NEW DELHI: In an outreach to ladies on the grassroots forward of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed ‘Drone Didis’, ladies educated to steer drones for enhancing agricultural practices, as an emblem of empowerment whereas handing over the unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) to 1,094 ladies from self assist teams (SHGs) throughout the nation educated to pilot them.“I have full faith that Nari Shakti will lead the technology revolution in the country,” PM stated whereas sharing a imaginative and prescient for the longer term the place drone know-how will broaden to areas equivalent to transportation of milk and vegetable merchandise to the market and medication supply opening new avenues for ladies.The PM had introduced final 12 months on Independence Day {that a} scheme can be launched to supply agri-drones to hundreds of women-led self-help teams and they are going to be educated to fly in addition to restore the UAVs. The SHGs can then provide them on lease to farmers for agriculture functions like crop monitoring, spraying fertilisers and seed sowing boosting earnings alternatives for ladies.In the course of the programme the PM additionally disbursed round Rs 8,000 crore financial institution loans to SHGs at subsidised rate of interest and launched about Rs 2,000 crore capitalisation assist fund to the teams. Hailing the ladies SHGs – 94 lakh teams with over 10 crore rural ladies – the PM additionally drew consideration to the entrepreneurial prowess of ladies who at the moment are becoming a member of the league of “Lakhpati Didis”, one other scheme beneath the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -Nationwide Rural Livelihood Mission, that goals to equip three crore ladies from SHGs to earn a sustainable earnings of Rs 1 lakh per 12 months.The PM additionally witnessed agricultural drone demonstrations carried out by ‘Namo Drone Didis’ at Indian Agricultural Analysis Institute at Pusa Street and interacted with them and highlighted how the transformative affect of drone know-how in agriculture is being steered by ladies. Modi was collaborating in a programme – ‘Sashakt Nari – Viksit Bharat’ within the capital that introduced collectively ladies SHG members from throughout the nation – they included the “Drone Didis” and “Lakhpati Didis”.Describing the evolution of the SHG motion as “a big revolution” and its enlargement over the previous decade “remarkable”, the PM stated that SHGs have “rewritten the narrative of women empowerment in the country.”Modi set out the roadmap for a 3rd time period, exuding confidence of retaining energy, and asserted that “women’s empowerment will touch a new high”. The PM stated that he was the primary Prime Minister who spoke from the ramparts of the Crimson Fort about points of ladies empowerment like bathrooms for ladies, sanitary pads, unhealthy smoky kitchens, piped water to avoid wasting the ladies every day inconvenience amongst different points. “Each time I spoke from the Red Fort about your (womens) empowerment, unfortunately Congress and other political parties made fun of me and insulted me,” Modi alleged launching a scathing assault on the opposition. He additional alleged that “it is unfortunate that earlier govts in the country did not pay attention to the challenges women face”.Declaring that his “empathy” and “schemes” are rooted in on a regular basis life experiences the PM hit out at opponents saying, “Politicians who only think about their family and those who are ‘Parivaarvaadi’ (believers of nepotism) cannot understand this…..”The PM additionally shared how his govt’s schemes have tried to deal with a girl’s wants from the time she conceives a baby. Modi stated that not solely has the govt. focussed on enlargement of SHGs but in addition facilitated the opening of financial institution accounts for 98% of those teams. “The help to such teams has been elevated to Rs 20 lakh and greater than Rs 8 lakh crore have been deposited to the accounts of such teams,” he added whereas sharing that the earnings of SHGs have elevated three fold.The Prime Minister additionally requested the SHGs to come back ahead and likewise take the lead in implementation of PM Suryaghar Muft Bijli Yojna – rooftop photo voltaic scheme at no cost electrical energy.
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