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OVERVIEW

India’s development is inextricably of Nari Adalat have been made Women empowerment is
linked to the development part of the Sambal sub-scheme; contingent upon the economic
of its women. With this while the schemes of Pradhan empowerment of women.
acknowledgment, Prime Minister Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Programmes such as MUDRA
Narendra Modi’s government in (PMMVY), Shakti Sadan (Ujjwala & Yojana in which 68% of loans have
the last nine years has put Nari Swadhar Greh), Working Women been extended to women have
Shakti at the forefront of India’s Hostel (Sakhi Niwas) and National enabled crores of women across
development journey. Creche Scheme (Palna) have been the country to pursue micro-level
subsumed in ‘Samarthya’. entrepreneurship and become
The Modi government understands financially independent. To
that empowerment is not a one- The impact of this approach has promote financial inclusion among
stop solution, rather it requires a been evident in the outcomes, women, Mahila Samman Savings
lifecycle-based approach towards such as an improved sex ratio at Certificate was introduced as
women empowerment. In this birth which is now for the first part of the Union Budget 2023-24,
regard, welfare programmes for time 1020 women per 1000 men, which is a small savings scheme
women are designed in a manner a rise in institutional deliveries, exclusively for female investors.
to support them at different declining infant mortality, and a
stages of life to overcome socio- lower maternal mortality rate. Under PM Awas Yojana, women
economic barriers to their are being made owners of the
empowerment. For Modi government providing family home thus becoming active
women a life of dignity is participants in household decision-
Mission Poshan, is an integrated a fundamental promise of making.
nutrition support programme governance. This promise
to address the challenges manifests itself in the increased In the 9 years of the Modi
of malnutrition in children, usage of LPG cylinders under the government, women have grown
adolescent girls, pregnant women, Ujjwala Yojana which has saved from strength to strength.
and lactating mothers through a crores of women from chronic Their success can be seen in the
strategic shift in nutrition content respiratory disorders through significant increase in the numbers
and delivery and by the creation smoke-free kitchens. With the of female police personnel, in the
of a convergent ecosystem to success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, laurels won by sportswomen for
develop and promote practices crores of women are now able the country, and in the enrolment
that nurture health, wellness, and to access toilets in their homes of women in the fields of Science,
immunity. Mission Shakti which without any fear of safety or Technology, Engineering & Maths.
comprises two sub-schemes violation of dignity. Walking long The government has transformed
‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’ for the distances to fetch water for daily women from being targets
safety, security, and empowerment consumption is becoming a thing of welfare to agents of
of women. The existing schemes of the past as households across empowerment. Today it is no
of One Stop Centres (OSC), the county are getting tap water longer women development, but
Women Helplines (181-WHL), and connections under the Jal Jeevan women-led development.
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Mission.
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together with a new component
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