guntur stating that chief minister chandrababu naidu is the first leader in the country to recognise the potentiality of the women in managing finances leading to the formation of selfhelp groups gurazala legislator yarapathineni srinivasa rao has said that women have always been the backbone of tdps strength in the state the mla said that over 20 lakh women transformed their lives through selfhelp groups he said that the selfhelp groups of andhra pradesh are model to the other states in the country he said that it empowered the women in not only managing the finances but also take lead in managing their families yarapathineni organised pasupukumkuma programme in dachepalle mandal to felicitate the members of women selfhelp groups on monday the programme turned out to be a massive one with over 15000 women from dachepalle mandal taking part in the event mla distributed saree bangles pasupu kunkuma and sweets to all the women turned up to the event each kit costs around rs 3000 the officials made elaborate arrangements to avoid any untoward incident a community lunch was also offered on the occasion of last monday of auspicious karthiaka monthaddressing the gathering yarapathineni srinivasa rao said that state government had granted rs 10000 to each woman under pasupu kunkuma to support their selfhelp groups i thought of making it more joyous by giving clothes to all of you as i always treated you as my sisters the women members of the group in the constituency are the backbone of my strength added yarapathineni empowerment of women is tdps agenda as chief minister had always believed that the state could prosper with the help of women the power of women in the state was brought to light and took to the global scale under the dynamic leadership of chandrababu naidu women were chiefly responsible for the victory of tdp and the government would never let them down he saidhe said that poverty alleviation programmes initiated by naidu had received global acclamations as all the programmes were women centric he said that the government is spending on providing better health care to the women particularly in rural areas he said that tallibidda express was one of such pioneering initiatives of the chandrababu naidu government we have also launched chandranna pelli kanuka to help the marriage of girls from poor families i am ready to extend personal support to such weddings in the poor families yarapathineni promised mla said that similar prorgammes would be organized in four other mandals in the constituency to benefit another 60000 women from selfhelp groups state selfhelp groups coordinator vijayabharathi guntupalli nageswara rao and local officials were present