Bengal Govt to set-up 500 beauty parlours in association with Shahnaz Hussain to help SC/ST girls become entrepreneurs

Kolkata, Apr 11 (KNN) West Bengal Government to planning to set up around 500 beauty parlours in association with renowned beauty expert Shahnaz Hussain in order to help SC/ ST girls become self-reliant.

“In a bid to make SC and ST girls economically self-reliant, Backward Class Welfare department (BCW) will set up around 500 beauty parlours in the blocks and municipalities in collaboration with Shahnaz Husain, the well-known beauty therapist,” All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) said in a release.

BCW has provided training in beautician course to 28,000 SC and ST girls in Level I. The duration of the residential training course is three months. Those who have received training will get a certificate. The girls who will receive training will become entrepreneurs and open their own beauty parlours.

The West Bengal Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Development Finance Corporation will provide Rs 2 lakh as soft loans to those who will open the parlours. A sum of Rs 10 crore has been provided for the purpose, AITC added.