Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the women of Livelihood Mission have now become financially stronger. Once limited to household activities, they are now changed. They are doing many jobs which are normally associated with men. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the Women Self-Help Group Conference and the state level programme in which he distributied 1400 scooties and loans to them.
Chouhan said that the women members of SHGs are writing their own destiny. They will earn money and live with dignity. Chouhan distributed 1400 scooties to women’s cluster level organization members to work as Paryavaran Mitras.
Cluster Level Federation has been formed to make people aware about the environment at the rural level. The members of this federation have been named Paryavaran Mitra.
Paryavaran Mitra will work to encourage tree plantation and conservation of biodiversity, fulfill the requirement of organic fertilizers in villages at the local level, reduce the use of chemical pesticides, and encourage land and water conservation measures including natural farming and organic farming.
Chouhan distributed cheques of the loan amount to beneficiaries of women self-help groups. A cheque of Rs 20 lakh was given to the members of Kanchan Self-Help Group of Bhopal and a cheque of Rs 10 lakh was given to the sisters of Maa Lakshmi Aajeevika Self-Help Group of Raisen.
Chief Minister said that everyone should celebrate the birth of a daughter, hence Ladli Laxmi Yojana was started. It was decided that every daughter should be lakhpati. Daughters a divine blessing. Entire responsibility of education and marriage after growing up is also being taken up under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana.
Describing the efforts for women empowerment, Chouhan said that the sisters of the state are being given 50% reservation in civic elections and teacher recruitment, 35% in police recruitment and 35% in other recruitments. Exemption in registration fee is being given if land or house is registered in the name of the woman of the house.
The members of women self-help groups have proved their capability in every field. Just as the work of collecting toll tax has been given to the sisters of the self-help groups, similarly in the coming time, other tasks will also be given to the sisters of the self-help group.
Chouhan greeted the self-help groups. Motivating them, Chouhan interacted with Rashmi Shukla from Sagar district, Laxmi from Chhindwara, Mamta Chouhan from Balaghat and Rajkumari Verma from Satna. A film focusing on the 10-year journey and achievements of the State Rural Livelihood Mission from 2013 to 2023 was also screened.
Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Malay Srivastava and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Livelihood Mission ML Belwal along with departmental officers, self-help group members and a large number of general public were present.
