Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi, Feb 2: Rural women have been becoming self-reliant by joining the welfare schemes run by the state government. By joining these schemes, they not only improve their financial conditions but also provided the benefits of government schemes to the people of their villages. Under these schemes, the state government is also working to make rural women Mates. Under these schemes, the state government is also working to make rural women mates. These mates provide information about government schemes to the people of the village, initiatives to connect the villagers with those schemes while engaging them in the works being done under MNREGA in the village and remunerating them. Now, these mates have become a source of inspiration for the people of the village, paving a way for their economic self-reliance.
Aveda Khatoon, an 8th pass woman from Lohardaga, has been taking care of her family better after becoming a Mate. Aveda says her experience working as a mate has been good. It gives great pleasure to be able to help poor villagers by giving them work and getting them paid on time. Before being selected as a mate, Aveda used to do farming and worked as a labourer to support her family. Now after becoming a mate, her family has become financially stable.
Like Aveda, Sabita Kumari of Shahpur Panchayat of Kolebira, Simdega is an inter pass. She got the job of a mate in MNREGA. Sabita became self-reliant as soon as she registered as a mate. Due to contact with government officials and employees, she got information about many government schemes. She further shared this information with the villagers and connected them with government schemes.
Budhni Oraon is a resident of Jori block of Lohardaga. After becoming a mate, she was given irrigation well from MNREGA with which she started growing vegetables and fruits like mango in 2021. She further worked to make barren land cultivable and provided employment to farmers. The farmers were told about the benefits of the coups. Formed a group of women and told them about other beneficial schemes of the government including MNREGA, due to which other villagers are also increasing their income by cultivating vegetables.
Rajeshwari B, MNREGA Commissioner said that MNREGA schemes have become a boon for several villagers in present times. The women mates of MGNREGA have become the guides to this change. These women are not only feeding their families by joining the MNREGA scheme but their villages. Along with this, steps have been taken towards making their lives self-sufficient.
