PM Modi Lauds Role Of Women's Self Help Groups During COVID-19

PM Modi, during an event, informed that there are over 42 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts out of which 55 per cent are held by women.

Appreciating women's role during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the way the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country have served the nation during the pandemic by producing masks and sanitisers and creating awareness about the infection is unprecedented. The Prime Minister, speaking at the "Atmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad" event, informed that there are over 42 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts out of which 55 per cent are held by women. At the event, PM Modi congratulated the women SHGs and said, "I congratulate our sisters, who along with giving a better life to their families, have helped in the development of the country too." The Prime Minister released the capitalisation support funds to the tune of Rs 1,625 crore to over 4 lakh SHGs. In addition, he will release Rs 25 crore as seed money for 7,500 SHG members under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Rs 4.13 crore as funds to 75 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) being promoted under the Mission.