Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the state’s biggest ever scheme worth Rs 4,000 crore for women entrepreneurs to develop 40 lakh SHG members as rural entrepreneurs or ‘lakhpati baideos’ and ensure an annual income of Rs 1 lakh for each of them.

• Each eligible woman applicant will get Rs 35,000 over a period of three years to help them move towards their ‘lakhpati’ goal.
• Sarma said this new scheme will help those women who want to start their entrepreneurial journey separately from the SHGs they are associated with.
• Under the scheme called Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Asoni, a woman from general and OBS categories should not have more three children and those from SC, ST, Moran, Motok and tea tribe community should not have more than four children to be eligible for the scheme.