LUCKNOW, Jan. 28 -- Uttar Pradesh has reset its target of creating Lakhpati Didis and is now aiming to make one crore rural women financially prosperous through self-help groups (SHGs), deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference after reviewing development works with chief development officers (CDOs) of all districts at Yojana Bhawan, Maurya said the state's broader objective was to connect three crore poor rural families with SHGs to strengthen livelihoods.

"We have already nearly achieved the target of creating 30 lakh Lakhpati Didis. At today's meeting, we have decided to raise this target to one crore," he said.

"Going beyond Lakhpati Didis, we have also asked CDOs to create 100 Cror...