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lxTable 6.7: Knowledge of mothers/caregivers about Swavalamban Yojana (Contd..)(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControl AWCsThese women should be below povertyline of age between 18-50 years 36.2 38.8 33Annual income of family should be lessthan Rs. 48,000/ and women should beresident of Chattisgarh 8.7 26.5 1.8Whether availed benefit of thisscheme (n=) 69 49 112Yes 24.6 20.4 23.2The main findings emerged out from this table are as follows:• Only 7 percent of the respondents in intervention districts (4% in Janjgir and 10% inkorba) and 12 percent in control district knew about the scheme.• A vast majority of them in both intervention and control district reported that “it is for poorwomen whose husband has expired or legally divorced or un married women in the agegroup of 35-45 years” (87% in intervention and 93% in control district) and “it is to makewomen self reliant by giving training to earn at least Rs. 5000-/- per month” (76% inintervention and 74% in control district).• Only 23 percent of them in both intervention and control district reported to have availedof the benefits of the scheme.79 6.8 Saksham yojanaAll the covered respondents under the survey were asked whether they were aware of thesaksham yojana and if yes, what they knew about the scheme. Table 6.8 provides suchinformation.Table 6.8: Knowledge of mothers/caregivers about Saksham Yojana(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtIntervention Intermediate Control AWCsAWCs AWCsAwareness of Saksham yojana (n=) 828 844 924Yes 3.5 3.2 21.2Knowledge about the yojana (n=) 29 27 196It is for poor women whose husbandhas expired or legally divorced orunmarried in the age group of 35-45years 75.9 81.5 98To make the women independent bygiving loan 41.4 70.4 84.7A loan of Rs 100,000/- is given to startbusiness at home at 6.5% rate ofinterest 31 44.4 49Women should be below poverty lineand age should be between 18 to 50years 37.9 25.9 21.9Annual income of family should be lessthan Rs. 48,000/ and women should beresident of Chattisgarh 13.8 25.9 2The following main findings have emerged from the table.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012