DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Government has given about Rs. 46.16 crore loan and other financial assistance to women self help groups of the State in order to empower them whereas funds of more than Rs. 20 crore were given during the Prime Minister programme today. Today, the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi, under the programme 'Atmanirbhar Nari Shakti Se Samvad', spoke to empowered women from across the country doing important work in 'Self Help Groups' from New Delhi through video conferencing. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala attended the programme virtually from Chandigarh. Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Rural Development Department, informed after the programme that women of 'self-help groups' who are doing good work in the State will be made to visit big projects related to their work so that they can increase their business. He informed that 4,91,120 families are connected through 46,163 'Self Help Groups' in 142 blocks of the State by 'Haryana State Rural Livelihood Mission'. An amount of Rs. 36.53 crore was provided by the mission to 35,310 'Self Help Groups' as financial assistance. He further informed that through 2.916 village organizations and 130 cluster level federations, 37,444 self-help groups have been provided funds worth Rs 361.66 crore as community investment funds by the mission. (editor@dailyworld.in)