Punjab government has formulated a plan for rehabilitation and strengthening the cottage industry across the Province. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that under the plan loan amounting to Rs 300,000 would provide on soft terms to the industrialists rehabilitation of cottage industry and priority would be given to women entrepreneurs in the Punjab.
The PTI led government was committed to promote cottage industry as livelihood of thousands of families was linked with it. The government was keen to promote women entrepreneurship enabling them to play their instrumental role in boosting up the export volume as well as work shoulder to shoulders with men for enhancing exports of the country. The plan would soon be carried out in major industrial towns of the Punjab sources added.