Haryana has kicked things into high gear. During a recent review, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini told officials to pull as many women as possible into the Lakhpati Didi scheme. The aim is straightforward: make them financially independent. The state has already empowered over 1.06 lakh women and now aims to reach another 25,000 this financial year through SHG-linked camps and simplified bank loans.
Aiming for Large-Scale Economic Independence
The Lakhpati Didi initiative, launched by the Centre in 2023 under DAY-NRLM, encourages rural women in SHGs to earn an annual household income of ₹1 lakh or more. Skills like plumbing, LED bulb making and drone operation feature heavily. The training is tailored to open sustainable earning paths. The central target has now grown to creating 3 crore Lakhpati Didis nationwide by 2025.
Haryana has interpreted this with local resolve. State leadership has set ambitious numbers drone training for thousands, interest-free loans up to ₹5 lakh, even a ₹200 crore VC fund to back women entrepreneurs. Special camps under Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana streamline access to loans, training and self-employment support.
What this means is tangible change. A growing number of women are stepping into finance, entrepreneurship and service. SHGs are turning into growth engines from the farm to the marketplace. The combination of skill training, capital access, and state-level push removes obstacles and seeds economic confidence. Haryana isn’t just talking empowerment it is structuring it. By linking schemes, speeding implementation and supporting SHGs on the ground, it is turning policy into income, independence, and impact.
