COVID-19 and SHG – Self Help Group
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Governance-SHG (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST)
Around 78,000 self help group members of 27 state rural livelihood mission produces about 2 crore masks.
About two crore masks have been produced by around 78 thousand Self Help Group members of 27 State Rural Livelihood Missions. Rural Development Ministry has said that around five thousand Personal Protective Equipment, PPE kits have been manufactured by these groups in var
SHGs Fight against Covid-19 - SELF HELP GROUP
Part of: GS-II- Governance- SHG (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST)
Women members of around 63 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development are contributing in every possible way to contain the spread of Covid-19.
All State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) have been made aware
To bring a sharper focus on moving women to the higher economic order, the Ministry of Rural Development launched an initiative on creating Lakhpati SHG women, to enable rural SHG women to earn at least Rs.1 lakh per annum.
For the realization of this ambitious goal, the Ministry has envisioned livelihood support to 25 million rural SHG women in the next 2 years.
Based on various models existing across the country, a detailed advisory has been issued to the State Governments.
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The government is working on increasing the annual income of each woman in the Self Help Group to Rs one lakh by 2024.
About SHGs
They are an informal group of people who choose to come together to find a way to improve their living standards and conditions.
It is a self-governed, peer-controlled information group of people with similar socio-economic backgrounds and having an aim to collectively perform a common purpose.
The motto of self-help is to encourage