‘No otherscheme will bestopped due toLadki Bahin’
   Date :06-Sep-2024

Ladki Bahin
 
 
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.