Haryana Government on Monday appealed to various Government, non-Government, private and voluntary institutions as well as people of the State to make maximum donations to Haryana Kanya Kosh.
Making an appeal in this regard, Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain said that Haryana Kanya Kosh is a registered Society that had been set up to provide the needy girls and women with financial assistance.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal had established this Kosh on the occasion of Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. So far, a sum of about Rs 69.54 lakh had been deposited in the Kosh. A donation being given in this Kosh gets income tax benefit under Income Tax 1961, section 80G (5), she said.
Jain said that a bank account in the name of Kosh had been opened in Bank of India, where all people or institutions desirous to give donation could deposit the amount in the name of Bank of India, Sector 16 Panchkula, Account Number- 671410110011021, IFSC Code- BKID006714.
Under the Haryana Kanya Kosh Society, women are given financial assistance in various areas, which include sponsorship of women players for games and risky jobs, for marriage of poor, needy and orphan girls (who are not covered in any other Government scheme), for the treatment of serious diseases, assistance to provide education to girls or women which are not covered under any Government scheme and transportation support to women or girls to and fro from hospital, the Minister said.
She said that the Kosh also provides assistance in case of those needy women or girls who are caught in legal battle and also those who require care and protection for any reason would be given financial assistance from the Department.
She added that a district level committee had been constituted under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner in every district where needy women or girls could give their application for taking the benefit of the scheme.