From Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha Sangma has said the Centre’s initiatives to improve living condition of rural people have started bearing fruits.
In an interview published a leading daily newspaper of Egypt — The Egyptian Gazette, Agatha on Tuesday said, “My task is not to urbanise these rural areas; rather to make living conditions of rural people comfortable.”
She was in Cairo recently to preside over the 17th General Session of the Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) Conference.
She talked about the National Rural Livelihood Mission that aims at reducing poverty by enabling poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. “Part of this programme is devoted to empowering women socially and economically,” she said.