Women of self help groups in Katni said - Government should pay attention to the upliftment of self help groups

 Katni, Bahoriband,. On the one hand, the government is focusing on improving women's conditions by focusing on women's self-help groups, but on the other hand, the condition of women working in women's self-help groups is not good. These things were said by the women self help group women in Bahoriband at the block level meeting organized by the Women's Self Help Group. It was informed that block level meeting has been organized in district Katni as decided by the state president of Provincial Women Self Help Group Federation Madhya Pradesh Sarita Omprakash Baghel. District in-charge Roshni District President Sumitra Bai Ravi Diwan, District Secretary Manjulata, Block President Gulab Bai and Chanda Bai, Gendarani etc. were present. The meeting was addressed through video call by the state president.

Consideration of raising these demands in the meeting: In this meeting, women self-help groups considered to put various demands in front of the administration. This mainly includes abolition of mechanized kitchen shed contracting system, increase in honorarium of cooks, demand for wages of collector rate, increase in the cost of mid-day meal, from Rs 4,69 pa in primary school to Rs 10 per student, secondary school Increased honorarium from Rs. 589 to Rs. 15 per student, from Rs. 500 to Rs. 2 thousand per month, free insurance of Rs. 5 lakh and loan of Rs. 5 lakh for Group Operator, President Secretary and cook. The demand was considered. Meanwhile, the women present said that efforts will now be made by the women to fulfill these demands. If these demands are not met then there will be agitation on a large scale.