1. Centralised Kitchen for Better Nutrition (District: Nandurbar, Maharashtra) ...

Mrs Lakshmi married to a poor agricultural family of Khirhani village in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. Her father-in-law’s house compelled her to work as an agricultural labour to contribute to the livelihoods of her family. She became a member of Gayatri SHG of her village during the year 2013. One year after joining the SHG she got an opportunity to undergo training on sustainable agricultural practices organised by MPSRLM. After the training was imparted to her, she was selected and appointed as a Krishi Sakhi of her village. She used the skills she learnt during the training programme to mobilize the fellow women farmers of the village to adopt the sustainable agricultural practices through providing them handholding support, field demonstrations and technical inputs.

Gurubari Bhumiz is famous for Tasar, not only in her village but in her block and district also. She belongs to Jogidih village, Tilopada Panchayat, Kuchai Block of Saraikela district Jharkhandh. She is 8th pass. She has 3 sons. She is member of Gadabaari Aajeevika Sakhi Mandal.

Jharkhand women empower themselves, take on lead roles on their farms The face of villages in Jharkhand is changing. Gone are the days when you would only see the men working in the fields on their farm lands. Today, the women of the state are breaking the shackles of patriarchy by actively engaging in activities traditionally led by men. You can see women in large numbers plugging their fields and engaging confidently in all agricultural activities, and that too, with a great amount of success.

On 5th January 2018, while launching the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), Hon’ble Prime Minister said that “we are living in an era of immense possibilities which in turn creates opportunities. We need to identify existing aspirations in the District and channelise them to create ripple effect for transforming Aspirational Districts. The development of every village of these 112 districts is vital to our commitment to social justice.” Thus, it was clear to all that ADP was a bold attempt to reduce the inter-state and inter-district variations in development by adopting an evidence-based policy making approach driven by real-time data.

Roseline Purti was in shock in 2013 after her husband passed away suddenly, as he was the sole earning member of the family. The entire family’s financial burden fallen on Roseline. She has four daughters and after the death of her husband, she was completely distressed thinking about her daughter’s future. Roseline involved herself in the MKSP activities under DAY-NRLM in the year 2014 and got exposed to business of tamarind. She knew that she had to work hard to support her family financially. She established her business in 2015 after undergoing 45 days of skill training provided by two trainers from Hyderabad.

It is never easy for financially deprived women, to break the shackles of society and stand on her own feet. But 45 years old Urmila Linda is doing just that from lac business. Coming from a poor background, she had to drop out of her school after passing the 8th standard. Her father died at an early age, and owing to her mother’s illness, she compelled to discontinue her schooling to make ends meet for her family. Her brothers were also forced to drop out of their school. Though her uncle was in the Army, still they did not get any help from him financially. They had only 0.2 acre of land, which they used for growing paddy only, which was mostly used for home consumption.

The day we will come across the genuine understanding of the transformation with which the world is suffering then the best things which has to inhabited must be related to the very pristine core and therein starts a new chapter where we can understand the basic resolution of being relentless in every being. Making a supreme connection with self require the will to be patient enough with the dealings of today and that truly lies in the beautiful creation of being a feminine in every human being.

The Ministry of Tourism is pleased to declare the winners of Paryatan Parv Quiz 2019 organized in order to create interest and awareness amongst the general public on various tourist destinations and encourage them to visit different tourist destinations in Incredible India. The quiz questions were about India in general with an emphasis on Tourism, Culture and History. The Quiz Competition was organized with effect from 4th to 30th October 2019 on the MyGov Platform. Total 33902 entries were received in the Quiz Competition.

The 2019 edition of India’s premier innovation and design contest, the India Innovation Challenge Design Contest (IICDC), is now entering the next stage. IICDC is organized by DST & Texas Instruments (TI) Inc. powered by AICTE mission, anchored by NSRCEL@IIMB and supported by MyGov. The recently concluded Quarterfinals phase saw 18,000+ teams comprising of 75,000+ students’ battle it out to win the approval of the evaluators.