Women will get free sewing machines from this scheme

The Government of India is running many welfare schemes to make women empowered and self-reliant. One of these is the ‘PM Free Sewing Machine Scheme’, under which women are being given sewing machines for free. Its main objective is to provide self-employment to the women of the country so that they too can become empowered by joining the mainstream of society.

What is PM Free Sewing Machine Scheme?

Through this scheme, free sewing machines are being given to the labouring and helpless women of urban and rural areas of the country, so that they too can maintain themselves and their families through self-employment. At the same time, under this scheme, more than 50 thousand women will be given free sewing machines in every state. This scheme released in the country is being run in the states of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh etc. In such a situation, the women of these states can take advantage of this beneficial scheme of the government.

Requirements for the plan

The benefit of this scheme will be available to only those women, whose age will be between 20 to 40 years. At the same time, all women from the economically weaker and BPL category will be eligible for the free sewing machine scheme. Along with this, the annual income of the husband of the applicant labour women should not exceed Rs 12,000.

Application process

Women who are eligible for this scheme, have to fill out their application according to the form prescribed by the department. For this, they can get the application form from the Social Welfare Department. Apart from this, the form can also be downloaded by visiting the official website www.india.gov.in.

Source: Krishi Jagaran

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