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Insurance for all key to social security: PM Narendra Modi
The Statesman
|December 10, 2024
As part of the event, the Prime Minister distributed appointment certificates to prospective Bima Sakhis, under which the goal is to provide employment opportunities to two lakh women
Launching the 'Bima Sakhi Yojana' of Life Insurance Corporation, in line with his commitment to women empowerment and financial inclusion, in Panipat, Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the Union government has taken unprecedented steps for women empowerment in the last 10 years.
During the occasion, he also laid the foundation stone of the main campus of Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal.
Addressing the gathering, Modi lauded the people of Haryana for adopting the mantra of 'Ek hain to Safe hain', which had become an example for the entire country.
Lauding the women for having played a major role in providing banking facilities in every village, the Prime Minister said those who did not even have bank accounts are now connecting the villagers to banks as Bank Sakhi.
This story is from the December 10, 2024 edition of The Statesman.
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