The “one of its kind programme” which is to be attended by over two lakh women, will see participation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The government said the programme, pushing ‘the vision of the Prime Minister to empower women’, will see PM Modi transfer around ₹ 1,000 crores in the bank account of Self Help Groups (SHGs), benefiting around 16 lakh women members of these groups.
To help them stabilise their work before they start earning through commission on transactions, the Prime Minister will also transfer stipends in the account of those engaged in doorstep financial services at the grassroots level.
Under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme, PM Modi will transfer over ₹ 20 crores to more than 1 lakh beneficiaries which include conditional transfers to a girl child.
“The total transfer is ₹ 15,000 per beneficiary. The stages are at birth (₹ 2000), on completing one-year complete vaccination (₹ 1000), on admission in Class-1 (₹2000), on admission in class 6 (₹2000), on admission in class 9 (₹3000), on admission in any degree/diploma course after passing class 10th or 12th (₹ 5000),” a statement said.
As the assembly elections approach in Uttar Pradesh, the campaign this year has seen growing prominence for women-centric efforts.
The Congress party said that it will reserve 40 per cent of its tickets in the coming Uttar Pardesh elections for women to help them “bring change and step forward” in society.
During the regimes of both Akhilesh Yadav and his father and party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party also tried to highlight its initiatives for women. “Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) got toilets built for women and he was also the first to give gas cylinders to them, but never got his photographs clicked. However, the current government gets its pictures clicked. The SP has worked (for the people), hence, you should help in the formation of an SP government, “said Aparna Yadav, who is the wife of Mulayam Singh’s younger son Prateek Yadav.
