Guwahati, Aug. 24 -- A new initiative launched in Assam's Chandubi on Sunday empowers women through sustainable livelihoods with the inauguration of the Sericulture Resource Centre (SRC) and the roll-out of "KASURIKA - Living for Tomorrow."

Supported by the Central Silk Board, NABARD, SELCO Foundation, and AVACreations Social Impact Foundation, the projects aim to strengthen women-led Eri sericulture and develop it into a climate-resilient, home-based enterprise.

The programme will directly benefit 110 women in the Chandubi region, where generations have practised sericulture largely at a subsistence level.

Households in the area remain vulnerable to poverty, income shocks, and human-wildlife conflict due to inadequate infrastructure, ...