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UP Operationalizes Women Economic Empowerment Index with Real-Time Monitoring

District leaders have begun Odop Margin Money Scheme rollouts, set up re-enrolment units to reengage women in training, piloted expanded skill courses for roles from Home Guards to paramedical services

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Overview

  • The Women Economic Empowerment Index has been integrated into the Chief Minister’s Control Room as a mission-critical tool for tracking scheme performance across all 75 districts
  • Five districts—Shravasti, Sambhal, Mahoba, Balrampur and Siddharthnagar—were flagged for urgent intervention based on gaps in entrepreneurship, employment, education, livelihood and safety metrics
  • Odop Margin Money Scheme campaigns are set to launch in Banda, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Mahoba, Shravasti and Sitapur to boost women’s access to credit and entrepreneurial support
  • District officials must establish re-enrolment units to bring women who dropped out back into vocational and skill development programs
  • State directives prioritize women’s recruitment as Home Guards and teachers and expand training in technical institutes, paramedical courses and public transport roles