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MAHILA SAMMAN BACHAT PATRA MADE AVAILABLE IN POST OFFICES

aking a significant step towards financial of women, and 'Mahila Samman Bachat Patra'
Tinclusion and empowerment of women, is the best example of this." The scheme was
including girls, the Union Government has made announced in the budget of 2023-24 by the
Mahila Samman Bachat Patra available in 1.59 Union Finance Minister on the occasion of
lakh post offices. The Finance Ministry has 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. The two-year tenure
implemented this scheme from April 1, 2023, plan is available with easy investment and
after issuing a notification. Prime Minister partial withdrawal options. It offers a fixed 7.5%
Narendra Modi described this scheme as a great interest compounded quarterly with a maximum
scheme for women. He said, "Our government limit of Rs 2 lakh. The scheme is valid till March
is committed for the respect and empowerment 31, 2025.

MORE THAN 10 LAKH EMPLOYERS

ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL

CAREER SERVICE

JJM HAS ACHIEVED TAP WATER
COVERAGE IN 60 PERCENT
OF THE HOUSES

o provide employment services at the national al Jeevan Mission has achieved providing tap
Tlevel, now 10.41 lakh employers have been Jwater to 60 percent of rural households in the
registered on the National Career Service, started by country. Under the mission, 8.50 crore new tap
the Central Government in July 2015. Here you can connections were given in about three and a half years,
register for both government and private jobs. In due to which 11.73 crore houses i.e. about 60% of the
the financial year 2022-23, a maximum of 35.7 lakh houses in the country have started getting tap water.
vacancies have been reported on this online portal. Together, about 25% of rural villages of the country i.e.
In 2021 there were 13 lakh vacancies. Any person 1.55 lakh villages started getting tap water in 100%
can register online here for the job according to their of houses and those villages have become “Har Ghar
qualification. The Ministry of Labour and Employment Jal” villages. In the first three months of the year 2023,
is implementing the National Career Service an average of 86,894 connections were given daily,
(NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project for the which can also be seen as one connection per second.
transformation of the National Employment Service to When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the
provide a variety of employment-related services like Jal Jeevan Mission on August 15, 2019, less than
job matching, career counseling, vocational guidance, 17% of households had access to clean tap water.
information on skill development courses, internships, Expressing happiness over the achievement, Prime
etc. For this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Minister Modi said, “This is a wonderful achievement
the online portal https://www.ncs.gov.in/Pages/ and will empower many lives. We are making all our
default.aspx in July 2015. Job seekers, job providers, efforts to increase this coverage at a faster pace in
government employers, placement organizations, and the times to come.” Now 11.66 crore households and
employment exchanges can log in to the portal. More 58 crore people have access to clean drinking water
than 53 industry sector jobs are available here. through household tap connections."

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