Chief minister Rekha Gupta and lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday launched the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, handing over sanction letters beneath the monetary help scheme to 65 girls at an occasion at Talkatora Stadium. The federal government stated that sanction letters have been issued to 4,190 eligible beneficiaries to date.
Gupta stated registration for the scheme started on August 1 and greater than 922,000 girls have registered to date. She stated the help was supposed not solely to assist girls’s fast bills but in addition assist them to economize.
“Month-to-month monetary help alone will not be sufficient to make girls self-reliant. They need to even be supplied with employment and enterprise alternatives. We all know that the month-to-month deposit could be spent on each day bills. So, we’ve got saved a element that shall be amassed and given collectively directly. The ladies can use it for any massive expense of theirs,” Gupta stated.
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Beneath the scheme, eligible girls aged 21-60 will obtain ₹2,500 month-to-month monetary help—both utterly in a deposit or ₹1,000 of their digital wallets and ₹1,500 in a deposit—from September 1.
Gupta stated the scheme was named Delhi Lakshmi Yojana to replicate the normal affiliation of ladies with prosperity and power. She described the launch of the monetary help as “Teej ka Sindhara” and a “Rakhi ki Saugaat” (festive presents) from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi’s girls.
Calling the launch a step in direction of fulfilling Prime Minister’s assure, Union minister and president of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) Harsh Malhotra stated the scheme would strengthen girls’s monetary place and self-reliance.
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“Delhi Lakshmi Yojana is a historic step in direction of fulfilling Prime Minister Modi Ji’s assure. The central authorities and Delhi authorities had been working in direction of the welfare and empowerment of ladies,” Malhotra stated.
Sandhu welcomed the availability for direct digital switch of help, saying it might assist guarantee transparency and efficient supply of advantages.
“Delhi Lakshmi Yojana is a historic step in direction of girls’s dignity, safety and monetary independence. Ladies account for almost half of the nation’s inhabitants and may have an equal position in constructing a developed Delhi and a developed India,” Sandhu stated.
Sunita Mahto, 39, a resident of Karawal Nagar, stated that the pockets particulars are but to be shared. “I’m undecided what the pockets or app is that we want to have the ability to use the ₹1,000, however we are going to knowledgeable within the subsequent few days. I wish to spend this cash on the issues that my little daughter desires,” she stated.
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Shaili Tanwar, 54, who got here from Naraina, stated your entire registration was completed inside every week. “There are lots of small issues, like a swimsuit or sandals, that I want to purchase, however I maintain placing them off for when we’ve got some cash. I can get these issues now and may also assist my husband,” stated Tanwar who’s a homemaker.
