The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra via video conferencing in which he was visible impressed by one Rubina Khan of Dewas Madhya Pradesh.
Rubina is part of a Self-Help Group comprising 1.3 lakh women which started a small business of selling clothes by availing loan from her SHG and left the life of a labourer. She later graduated to second-hand Maruti Van to sell her merchandise.
They contributed during the pandemic by making masks, PPP kit and sanitizers. Recounting her experience as Cluster Resource Person (CRP) he informed how she inspired women for the life of entrepreneurship. Groups were formed in 40 villages.
The Prime Minister told her that among the women of the SHGs, he has intention of making about 2 crore Didis ‘Lakhpati’. She assured the Prime Minister to be a partner in this dream and said ‘I wish every Didi to be a Lakhpati’. All the present women raised their hands to be a part of making every Didi Lakhpati.