FAISALABAD: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the provincial government has allocated Rs. 200 million funds for establishment of daycare centres across Punjab for facilitating working women.
More than 102 such centres have been made functional in different districts of the province so far.
This was stated by Punjab Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheed-ud-Din while inaugurating a daycare centre at Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI) Faisalabad. The centre has been completed at a cost of Rs. 2.260 million.
AARI Director General Dr Abid Mehmood, Director Women Development Muhammad Arshad, In-charge daycare centre Ramuza Rafiq and other officers of the Agriculture Department were present on the occasion.
The minister said that the goal of country's progress could not be achieved without bringing women into mainstream of national development.
She said that the boarding facilities were being provided to female employees in the Working Women Hostel on subsidized rates under the supervision of Women Development Department Punjab.
The minister said that enforcement of Women Protection Act was a significant step of the provincial government for safeguarding rights of women.
She said that soft loans of Rs. 7 billion were being provided to the youth for starting their self employment under CM Punjab Employment Scheme and due share of loans had also been allocated for the women for their entrepreneurship.
She said that Rs100 million had also been allocated for providing training to more than 10,000 woman councilors.
Director General Agriculture (Research) AARI Dr Abid Mehmood thanked the minister for providing funds for establishment of the daycare centre.
Later, the minister took a round of agriculture exhibition and appreciated the introduction of new varieties of wheat, sugarcane, maize, cotton and other crops.
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