Lucknow: The climb of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for power in 2014 was a turning point in women’s empowerment, said Chairman of the Yogi Adityanath Minister at the launch of the Shakti Phase 3 mission on Saturday.
“It was a massive transformation year with PM Narendra Modi coming with a vision to make a standalone woman,” he said.
Stating that no society can develop by ignoring half of the population, the main minister said Modi provides a new direction for women’s empowerment by launching a scheme such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, starting Jan Dhan to make independent women financially, get toilets built for the poorest .
, Launching a Swamitva scheme to ensure a woman gets a priority in inheriting property and getting a house built under PM watch out Yojana.
“Everyone is aware of the women’s situation rises before 2017.
There is a widespread feeling that affects the sense of independence and dignity of women.
As soon as our government is in power in 2017, we start a special program for women’s security peaking in the Shakti mission,” he said.
Lawing the foundation of a female PAC battalion, CM said, one unit will be arranged in Lucknow and the others in Gorakhpur.
Commenting on how women were recruited in the police, but had never been deployed in the field, he added that his government decided that at least 20% of the 1.5 recruiting police lakh would become women and 10,000 had been appointed as beat concottables.
Describing the steps taken by the government to empower women, cm said they appointed Sakhis banking correspondent, which would ensure women do not need to visit the bank for basic work such as withdrawing and depositing cash.
BC Sakhis will take this facility to their doorstep.
Self-cellular groups are empowered and valid reasonable prices are handed over to these groups.
Prepare work done by the Balinee Milk Manufacturer company in Jhansi, said CM, RS 35 Crore has been approved to establish a milk-producing company in other districts as well.
“People have been looking for a reservation of 35% for women in Pancahayats, but after the recent election, 54% of the new Gram Pradhans, 56% of the chairman of Zila Panchayat and 54% of the Pramukh block are women,” he said.
Anandiben Governor Patel also encouraged women to realize their dreams.
Speaking of changes in the mindset for the past 15-20 years, he said, when he visited Lucknow prison after coming to the country and interacted with women’s prisoners, 80% of them said they had been convicted of killing their daughters – law for dowry.
“Now when I go to the villages, women say they want to end dowry.
Previously, women were not allowed to work but now there are thousands of relatively independent shg.
Women did not approve of their educated daughters, said their role was married and raised children .
Now, people realize the need for education, “he said.