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Boost for women’s cooperatives
Context:
Women’s cooperative societies in Rajasthan are expected to get a boost
Details:
- Women’s cooperative societies in Rajasthan will get loans for dairy and animal husbandry works at 5.50% interest rate from cooperative land development banks.
- The State government intends to bring one million women within the purview of cooperative sector.
- Under the State government’s Sahakaar Mahila Kalyan Yojana, cooperative loans worth Rs. 200 crore will be disbursed to women
- It was also affirmed that the existing rules and regulations would be changed if they create difficulty in achieving the targets.
- The initiative is expected to make thousands of women self-sufficient and provide new avenues for development of rural areas.
