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India Unveils Jeevika E-Learning App and Bihar Blueprint to Scale Women-Led Development

With the new Jeevika e-learning app the 'Shashakt Mahila, Samriddh Bihar' guide documents state-level empowerment reforms for national rollout

Overview

  • The Jeevika E-Learning Management System App provides accessible digital courses to upskill women in urban and rural areas
  • The 'Shashakt Mahila, Samriddh Bihar' publication captures Bihar’s reforms such as 50% panchayat reservation and 35% police and civil service quotas for women
  • Bihar’s targeted schemes have channelled over Rs 5,000 crore to financially empower more than 30 lakh women through Self-Help Groups and credit links
  • Union Minister Jitendra Singh highlighted that around 76,000 startups across India are women-led, many based in tier-2 and tier-3 towns
  • The government plans to replicate Bihar’s four-pillar Women-Led Development framework nationwide to support India’s goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047