By PTI
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday cited the holy month of ‘Sawan’ underway and raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna scheme from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,250 per month and also announced 35 per cent reservation for them in government jobs.
He also said cooking gas cylinders will be provided to women at Rs 450 in August to mark ‘Sawan’.
Assembly polls are likely to be held at the end of the year in MP, a state where women consist of 7.07 lakh of the 13.39 lakh new voters and whose rise in numbers in the electoral list stands at 2.79 per cent against 2.30 per cent for men.
The Congress mocked the move with state unit chief Kamal Nath writing on X that the BJP was trying to salvage its sinking ship.
“Women will get cooking gas at Rs 450 in the holy month of Sawan. Later, a permanent system will be evolved in this regard. I have also transferred Rs 250 into the accounts of 1.25 crore women so that they can celebrate Rakhi (on Tuesday) well. The rest of the Rs 1,000 (under Ladli Behna Yojana) will be credited in September,” Chouhan said.
From October, 1.25 crore women will get Rs 1,250 (under Ladli Behna Yojana) and the amount will gradually be hiked to Rs 3,000 per month so that the aim of uplifting the economic and social condition of women is fulfilled, the CM said at an event connected to the scheme.
The CM also said the reservation for women in government jobs has been raised to 35 per cent from the current 30 per cent, while it will be 50 per cent in teachers’ recruitment.
He said women will get tracts of land in industrial estates to open small scale units, adding that the aim of the state government was to raise the income of women to at least Rs 10,000 per month.
Women will be given free land in villages and plots in cities that have been cleared of encroachments, Chouhan added.
As per state government data, a sum of Rs 3,628.85 crore has been given as financial aid to eligible women under the Ladli Behna Yojana that started on June 10 this year.
As part of the scheme, women in the 23-60 age group get Rs 1,000 per month if they are not income tax payees and the annual income of their families is less than Rs 2.5 lakh annually.
At the event, Chouhan sang a popular Hindi film song based on Rakhi much to the delight of the people gathered, several of whom danced.
Washing the feet of some members of the Ladli Behna Sena formed to improve the gender ratio in MP, Chouhan said respect for women was paramount and if they oppose liquor vends etc, then the state excise policy will be tweaked to accommodate such demands.
Hitting out at the sops ahead of Assembly polls, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath said on X, “I am often repeating that this BJP government was changing colours daily to salvage its sinking ship and is doing precious little for people.”
Even after ruling for 18 years, the BJP is playing tricks and resorting to gimmicks, which proves it can do no good for citizens, Nath claimed.
The Congress also wrote on X about its own poll promises like Rs 1,500 financial aid to women, gas cylinder for Rs 500, free power for up to 100 units, restoration of Old Pension Scheme, 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes and caste-based survey.
Women voters outnumber their male counterparts in at least 18 of the 230 Assembly seats in MP, including in tribal-dominated areas like Balaghat, Mandla, Dindori, Alirajpur and Jhabua.
The number of new women voters in MP (since 2018) has gone up by 2.79 per cent, while it is 2.30 per cent for male voters, officials said.
Of the 13.39 lakh new voters, 7.07 lakh are women.
As per the Hindu calendar, the month of Sawan, also called Shravan in several parts of India, started on July 4 and will conclude on August 31.
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday cited the holy month of ‘Sawan’ underway and raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna scheme from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,250 per month and also announced 35 per cent reservation for them in government jobs.
He also said cooking gas cylinders will be provided to women at Rs 450 in August to mark ‘Sawan’.
Assembly polls are likely to be held at the end of the year in MP, a state where women consist of 7.07 lakh of the 13.39 lakh new voters and whose rise in numbers in the electoral list stands at 2.79 per cent against 2.30 per cent for men.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });
The Congress mocked the move with state unit chief Kamal Nath writing on X that the BJP was trying to salvage its sinking ship.
“Women will get cooking gas at Rs 450 in the holy month of Sawan. Later, a permanent system will be evolved in this regard. I have also transferred Rs 250 into the accounts of 1.25 crore women so that they can celebrate Rakhi (on Tuesday) well. The rest of the Rs 1,000 (under Ladli Behna Yojana) will be credited in September,” Chouhan said.
From October, 1.25 crore women will get Rs 1,250 (under Ladli Behna Yojana) and the amount will gradually be hiked to Rs 3,000 per month so that the aim of uplifting the economic and social condition of women is fulfilled, the CM said at an event connected to the scheme.
The CM also said the reservation for women in government jobs has been raised to 35 per cent from the current 30 per cent, while it will be 50 per cent in teachers’ recruitment.
He said women will get tracts of land in industrial estates to open small scale units, adding that the aim of the state government was to raise the income of women to at least Rs 10,000 per month.
Women will be given free land in villages and plots in cities that have been cleared of encroachments, Chouhan added.
As per state government data, a sum of Rs 3,628.85 crore has been given as financial aid to eligible women under the Ladli Behna Yojana that started on June 10 this year.
As part of the scheme, women in the 23-60 age group get Rs 1,000 per month if they are not income tax payees and the annual income of their families is less than Rs 2.5 lakh annually.
At the event, Chouhan sang a popular Hindi film song based on Rakhi much to the delight of the people gathered, several of whom danced.
Washing the feet of some members of the Ladli Behna Sena formed to improve the gender ratio in MP, Chouhan said respect for women was paramount and if they oppose liquor vends etc, then the state excise policy will be tweaked to accommodate such demands.
Hitting out at the sops ahead of Assembly polls, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath said on X, “I am often repeating that this BJP government was changing colours daily to salvage its sinking ship and is doing precious little for people.”
Even after ruling for 18 years, the BJP is playing tricks and resorting to gimmicks, which proves it can do no good for citizens, Nath claimed.
The Congress also wrote on X about its own poll promises like Rs 1,500 financial aid to women, gas cylinder for Rs 500, free power for up to 100 units, restoration of Old Pension Scheme, 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes and caste-based survey.
Women voters outnumber their male counterparts in at least 18 of the 230 Assembly seats in MP, including in tribal-dominated areas like Balaghat, Mandla, Dindori, Alirajpur and Jhabua.
The number of new women voters in MP (since 2018) has gone up by 2.79 per cent, while it is 2.30 per cent for male voters, officials said.
Of the 13.39 lakh new voters, 7.07 lakh are women.
As per the Hindu calendar, the month of Sawan, also called Shravan in several parts of India, started on July 4 and will conclude on August 31.
