Hyderabad, Nov.19 (RAHNUMA): In a bid to provide a big market through online marketing at national and international level, the State government is holding talks with Amazon company, said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
On the occasion of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the Chief Minister launched Mahila Shakti Saree distribution scheme after garlanding the statue of Indira at Necklace road in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Reviewing the arrangements made for the distribution of the sarees with district collectors and women self help groups, Revanth Reddy said that the People’s government is giving due respect to women considering them as sisters and launched the saree distribution scheme for one crore women.
Instructing the collectors to appoint a Special Officer for each Assembly constituency to oversee the distribution of sarees in the name of “ Mahila Unnati- Telangana Pragati”, the Chief Minister said that the programme should be organised in a festive atmosphere in every mandal headquarter.
MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other public representatives should also be invited, he said the distribution of sarees to women, who are 18 and above age, in rural areas should be completed from November 19 to December 9. For this, 65 lakhs have been made available. In the second phase, 35 lakh sarees will be distributed in urban areas from March 1 to 8.
The collectors were also ordered to keep the data of the Social, Economic, Educational, Employment and Political Caste Survey (SEEEPEC), collect Aadhar details and carry out facial recognition during the distribution of the sarees to the women.
Revanth Reddy highlighted the women empowerment schemes which are being implemented in the state and reminded that the previous government was negligent in providing interest-free loans to women groups. The People’s government was releasing interest-free loans and the required funds also simultaneously, he said.
The Chief Minister also listed out the free RTC bus travel for women, leasing of RTC buses from women groups, uniforms stitching contracts to women’s associations who earned Rs. 30 crore for women empowerment .
The works worth Rs. 534 crore in the schools were awarded to Amma Adarsha Pathashala Committees and the purchase of paddy has been entrusted to women’s associations. The government also set up Indira Mahila Shakti Bazaar on 3 acres of land worth hundreds of crores of rupees next to Shilparamam, Revanth Reddy said.
“ Now, we are in talks with Amazon with the aim of providing an international market for the products produced by women’s groups”, he added.
