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How Is India Helping Farmers and Rural Women? 🌱

India's Agriculture and Rural Development Minister will guide a new pledge for farmers and village women.

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Key Points

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The event will be at the Pusa campus in New Delhi on August 18.

It will turn the Prime Minister’s ideas into step‑by‑step plans for farming and villages.

The Lakhpati Didi programme aims to increase women earning one lakh rupees to six crore women.

She‑Marts will give women entrepreneurs better places to sell their goods.

The government will keep fertilizer prices low for farmers.

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The pledge follows ideas spoken by the Prime Minister on Independence Day.

The plan includes more money and training for women’s groups and new markets for Indian products.

The goal is to double the number of women earning at least one lakh rupees each year.

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6 words

pledge

a promise made by leaders to do important work

roadmap

a clear plan that shows each step to reach a goal

Lakhpati Didi

a program that helps women earn at least one lakh rupees (100,000 rupees) each year

subsidised

made cheaper because the government helps pay part of the cost

self‑reliance

being able to take care of yourself without needing help from other countries

global markets

places all over the world where people buy and sell things

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