With an aim to promote family planning, the Chhattisgarh Government on Wednesday announced cash award scheme for poor families abandoning third child.
According to the announcement, the Government will provide a reward of Rs 12,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively to the couples under below poverty line after the first delivery in case the birth of a male child. In case of a female child, the couple will get a reward of Rs 10,000. The qualifying age for the woman has been fixed at 19. Similarly the same couple will be eligible to receive another cash award after the second delivery. In case of the birth of a girl child they will get Rs 7,000 and in case of a boy, they will get Rs 5,000.
The officials said a woman will be eligible for the benefit only when she maintains a three years gap between the birth of first child and the second child. Besides, the family needs to have permanent family planning measures. National savings certificate of the promised amount would be issued in favour of the beneficiaries, officials said.
The grass root health officials and workers including Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) will help the government to identify the beneficiaries. The government will also take the help of non government organizations in the work, they said. The health department has issued a necessary notification in this regard and sent it to the concern officials across the state.
The officials said the scheme will be implemented with the help of the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh” (JSK) (National Population Stabilisation Fund) of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.