Bhubaneswar, Sept. 3 -- The Odisha Vigilance today arrested eight women, all members ofself-help groups in Jagatsinghpur district, on the charge of misappropriating the central assistance provided to them to rear milching cows to generate income for their families.
The accused women SHG members, natives of Kuruki village under Naugaon police station jurisdiction in Jagatsinghpur district, were arrested by the officers of Odisha Vigilance for defalcation and fraud of Government funds sanctioned in favour of them under "SGSY" (Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana) Scheme for purchase of milching cows, said vigilance officials.
The SGSY is a rural self-employment program that provides assistance to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families to establ...