Empowering Women SHGs for a Prosperous and Healthy India

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan emphasized the role of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in promoting health, prosperity, and organization within families for a developed India. Speaking at the National Conference on Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH, Chouhan urged the use of full names for schemes to honor great personalities and highlighted efforts to improve health, economic, social, and educational status of rural women.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday called on women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to champion health, prosperity and organization in families, urging their leadership for India's development.

Chouhan, addressing the National Conference on Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH organized by the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission, praised the program's efforts and stressed avoiding abbreviations to respect the namesakes of schemes.

Minister Chouhan highlighted the necessity of addressing health alongside poverty alleviation, urging SHGs to spearhead initiatives in health and education to achieve a prosperous, healthy, and clean India. He cited PM Modi's goal of empowering three crore 'Lakhpati Didis' as a milestone. Additional remarks were made by Union Minister of State Chandra Shekhar Pemmasani, emphasizing women's emergence as community leaders through integrated mission programs.