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Funds meant for women’s businesses spent on household needs: What review of Centre’s flagship rural scheme has found
June 07, 2026 6:13 am
The study has flagged that officials were pressured to form self-help groups for women quickly under the DAY-NRLM scheme to meet targets, even in villages with limited business opportunities.
Yogi’s push for cow dung paint raises hope and stocks of women SHGs operating production units in UP gaushalas
May 28, 2025 4:33 am
Govt aims to strengthen the existing 5 units with a production capacity of 9,000 litres/day before adding a few more
Teach a woman to fish: How this Odisha district is empowering its residents
March 11, 2025 6:54 am
Currently, 2.6 lakh women from 1,199 women SHGs are engaged in sustainable pisciculture, which has been taken up over an area of 520 hectares
International Women’s Day: Govt has set target to make 3 crore Lakhpati Didis in five years, says Modi in Gujarat
March 08, 2025 11:32 pm
Respect for women is the first step in the development of society and the country, the PM addresses event in Navsari
From village self-help group to ‘lakhpati didi’: how Bathinda native Rupinder Kaur’s initiative changed many women’s lives
February 04, 2025 9:38 pm
Rupinder Kaur’s journey began in 2018 when she gathered women from her village in Punjab and set up a bag-stitching unit. She has since helped many others become self-reliant.
In Yavatmal today, PM Modi to unveil Deendayal Upadhyaya statue, address 1 lakh members of women's self-help groups
February 28, 2024 8:08 am
Although the party says PM Narendra Modi’s visits are official, its larger political connotations cannot be ignored. The BJP has set a 370-plus target for itself in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, of which Maharashtra has 48 seats.
Sangrur women stitching together a good future
June 26, 2023 2:32 am
Today the team consists of 150 members, increased profits, a proper set up in Akalgarh village and their turnover is going to touch Rs 1.5 crore.
State to roll out scheme to provide sanitary napkins at subsidised rate to members of self-help groups
March 14, 2023 1:26 pm
BJP MLA Namita Mundada asked about the discontinuation of state’s earlier Asmita scheme
In Jharkhand’s tribal villages, an online marketplace for local produce
February 04, 2023 7:26 am
An initiative of the district administration, the Deoghar Mart is an online marketplace for local artisans, shops, micro-enterprises and businessmen who are part of the multi- vendor platform.
Campus Talk: Ismail Yusuf College offers certificate course on self-help groups
January 25, 2023 2:15 am
The six-month-long certificate course has been designed to teach those from less-privileged backgrounds, especially women, the know-how of effectively running an SHG.
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