Telangana Aims to Create One Crore Women Entrepreneurs by 2034

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has set an ambitious target of transforming one crore women into financially prosperous individuals by 2034, describing women's economic empowerment as the foundation for the state's growth. He made the announcement while participating in the 'Maa Indiramma Intlo Deepavali' celebrations in the Kodangal Assembly constituency on the occasion of Deepavali and his birthday.

The Chief Minister celebrated the festival at Parsapur village, where he inaugurated a newly constructed Indiramma house belonging to Sumitra and Srinivas. He presented new clothes to the family and shared a meal at their residence before celebrating with children by bursting firecrackers.

During his visit, Revanth Reddy inaugurated several public infrastructure projects, including new police stations in Kodangal and Dudyal, a Government Junior College in Daulatabad, and educational buildings and a Primary Health Centre at Hakimpet.

The government also launched the distribution of 4.5 lakh new pensions for widows, single women, persons with disabilities, and handloom and toddy-tapping workers. Interacting with women's self-help groups at the Kodangal Industrial Hub, the Chief Minister urged families to prioritise girls' education and assured women that their economic advancement would remain a government priority.

He said Telangana currently has around 70 lakh women in self-help groups, with plans to increase membership to one crore by 2034. The government has facilitated bank-linked loans worth Rs 79,000 crore for these groups over the past 34 months and paid Rs 1,900 crore towards interest. Women have also been given opportunities in petrol pump operations, solar power generation, school uniform stitching and Indiramma canteen management.

Highlighting other welfare measures, he said 8.5 lakh Indiramma houses had been sanctioned in women's names. Under the Mahalakshmi scheme, women had made 37 lakh free journeys on RTC buses, for which the government had paid Rs 13,000 crore to the transport corporation.

Revanth Reddy further announced that Indiramma sarees would be distributed to one crore women on November 19, marking former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary. He said women's participation in business and industry would be crucial to achieving Telangana's ambition of becoming a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2034 and a three-trillion-dollar economy by 2047.