Ganjam, March 8 -- Asserting that the Odisha government is working to empower women, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said that the government has released the 2nd instalment under the flagship programme Subhadra Yojana.

"On the occasion of International Women's Day, we released the 2nd instalment under the flagship programme Subhadra Yojana...Our government is working to empower women...Subhadra Yojana will be very beneficial for them (women) from an economic point of view," Majhi told ANI.

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 'Subhadra,' the flagship scheme of the Odisha government, in Bhubaneswar.

According to a government release, it is the largest women-centric scheme in the state, aiming to bene...