DAY-NRLM organized workshop on ‘Making of Lakhpati Didi’s’ through Integrating Women SHGs into Service Sector Enterprises

• Stepping up its efforts further towards making of 3 Crore Lakhpati Didis in line with the Prime Minister’s vision,
• The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), under the Ministry of Rural Development organized today a National Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on Integrating Women Self-Help Groups into Service Sector Enterprises: Making of Lakhpati Didis.

Highlights:

• The mission is striving for Lakhpati Didis, as envisioned by the Prime Minister and making its forays into strengthening the Lakhpati Initiative while exploring and integrating possibilities of the service sector enterprises.
• Highlighted the fact that the services sector today contributes to about 50% of the GDP, 31 % of the jobs and hence it is of utmost importance to discuss it with an open mind that what kind of sub-scheme can be launched for wider engagement of the SHG community for their economic upliftment and enabling them to become Lakhpati Didis.
• The announcement of the making of Lakhpati Didis by the Prime Minister on 15th August 2023, the National Rural Livelihoods Mission and its State Rural Livelihoods Missions are inspired to make it a reality.
• Convergence is the key to realize the Prime Minister’s ambitious dream of Lakhpati Didis and the Ministry with its partners will leverage every possible opportunity to help economic transformation of the SHG Didi’s as Lakhpati Didi’s.
• The workshop was organized with the objective of understanding the current landscape- opportunities, potential and challenges faced by women SHGs in the service sector, to identify best practices and successful models of integrating women SHGs into service enterprises and to develop a roadmap for way forward and strategies for successful integration of SHG women to service sector of the economy working in collaboration with the various stakeholders.
• The participants included representatives from eleven ministries, ten State Rural Livelihoods Missions and other Stakeholders, Sector Skill Council, National Resource Organizations and Technical Support Agencies.
• The workshop saw open discussion on various ideas and thoughts with the active engagement of the participants.

Prelims Takeaway:

• SHG
• DAY-NRLM