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Source: The post is based on the article “NMCG Launches Project on ‘Capacity Building Programme for Leveraging Community and Local Resources Based on Technology’ Under Arth Ganga” published in PIB on 10th December 2022
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National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) has launched the project ‘Capacity Building Programme for Leveraging Community and Local Resources Based on Technology’ under Arth Ganga.
What is the “Capacity Building Programme for Leveraging Community and Local Resources Based on Technology”?
Launched under: Arth Ganga
Aim: To develop new need-based skills for the future amongst the local community along River Ganga and provide alternative solutions to the community members under Arth Ganga.
Objectives of the Project: To empower the Ganga Basin’s local communities by working towards their economic upliftment through ecological perceptions.
– To establish Arth Ganga Centres (AGC) and three Ganga Resource Centres (GRC).
– To source the latest technologies and disseminate economically and ecologically viable interventions for the community.
Implementing bodies: National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) and Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization(HESCO).