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New Indian Express
13 hours ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Diwali brings festive cheer to Ladli Behnas as monthly aid hiked to Rs 1,500: MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav
BHOPAL: The long-awaited Rs 250 monthly hike under the Chief Minister Ladli Behna Scheme will happen on the festival of lights – Diwali, chief minister Dr Mohan Yadav announced on Thursday. 'Our Sankalp Patra (2023 poll manifesto) promised to raise the monthly sum under the scheme to Rs 3000 in five years. We will give additional Rs 250 (above the Rs 1250 per month sum) on Raksha Bandhan and then hike the monthly sum to Rs 1500 from Diwali,' the MP CM announced in Indore on Thursday. 'We'll increase the monthly sum again in 2026 and then in 2027 and by the time of the next assembly elections in 2028, we will hike the monthly sum to Rs 3000 at all costs,' Yadav added. The scheme aimed to render monthly financial benefits to financially weak women was launched by then MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in June 2023 at Jabalpur, by crediting the first Rs 1000 monthly instalment into the accounts of the beneficiaries. Chouhan, the current union agriculture minister, had at the time of the scheme's launch in June 2023, promised to increase the monthly benefits under the scheme gradually by Rs 250 per month over a period of time, to ultimately take the monthly sum to Rs 3000.
Hindustan Times
13 hours ago
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Ladli Behna scheme aid increased by ₹250 per month, says CM Mohan Yadav
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday announced an increase in monthly financial assistance under the Ladli Behna Scheme by ₹250. Starting this Diwali in October, the amount will be increased from ₹1,250 to ₹1,500 per month for eligible women. Addressing a programme organised in Talun village of Barwani on World Sickle Cell Day, online from the Indore collectorate, CM Yadav said, 'Just like last year, we will provide ₹250 extra in the month of August on the occasion of Rakshabandhan. From October, the monthly assistance will be increased to ₹1,500.' Currently, the scheme benefits about 12.7 million women in the age group of 21 years to 60 years. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government started the scheme in March 2023, and in the manifesto of the Assembly Election 2023, the BJP had announced to increase the amount to ₹3,000 per month. After the election, the opposition raised the matter on many occasions. Also Read: Madhya Pradesh's 'Ladli Behna' comes as succour for poor but price rise hurts CM Yadav participated in the event from Indore as his helicopter did not take off due to inclement weather. Governor Mangubhai Patel and deputy chief minister Rajendra Shukla travelled by road to attend the programme.
