New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Empowerment of women through entrepreneurship, ease of living, and dignity for them has gained momentum in ten years of the Modi government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday and noted that 83 lakh SHGs with nine crore women are transforming the rural socio-economic landscape with empowerment and self-reliance.

Presenting the interim budget in Parliament, Sitharaman said that 30 crore Mudra Yojana loans have been given to women entrepreneurs.

The minister said that measures such as making 'triple talaq' illegal, reservation of one-third seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, and giving over seventy per cent houses under PM Awas Yojana in rural areas to women as sole or ...