News:Kudumbashree will organise the campaign in Kerala aimed at taking Kudumbashree products to each household in the State.
Facts:
About Kudumbashree:
- Kudumbashree is the poverty eradication and women empowerment programme implemented by the State Poverty Eradication Mission (SPEM) of the Government of Kerala in 1997.
- The name Kudumbashree in Malayalam language means ‘prosperity of the family’.
- The mission aims at the empowerment of women through forming self-help groups and encouraging microcredit and entrepreneurship among women.
- It consists of a three tier structure with Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs) as primary level units, Area Development Societies (ADS) at the ward level and Community Development Societies (CDS) at the local government level.
