Hyderabad, July 17 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu reiterated the state government's commitment to achieving gender equality through financial empowerment of women.
Speaking as the chief guest at the Gender Equality Conference organised by the Women's Commission at Nizam College on Thursday, the Deputy CM said that the true path to eliminating gender discrimination lies in ensuring women's economic independence.
He highlighted the state's ambitious initiative of providing interest-free loans worth Rs 20,000 crore annually to women's self-help groups, aiming to turn one crore women into millionaires. "When we first announced this goal, the opposition mocked us. But in our very first year, we have already disburse...