Raipur, August 17, 2025/ Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, the Chhattisgarh government, giving concrete shape to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s guarantee, has again assigned the work of manufacturing supplementary nutrition food “Ready-to-Eat” to women’s self-help groups. This important initiative has started from Raigarh district. Recently, Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai had handed over contract letters to 10 women’s self-help groups of Raigarh. After this, the work of machine installation was done rapidly and now the production of “Ready-to-Eat” has started from Gram Panchayat Kotarlia of Raigarh district.
Chief Minister Shri Sai said that this initiative will not only make women economically self-reliant but also provide quality nutritious food to the children of Anganwadis. He said that a target has been set to create 3 crore “Lakhpati Didis” across the country and Chhattisgarh is working at a fast pace in this direction. Raigarh has become the leading district in this campaign.
On the occasion of Independence Day, Finance Minister Shri O.P. Choudhary inaugurated the “Ready-to-Eat” manufacturing unit in village Kotarlia. During this, he himself inspected the manufacturing process by running the machine and instructed the women to maintain quality. The Finance Minister said that this initiative, which started from Raigarh, will be implemented in all the districts of the state soon and this model will become an inspiring example for the entire state.
It is noteworthy that a total of 2709 Anganwadi centers are operating in Raigarh district. 10 women’s self-help groups have been selected for all these centers. These groups are also being provided capital subsidy under the Prime Minister’s Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme. Selected groups under the projects of Raigarh district—Raigarh Urban, Raigarh Rural, Pusaur, Kharsia, Gharghoda, Tamnar, Lailunga, Mukdega, Dharamjaigarh and Kapu will soon start “Ready-to-Eat” production. For now, it has started from Kotarlia.
It is noteworthy that in the first phase of this mission of women empowerment and malnutrition eradication under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, it is being implemented as a pilot project in 6 districts of the state—Bastar, Dantewada, Balodabazar, Korba, Raigarh and Surajpur. At the same time, Raigarh has become the first district of the state where women’s groups have started “Ready-to-Eat” production. This initiative will provide a new direction to both the economic prosperity of women and the health of children.