Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai handed over the contract letters to 10 women self-help groups in Raigarh for the manufacture and distribution of ready-to-eat food | The News India

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Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai handed over the contract letters to 10 women self-help groups in Raigarh for the manufacture and distribution of ready-to-eat food

Raipur | 11-Jul-2025 52

Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai handed over the contract letters to 10 women self-help groups in Raigarh for the manufacture and distribution of ready-to-eat food

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This initiative will strengthen the economic prosperity of women along with the children's nutrition campaign: Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai

Ready-to-eat food will be distributed by women self-help groups in all 2709 Anganwadi centers of Raigarh district

Raipur : The Chhattisgarh government, fulfilling another guarantee of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has started the initiative of implementing the decision to hand over the work of ready-to-eat manufacturing to women self-help groups from Raigarh district today. Ready-to-eat food will now be provided by women self-help groups in all 2709 Anganwadi centers of Raigarh district.

Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai handed over the contract letters for the manufacture and distribution of ready-to-eat food to 10 women self-help groups in a program organized in Raigarh. Finance Minister Shri OP was present on this occasion. Choudhary, Raigarh MP Mr. Radheshyam Rathia, Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Devendra Pratap Singh, MLA Mr. Purandar Mishra, District Panchayat President Mrs. Shikha Ravindra Gabel, Mayor Mr. Jivardhan Chauhan and District Panchayat Member Mrs. Sushma Khalkho were present.

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Chief Minister Shri Sai said that the state government has decided to hand over the work of manufacturing and distribution of supplementary nutrition (Ready to Eat) for Anganwadi centers to women self-help groups. This work will be started as a pilot project in 6 districts in the initial phase. Raigarh has become the first district of this initiative, where contract letters have been distributed to 10 women self-help groups.

The Chief Minister said that the sisters of these groups will now provide nutritious food to the Anganwadi children as well as increase their income from this work, which will make them economically empowered. This scheme is a meaningful initiative towards self-employment as well as social and economic empowerment of women. Also, this scheme will play an important role in improving the nutrition level of the state by providing nutritious food to the children.

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Chief Minister Shri Sai said in his address that in the last one and a half year tenure, most of the works of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's guarantee have been implemented on the ground. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, purchase of paddy at the rate of Rs 3100 per quintal, distribution of bonus due for two years, assistance of Rs 1000 per month to women under Mahtari Vandan Yojana, increase in tendu leaf collection rate by Rs 5500 per standard sack and re-launch of Charan Paduka Yojana are strong examples of this. Along with this, the people of the state are also being given the benefit of visiting religious places through Ramlala Darshan Yojana and Teerth Yatra Yojana.

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The Chief Minister informed that Atal Digital Seva Kendras have been started, the objective of which is to provide banking services to the people of rural areas in their villages. So far, such service centers have been established in 1,460 panchayats of the state, through which thousands of mothers and sisters are taking advantage of simple, safe and accessible banking services. In the coming time, the remaining panchayats will also be connected with this facility.

On this occasion, Finance Minister Shri O.P. Choudhary said that the state government is continuously working to make women self-reliant. The Chhattisgarh government is working in a planned manner in accordance with the target of making 3 crore Lakhpati Didi in the entire country. In this direction, Ready to Eat Scheme is being started, in the first phase of which 6 districts have been included. Raigarh is the first district where contract letters have been handed over to women groups. The Finance Minister called upon all the women groups who have received the contract to do quality work and said that they should present this scheme as an ideal model. This initiative will not only empower women economically, but will also strengthen the state's nutrition campaign.

It is noteworthy that 10 women groups have been selected for ready to eat work in Raigarh district, who have been provided contract letters. These groups will be provided capital subsidy by the Industry Department under the Prime Minister Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprise (PMFME) scheme for setting up ready to eat units. Women groups have been selected for distribution of ready to eat in Anganwadi centers under all the projects of Raigarh district, Raigarh Urban, Raigarh Rural, Pusaur, Kharsia, Gharghoda, Tamnar, Lalunga, Mukdega, Dharamjaygarh and Kapu projects.

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