Woman and Child Development Minister Maya Singh has proposed monitoring of the implementation of women's empowerment schemes in the State while reviewing the activities of the Women's Finance Development Corporation here on Monday. Corporation's MD Kalpana Shrivastava and Additional Secretary Rajni Uikey were also present.
Maya Singh said that an empower monitoring committee should be constituted to know the ground realities of women getting benefits of the schemes. She said that results of voluntary organisations working towards women's welfare should also be monitored. Singh sought information about gender budget. She said that there should be a process to collect information about gender budgeting by various departments and allocation of funds for women in districts. This will enable to know as to how much funds State Government is spending on women's welfare.
The Women and Child Development Minister also reviewed Tejaswini rural women's empowerment scheme. She said that arrangements for training to staff should be made in the districts where Shaurya Dals are being constituted.
Corporation's MD Kalpana Shrivastava informed that 12,424 self-help groups have been formed in six districts covered under Tejaswini project. Their bank accounts have also been opened. These SHGs have 1.66 lakh women members. Besides, 2,599 village-level committees have also been constituted. These groups have made savings worth Rs 20.96 crore. At present 1.25 lakh women are engaged in livelihoods activities with turnover of Rs 33.65 crore. As many as 2,676 Shaurya Dals have been constituted in the six districts. The Managing Director informed that training workshops for staff will be held in 14 new districts covered under the project.