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RECOGNITION: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin distributing Manimekalai Awards to the self-help groups at a function in Chennai. CHENNAI: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday distributed the newly-instituted Manimekalai awards for self help groups in the State to leaders of the winning groups. Five panchayat-level federations were awarded Rs.1 lakh each and 10 self help groups Rs.50,000 each, at the function at Kalaivanar Arangam here. The federations were from Erode, Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Karur and Tiruvallur districts and the SHGs, Erode, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Pudukottai, Kanyakumari, Perambalur, Namakkal, Chennai, Villupuram and Tiruvarur. Mr. Stalin also launched an education project for self help group women. Speaking on the occasion, he urged the women to be equally aware of the needs of the nation and society and serve them, even as they used their empowerment to look after themselves and their families better. More awardsHe said more awards for SHGs at the district-level were in the offing: one SHG federation at the panchayat-level will be chosen for a cash prize of Rs.50,000 and three SHGs will also be chosen in each district for cash awards. Detailing the history of the self-help group movement in the State, Mr. Stalin said it was among the earliest such movements in the country. What began as an experiment in Dharmapuri in 1989 had now grown to include over 3.5 lakh groups comprising about 56 lakh women members. Every year an additional 25,000 groups were being formed. It was a matter of pride that in Tamil Nadu, women’s representation in local bodies was far higher than the 33 per cent reservation promised by the law, Mr. Stalin said. Illiterate lotSarva Shiksha Abhiyan project director M.P. Vijayakumar said about half the women who belonged to the SHGs were found to be illiterate. A number of women in rural areas had no opportunity for even basic education. The new project would remedy this by introducing basic education through activity-based learning methods currently employed by the SSA. A sum of Rs. 1.75 crore has been set aside for the project in 50 gram panchayats in 20 districts. Women leaders from some of the winning SHGs shared their experiences with microfinance, microenterprise and activity based learning. Rural Development Secretary Ashok Vardhan Shetty, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women chairperson Susan Mathew and Managing Director N. Muruganandam spoke.
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