Jalgaon: A gathering of ‘Lakhpati Didis’ was held today in Jalgaon in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One to one and a half lakh women of self-help groups participated in this program. On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the many initiatives launched for women empowerment. “All I can say is this is just a trailer. Now we are going to further expand the role of sisters and daughters”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. *A gathering of ‘Lakhpati Didis’ was held in Jalgaon today (August 25). The program was held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The program was organized in Jalgaon Airport area. One to one and a half lakh women of self-help groups participated in this program. Narendra Modi came to Jalgaon district after almost ten years. On this occasion he commented on many schemes for women. “India’s economy is becoming a major force. The transformation that self-help groups are taking place in remote tribal areas is in front of everyone. This figure is huge in 10 years. In 10 years, 10 crore women have been associated with this campaign. We have also connected them with the bank. We have given them easy and cheap loan from the bank. Let me give you a number. You will be surprised and angry to hear it. Till 2014, less than 25 thousand crores of bank loans were received by the savings group. remember 25 thousand crores only. But in the last ten years at least 9 lakh crores of aid has been given”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Not only this, the direct aid provided by the government also increased by about 30 times. As a result, the income of village women has increased and they are strengthening the country. Let me tell you, this is just a trailer. Now we are going to further expand the role of sisters and daughters”, said Narendra Modi. *”Drone worth lakhs of rupees will be given to women’s group” *”Today more than half a lakh banks are providing banking services in every village. Some women were saying that they are doing one crore business. We are going to give a drone worth lakhs of rupees to a group of women. Because drones will help farmers to do modern agriculture. We are going to help 2 lakh animal lovers. We are going to give leadership to women power for natural farming. For this we have started Krishi Sakhi programme. We are going to create lakhs of agricultural sakhis in the villages of the country in the coming time. This will increase the confidence of girls”, said Narendra Modi.