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Uttar Pradesh Sugarcane Development Department, on Thursday, launched the Mission Shakti campaign for the protection, honour, self-reliance and earnings of women and girls in the state.
Giving details in this regard, Commissioner, Cane and Sugar, Sanjay Bhoosreddy, said here that the immense success and popularity of this programme of the Cane Development Department was evident from the fact that on the occasion of International Women's Day, under the Mission Shakti Programme held at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, two best performers of the Cane Development Department, Kusum, chairperson of Annapurna Self-Help Group in Bareilly and Manmati, chairperson of Maa Vaishno Devi Women Self-Help Group in Ayodhya, were amongst the 11 women who were honoured by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
He also said that the women of the state participated extensively in the income generation programme by distribution of seedlings through raising nursery.
With a view to increase the participation of women under this programme, the number of women self-help groups in each cane development council area has been increased from 10 to 25. At the same time, the number of women members in each self-help group has been increased from 10 to 35.
Sharing factual statistics related to this programme, Bhoosreddy said that 1,964 women self-help groups had been formed so far in 36 sugarcane-dominated districts in the state, in which 41,113 women entrepreneurs had been registered.
He also said that in these workshops organised under the Mission Shakti campaign, information was being provided to rural women about employment opportunities in sugarcane farming. He said with this, the spirit of entrepreneurship was being developed in women of rural areas and they were becoming self-dependent.