What is the news?

=> The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) has taken up a number of schemes to provide self employment opportunities to unemployed youths.

Important initiatives:

1. Bodoland Pig Mission

=> The Pig Mission was launched as an ambitious project at Kokrajhar on September 11 to make the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) a piggery hub in the country.

2. Textile mission

=> At a cost of Rs 380 crore and the aim is to help 25,000 families.

3. A Mushroom project has also been taken up to produce 50,000 kilograms of mushroom per day.

4. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with the UNDP for the implementation of a youth empowerment service to train up one lakh youths in three years.