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New initiative

towards economic

and social

empowerment

To encourage self-reliance among
Women women, over 6.60 Crore women
have been have been linked to self-help
given loan groups

from Rs 50
Over 22 Crore bank accounts of women
Thousand
were opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan
to Rs 10
Yojana. Three instalments of Rs 500 each were
Lakh for self transferred in these accounts during Corona 26.75
employment period
under
Under Stand Up India Scheme, providing loan Lakh women were
MUDRA
to a woman entrepreneur from Rs 10 Lakh to trained under
Scheme.
Rs 1 Crore to start a business has been made Pradhan Mantri
70 mandatory for every branch of a bank Kaushal Vikas

per cent Future of daughters in the country is being Yojana. There
beneficiaries secured by the Government’s Sukanya is an increase
Samriddhi Account Scheme. Under this
of this
scheme, accounts of girls from 0-10 years of of 97 per cent in
scheme are
age are opened in post offices. Rate of interest the enrolment of
women on deposits in these accounts will be given at
8.1 per cent per annum women in ITIs

For the first time women have been Preference will be given to women in
allowed in the combat duties of all the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna. Relaxations
three wings of armed forces. 33 per cent are also given to single mother in the
seats of constable in CRPF and CISF process of issuing
have been reserved for women of passport

PM Ujjwala – A Boon for Women this number to 10 Crore households. According
Cooking over firewood was detrimental not only to World Health Organisation (WHO), cooking
to the health of women but also to environment. over coal or wood used to account for nearly 10
Ujjwala Scheme proved to a boon for women. Lakh deaths in a year in India.
Five years ago only 55 per cent of households From sports to science, making India proud
had access to LPG connection. But now this Be it the field of sports or science, women are
number has reached 98 per cent. Around 8 claiming their place in the sun. There is a new
Crore poor households have been given LPG dawn of gender equality in every field. In the
connections. The Government is aiming to raise Sports arena, the Government has developed
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