16 districts and 60 thousand women will be benefitted by Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Yojna
BHOPAL (MPINFO): Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Yojna (Women Farmers’ Empowerment Scheme) will also be launched as constituent of National Rural Livelihood Project to be started in Madhya Pradesh with effect from April 1, 2012.
Intially the scheme will be implemented in 16 districts of the state including Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori, Jhabua, Barwani, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sehore, Dhar, Sagar, Betul, Damoh, Chhindwara, Seoni, Dewas and Umaria. Later, it will be extended to the rest of the districts.
About 60 thousand women farmers will be benefited by the project through self-help groups.The women farmers’ empowerment scheme will be implemented with the help of voluntary organisations.
Proposals worth Rs. 94 crore have been received so far from various project implementation agencies in this connection. So far, the Union Government has approved four proposals worth Rs. 45 crore 69 lakh while three proposals worth Rs. 20 crore 33 lakh are under consideration.
These efforts will be undertaken for increasing women’s participation in agriculture and initiating steps for creating permanent livelihood opportunities for women in agriculture sector. Efforts will also be made for skill development of women and ensure food and nutrition security for them at community-level.
