MUMBAI :
NO OTHER scheme of financial assistance will be stopped
on account of the
‘Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin
Yojana’, the Maharashtra
GovernmentsaidonThursday.
A statement issued by the
Eknath Shinde Government
after a Cabinet meeting here
on Thursday refuted reports
thatschemes
for the families of farmers who died
by suicide
will be
stopped.
Under the
Ladki Bahin scheme, Rs 4,887
crore have been creditedtothe
bank accounts of 1.59 crore
women so far, it informed.
The scheme aims to provide
benefit to 2.5 crore women,
and the deadline for enrolling
has been extended to
September 30, it added. The
scheme, under which Rs 1,500
are paid to eligible women
every month, was launched
ahead of Assembly elections.