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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Picture: X/@BJP)
His third time period will write a brand new chapter within the rise of ladies’s energy, Modi mentioned at a ‘Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat’ programme, exuding confidence in retaining energy within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited a number of women-centric schemes of his authorities to claim that solely a society which boosts ladies’s standing and creates alternatives for them can advance.
His third time period will write a brand new chapter within the rise of ladies’s energy, Modi mentioned at a ‘Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat’ programme, exuding confidence in retaining energy within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
In a swipe at earlier governments, he mentioned ladies’s lives and hardships weren’t a precedence for them whereas the BJP dispensation has come out with completely different initiatives to assist them at each stage of life.
Modi mentioned he’s the primary prime minister who spoke of a number of points associated to ladies, together with lack of bathrooms, use of sanitary pads, opposed results of smoke-causing kitchen fuels like wooden and coal, and the necessity for financial institution accounts from the ramparts of the Pink Fort, a reference to his Independence Day speeches.
He mentioned political events just like the Congress made enjoyable of him and insulted him for this. He asserted that what he noticed at his house, in his neighbourhood and in villages throughout his travels formed his sensibilities and schemes for ladies.
Over Rs 8 lakh crore has been disbursed amongst ladies beneath varied authorities schemes, Modi mentioned. Over 1 crore ladies have turn into ‘Lakhpati Didis’ to this point, he mentioned.
The prime minister mentioned that his expertise has been that a bit of assist to ladies could make them a assist to others. These politicians who’re solely involved about their households can by no means perceive this, he mentioned.
On the ‘Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat’ programme, Modi disbursed round Rs 8,000 crore as financial institution loans to self-help teams (SHGs).
He interacted with ladies beneficiaries from completely different elements of the nation, enquired about varied elements of their work and lauded their arduous work and willpower.
Modi additionally felicitated ‘Lakhpati Didis’, who’ve achieved success with the assist of the ‘Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – Nationwide Rural Livelihoods Mission’ and are supporting the upliftment of different self-help group members.
Through the occasion, he handed over drones to 1,000 ‘Namo Drone Didis’, ladies chosen to function drones for agriculture and associated functions.
He additionally disbursed about Rs 2,000 crore Capitalisation Assist Fund to SHGs. The ‘Namo Drone Didi’ and ‘Lakhpati Didi’ initiatives are integral to the prime minister’s imaginative and prescient of fostering financial empowerment and monetary autonomy amongst ladies, particularly in rural areas, the Prime Minister’s Workplace had mentioned earlier in a press release.
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