India, Feb. 18 -- Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed officials to work on a "war footing" to achieve the government's target of creating 6 crore 'Lakhpati Didis' under rural livelihoods mission.

He has directed official to prepared a time-bound plan to link 10 crore women with financial inclusion initiatives, PTI reported.

The minister said that achieving the target requires expanding bank linkages, credit access, insurance coverage and financial literary among women. He said that financial inclusion is key to strengthening livelihoods and promoting economic independence among self-help group (SHG) members.

"Achieving the ambitious goal of 6 crore 'Lakhpati Didis' would require connecting at least 10 cr...