Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch Ladli Laxmi Yojana-2.0 at Ladli Laxmi Utsav on Sunday. A state level programme of Ladli Laxmi Utsav will be held at Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal at 6.30 pm. Around 7,500 Ladli Laxmis will be present in the programme.
Along with this, Ladli Laxmis and public representatives will also be connected virtually from all the districts, development blocks, gram panchayats and urban bodies. Chief Minister Chouhan will also dedicate the Ladli e-Samvad app to establish a continuous dialogue with Ladlis. In this Samvad app, all Ladli Laxmis will be linked to the education portal through Samagra ID which will enable continuous tracking of their educational status.
Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Tribal Affairs and Scheduled Castes Welfare Minister Sushri Meena Singh and Tourism, Culture Minister Usha Thakur will also be present at the state level Ladli Laxmi Utsav. The programme will be telecast live through various media.
An innovative initiative has been taken in the Ladli Laxmi Yojana-2.0, to encourage daughters to pursue higher education and make them self-dependent. Decision has also been taken to honor gram panchayats who have done remarkable work for the economic empowerment, skill enhancement, protection of rights along with nutrition, health and education of the daughters and to boost their self-confidence. This will increase the positive attitude towards the girl child in the society.
The Gram Panchayats which take best care of the girl child will be declared ‘Ladli Friendly’ gram panchayat. The incentive amount to be given to the Ladlis for admission in graduation or vocational course the duration of which will be minimum 2 years after completing Class XII, will be in two equal installments. The tuition fee for Bachelor’s degree studies or professional diploma in higher education will be borne by the state government.
In Madhya Pradesh, 42 lakh, 4 thousand 650 girls have been registered till April 2022 under Ladli Laxmi Yojana. So far, more than 9 lakh girl students have been paid a scholarship amount of Rs 231 crore. The birth sex ratio in the state has increased from 927 to 956.
The implementation of the scheme has changed the attitude of the society towards daughters, due to which there has also been an unprecedented success in ending social evils like child marriage.