Uttarakhand government has taken up a target to make 1.25 Lakh Lakhpati Didis (Women earning one lakh rupees per year through ) till the year 2025. The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that this effort coinciding with the silver jubilee years of the formation of Uttarakhand would give an impetus to the Economic Development of the women of the State.
Speaking as the chief guest at the Lakhpati Didi Fair organised by the rural development department at Survey of India ground here on Friday, the CM said that one cannot imagine creating an ideal Society in absence of women Empowerment. The State Government has initiated many steps to make the women economically capable. A loan of Rs 5 lakh is being provided to the women self help group (SHG) without interest, he said.
The CM and other guests facilitated the women earning more than one lakh of rupees per year through the SHGs as Lakhpati Didis on the occasion. Dhami also handed over cheques to the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.