Now, Amma Mobile scheme for women self-help groups

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced an Amma Mobile scheme for the benefit of 20,000 trainers at self-help groups. Making an announcement in the assembly, the chief minister said the scheme would be introduced in the current fiscal. It will incur an expenditure of £1.5 million to the state exchequer. The groups manage several records pertaining to conducting meetings, payment, savings and details of loans among themselves. "A special mobile application will be designed to ensure registration of details and to monitor the functioning of each group," Jayalalithaa said. The state has 608,000 self-help groups (SHGs), with a membership of 9200,000 women. Federations are also formed at the village level and each one comprises 25 groups.