Greeting women of the State on Raksha Bandhan Woman and Child Development Minister Maya Singh has said that the State has implemented a number of schemes to empower and enable, give employment and rehabilitate women along with 33 percent reservation in police.
Singh informed that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken historic decision of 33 per cent reservation to women in police to ensure that they get security and fearlessly report injustice against them. She said that lado Abhiyan has been implemented so that girls are educated and not married off before becoming major. This scheme is benefiting 20.59 lakh girls in the State.
About 16,000 Shaurya Dals have been constituted in the state to instill sense of equality and sensitiveness toward women in society. Through Swagatam laxmi Yojana, position of girls and women in society is being strengthened. Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana has now assumed national proportions. Victimized and affected women are being empowered through Mukhyamantri Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana so that they can lead a better and respectable life.
Maya Singh said that women-oriented schemes of Madhya Pradesh have earned fame throughout the country and got 7 national level awards. ladli laxmi Yojana is being replicated in 7 states. During her recent Bhopal visit, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi added to pride of Madhya Pradesh by announcing that ladli laxmi, Shaurya Dal, Swagatam laxmi and lado Yojana will be made national schemes.