THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Aug. 24: Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that a record 42 lakh women have applied to get Rs 1000 honorarium every month during the last two weeks.
He said that the tremendous enthusiasm of women regarding the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Mainiya Samman Yojana is being seen. “Women are coming forward rapidly to join this scheme. This number is increasing every day. This scheme will run continuously and every sister and daughter will be provided financial support through it,” he added.
Soren was addressing a divisional-level programme of the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Samman Yojana in Hazaribagh today.
He said that the government is working with the resolve to empower tribals, Dalits, backward, minorities, poor, farmers-labourers, elderly, disabled, women and youth.
The chief minister said that half the population has an important role in the development of the state. “For this reason, the state government has come up with schemes for women and sisters and daughters of every age. On one hand, women above 50 years of age are being given pensions through Universal Pension Scheme. At the same time, girls have been linked to Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana for better education. Now, under the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Maiyaan Samman Yojana, the government is providing Samman Rashi to all women between the ages of 21 and 50. In this way, there will be no woman of any age who is not getting the benefit of the government schemes,” he asserted.
94% of total target achieved in 7 districts
Applications of 15 lakh 29 thousand 883 beneficiaries have been approved under Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Mainiya Samman Yojana in 7 districts of North Chotanagpur Division.
“The success of this scheme can be gauged from the fact that 93.63% of the total target has been achieved,” Soren said.
In the divisional level programme organized today, the chief minister expressed his commitment towards women empowerment by transferring the honorarium through DBT to the accounts of 13 lakh 94 thousand 82 beneficiaries. These include 2 lakh 29 thousand 835 from Hazaribagh, 2 lakh 63 thousand 751 from Dhanbad district, 2 lakh 66 thousand 537 from Bokaro district, 2 lakh 95 thousand 966 from Giridih district, 99 thousand 378 from Koderma district, 1 lakh 38 thousand 237 from Chatra district and 1 lakh 378 sisters and daughters from Ramgarh district.
Migrants are also being taken care of
The Chief Minister said that a large number of farmers, labourers and other people from Jharkhand migrate to other states and abroad for employment. In such a situation, the government is also taking full care of the interests of the people of Jharkhand living in other states and countries. If any kind of incident or accident happens to them there, then the government is ready to help them at every level. Our effort is to take care of all the people of Jharkhand living inside and outside the state.
