Blitz Bureau
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi September 18 launched the Odisha Government’s flagship women-centric initiative, Subhadra Yojana, besides other railway and national highway projects.
In his social media platform ‘X’, PM Modi said the Subhadra Yojana will boost women’s empowerment and ensure financial independence for our ‘Nari Shakti’. All eligible women between the ages of 21 and 60 will receive Rs 50,000 over five years.
The initiative is expected to cover more than one crore women PM Modi initiated the fund transfer of Rs 1250 crore into the bank accounts of 25 lakh 11 women during his visit. Earlier, the Prime Minister visited a slum area at Gadakana in Bhubaneswar and interacted with 20 beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. He handed over the keys of their houses built under the yojana to the beneficiaries.
PM Modi also dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation of railway projects worth Rs 2,800 crore and national highway projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore. He also released the first instalment of assistance of Rs 3180 crore to nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries under PMAY-Gramin of around 14 states.
The Griha Pravesh (house worming) celebrations for 24 lakh 37 thousand PMAY (Gramin and Urban) from across the country were also held during the programme. The Prime Minister launched the ‘Awaas+ 2024’ app for the survey of additional households for PMAYGramin. He also launched the operational guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0.
