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Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition transportation ₹7,500 crore arsenic the archetypal instalment to 75 lakh women nether the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana connected September 26 to assistance them commencement businesses of their choice.
According to an authoritative connection from the Bihar Chief Minister’s Office, the Prime Minister volition transportation ₹10,000 each to 75 lakh women done Direct Benefit Transfer astatine a relation successful the State capital. He volition enactment successful the lawsuit done video conference.
The Rural Development Department, the nodal bureau for the scheme, has truthful acold received implicit 1.11 crore applications from women, portion the Urban Development Department volition oversee implementation successful municipality areas.
The strategy aims to make employment opportunities, peculiarly for agrarian women, thereby ensuring economical empowerment and strengthening the State’s economy. Rural Development Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh has written to each District Magistrates to organise akin programmes astatine district, block, Cluster Level Federation and colony organisation levels, ensuring information of Jeevika Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
Priority volition beryllium fixed to women from economically weaker sections oregon those without a imperishable root of income. Applicants indispensable beryllium successful the 18-60 property group, from atomic families, and not income taxation payees. All Jeevika SHG members are eligible. Unmarried big women whose parents are nary longer live volition besides qualify.
The State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, approved the strategy connected August 29. Following a six-month show review, an further assistance of ₹2 lakh volition beryllium fixed to eligible women entrepreneurs. The archetypal ₹10,000 assistance volition not person to beryllium returned.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister connected Tuesday inaugurated 311 schemes worthy ₹627.79 crore successful East Champaran district.
