The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) on Friday launched a 26-day “Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)” at Yerrabalem village in Amaravati to advertise girls’s self-employment and empowerment.

The programme is being performed in collaboration with the Guide Foundation for Development (GFFD), the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, and Accenture. It goals to equip girls and unemployed youth with technical and sensible enterprise administration expertise, significantly in food-related sectors with excessive progress potential within the quickly growing Amaravati area.

Training classes are being held in Mandadam, Ananthavaram (Thulluru mandal), Undavalli (Tadepalli mandal), and Yerrabalem (Mangalagiri mandal). Participants are receiving hands-on coaching in getting ready biscuits, snacks, conventional sweets, tiffin gadgets, and millet-based dietary meals. On completion of the programme, members might be awarded certificates. Women aged 18 to 50 years are eligible to enrol and may contact S.V. Narasimhama, Livelihood Specialist, APCRDA, at 95503 11637, or Rubinder Kaur, Project Manager, GFFD, at 96183 74402, CRDA officers mentioned in a press launch.

Grievance Day

In a associated initiative, the CRDA organised a Grievance Day at its Tulluru workplace to deal with issues of farmers and agricultural employees within the Amaravati Capital Region. Additional Commissioner A. Bhargava Teja obtained petitions concerning annual lease funds, village boundary points, and returnable plot registrations. He assured candidates that their points can be prioritised. Officials from varied CRDA departments attended the programme and offered on-the-spot resolutions to a number of grievances, in keeping with one other press launch.

Published – October 17, 2025 08:43 pm IST