Independence Day: Women at the focus in PM Modi's blueprint of India's growth plan

Prime Minister Narendra addressed the nation on the 75th Independence Day. PM Modi highlighted various schemes the government plans to launch to benefit women, farmers, children, and the rural section of the country. He announced several women-centric plans that the government will spearhead to rewrite India’s growth story.

Sainik schools open for girls

Modi announced that all Sainik Schools in the country will now be open for girls also. There are 33 Sainik schools operating in the country at present. Modi said that the maiden experiment of admitting girls in Sainik schools was carried out in Mizoram two-and-a-half years ago. These schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence.

“The government has decided that all the Sainik schools in the country will also be open for the daughters of the country,” he said.

The aim of establishing Sainik schools was to prepare the students from an early age for their entry into the Indian armed forces.

Initiatives for women SHGs

During his Independence speech, PM Modi said, the government will develop an e-commerce platform for the products made by women self-help groups (SHGs) in villages.

Praising women self-help groups, Modi said there are more than eight crore women in the villages who are associated with them. These women make various products and now the government will prepare an e-commerce platform for their products to get a big market in the country and abroad, he said.