Governance
Free smartphones for women Self-Help Groups
As a part of digital empowerment programme, the state government will provide free smartphones to all six lakh women self-help groups (SHGs) under Mission Shakti programmes. Mission Shakti is an initiative that aims at economic empowerment of women by forming self-help groups and providing them with loans from various banks at a low interest rate for various livelihood opportunities. During the Make in Odisha Conclave, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shared that digital empowerment will further accelerate the socio-political and economic empowerment of women.
|