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Aajeevika Mission-Nation's Mission Cover Story
Achievement until
September 2022
Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission, the THE CORNERSTONE OF THE
Ministry of Rural Development recently launched MISSION IS ITS "COMMUNITY-
a 15-day countrywide campaign from September DRIVEN" APPROACH, WHICH HAS
7 to September 20 to bring marginalised rural and
poor women in 34 states and union territories CREATED A HUGE PLATFORM
in Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs). During the FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
social mobilisation programme, each member
was assigned the responsibility of bringing a
friend or neighbour who is not a member of any century and the new India of this century has come
self-help group with him. As of August 31st, over in the form of the representation of women's power.
8.5 crore families were linked with approximately In today's new India, the flag of women's power is
80 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) through DAY- waving from Panchayat Bhawan to Rashtrapati
NRLM. Bhavan. From armed struggle to Satyagraha in the
The assistance provided under the National freedom struggle, the daughters of the country have
Livelihood Mission in the five years preceding been second to none. When India is celebrating the
2014 has more than tripled in the last seven years. Amrit Mahotsava of its independence, the nation
Previously, any self-help group could get a loan of has seen how women's self-help groups have done
up to Rs 10 lakh without a guarantee. This limit a great job when the tricolour is hoisted in every
has now been increased to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 house. The tricolours made by him added to this
lakh. Self-help groups involved in food processing moment of national pride. In the times of crisis
are receiving grants ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs during the Covid period, when people were locked
3 crore to help them establish new units. in their homes and trying to keep themselves safe,
New perspectives on women's empowerment women's self-help groups made masks and PPE
A huge difference between the India of the last kits in large quantities with the intention of serving
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