{"id":1553,"date":"2025-05-13T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2025-05-13T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:01:46","slug":"self-help-group-women-honoured-for-excellence-in-livelihood-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1553","title":{"rendered":"Self-Help Group Women Honoured for Excellence in Livelihood Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"686\"><strong data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"194\">TFP Bureau, Raipur, May 13, 2025:<\/strong> Women from self-help groups (SHGs) across Chhattisgarh who demonstrated outstanding achievements under the State Rural Livelihood Mission were felicitated during the \u201cMore Housing, More Rights\u201d programme held in Ambikapur. Union Rural Development and Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan, along with Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, presented certificates and mementos to the women, recognising their inspiring contributions to community development and economic self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"1039\">Union Minister Shri Chauhan, while addressing the gathering, announced an ambitious target to transform over <strong data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"838\">four lakh women into \u2018Lakhpati Didis\u2019<\/strong>, referring to SHG members earning an annual income above one lakh rupees. He praised the women for their role in strengthening rural livelihoods and contributing to the vision of a self-reliant India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1077\"><strong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1077\">Inspiring Stories of Empowerment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1303\">Among the women honoured was <strong data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1133\">Smt. Baleshwari Yadav<\/strong>, BC Sakhi from Losangi village in Lakhanpur block of Surguja, who has enabled banking services in five gram panchayats and facilitated transactions worth Rs 11.24 crore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1517\"><strong data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1322\">Smt. Ambe Das<\/strong>, Gender Resource Person from Kevari Gram Panchayat, was recognised for resolving 37 cases of domestic violence and rescuing three victims of human trafficking through the local Mahila Sangathan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1792\"><strong data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1540\">Mrs. Nirmala Ekka<\/strong>, from Sanjeevani Self Help Group in Mendra Kala village, Ambikapur block, was felicitated as a <strong data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1655\">&#8216;Lakhpati Didi&#8217;<\/strong> for establishing a successful centering plate and mixer business that supplies materials for homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1993\">Her peer, <strong data-start=\"1804\" data-end=\"1825\">Mrs. Babita Yadav<\/strong> of Chanda SHG, was lauded for starting a cement and gravel supply business, becoming a dependable contributor to local construction work and repaying her loan on time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"2247\">Another notable achiever, <strong data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2043\">Mrs. Chandni Singh<\/strong> from Radha Mahila SHG in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, was applauded for earning Rs 2.5 lakh annually through poultry and vegetable farming using funds from a community investment initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2249\" data-end=\"2281\"><strong data-start=\"2249\" data-end=\"2281\">Empowering Rural Livelihoods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2283\" data-end=\"2505\">The event also saw the distribution of livelihood-support equipment. Under the <strong data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2384\">Shakambhari Yojana<\/strong>, 2 HP pumps were provided to farmers Brij Kumar and Moharlal Singh of Kotiya village to support agricultural activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2844\">Prominent dignitaries present included Union Minister of State Shri Tokhan Sahu, Chhattisgarh Finance Minister Shri O.P. Choudhary, Agriculture Minister Shri Ram Vichar Netam, Health Minister Shri Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Women and Child Development Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade, along with Members of Parliament, MLAs, and senior officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2846\" data-end=\"3034\">This recognition programme underscores the government\u2019s commitment to empowering rural women and promoting sustainable livelihood models through self-help group movements across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister Chauhan sets target to create over 4 lakh &#8216;Lakhpati Didis&#8217; in Chhattisgarh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,118,117],"tags":[280],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-chhattishgarh","category-state","tag-state-rural-livelihood-mission"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Self-Help Group Women Honoured for Excellence in Livelihood Initiatives - thefrontpage24.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1553\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Self-Help Group Women Honoured for Excellence in Livelihood Initiatives - thefrontpage24.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Union Minister Chauhan sets target to create over 4 lakh &#039;Lakhpati Didis&#039; in Chhattisgarh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1553\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"thefrontpage24.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-13T17:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/43ec6377-a624-4b16-91ac-c09d0dfacadc.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"879\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/?p=1553#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/?p=1553\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73509a9f22e9d45a76b14e6072c0071c\"},\"headline\":\"Self-Help Group Women Honoured for Excellence in Livelihood Initiatives\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-13T17:01:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/?p=1553\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/?p=1553#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrontpage24.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/43ec6377-a624-4b16-91ac-c09d0dfacadc.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"State Rural Livelihood. 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