On October 11, Prime Ministeer Narendra Modi chaired a high level review meeting to discuss the progress made on schemes to be implemented based on his Independence Day speech. PM had spoken about making 2 crore Lakhpati didis, i.e. making 2 crore women engaged in Self Help Groups (SHG) or Anganwadis Lakhpatis. He took stock of the various livelihood interventions planned to achieve this target, taking the Special focus on Women.
The PM was given an overview of the plans to implement this, ranging from training of Women SHGs to monitoring of activity.
Also, he had spoken about taking the number of Jan Aushadhi Stores in India to 25,000 from 10,000 currently to increase the reach of affordable medicines. PM reviewed the implementation strategy for this expansion.
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