Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will distribute a bank loan of Rs. 250 crore under credit linkage to women self-help groups under the Jan Kalyan and Suraj Abhiyan in women empowerment programme in Shivpuri on October 1. This will directly benefit 20 thousand women self-help groups of the state. Besides, food allowance of Rs 22 crore 77 lakh will be distributed to 2 lakh 27 thousand 687 women of Saharia, Baiga and Bharia tribes and 163 crore 28 lakh relief amount will also be distributed to the flood victims. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan will distribute the amount with a single click.
About 10 thousand women self-help group members will participate in the programme and a large number of women members in all the districts will also watch the broadcast through virtual mediums. It is noteworthy that a food subsidy scheme has been started for the special backward tribes. The families of these tribes reside in 14 districts Sheopur, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Datia, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Chhindwara, Mandla, Balaghat and Dindori. One thousand rupees are being provided every month in the account of these families.
It is noteworthy that from the start of Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission till the position of August 31, 2021, about 2 lakh 65 thousand self-help groups have been benefitted by disbursing bank loans of about Rs. 2 thousand 54 crores.
In the programme, Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development and in-charge of Shivpuri district, Shri Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister of State for Public Works Shri Suresh Dhakad and other local public representatives will also attended the programme.
Various programmes are being organised in the state from September 17 to October 7 by the state government in Jan Kalyan and Suraj Abhiyan. In this sequence, on October 1, a state level programme for women empowerment will be held in Shivpuri.
