Sonia inaugurates Aajeevika Diwas 2013, bats for women empowerment

DELHI, India - June 3, 2013 - PRLog -- New Delhi, June 3 (ANI (http://www.aninews.in)): UPA chairperson  Sonia Gandhi (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/sonia-gandhi.html), who inaugurated  Aajeevika Diwas 2013 (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/aajeevika-diwas-2013.html) here on Monday, said the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is the largest  women empowerment (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/women-empowerment.html) programme in the world and it will cover two-third of the country's population in next five years.

Gandhi described the National Rural Livelihoods Mission as an important programme of the UPA, and claimed that in no other country of the world, such an ambitious and huge scheme for the empowerment of women exists.

"Today everybody has proved that this programme can free women from the curse of poverty," said Gandhi.

"Our purpose is clear. We have to strengthen the women SHGs and their instruments financially," she added.

The UPA chairperson also maintained that the empowerment of weaker sections and women has been the Centre's main focus.

Gandhi said that there is a lot more needs to be done for the financial empowerment of women.

She also sought quick implementation of Aajeevika mission across the nation, especially its central and eastern parts.