New Delhi: Across recent state elections — from Bihar to Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra — parties have rolled out women‑centric welfare schemes to help them shape their future independently while blunting Opposition narratives and influencing voting behaviour.

Women are also beneficiaries of Union government schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana, Lakhpati Didi, Mudra Yojana, Drone Didi campaign, Bima Sakhi campaign, and Bank Didi – to name a few.

The National Commission for Women lists 40 departments in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre offering several specific women-centric schemes.

Meanwhile, state governments have implemented such schemes, sometimes introduced their own, or extended the scope for such, and related programmes.

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