Women Self-Help Groups Become Crucial Voting Bloc in Telangana Elections
8 months ago

Women Self-Help Groups Become Crucial Voting Bloc in Telangana Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Nearly 40 per cent of women voters in the state, numbering about 65 lakh, are members in women self-help groups and could play a key role in deciding the results of elections. The Congress is reaching out to the 6.5 lakh women SHGs in the state, with its recently launched 'Mahila Shakti' policy document which aims to make one crore women members 'crorepatis' in the next five years by sanctioning ₹ 1 lakh crore loans through banks and the state government's 'Stree Nidhi' initiatives. On March 12, the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth, approved the Mahila Shakti policy, restoring interest-free loans and pavala vaddi loans extended by the Congress governments from 2004 to 2014 but scrapped by the BRS when it came to power. This pushed women SHGs into a financial crisis as the interest arrears on their loans accumulated to over ₹ 4,000 crore as the BRS government failed to release money to the banks.

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Assam to make 'Lakhpati Didis' out of 30 lakh SHG members, women to earn Rs 1 lakh per year
1 week ago

Assam to make 'Lakhpati Didis' out of 30 lakh SHG members, women to earn Rs 1 lakh per year

India TV News  

The Assam government is all set to make 'Lakhpati Didis' out of 30 lakh self-help group members by pumping an annual business of Rs 30,000 crore. At present, approximately 8.5 lakh women will earn Rs 1 lakh per year by themselves through business under the Lakhpati Didi vision. If all the 30 lakh women have the specified target of Rs …

Telangana to make 1 crore self-help group women crorepatis: Revanth Reddy
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Telangana to make 1 crore self-help group women crorepatis: Revanth Reddy

India Today  

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has announced plans to make one crore women from self-help groups financially independent by involving them in various business activities. Reddy highlighted initiatives such as free travel for women in state-run buses, subsidized LPG cylinders for Rs 500, free electricity up to 200 units for the poor, stitching uniforms for students, and “Indira Mahila Shakti” …

Telangana government aims to make 1 crore members of women SHGs crorepatis: CM Revanth Reddy
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Telangana government aims to make 1 crore members of women SHGs crorepatis: CM Revanth Reddy

India TV News  

Telangana: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said his government is moving ahead with plans to make one crore members of women self-help groups crorepatis by involving them in various business activities. Speaking after the inauguration of the "Indira Mahila Shakti Bazar" of women SHGs here in the evening along with Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Reddy said his …

Ladki Bahin, Maiya Yojana: How women-centric schemes shaped results in 2 states
1 month ago

Ladki Bahin, Maiya Yojana: How women-centric schemes shaped results in 2 states

India Today  

In the evolving landscape of Indian politics, one trend has become increasingly apparent: welfare schemes targeted at empowering women becoming a decisive factor in securing electoral victories. WOMEN-CENTRIC WELFARE: A MODEL FOR SUCCESS A few years ago, political analysts often criticised the lower voter turnout among women compared to men, despite women accounting for nearly half the electorate. Launched months …

CM Revanth to address three public meetings to mark first anniversary celebrations
1 month, 1 week ago

CM Revanth to address three public meetings to mark first anniversary celebrations

Deccan Chronicle  

Women, youth, and farmers are being be mobilised from the districts to attend these meetings. In meetings with these committees, plans for thematic public meetings were finalised to emphasise the government’s schemes for women, youth, and farmers. The Congress government estimates that its Mahalakshmi free bus travel is benefiting over 30 lakh women daily, subsidised LPG cylinders is being availed …

SHGs to turn entrepreneurs: Bhatti
1 month, 1 week ago

SHGs to turn entrepreneurs: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a significant push towards women empowerment and sustainable energy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka announced an ambitious plan to transform members of women self-help groups into entrepreneurs under the Indira Mahila Shakti scheme. During a meeting at Praja Bhavan on Friday, the Deputy CM stressed the need to train rural SHG members as entrepreneurs, equipping them to …

Govt. to Provide Rs.1 Lakh Cr Interest-Free Loans to Women's Groups in Five Years
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Govt. to Provide Rs.1 Lakh Cr Interest-Free Loans to Women's Groups in Five Years

Deccan Chronicle  

The government of Telangana has announced a plan to provide interest free loans to women's groups in the State. The initiative, called the Indira Mahila Shakti programme, will provide loans of up to Rs.1 lakh crore over the next five years. The loans will be extended to women's groups to help them set up businesses and generate income. The government …

BJP promises Rs 2,000 monthly financial assistance to women in Jharkhand
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

As the campaign for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections gains momentum, BJP leader and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a significant announcement during a rally in Latehar. He pledged that if the BJP comes to power in the state, women will receive financial assistance of Rs 2,000 every month. He stated, “If the BJP comes to power in Jharkhand, …

Udhay urges women to take the plunge in business
3 months, 1 week ago

Udhay urges women to take the plunge in business

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: State Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, urged women to boldly take the plunge into business and succeed as entrepreneurship as anyway waiting to learn swimming before jumping into the water would not ever be able to swim. Addressing a government function at Ya Oothakadi panchayat in East Panchayat union in Madurai district on Monday, Stalin …

Telangana Govt to encourage women to set up mini-industrial parks
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Govt to encourage women to set up mini-industrial parks

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTHAGUDEM: Revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Thursday said the state government was encouraging self-help group women to set up mini-industrial parks and food processing units to achieve empowerment. Inaugurating an Indira Shakti canteen set up by SHG groups at the integrated district collectorate complex, Srinivas Reddy said a plan was prepared by the state government for strengthening …

Equal Focus on Welfare and Development, Says Bhatti
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Equal Focus on Welfare and Development, Says Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka said that welfare and development had received equal impetus in the Budget, with agriculture, Hyderabad, health and skilling receiving equal primacy. Interacting with media persons after presenting the Budget in the Assembly on Thursday, he said, “It was strange for former chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to talk about Dalit Bandhu, after failing to …

Telangana Government plans Rs 1 lakh crore support for women’s SHGs in budget
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana Government plans Rs 1 lakh crore support for women’s SHGs in budget

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In line with their commitment to provide Rs 1 lakh crore for the empowerment of women’s Self-Help Groups in the state, the state government is likely to announce loan and life insurances for the members in the state Budget to be tabled in the Assembly on Thursday. According to sources, Loan Bima and Accidental Bima schemes for SHGs are …

Telangana Govt to set up Mahila Shakti Canteen Services, to be managed by women SHGs
6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Govt to set up Mahila Shakti Canteen Services, to be managed by women SHGs

The Hindu  

In an initiative to financially strengthen women self-help groups, the Telangana government has announced setting up Mahila Shakti Canteen Services at all Collectorates, religious places, bus stands, and industrial areas. The government has studied similar canteen models running successfully in Kerala and under the name of ‘Didi ki Rasoi’ in West Bengal. The government aims to set up at least …

TS govt will make 1 crore mahila ‘crorepatis’: CM Revanth Reddy
9 months, 1 week ago

TS govt will make 1 crore mahila ‘crorepatis’: CM Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy declared that the Congress government would make one crore women members of self-help groups 'crorepatis' in the next five years by sanctioning Rs 1 lakh crore loans through banks and state government's 'Stree Nidhi' initiatives. Revanth Reddy was speaking after launching the 'Mahila Shakti' policy document aimed at empowering women SHGs, in the presence …

Lok Sabha Polls | ”My third term will write new chapter in rise of women power” says PM Modi
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Polls | ”My third term will write new chapter in rise of women power” says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited a host of women-centric schemes of his government to assert that only a society which boosts women's standing and creates opportunities for them can advance. His third term will write a new chapter in the rise of women’s power, Mr. Modi said at a ‘Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat’ programme, exuding confidence of retaining power in the …

‘Telangana Mahila Shakti’ to transform lives of self-help group members
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Telangana Mahila Shakti’ to transform lives of self-help group members

The Hindu  

The Telangana government is set to transform the lives of 63.86 lakh members of self-help groups in the State from mere participants to prosperous entrepreneurs under a new initiative called ‘Telangana Mahila Shakti’. This ambitious scheme aims to propel the erstwhile Indira Kranthi Patham ’s self help groups towards a brighter future. The initiative comes on the heels of past …

Indiramma Rajyam envisages housing for all, inclusive welfare, says Telangana Deputy CM
9 months, 1 week ago

Indiramma Rajyam envisages housing for all, inclusive welfare, says Telangana Deputy CM

The Hindu  

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asserted that the ‘Indiramma Rajyam’ was striving with steadfast commitment to ensure that no family in the State is left without a house, and the benefits of welfare and development initiatives reach the poor and downtrodden. Talking to mediapersons in Proddatur village in Chinthakani mandal of Khammam district late on Sunday afternoon, …

Women Empowerment Soars in Chh'garh After Modi Plan
9 months, 1 week ago

Women Empowerment Soars in Chh'garh After Modi Plan

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that economic empowerment has become widespread in every village in the country because of the sustained efforts towards this by the Centre. Launching a welfare scheme for women, christened as ‘Mahtari Vandan Yojana’, in Chhattisgarh virtually, Mr Modi said that the Centre as well as the state BJP government has set empowerment …

Interim budget increases target for Lakhpati Didi scheme
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Interim budget increases target for Lakhpati Didi scheme

The Hindu  

Buoyed by its success, the Centre has decided to increase the target for ‘Lakhpati Didi’ scheme, which aims to train women’s self-help groups to earn a sustainable income of at least ₹one lakh per annum by setting up micro-enterprises within their villages. Budget 2024 updates “Eighty-three lakh self-help groups with 9 crore women are transforming rural socio-economic landscape with empowerment …

Telangana government to strengthen Self-Help Groups
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana government to strengthen Self-Help Groups

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The Congress government in Telangana is focusing its attention on strengthening Self-Help Groups, which were “neglected” during the 10 years of the BRS government. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would interact with 400 SHG members to learn about their groups' status, savings, and economic and manufacturing activities, at Keslapur during his visit to Indravelli on Feb 2. DRDA project …

Govt enhances target to help 30 mn women become ‘Lakhpati Didis’: Sitharaman
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Govt enhances target to help 30 mn women become ‘Lakhpati Didis’: Sitharaman

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the government’s plan to raise the target for helping women associated with self-help groups become ‘Lakhpati Didi’ from the existing 20 million to 30 million. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other officials outside the Finance Ministry ahead of the presentation of Interim Budget in New Delhi “Eighty-three lakh SHGs with …

Bhatti Holds Pre Budget Meetings With PR&RD, Women Welfare, Health Departments
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Bhatti Holds Pre Budget Meetings With PR&RD, Women Welfare, Health Departments

Deccan Chronicle  

with SHGs to ensure empowerment of women. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka who holds the finance portfolio held pre-Budget meetings with panchayat raj, rural development, women and child welfare, medical and health departments at Secretariat on Wednesday. Bhatti asked PR&RD department to lay special focus on setting up agri-based small scale industries for the benefit of women self-help groups. …

BRS govt neglected women SHGs: Uttam Kumar Reddy
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS govt neglected women SHGs: Uttam Kumar Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress MP and Huzurnagar candidate N. Uttam Kumar Reddy came down heavily on the BRS government for its alleged apathy towards the welfare of women's self-help groups. Addressing a gathering of women associated with SHGs in Huzurnagar on Monday, Reddy ridiculed the abrupt halt of the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas funds by the BRS government. …

Govt working on creating Women SHG Bank: Giriraj Singh
1 year, 10 months ago

Govt working on creating Women SHG Bank: Giriraj Singh

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh on Saturday said that he is exploring the idea of creating a Women SHG Bank to fund the innovative ideas and products of Didis to financially empower them. Speaking as Chief Guest at the SARAS AAJEEVIKA MELA-2023 in Noida, UP, the first one in the new year, Giriraj Singh said …

Target of 10 crore SHG members to be achieved by 2024: Giriraj Singh
1 year, 10 months ago

Target of 10 crore SHG members to be achieved by 2024: Giriraj Singh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that the target of having 10 crore members across various Self-help Groups will be achieved by 2024 as the ministry steps up efforts to enroll new women members. “In May, 2014 when Modi took charge, there were 2.35 crore SHG members, but with a focused …

Behind the BJD’s electoral successes in Odisha are women SHGs
2 years, 2 months ago

Behind the BJD’s electoral successes in Odisha are women SHGs

The Hindu  

When Abanti Das was handpicked as a candidate for the Dhamnagar byelection in Odisha on Wednesday, the biggest qualification the ruling Biju Janata Dal attributed to her candidature was her experience in the self-help group movement. Political analysts point out that women SHGs are solidly consolidated behind the regional party, a major reason behind the BJD’s successive electoral successes in …

Bandi seeks release of Rs 4k crore interest arrears to SHG women
2 years, 4 months ago

Bandi seeks release of Rs 4k crore interest arrears to SHG women

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday urged the state government release Rs. 4,000 crore, which were interest arrears that had to be paid to women in self-help groups under Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas as a Raksha Bandhan gesture. In a letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, Sanjay said that on a day …

Committed to implement welfare schemes despite financial constraints: Andhra Pradesh CM
2 years, 8 months ago

Committed to implement welfare schemes despite financial constraints: Andhra Pradesh CM

The Hindu  

Denying that Andhra Pradesh is slipping into ‘‘Sri Lanka-like financial crisis’‘ owing to the State government’s financial profligacy as alleged by Opposition Telugu Desam Party and a section of the media “acting as its mouthpiece”, Chief Minister Y.S. Addressing a public meeting here on Friday, after releasing the third tranche of the zero interest scheme amount of ₹1,261 crore to …

MP ahead in implementing pro-women schemes, says CM Shivraj
2 years, 9 months ago

MP ahead in implementing pro-women schemes, says CM Shivraj

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh has created history in the field of women empowerment under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on the occasion of International Women's Day. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP president JP Nadda during the International Women's Day event in Dewas on Tuesday The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday …

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