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In a landmark achievement under the Central government's flagship Lakhpati Didi initiative, Odisha has emerged as the top-performing state, empowering over 16 lakh rural women to become annual lakhpatis. The success was celebrated in a grand event at Janta Maidan, Bhubaneswar, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally felicitated several outstanding women achievers from tribal and rural communities.
Among the honourees was Kabita Singh, a tribal Santhal woman who runs a successful poultry enterprise and has crossed the Rs 1 lakh annual income mark. Similarly, Lusa Ganik from Jharsuguda district was recognised as a 'Maha Lakh...