Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi announces Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana for community support staff
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced the Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana in the Assembly on 14 February 2025 to fund the pay of over 62,000 women community support staff.
Summary
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced the Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana in the state Assembly on 14 February 2025. Under it, the government will temporarily bear the remuneration of community support staff by giving grants to Gram Panchayat Level Federations (GPLFs), benefiting over 62,000 staff with pay from April 2024. The staff, appointed under the Odisha Livelihood Mission since 2012, include community resource persons, master book keepers, bank mitras and prani mitras. The state has set a target of 25 lakh 'Lakhpati Didis' by 2027.
Key facts
- Announced
- 14 February 2025, Odisha Assembly
- Beneficiaries
- Over 62,000 community support staff (62,341 appointed since 2012)
- Mechanism
- Grants to Gram Panchayat Level Federations
- Pay from
- April 2024
- Lakhpati Didi target
- 25 lakh by 2027
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Under Odisha's Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana (February 2025), grants for paying community support staff go to which bodies?
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Correct answer: A — Gram Panchayat Level Federations
The government will bear the remuneration of community support staff by giving grants to Gram Panchayat Level Federations (GPLFs).
About how many community support staff were to benefit from Odisha's Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana?
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Correct answer: C — 62,000
Chief Minister Majhi said over 62,000 community support staff would benefit, with pay from April 2024.
What target for 'Lakhpati Didis' by 2027 did the Odisha government cite while announcing the Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana?
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Correct answer: C — 25 lakh
The Odisha government has set a target of 25 lakh Lakhpati Didis, women SHG members earning ₹1 lakh a year, by 2027.