Punjab Government has released Rs 112.78 crore under ‘Aashirwad’ scheme, under which the state government pays Rs 21,000 to the girls belonging to scheduled castes or backward classes families at the time of their wedding.
“The State Government has released the amount of one year for the pending amount under Aashirwad scheme,” said the state Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Sunday.
Dharamsot said that Rs 15,000 compensation from December 2016 to June 2017, and Rs 21,000 from July to December 2017 has been released to 65,377 beneficiaries as per beneficiary basis. Under the Aashirwad scheme, the amount pertaining to the beneficiaries of 2018 would also be released soon, he said.
Minister said that under the scheme, maximum Rs 11.44 crore has been released for 6676 girls of SC/BC families of Amritsar district, followed by Rs 9.48 crore for 5526 girls of ludhiana, Rs 8.32 cr for 4748 girls of Gurdaspur, and so on.
Dharamsot added that the government is committed to fulfill its every promises. “The welfare department would ensure the implementation of all welfare schemes with full transparency and provide benefit to the genuine beneficiaries,” he added.