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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a programme at Prayagraj transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self help groups to benefit around 16 lakh women. Later addressing the public at the launch of ‘Kanya Sumangala Yojana’, where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mathura MP Hema Malini, Rita Bahuguna Joshi and others present were resent , Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The state has worked for women empowerment. This scheme will benefit the daughters of state” .
#WATCH | A large number of women gathered in Prayagraj for the one of its kind program welcome PM Narendra Modi. The program is being held as per the vision to empower women, especially at grassroot level, by providing them with necessary skills, incentives & resources. pic.twitter.com/oheNsrE3yz
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 21, 2021
PM Modi further went on to say, most of the beneficiaries are those girls who didn’t even have accounts until some time ago. But today they have the power of digital banking….Now daughters of UP have decided that they won’t let the previous govts come back to power.
The amount was transferred under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM). The mission aims to provide women, especially those at the grassroots, with necessary skills, incentives and resources.
Prayagraj: PM transfers Rs 1000 cr in bank accounts of various SHGs, also transfers money to over 1 lakh beneficiaries of Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme,which provides assistance to girl child. He also laid foundation stone of 202 Supplementary Nutrition Manufacturing Units pic.twitter.com/4r7USB7yjU
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 21, 2021
The programme, which saw the participation of over two lakh women, was also attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Modi also released over Rs 20 crore to more than 1 lakh beneficiaries under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme’, which provides conditional cash transfer to a girl child at different stages of her life. The total remittance is Rs 15,000 per beneficiary.
Speaking on the occasion Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath quoted by ANI as saying , The honor that women of the country were waiting for since independence was given to them after 2014. UP govt has done the work of giving respect to every woman of the state. The result of the work done by PM to change the attitude towards half the population is seen by all
