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Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Flagship Scheme
Mission, the gas connection facilities to the Self-Help Group used to get loans up to Rs 10
poorest of the poor under the Ujjwala scheme, lakh without guarantee, now this limit has been
and ensuring tap water at home. doubled to Rs. 20 lakh.
Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, women The government ensured free ration during
have benefited the most from the facility of the period of the Corona pandemic. It also
free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh eased the rules to enable women to work in
The houses which are being handed over night shifts. The government also removed
under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are restrictions for women to work in mines.
in the name of women on priority basis. The The government has opened the doors of
Mudra Yojana is encouraging new women Sainik Schools across the country for girls. It
entrepreneurs from poor families in the has established about 700 fast-track courts
villages. About 70 percent of the total loans across the country for speedy trials of heinous
sanctioned under this scheme have been crimes like rape. It also made a law against
given to women. Triple Talaq to save Muslim women from
Women are also being linked with Self-Help atrocities.
Groups and rural organizations across the Bill which seeks to raise the marriage age of
country through the Deendayal Antyodaya women from 18 to 21 years was introduced in
Yojana. The assistance given under the Lok Sabha. At present this bill has been sent to
National Livelihood Mission has increased the standing committee of the Parliament.
by almost 13 times in the last seven years in
contrast to period before 2014. Earlier every
middle. Under the Sukanya Samridhi Yojana, echoed, the thinking changed and daughters
accounts of about 2.5 crore girls have been got a new opportunity to live. As a result, for
opened. The interest rate has also been kept the first time in the history of independent
high on this money to fulfill their dreams when India, the number of women exceeded that of
they grow up." men. The daughters today are carving a niche
When we took the initiative to realize the for themselves which has been made possible
massive dreams and aspirations of Maa by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of
Bharati in 2014, we began by giving new energy Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and
to the belief of the daughters of the country. Sabka Prayas. Now the women are regaining
When the slogan of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao their rightful place.
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