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COVER STORY
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY
SPECIAL
PROMOTING
to be broken. The success of the ‘Beti THE ECONOMIC
Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign that is
being seen today, the awareness that PROSPERITY OF
has come in the society through the
efforts of the government, are RURAL WOMEN
continuously increasing the number of
daughters. For the first time in the Schemes like Self Help Groups, Lakhpati Didi, and Drone Didi have
country, there are more women than given a new thrust to the economic empowerment of rural women
men, and the health of women is even
better than before. n Rs 9.74 lakh crore has
Prime Minister Safe Motherhood 90.87lakh been given to women-
Campaign, or the Pradhan Mantri Matru self-help groups led self-help groups from
Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), they have the start of the mission till
December 15, 2024.
succeeded in saving the lives of both 10.05
mother and child. Almost 50 per cent of n 25,385 women welfare
cooperative societies are
the beneficiaries of the Ayushman crore rural registered in the country.
Bharat scheme are women. The central families have There are 1,44,396 dairy
government is trying to remove every been linked cooperative societies,
obstacle from daughters’ education to to self-help where a large number of
their careers. Be it the construction of groups so far. rural women are working
in this sector.
separate toilets for girls in government
schools in the country or the scheme The government 1.25 Under the Lakhpati Didi
linked to sanitary pads, it has greatly has set a target scheme, the government
gives a loan of five
reduced the dropout rate of girls. The of making crores Lakhpati lakh rupees to women
Didi have
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has not only crore women been made till associated with self-
enhanced the dignity of women but also 03 Lakhpati Didi. January 2025. help groups. This is an
provided them with a safe environment. interest-free loan.
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana has opened
savings accounts for the better future of DRONE DIDI SHOWCASES PSYCHOLOGICAL
millions of daughters across the country CHANGE IN THE VILLAGE
for the first time. The new National
Education Policy has also taken several
important steps for the education of
daughters.
The central government has also
ensured that there are no restrictions for
women in any job and any field of work.
Therefore, recruitment of women in
every sector, from mining to the advance 1,094 n These days Drone Didi is being
fronts in the army, has been opened up. discussed a lot. Seeing women
Daughters are now studying and training drones have been flying drones, a psychological
in everything from military schools to distributed to the Drone change has come in village.
Didi of self-help groups
military training schools. Maternity in the financial year n Under this scheme, 15,000 drones
leave has been increased from 12 weeks 2023-24, out of which are to be given by 2025-26. They
to 26 weeks. Moreover, schemes have 500 drones have been are also to be given training in
been implemented for economic distributed in the Namo agricultural work and operating
drones so that new livelihood
empowerment. Drone Didi scheme. opportunities are created.

14 NEW INDIA SAMACHAR // March 1-15, 2025