Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday directed officers to work out new schemes by integrating the schemes of both Centre and the State Government in order to enhance the income of women engaged under various Government schemes in the State.
The Chief Minister gave these directions while presiding over a meeting held here to review the progress of Centrally Sponsored Schemes of five departments namely, Women and Child Development, Irrigation, Social Justice, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Public Works (Building and Roads) for 2016-17 and 2017-18.
During the meeting, Manohar lal said the State Government was committed to the welfare of women and would work hard to make them self-reliant. Schemes should be prepared so that women engaged in Anganwadi Centres and other related schemes could simultaneously earn more by taking up other ventures, said he.
The Chief Minister said a study should be conducted of the best practices adopted by other States in this regard. At present, there are about 24,000 anganwadi centres in the state.
While reviewing schemes of the Social Justice Department, he directed that a meeting be arranged with the Centre to press for the inclusion of maximum beneficiaries for the grant of funds under various social security pensions’ schemes, including old age pension, widow pension and disability pension.
He also issued directions that involvement of elected representatives and senior government functionaries should be ensured in the distribution of financial assistance of Rs 51,000 and Rs 41,000 to the beneficiaries of Mukhya Mantri Vivah Shagun Yojna in the state. This would not only help in bridging the gap between the government and the public but also enhance their faith in the working of the Government, he said.
The cheque for the said amount would be handed over to the family by the MP concerned, MlA, members of the Zila Parishad, deputy commissioner and superintendent of police, he said.
The CM was apprized that as many as 29,426 persons got the benefit of the scheme last year. Earlier, there used to pendency of cases for two to three years but now cheques are being handed over to the family within 21 days of marriage. He also asked the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department to set up a separate cell and coordinate with the school Education Department to monitor whether the drop-out SC students are gainfully employed or not.
It was informed in the meeting that XII pass SC students would be provided coaching for admission in professional courses like law, Medical and Engineering. For this, the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department would tie up with coaching institutes in their respective districts where they could get coaching along with general category students.
The CM was apprized that the Department has simplified the criteria for the grant of benefits to SC students under the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme. Now, as the online admission process has started in courses related to IT, technical education and medical education in the state, the SC students are required to fill caste details only once at the time of admission. Thereafter, they would be provided scholarship within a month.