Minister for Roads and Buildings V. Prashanth Reddy called upon women to be financially empowered and avail themselves of benefits under government schemes.
Participating in a cheque distribution programme under Stree Nidhi scheme at Bheemgal in Balkonda constituency on Thursday, he wanted women to choose a livelihood making use of the financial support extended by the State government. Pointing out that of the 2,006 women who joined self help groups in the town, only 420 were sanctioned loan under Stree Nidhi. Hence, efforts should be made to extend loan to the rest of the women as well, he said. Mr. Reddy said the government would give vocational training to women, if they incurred losses, he would sanction money from his MLA Fund. “There is no limit on the amount to be sanctioned to women. The target is to provide ₹1.95 crore to them to start small businesses and ₹45 lakh has already been sanctioned to 122 women till date,” he said.
The remaining ₹1.50 crore would be provided to 300 women to establish self-employment units.
He mentioned that the government sanctioned ₹25 crore to the newly-formed municipal council of Bheemgal for roads and drainage work.
On Thursday, the Minister distributed ₹5.24-crore worth assets to 355 SHGs.