Ladies Vocational Centres

The Ladies Vocational Centres was started by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. The Department of Social Welfare runs a number of Vocational Training Centres in Srinagar and Jammu. In these Vocational Centres, the trainees are provided training in the trades like cutting and tailoring, leather works, machine embroidery, stenography, and Croshia work. The duration of the Training is 11 months and the trainees are provided a monthly stipend @₹100/- per month to encourage them to come to the Centres. The Department also provides training to the trainees under the Cottage Industry Centre in the trade of Carpentry, leather work, and weaving. The intake capacity of the "Ladies Vocational Centre" located at Chand Nagar Jammu is 75 trainees and 25 trainees in each Social Welfare Centre. These Centres are operated under the UT Sponsored Scheme run by the department. Objective: The main objective of the "Ladies Vocational Centers" is to impart training in various trades i.e. cutting, embroidery, knitting as well as stenography to the female folk to enable them to start their income-generating units.