Kavita Acharya, wife of Nagaland Governor P B Acharya, today called upon women to avail the Central government schemes to empower themselves and strive for uplift of the society and nation.
"Let us come together and empower ourselves towards development and uplift of the society and nation as we are second to none," Acharya said at an interactive session on "Skill Development and Empowerment of Tribal women" held here under the aegis of Bharatiya Stree Shakti, a Mumbai based NGO.
Emphasising on educational, financial and political empowerment of women, she said the "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" project of the Central government is very important as it gives equal importance to boys and girls.
"To strengthen the society and nation, boys and girls, men and women should march together. That is why girls should also be sent to school to achieve education empowerment," she said.
On financial empowerment of women, she said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched "Jan Dhan Yojana" which gives right to people to open a bank account without depositing a single paisa.
It also gives free insurance of Rs one lakh, Rs 10,000 loan facility to start any small business while there is Mudra Bank if more money is required, she said.
This is financial empowerment and women should avail the opportunity, she encouraged.
On political empowerment, she said the Centre has amended the Constitution and reserved one-third seats for women in municipal and zilla Parishad elections.
In her address Trustee of Stree Shakti, Mumbai, Geeta Gunde called upon women to be positive thinkers as their biggest power is the inherent strength to tolerate mentally and physically.
"A woman may be delicate but not weak," she said while calling upon women to know their power and realise their strength.
