New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Union Home and Cooperation minister Amit Shah on Friday said women's empowerment through cooperatives was one of the core objectives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He was speaking after inaugurating various initiatives of cooperative societies under the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF) aimed at strengthening and promoting women's empowerment in the cooperative sector at Kundara here.
Before starting his speech, Shah recalled that it was his first visit to the state after Kerala was renamed Keralam following the passage of a Bill in Parliament.
Shah said farmers and people associated with the cooperative sector had been demanding the creation of a separate Union ministry for cooperation since Independence, but the demand had not been fulfilled.
"PM Narendra Modi created the Cooperation Ministry and took a major step towards rural development, agricultural development and women's empowerment in the country," he said.
The minister said that women empowerment through cooperatives is the core objective of our country's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
"He understands this very well and guides us that if the woman of a house becomes prosperous, the entire family becomes prosperous. The formula of 'Prosperity through Cooperation' (Sahkar Se Samriddhi) is essentially aimed at the rural and poor women of our country," he said.
He said significant efforts had been made to promote women power (Matrushakti) and their empowerment over the last 10-12 years under PM Modi's leadership.
Shah said the share of women in the labour force had increased from 23 per cent in 2014-15 to 40 per cent due to various facilities provided to women workers.
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