The Gujarat government on Wednesday disbursed Rs 140 crore in interest-free loans to 14,000 women's self-help groups under ‘Chief Minister Women Upliftment Scheme’, to promote self-employment in the time of Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme launched last year for financial upliftment of women with a target of covering 10 lakh women and giving them Rs 1,000 crore in interest-free loans by the end of December 2022
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani made the announcement at Vadodara on the occasion of ''Nari Gaurav Diwas'', organised as part of the nine-day celebrations for the completion of his five years in office.
Claiming that the Chief Minister Women Upliftment Scheme’ is better than the micro-finance model promoted by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, Rupani exuded confidence that other states will also adopt the scheme for the economic upliftment of women. The Gujarat government's focus is to ensure that women lead in all sectors and perform better than men, he said.
The chief minister inaugurated 215 Anganwadi centres, two Sakhi one-stop centres and other buildings of state Women and Child Development department, and performed symbolic ground-breaking ceremonies for 112 Anganwadi centres, three one stop centres and 28 other building blocks, it was stated.
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