Over 2.5 lakh women of Chhattisgarh are receiving financial aid under ‘Sukhad Sahara Yojana’ operated by the State Social Welfare department.
The main objective of this scheme is to provide financial aid to women, until they are rehabilitated under various beneficiary oriented schemes.Notably, under the scheme, destitute widow and divorced women of age group 18-50 years are provided monthly pension of Rs300 each.Officials of the Social Welfare department informed that presently, about 2.54 lakh women in the State were receiving monthly pension under ‘Sukhad Sahara Yojana.’
They further informed that Bilaspur district has maximum number of beneficiaries of this scheme at 27,286. likewise, Raipur has 16,218 beneficiaries, Baloda Bazar district (14,856), Gariaband district (7,974), Mahasamund district (12,350), Dhamtari district (8, 017) beneficiaries, Durg (14,740), Balod (7,306), Bemetara (6,402), Rajnandgaon (14,106), Kabeerdham (9,202), Bastar district (5, 476), Kondagaon (3,109), South Bastar (Dantewada) (2,261), Sukma (2,643), North Bastar (Kanker) district (6,850) and Bijapur district (1,969) beneficiaries of Sukhad Sahara Scheme.
Department officials further informed that 916 women in Narayanpur district, 8,792 women in Mungeli district, 13,394 in Korba district, 20,251 in Janjgir-Champa district, 12,757 in Raigarh district, 5,773 in Jashpur district, 10,016 in Sarguja district, 6,811 in Balrampur district, 8,610 in Surajpur district and 6,869 women in Koriya district are being benefited under the scheme.