Top priority has been attached to women's empowerment and betterment in Madhya Pradesh. The state has almost come out of the mindset of considering birth of a girl as a curse for the family following the implementation of welfare schemes for girls right from their birth, taking care of their education, health, marriage and birth of their own children.
Madhya Pradesh is the fist state to implement Veerangana Yojana after the Nirbhaya case for social and political empowerment of women. The scheme has brought forward a fully alert and active face of Madhya Pradesh which is sensitive vis-à-vis atrocities against women in the state. The scheme is being implemented by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department. Through it, women and girls are being imparted special self-defence training.
Martial art training to women and girls is being imparted at every district headquarter. A target has been set to train 500 girls/women in every district. Training under Veerangana Yojana has been imparted to 19 thousand 890 girls/women in 42 district till March 2014.
It is noteworthy that women/girls are empowered physically, mentally and emotionally through this training. Under it, girls above the age of 10 years and women are trained by highly trained instructors to deal with any unexpected situation at workplaces, educational institutions, public places etc.
The physical training format of training under Veerangana Yojana has been prepared by including the best techniques of martial arts, judo-karate, taekwando, wrestling etc. Besides, experts impart psychological training through screening of films at seminars in which women are depicted defending themselves in adverse circumstances.
