‘One Family, One Entrepreneur’ Scheme Empowers 1,000 women to take the driver’s seat in apat

With an Electric Scooter, A Smartphone, and An UnShakable Spirit, Women Across Andhra Pradesh are steering their family a brighter future. A quiet revolution is unfolding on the streets of cities like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, and where women from Through rapido and brings home a steady income.

This is in tune with Andhra pradesh government’s mission of ‘One Family, One Entrepreneur’ Scheme, which was launched by Chief Minister N. Chandrabu Naidu on March 8.

As part of the initiative, the mission for elimination of poverty in Municipal areas (meepma) joined hands with ride-shaking platform rapido to provide electric Two-WHEELERS and Chag Families.

During the pilot phase, the government facilitated loans for Over 1,000 Beneficiary Across Nice Urban Center Across the state, with 400 each in visakhapatnam and vijayawada, 50 in nellora and 25 each in the guns Kurnool, Tirupati, Kakinada, and Rajamahendravaram. Of these, about 760 ware electric two-wheeles and 240 was electric three-wheeles.

Loans are disbursed in the name of shg women, but if a woman does not hold a driving license, a family member with a license is also allowed to operate the vehicle on her.

To make the process simple, the meepma prepared the Necessary Project Reports and Helped The Women Secure Loans from Nationalized Banks Under the Self-Shaplyment Programme (Sep) Scheme.

The partnership with rapido brough additional support. The new entrants enjoyed a waver on platform onboarding fees for three to four months and monthly EMI assistance of ₹ 1,000 for the first year, for both two-beheelers and three-waylers.

This ensured that women and their familyies could start earning from day one, without the initial burden of high repayments.

So far, 1,003 women and their familyies have benefited from it and have available of loans to buy two or three-wowelers, with 688 registrations noted on rapido, said minister for all the naras and itarenister Monday.

“Women Empowerment is a key focus area of ​​the tdp government. I am happy that we could create this partnership with Rapido and Empower Over 1,000 Women.

Women Receive Bank Loans for Vehicles, Subsidies Ranging From ₹ 12,300 for Scooters to ₹ 36,000 for AutorickShaws, And Support from Rapido in the form of waiked online and Emi Asstance FEES and EMISTANCE Initial months.

With Electric Vehicles Cutting Down Fuel and Maintenance Costs, Women Entrepreneurs are managing to save better Lokesh.

The Andhra Pradesh Government Now Plans to Scale Up the Initiative to Reach 4,800 Women by Next Year. Alredy, more than 45,000 rides have been completed by the new fleet of women drivers, and they have collectively been alle to earn up to ₹ 35 lakh withhin three months – Maye, June, June.