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 …
For more than twenty years, women from the Self Help Group in Algol village, Zaheerabad Mandal in Telangana, have been producing organic fertilisers and pesticides, securing their income. Neem oil is applied as an organic insect repellent across various crops, while neem cake serves as an organic fertiliser. After crushing one quintal of neem seeds, the women obtain 95 kilograms …
Women tend to be the backbone of society during crises, even as they are also more likely to face the disproportionate impacts of such events. We also assessed the role of government social protection programmes and self-help groups in supporting women in low-income households through the pandemic and discovered that some initiatives worked out better than one would have expected. …
