Uttarakhand CM Dhami Inaugurates ‘Pashu Sakhi Scheme’ To Make Women Self-Reliant

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, inaugurated the Pashu Sakhi training program, funded by the Indian government, on Wednesday. Uttarakhand is now the third state in the country to implement this program, after Madhya Pradesh and Kashmir.

The initiative aims to make women self-reliant by training them as Pashu Sakhis or animal friends. After the training, they will work as a connecting link between the Animal Husbandry Department and the animal parents, providing information about government schemes and also sharing the record of livestock and poultry population in their area with block-level veterinarians.

The A-help worker will encourage animal rearers to produce fodder so that they become self-sufficient for the supply of fodder. The Pashu Sakhi program will empower women members of the self-help groups of the National Rural Livelihood Mission to get the opportunity to get the honorarium fixed by the Government of India in various schemes through the A-Help scheme.

The CM believes that strong women are the backbone of any society, and the development of a state is sure if the women's power is progressing. The CM appreciated the efforts made by the Prime Minister in promoting women in every field, from financial inclusion to social security, from quality healthcare to housing, from education to entrepreneurship, and to keep our women's power at the forefront of India's development journey.

 “Uttarakhand can be made a model state in every field. There are good possibilities of achieving a 100 per cent target of various sector schemes of the Government of India in Uttarakhand. It can become a model state for the country in every field,” the CM said at the Survey of India Auditorium in Dehradun.

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the CM said, “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today about 23 crore women across the country have Jan Dhan accounts and women power is getting the benefits of various schemes directly. Today, the government led by the Prime Minister has done the work of promoting women in every field. Today, from financial inclusion to social security, from quality healthcare to housing, from education to entrepreneurship, several efforts have been made to keep our women’s power at the forefront of India’s development journey. These efforts will continue with more enthusiasm in the coming times.”

“You can understand the commitment of the state government from the speed with which the Uttarakhand government also worked to give complete benefits of 30 per cent reservation to women in government jobs. Today, all the mothers and sisters of the state, with their untiring hard work, have done the work of making themselves financially self-sufficient, on the one hand, they have also kept alive the civilization and culture of the land of God. We have full faith that this special scheme starting today will further strengthen our government’s resolution of “strong mother power, strong state,” CM Dhami said.

On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bahuguna said, “This is a big step in achieving the Prime Minister’s goal of doubling the income of farmers and cattle herders. Like every sector, the Uttarakhand government is getting unprecedented cooperation in animal husbandry from the central government. This scheme is important for empowerment and self-reliance of mother power.”

-With ANI Inputs

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