The Assam Government has planned to expand the Orunodoi program, which will lead to a new era of women empowerment in the Northeastern State. Under the State Government initiative, as many as 40 lakh women members of Self Help Groups will be provided ₹25,000 each in two phases so that they can take up productive activities.
Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma shared a video on X where he talked about the initiatives taken by the State Government and its expansion plan.
In the video, he said prior to Orunodoi scheme, women in Assam “got a government ration card, 5 kg of rice, and medical assistance of up to Rs 5 lakh” to transform their lives.
Continuing to empower women of Assam, the State Government started the Orunodoi scheme with 19 lakh beneficiaries on October 2 in 2020. And now, it reached 27 lakh beneficiaries, said the CM.
Referring to the women with respect as “mothers of our Assam”, he noted that other than continuously doing their household chores, maintaining homes and family affairs, they work hard by associating themselves with self-help groups to earn money.
To help these “mothers”, the Assam Government has come up with a new scheme under which “as many as 40 lakh women associated with self-help group will be provided Rs 10,000 to the bank accounts so that every woman can take up work for economic development. And in the future, the government will disburse another Rs 15,000 in their bank accounts to the women, who will spend Rs 10,000 on productive work”.
CM Himanta expressed his aim and determination to usher into a day “when every poor family of Assam should get the benefit of the Orunodoi scheme” and in that direction the government is “trying to take the State forward”.
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