New Delhi
The Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India will be celebrating its Iconic Week under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav from 7th – 13th March 2022 during the week of International Women’s Day. The Iconic Week’s theme to celebrate the contribution of rural women in India is ‘Naye Bharat ki Naari’ and the official hashtag is #NayeBharatkiNaari.
During this period, the Department of Rural Development, through its various Programmes, has planned a series of celebratory events and activities at the National and State level. Each day of the Iconic Week has been dedicated to a sub-theme, which commemorates the opportunities harnessed by rural women, the social barriers broken by them or towards issues where rural women have taken unparalleled initiatives, particularly facilitated by the Ministry in collaboration with other Ministries and the States, to make a difference.
During the week-long celebration, Each Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) to start a batch with women trainees, Each State/UT to felicitate 75 Self Help Group (SHG) women earning more than Rs. 1 Lakh, Each State/UT to organize the Grih Pravesh of 75 women beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri AwaasYojana – Gramin, Rural SHG women under DAY-NRLM to run cleanliness drives in 75 districts across States, Each district to provide monetary assistance to 750 rural women beneficiaries under PMAY-G to build toilets through convergence under SBM-G etc.
The events have been planned to ensure ‘Jan Bhagidari’ so as to take the celebrations right up to the village level and to the entire rural population.
