Aajeevika Mission has become a ‘movement’, says Chouhan

Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) said the Aajeevika Mission had grown beyond a authorities programme to go a “revolution and a movement”, driven by the economical and societal empowerment of women successful self-help groups (SHGs). He was addressing astir 400 Jeevika Didis from crossed the state astatine the Samriddhi Didi se Samriddhi Rashtra: Republic Day Abhinandan Samaroh 2026 held successful New Delhi.

Lauding the enactment of SHG members, Mr. Chouhan said the women had demonstrated singular spot and resilience. He reiterated the Centre’s people of creating 3 crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’, calling it “a mantra” that would beryllium achieved soon. Nearly 10 crore women were presently associated with SHGs, helium noted.

To fortify women’s entrepreneurship, the Ministry had introduced an end-to-end integer indebtedness strategy enabling SHG members to use for and person loans online from immoderate bank. The initiative, helium said, would easiness entree to recognition and beforehand the extremity of a digitally empowered agrarian economy.

Mr. Chouhan besides announced that Saras Melas presently held connected a constricted standard would beryllium expanded beyond Delhi to springiness SHG products wider marketplace access.

Minister of State Chandrashekhar Pemmasani highlighted the increasing relation of women successful the economy, noting that they contributed 18% to India’s GDP and tally astir 10% of the country’s start-ups.