Assam Government / Women will not get any benefit if they have more than 3 children, the new policy will shock them

Assam Government: A new financial assistance scheme has been prepared by the Assam Government for rural women entrepreneurs. Through this scheme, PM Narendra Modi's target of making 2 crore women 'Lakhpati Didi' is to be achieved. However, some conditions have also been imposed for the benefits of this scheme. A limit has been fixed for the number of children to avail the benefits of the scheme. If women of General and OBC category in rural areas want to avail the benefit of this scheme, then they should not have more than 3 children, similarly for women of Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) this limit is fixed at 4 children. Has been done.

However, for the MMUA scheme, the ‘population norms’ have been slightly relaxed. A limit of 4 children has also been fixed for Moran, Motok and 'Tea Tribes', who are demanding to be included in ST category. Along with setting a limit on the number of children, two other conditions have also been imposed. First, if they have girls, they have to enroll them in school. If the girl is very young and not of school age, the women will have to sign an affidavit that she will be enrolled in school when she grows up. The trees planted by them last year under the government's tree plantation campaign, Amrit Vriksha Andolan, should remain alive.

Will impose such restrictions in all schemes: CM Sarma

Announcing the Chief Minister Mahila Entrepreneurship Campaign (MMUA) on Thursday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that gradually, all beneficiary schemes of the state government will be tied to such 'population norms'. This is in line with his announcement in 2021 that the state government will have a 2-child policy for those availing benefits through specific state-funded schemes. But due to this new policy, about 5 lakh women may have to lose this scheme.

The objective of the Chief Minister Mahila Entrepreneurship Campaign is to help the women who are part of Self-Help Groups in the rural parts of the state to develop as “Rural Micro Entrepreneurs”, as well as to help every member of the The annual income has been fixed at Rs 1 lakh.

More than 38 lakh people join SHG in Assam

After the implementation of the new system by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the state, about 5 lakh women are expected to be left out of this self-help group. According to the data released on the website of the Ministry of Rural Development, there are a total of 3,43,558 Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the state, involving a total of 38,45,193 people. If seen on the basis of category, 3,76,682 people of Scheduled Caste are included in it while 6,86,478 people of Scheduled Tribe are included in it. 11,83,513 people from minority class are part of this group. The remaining 15,98,520 people come from other categories (General and OBC). Now it is believed that due to the implementation of the new system, at least 5 lakh women will be left out of this scheme.

Regarding the limit set regarding children, CM Sarma said that the purpose behind increasing the number of children in this scheme is that women should use the money properly to establish their business. If a woman has four children, where will she find time to spend money, where will she find time to do business? She will remain constantly busy with children's education.

About 145 business schemes have been prepared by the state government, out of which they can choose one and avail the benefit of grant. If they fulfill the required eligibility criteria then the government will give them Rs 10,000 in the initial year. Depending on whether she uses this amount or not, in the next two years she will be given a loan of Rs 12,500 from the government and Rs 12,500 from the bank.