Skill women SHGs for key service sectors to raise incomes

SHG women are increasingly being skilled into service and technology roles: the Namo Drone Didi central-sector scheme (Rs 1,261 crore; equipping ~14,500-15,000 women SHGs as drone service providers, operational guidelines released November 2024), the Bima Sakhi initiative (LIC insurance agents, late 2024), and the longer-running BC Sakhi (banking correspondents) and Krishi Sakhi (agri-extension) roles under DAY-NRLM. These advance the broad intent of moving SHG women into service-sector livelihoods, but a dedicated push across the specific sectors named in the pledge (IT, healthcare, education, retail, tourism) is only partially evidenced. Partial.