Smriti Irani launched Yashaswini scheme in Goa

Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani launched Yashaswini scheme for Women entrepreneurship at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao town near Panaji district of Goa.
She also launched Swasthya Sakhi Project and breast cancer screening initiative.
Under the Yashaswini Scheme, the Goa state government will provide interest-free loans up to Rs 5 lakh to women SHGs. The tenure of the loan will be 5 years.
The loan amount will be paid in a total of four installments. The repayment of the loan will begin from the second year.
SHGs including Umang Self-Help Group, Adarsha Satari Mahila Mandal Guleli –Sattari, Salcete and Phoenix Womens Wing Self-Help Group Valpoi –Sattari were given loans under the newly launched scheme.
Under the Swasthya Sakhi Project, the Goa state government will provide a diagnostic kit to the healthcare workers to enable them to provide basic diagnostic services to the people in the state at their doorsteps.
The state government launched the Swasthya Sahayak device to enable healthcare workers to digitize all health information and conduct basic dianostic tests.
Under the breast cancer screening initiative, the healthcare workers of the state will screen women for breast cancer. The initiative will cover almost 20,000 women in the state. The move will enable healthcare services to reach the rural areas of the state.