SHE-LEAPS Digital Platform Launch for Women SHG Empowerment
The Ministry of Rural Development, through the Digital India Corporation, has launched SHE-LEAPS (Self-Help Entrepreneur-Livelihoods and Enterprise Application for Prosperity and Sustainability), a digital platform designed to empower women associated with Self-Help Groups across rural India. The platform was officially launched on June 29, 2026, at the Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Sammelan in New Delhi, a two-day conference themed 'Gramodaya Se Rashtrodaya' that reviewed major rural development schemes.
Platform Implementation and Scope
SHE-LEAPS will be implemented across 34 States and Union Territories, assisting State Rural Livelihood Missions in selected regions. The mobile application, developed under the LokOS platform, serves as a unified system for enterprise creation and performance tracking, capturing real-time operational data across sectors and tracking the complete livelihood journey of rural women entrepreneurs. The platform digitizes activities of community-based organizations including SHGs, Village Organizations, and Cluster Lever Federations, maintaining member records, financial transactions, and livelihood records while tracking convergence initiatives.
Financial Commitment and Targets
The platform directly supports the enhanced Lakhpati Didi initiative, with the government increasing the target from 3 crore to 6 crore women beneficiaries. A significant financial commitment of ₹10 lakh crore has been allocated to benefit Lakhpati Didis over the next five years, reflecting the government's major commitment toward women's empowerment through enterprise expansion at scale.
Functional Objectives and Services
SHE-LEAPS focuses on empowering rural SHG women entrepreneurs nationwide, creating and strengthening women-led enterprises in rural areas, integrating rural producers with formal value chains, enhancing financial inclusion of SHG households, and enabling data-driven rural entrepreneurship. The platform captures real-time enterprise data to improve visibility into rural economic activities and strengthens monitoring at multiple levels, supporting both local and national decision-making for rural development policies.