Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a big statement regarding the crime against women by emphasising strict punishment against the perpetrators. He said, “We are strengthening laws to ensure stringent punishment for those perpetrating crimes against women.”
PM Modi was speaking at an event in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon. He interacted with ‘Lakhpati Didis’ – women members of self-help groups who earn Rs 1 lakh annually – at the event and also felicitated 11 lakh new ‘Lakhpati Didis’ who achieved the mark during the third term of his government.
During the event, he disbursed bank loans of Rs 5,000 crore, which will benefit 25.8 lakh members of 2.35 lakh SHGs, it added. The government has set a target to make three crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’.
