MP Govt Increases Amount of Aid Granted to Women Under Marriage Scheme to Rs 51,000

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GG News Bureau

Bhopal, 19th May. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has stated that the amount of aid provided by the state government under the ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana’ will be increased from Rs 49,000 to Rs 51,000 to perform the marriages of underprivileged women.

Chouhan made the statement on Thursday during an event in Sonkatch, Dewas district, around 160 kilometers from here.

Elections to Madhya Pradesh’s 230-member Assembly are scheduled at the end of this year. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to keep power, while the opposition Congress wants to take over.

“We have strived to end the injustice meted out to daughters in the society by launching several welfare schemes. Under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana, Rs 49,000 are being given at present to perform the wedding of girls belonging to poor sections of the society. It is now raised to Rs 51,000,” Chouhan said.

He further stated that beginning June 10, Rs 1,000 will be deposited into the bank accounts of eligible recipients under the ambitious Ladli Behna scheme, which was launched in March of this year.

Kamal Nath, the state Congress president, has also declared that if his party is elected, he will provide Rs 1,500 per month to underprivileged women.

Chouhan claimed that his government’s flagship Ladli Laxmi Yojana, under which a certificate ensuring a payment of Rs 1.18 lakh is issued in the girl child’s name at the time of her birth and the amount is paid to her at various stages until she reaches the age of 21, has turned 44.90 lakh daughters “lakhpati.”

The Ladli Laxmi Yojna was launched in the state in 2007 and it was emulated by six states in the country – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Goa, an official said.

The chief minister further said that in order to make women strong, his government has made a provision of 50 per cent reservation for them in the local body elections and also reserved posts for them in the recruitment of teachers and constables.

“We have also given them relaxation in stamp duty to be paid for property registration in order to empower them,” he said.

Chouhan said it was his government’s endeavour to ensure that every woman earns at least Rs 10,000 per month and added that in order to monitor implementation of schemes meant for women, units of ‘Ladli Behna Sena’ are being constituted in each ward and village of the state.

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