Stitching Self-Reliance: 40 Women from Pissagal Enrol for Second Batch of Tailoring Course under Swayampurna Goa

Stitching Self-Reliance: 40 Women from Pissagal Enrol for Second Batch of Tailoring Course under Swayampurna Goa

PRIOL: In a push for women-led entrepreneurship, the Veling-Priol-Cuncoliem Village Panchayat and Swayampurna Mitra, in collaboration with the Department of Textiles, Handicrafts and Coir, have launched the second batch of a three-month tailoring course for 40 women from Pissagal, Priol Ward.The course was inaugurated in the presence of Priol MLA and Hon’ble Minister Shri Govind Gaude, Sarpanch Smt. Harsha Gaude, Panch Shri Dinesh Naik, Swayampurna Mitra Dr. Gaurav Gopal Naik and other dignitaries.The training programme, which will be conducted from October 12, 2026 to January 11, 2027, aims to equip local women with practical tailoring skills to promote self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship under the Swayampurna Goa initiative.

Speaking on the occasion, MLA Govind Gaude said that skill-based initiatives are key to making villages truly Swayampurna (self-reliant), especially by empowering women at the grassroots.The first batch had received a good response, prompting the panchayat to organise the second batch to cover more women from the village.