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A review meeting of Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission was held today under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya. The main topics of the meeting were the process of giving interest free loan up to Rs 1 lakh to the didis of the group, provision of providing incentive amount of Rs 250 per application to didis, women entrepreneurship, rural livelihood promotion and progress of various schemes were discussed in detail. Principal Secretary, Rural Development Shri Saurabh Babu, Mission Director Shri Arun Kumar and other departmental officers were present in the meeting.
Deputy Chief Minister Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya said the objective of the scheme is to make women associated with self-help groups financially self-reliant, provide them self-employment opportunities and strengthen the rural economy. Under the scheme, it is proposed to provide interest-free loan of up to Rs 1 lakh in three phases to eligible women to start their own business, expand the existing business and establish small enterprises. Describing the role of supporting cadre as important in the implementation of the scheme, the provision of a total proposed incentive amount of Rs 250 per application was mentioned. Under this, it is proposed to give Rs 50 on successful application submission, Rs 50 on loan approval and Rs 150 on full payment of the approved loan. This will help in providing guidance and support to eligible women from application to loan repayment.
Shri Maurya directed the officials to prepare a comprehensive action plan to extend the benefits of the scheme to the eligible women. Women of self-help groups should be given detailed information regarding the objective of the scheme, eligibility, application process, availability of loan and its proper utilization. By establishing effective coordination from Gram Panchayat to development block and district level, it should be ensured that no eligible woman is deprived of the benefits of the scheme due to lack of information.
