Narendra Modi addresses Mega Women Conventions on women day
Narendra Modi addresses Mega Women Conventions on women day
By our correspondent
Vadodara/Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 6 March, 2010
Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi, while launching two days celebration of International Women’s Day from Vadodara, on Saturday, said, Under the ambitious Mission Mangalam scheme of Gujarat Government, thousands of women self help groups in the state will be entrusted responsibilities of managing fund in the tune of Rs. 5000 crore .He appealed the Nari-Shakti to play a decisive role in the economic progress of the state. At present the fund of Rs. 400 crore is administered, in the absolute professional manner, by the self help groups, he added.
With a view to ensuring women’s participation in administration as well as to strengthen women empowerment at grass root level, Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi, while addressing a Mega Women’s Convention (Virat Mahila Sammelan) of Central Gujarat in Vadodara, appealed the younger generation of the state to contribute as many as 100 hours during the year long celebration of Swarnim Gujarat. Of these 100 hours, the youth should play a positive role either in the field of which he or she is interested. The youth, he added, can contribute either in the field of education, health, energy conservation or environment.
Thousands of women from Vadodara, Dahod, Godhra, Bharuch, Narmada, and Anand attended the convention that was held at Ansuya Leprosy Hospital ground at Ajwa road in Vadodara.
Shri Narendra Modi also disbursed various welfare schemes to women beneficiaries at this convention. As many as 1731 women of Central Gujarat were given away assets and cash assistance worth Rs. 48.42 lakh under various women welfare and development schemes.
Aiming to encourage women in sports activities, scholarship worth Rs. 5,20,800 were given to 109 sportswomen of Central Gujarat while 126 women were benefited with Rs. 21 lakh 08 thousand cash assistance, under Mata Yashoda Award scheme at the convention. At least 1280 girls were given away savings certificates worth Rs. 8 lakh under Balika Samruddhi Yojna while Rs. 3.5 lakh were given from Mata Yashoda Award Gaurav Fund to seven women.
Women and Child Welfare minister Shrimati Anandiben Patel and Social Justice and Empowerment minister Shri Fakirbhai Vaghela also spoke on the occasion.Three sports women were also awarded with special trophy for their achievement in archery at National level.
The CM also dedicated five Anganwadi Mobile Vans purchased at the cost of Rs. 12, 35,636 for the Anganwadis of Chota Udepur, Dahod, Narmada, Bharuch and panchmahals. As many as 245 trained widows, for self employment, were given away widow aid kits worth Rs. 12.25 lakh. For the first time in the country, Anganwadi workers were given cooker, gas connections and burners.
Parliamentary Secretary Yogesh Patel, Mayor Balkrishna Shukla, MLAs from Vadodara, Narmada and Anand, Sports and Youth Culture secretary Bhagyesh Jha, collector Vijay Nehra, Municipal Commissioner M. K. Das and District Development Officer L. C. Patel were present on the occasion.
The CM will address three more Mega Women Conventions in Rajkot, Surat and Ahmedabad by tomorrow.
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The work of HOn.C.M in the every field of life is praiseworthy,but the real senior sportspersons who has brought laurels to the state in past are not treated properly, few of them are jobless, few of them have got job but not of the calibre they are,recently modiji inguareted balgokulam at vadodara but the ground on which the function was held has been closed by the authority? this play ground has given many Arjun Awradee, many of the players has represented India on various levels, but these days the ground is closed for the comman people/children who comes below poverty line and having tremendous potential in sports, now where will these children go cause the play ground is locked for almost 20 hours. The bpl children on this ground who used to play with tennis ball and used to have little workout atleast for an hour or so are not allowed during the day , The senior citizens who used to visit regularly for morning walk cant enter on the ground as the ground is opened only for three hours in the evening, this was the only ground in the city area where comman children/people used to have access, they had the freedom to come at their available time ,play,enjoy and go home and smile. Many tennis cricket tournaments are played on this little and undeveloped ground , now that the ground is developed the enterance for comman people are restricted,this feedback is just an request to the Hon. C.M to kindky open this ground for the children who really has potential but cannot be explore in the absence of ground.