Overview

• Devendra Fadnavis said the state will form and register women’s cooperative societies and move to allocate government work to them to boost participation in industry, commerce and trade.
• The chief minister added that a government order will be issued soon and that the state will define the share of work orders reserved for these cooperatives.
• He reaffirmed that pre-2024 welfare schemes will continue for five years, noting 2.5 crore women receive Rs 1,500 monthly under the Ladki Bahin Yojana.
• The government restated its target to enable one crore women to become ‘Lakhpati Didi’, alongside existing measures such as free education for girls from KG to PG.
• The two-day Shakti Samvad in Mumbai, organised by the NCW and the state women’s commission, stressed stronger POSH mechanisms and coordinated action on trafficking and digital threats like deepfakes.