Itharaman praises Modi, Yogi or women empowerment
Govt launches sion Shakti 3.0
The Uttar Pradesh rnment on Saturday ched the third phase of Misshakti as Union finance ster Nirmala Sitharaman, rnor Anandiben Patel and minister Yogi Adityanath sferred ₹ 30.12 crore Kanya angla Yojana money into the unts of 1.55 lakh girls, the beneficiaries of the scheme, . Mission Shakti is the UP rnment’s flagship prome aimed at promoting the rity, dignity and empowert of women. The first phase launched in October last .Talking about women owerment by the Yogi govent in UP, Sitharaman said: n say that if you have a chief ster like him, then I can ee the bright and prosperfuture of the state and en in it. For the financial owerment of people in the l areas, he (Yogi) has inted women banking correspondents, Banking Sakhis, all over the state.”
Sitharaman further said: “CM Yogi’s energy, hard work and dedication are exemplary. I understand that he has travelled to each of the 75 districts of UP ten times over in the last five years. If you have a chief minister like this, then the state is set to progress fast. He is a very popular chief minister.”
After chief minister Yogi Adityanath credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the all-round progress of the country since he became PM in 2014, Sitharaman lauded the PM’S efforts for launching several women-centric schemes and giving women priority in several other schemes. “In the latest cabinet reshuffle, PM Modi gave prominence to women. At present, there are 11 women ministers in the Union cabinet,” she said.
“When a woman gets encouragement and opportunity, she does not feel shy, and once she becomes a part of a task, she gives her best,” said Sitharaman “And, this is the speciality of women,” she said at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow. Sitharaman also said: “Before coming to Delhi as the Prime Minister in 2014, Modiji auctioned all the gifts he had received as Gujarat CM and donated the proceeds for the education of girl children. During his chief ministership of Gujarat, he took several steps for empowering women in the state, including measures for increasing the number of women in panchayats.”
“Whether it is the Ujjwala scheme, the Jan Dhan scheme or the MUDRA scheme, women are given priority in several schemes launched by the Centre,” the finance minister said.
Speaking on the Covid vaccination drive, she said: “Even some developed countries do not have vaccines. But due to PM Modi’s efforts, we are producing six vaccines in India.. And there will be vaccines for children over 12 years of age soon.” Sitharaman ended her speech by saying: “Jai Uttar Pradesh, Jai Bharat.”
Sitharaman, Patel, and Yogi also felicitated 75 women from government and non-governmental sectors for their contribution to the first and the second phases of Mission Shakti .