Under Chief Minister Women’s Empowerment Programme, distressed women will be given Rs500 per month stipend. This was informed by Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh on Thursday. She informed that several other new provisions have also been included. Under the scheme, distressed women having no livelihood source are given assistance. These include women rescued from atrocities, rape survivors, acid attack victims, BPl women not acceptable to their families, divorcees, victims of dowry, child marriage and girl and women inmates of shelters and girls juvenile homes.
Minister Maya Singh informed that girls affected by child marriage will also be benefited by the scheme. Convicted women will be imparted employment-oriented training in prisons so that they can lead respectable life and are rehabilitated after their release from jail. Earlier, advertisement for selection of beneficiaries was published once a year. It would now be published quarterly, she added.
Maya Singh informed that there was provision of only one institute to train distressed women in various trades at only Government institute. Now, training can also be imparted at private institutes with sanction from department in case a Government institute does not exist in district. All payments to beneficiaries and institutions under the scheme will be made electronically, she added.