The Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana supplied Rs 1,000 a month to eligible ladies.
New Delhi:
No recent registrations have been accepted beneath the Madhya Pradesh authorities’s flagship Ladli Behna scheme, which was seen as having performed a key position within the BJP remaining in energy within the state, since August 20, 2023 – two months earlier than the state elections – a minister knowledgeable the Meeting right now.
The minister’s assertion comes at a time when authorities functionaries have been asserting that the state will improve the quantity given to eligible ladies from the economically poor sections beneath the scheme from Rs 1,250 per 30 days to Rs 3,000 – as promised after its introduction final 12 months. She knowledgeable the Meeting that the quantity will not be being modified as of now.
On Tuesday, which was the second day of the winter session, Congress MLA Mahesh Parmar raised 4 key questions relating to the scheme. He requested when the federal government meant to restart registrations for ladies who missed out throughout its launch and people who are newly eligible; whether or not it plans to extend the quantity to Rs 3,000 within the Rs 22,400-crore supplementary price range tabled on Tuesday; whether or not the eligibility age can be diminished from the present 21 to 18; and if the higher age restrict can be prolonged past 60 years.
Response
Answering Mr Parmar’s questions, Ladies and Youngster Improvement Minister Nirmala Bhuria stated the federal government has no plans to provoke recent registrations beneath the scheme as of now. She stated there was no proposal to boost the month-to-month help from Rs 1,250 to Rs 3,000 within the supplementary price range and no change within the eligibility age was being thought of.
Ms Bhuria clarified that the age restrict stays unchanged as a result of people above 60 years already obtain advantages beneath the old-age pension scheme.
The Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana, launched in June 2023 beneath then chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, supplied Rs 1,000 a month to eligible ladies. The variety of beneficiaries beneath the scheme is 1.29 crore.
The month-to-month quantity was elevated to Rs 1,250 in October the identical 12 months, a month earlier than the Meeting elections, with a promise of gradual increments of Rs 250 till the sum reached Rs 3,000. This promise was additionally a key spotlight of the BJP’s manifesto.
The opposition Congress has repeatedly criticised the BJP authorities for failing to implement even the following increment – and elevating the quantity to Rs 1,500 – since final 12 months. It has additionally questioned Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s reassurances that the Rs 3,000 objective will likely be achieved inside 4 years.
The success of the Ladli Behna Yojana impressed related schemes for ladies in different states, which have additionally proved to be electoral successes. Final month, the ‘Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’ powered the landslide by the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra and the Hemant Soren-led authorities additionally gained a second time period after introducing the ‘Maiya Samman Yojana’.