization into Self Help groups (SHGs), their capacity building, skill up-gradation, training and assisting them for taking up different economic activities and giving them the required credit linkage

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