MoU signed between Leh Sub Area and Looms of Ladakh Co-operative Ltd.

About:

• The aim of the Memorandum of Understanding is to impart weaving and tailoring training to Veer Naris, widows and dependent ladies of veterans from Ladakh in three cycles of two months each. 
• Approximately, two hundred Veer Naris, widows and dependent ladies of veterans will benefit from this initiative, wherein Looms of Ladakh will also employ them post-completion of their training.
• This joint collaboration will go a long way in providing self-sufficiency to these ladies and empower them for their future endeavours.

 

What is Fire and Fury Corps?

• The Corps handles some of the most sensitive frontiers and battlefields in the world. 
• The areas of the Western and Eastern Ladakh also come under its responsibility. 
• The Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh is facing tense deployments of the militaries, along with its weaponry and equipment, between India and China since May 2020.
• Western Ladakh includes the Kargil, having its Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, while in eastern Ladakh, the Corps shares its Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. 
• The world’s highest battleground, Siachen Brigade, comes under this Corps.

 

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Q1) What is Line of actual control?

The LAC is the demarcation that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. India considers the LAC to be 3,488 km long, while the Chinese consider it to be only around 2,000 km

Source: MoU signed between Leh Sub Area and Looms of Ladakh Co-operative Ltd under aegis of Fire and Fury Corps