Highlights from GUj CM’s visit

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on Wednesday inaugurated various programs for the upliftment of women on Women’s Pride Day from Vadodara. On the occasion, he digitally inaugurated various development works of the Women and Child Development Department along with disbursement of interest-free loans of Rs. 140 crore to 1 lakh women.

In a function held at Vadodara to congratulate the women’s power of the entire state, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said with the blessings of women’s power, their government is completing five years of rule. The occasion of the completion of five years is not a celebration for the government, but a service to the people.

The Chief Minister said that under Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana, 10 lakh women of the state would be included in it before December 2022, and Rs. 1,000 crore interest free loan will be given. In this 9-day Seva Yagya, Rs. 15 thousand crore works are being offered to the people by running 18,000 programs by the government.

The Chief Minister added, “We have made a number of decisions with a sense of empathy for the people and the concept of all-around development, and have delivered its benefits to the people.” Today is an opportunity to present its balance sheet to the people. The working mantra of the state government has been developed for all and we have shown that to all. So this process of development is not possible without mutual cooperation and collaboration. We have developed altogether in Gujarat.

The state government has provided the right economic environment for the development of women’s power. Six women athletes from Gujarat represented the country in various sports at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

He said that women have been ‘given’ equal rights and status by the state government, and have equal rights in the government. Women have been ‘given’ 50 percent opportunity in the institutions of local self-government. Various schemes are working for the development of different classes in Gujarat. Of those, 189 schemes are exclusively for women.

Minister of State Vibhavari Dave said Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has made Gujarat the best of the best. Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a separate Department of Women and Child Development in 2002 out of concern for women. Then its budget was Rs. 456 crore which is now Rs. 3,511 crore. All steps have been taken by the state government for the empowerment of women. Apart from providing an interest-free loan to women, special provisions have been made by the government for women through Wahali Dikari Yojana, Mahila Utkarsh Yojana, Ganga Swarupa Yojana.