Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said women empowerment is key to development of Odisha, asserting that the third NDA government at the Centre, in its first 100 days, has taken a slew of steps for their welfare.
Addressing a rally in Bhubaneswar, he said the promises made by the BJP before the elections this year were being fulfilled at a “rapid pace”.
“In the first 100 days of the third NDA government, major steps were taken for uplift of the poor, farmers and youth along with the empowerment of women.
“Women’s empowerment is key to Odisha’s development,” Modi said after launching the state government’s flagship Subhadra Yojana.
Under the scheme, all eligible beneficiaries between the age group of 21-60 years would receive ₹50,000 over a period of five years between 2024-25 and 2028-29.
“As promised, we opened Ratna Bhandar at Puri’s Jagannath temple after coming to power in the state,” he said.
PM Modi also announced that the Centre has decided to add 75,000 medical seats in the country.
“In the first 100 days of the third NDA government at the Centre, we decided to build 3 crore pucca houses for poor people.”
PM Modi also visited Sabar Sahi slum in Gadakana in Bhubaneswar and inaugurated the houses of beneficiaries of PMAY-Urban.
Accompanied by Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Modi spent around 30 minutes with the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban and interacted with them.
The residents of the slum greeted him traditionally by offering an ‘anga bastra’ (cloth) and applying sandalwood paste on his forehead.
People, in large numbers, gathered on both sides of roads from the Biju Patnaik International Airport here to Gadakana to greet Modi.
A PMAY beneficiary’s daughter-in-law served Odia sweet dish ‘Kheer’ to Modi on his 74th birthday, when the prime minister inaugurated their house.
He participated in the ‘Griha Prabesh’ function of the beneficiary’s family.
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