Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

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The State government has lined up a series of programmes coinciding with Women’s Day on Saturday. The government will roll out schemes and programmes aimed at the development of women in the State. 

The State government will enter into an agreement with Flipkart, MS Swaminathan Foundation, Center for Collective Development, Rapido, HomeTriangle etc. in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at a programme at Markapuram in Prakasam district.

Mr. Naidu will also speak on the State government’s decision to provide gratuity benefitting 55,607 Anganwadi workers and 48,909 helpers. Each worker will receive between ₹1.79 lakh and ₹2.32 lakh, and helpers will receive between ₹1.09 lakh and ₹1.41 lakh. The government will bear an annual expense of ₹17.73 crore for this.

The Chief Minister will release gratuity for ASHA workers. The gratuity will be implemented for retired and deceased ASHA workers from June 2024. A total of ₹1.90 crore will be released for those who have retired since last June.

Mr. Naidu will distribute bank loans amounting to ₹645.52 crore to 7,471 beneficiaries under MEPMA. A total of ₹1,826.43 crore will be sanctioned under the Bank Linkage Productive Loans Scheme. A cheque for ₹1,000 crore will be issued for productive loans under the Stree Nidhi programme.

Loans for 1,000 Women through PM Vishwakarma Scheme will provided. Loans up to ₹1 lakh will be provided to 1,000 women through this scheme.

The government will announce the inclusion of 30,000 new women entrepreneurs under MEPMA. The women will be provided with opportunities for self-employment and financial support. The government plans to engage 10,000 women in the Rapido driving sector, 4,000 in self-employment schemes, 4,000 in Central government-sponsored schemes, 4,000 in tourism-related sectors, 4,000 in establishing Thripti hotels, 2,000 in smart street vending zones, and another 2,000 in setting up TIDCO livelihood centers. The government aims to create livelihoods for around 100,000 women in agriculture-based, manufacturing, service, and business sectors.

An action plan is in place to provide livelihoods for 10,000 people in the MSME sector by 2025-26.