Uttarakhand Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana

Scheme Introduction: A Brief Overview

• The Uttarakhand state government is always ready to promote women and self employment across the state.
• To achieve this, they have introduced various schemes in recent times.
• But there are some women who are still unable to receive benefits of these schemes and remain uncovered.
• To this void, the Uttarakhand government has recently announced a new initiative called "Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana".
• This scheme is also known by other names such as; "Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana" or "Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Scheme".
• Under this scheme, the state government will provide a grant up to Rs 1.5 lakhs.
• If a woman wants to start a business worth Rs 2 lakh, she will be provided a grant of 75% and the remaining amount is to be paid by the beneficiaries.
• The assistance provided under the Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana can be used to start a business.
• The main objective of the scheme is to promote self employment and make women self-reliant.
• Scheme like Chief Minister Women Sustainable Livelihood Scheme and Uttarakhand Lakhpati Didi Scheme are already benefiting various women of the state.
• Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana benefits will be provided to such single women who are widow, abandoned, transgender, victims of crime or acid attacks, or those with minor or unmarried children.
• To receive scheme benefits the age of the Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana beneficiary women should be between 21 to 50 years.
• Grant benefits under the scheme will be provided to such women who want to start their business in Agriculture, Gardening, Animal husbandry, Plumbing, Data Entry, Beauty Parlor, Electrician, Poultry Farming etc.
• The government aims to extend the benefits of Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana benefits to 2,000 women in its inaugural year.
• Eligible women must apply for the scheme as its benefits will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
• Beneficiary women can submit their Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana Application form through the given mode.
• A district level committee will be formed by the authority to screen the received application form.
• State Women Empowerment and Child Development Department, is the nodal authrority of the scheme to overseen its implementation.
• As last updated, the official guidelines of Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana are not released.
• As soon as we receive any updates about it, the same will be updated here.
• For such updates beneficiaries must subscribe to this page.

Scheme Benefits

• Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana aims to provide following benefits to the single women of Uttarakhand : -

  To make women self-reliant by promoting self employment. A grant of 75%, up to a maximum of Rs 1.5 lakh will be provided to start self employment worth Rs 2 lakh. Grant can be used to start businesses like : - Agriculture. Gardening. Animal husbandry. Plumbing. Data Entry. Beauty Parlor. Electrician. Poultry Farming etc.

Eligibility Requirement

• Benefits of Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana will be provided to single women's who fulfills its following eligibility criteria : -

  Applicants must be domiciled residents of Uttarakhand. Women's age should be between 21 to 50 years. If women is a : Abandoned. Transgender. Victim of crime or acid attacks. Women with minor or unmarried Children.

Required Documents

• Eligible women beneficiaries must produce their following documents when applying for the Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana : -
  • Aadhaar Card.
  • Address Proof.
  • Domiciled Certificate.
  • Age Proof.
  • Income Certificate.
  • Husband Death Certificate.
  • Bank Passbook.
  • PAN Card..
  • Passport Size photograph.
  • Other as mentioned in the scheme guidelines.

Steps to Apply

• Eligible women can apply for the Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana to receive its benefits.
• As the scheme is just announced, its application submission details are yet to be shared.
• Thus, we cannot predict, whether applications for Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana will be invited online or offline.
• Once we receive its application details, we will update them here.
• It is to be understood that the applications received by the district level committee will go through screening process.
• Under this, applicants eligibility and others criteria will be verified.
• Benefits of the scheme will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
• In a given financial year, only two thousands applicants are going to receive scheme's benefits.
• If you are interested and want to receive benefits of the Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana, submit your application as it becomes available.

Relevant Links

• Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarojgar Yojana Application and guidelines will be available soon.
• Official Website of Women Empowerment and Child Development of Uttarakhand.

Contact Information

• For Any queries or information beneficiaries must visit the scheme's nodal department office.
• Near Nanda Ki Chowki Suddhowala,
  Vikasnagar Road, Dehradun