GORAKHPUR, July 13 -- 'Lakhpati Didi'-a title given to women earning over Rs.1 lakh annually-is gaining recognition in rural Eastern Uttar Pradesh, thanks to the chief minister Yogi Adityanath-sponsored Baba Gorakhnath Kripa Milk Production Organisation (MPO). This initiative is transforming the lives of women by empowering them through milk production and dairy entrepreneurship.

Chief development officer Sanjay Meena stated that 18,074 self-help groups (SHGs) had been formed under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). Among them, seven milk chilling centres were being operated by the Gorakhnath Kripa MPO, he added.

Across the four districts of the Gorakhpur division-Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria, and Kushinagar-1,445 women hav...