About Priyadarshini Scheme

GS I: Women Empowerment

The programme (Priyadarshini Scheme) is being introduced by the Ministry in 13 blocks spread across 5 districts in Uttar Pradesh and 2

districts in Bihar.

• It is a women Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains.
• The project provide training for women to become self-sufficient and start Self Help Groups.
• The programme target to cover over 1,00,000 households and form 7,200 SHGs.
• The focus of the project is on livelihood enhancement, the beneficiaries will be empowered to address their political, legal, health problems issues through rigorous capacity building.
• The programme had been started with assistance from NABARD.

Priyadarshini Scheme Provides an Empowerment scheme for women in the mid-gangetic region in general.

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Current Status of Priyadarshini Scheme

• The program was closed in 2015.
• The scheme was implemented in seven districts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
• As per the reports from Ministry of Women and Child Development it did not improve the condition of women who were the actual target.

Why Priyadarshini Scheme scheme was shut down?

• The performance of the scheme was not good as expected. 
• No work was done on the ground while the scheme assessed and spent 31 crore. 
• The chosen NGO’s were don’t have the ability to work on the ground.
• It was a scheme just benefiting the NGO’s and not giving support for the cause of women.

Other Schemes for Women Empowerment

• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
  • To ensure the survival, safety, and education of girls, the Indian Prime Minister inaugurated this project on January 22, 2015, in Haryana.
  • The effort aims to address the recent sex disparity, increase social awareness, and enhance the efficiency of welfare benefits for girls.
• One-Stop Centre Scheme
  • Aid women who have experienced abuse in both public and private settings.
  • Offer a variety of services, such as counseling, legal, medical, and legal assistance, all under one roof.
  • Both urgent and emergency help should be provided, as well as ongoing aid.
  • Strive to end all types of abuse against women.
• Support to Training and Employment Program for Women
  • STEP system as a Central Sector Scheme.
  • It underwent modification in December 2014.
  • It was created to provide women with training in skill development and job stability.
  • This government-sponsored program gives financing to institutions and groups so they may offer training courses to women.
• Ujjwala Scheme
  • The launch of this program was in December 2007.
  • The Indian government has put in place a comprehensive plan to combat trafficking as well as to find, care for, and rehabilitate survivors of human trafficking who have been sexually exploited.
  • The program is mostly being carried out by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order to directly assist and benefit those who have been the victims of human trafficking.

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