Expanding the scope of ‘Aapki Beti-Hamari Beti’ scheme in the Swarna Jayanti Varsh, the Haryana Government has decided to give the same benefit on the birth of third girl child as was being given on the birth of second girl child.
A spokesman of the Women and Child Development Department said that the scheme aimed at improving the child sex ratio in the State by giving a financial incentive of Rs 21000 to the eligible beneficiariers. All District Programme Officers have been asked to send the list of the beneficiaries to the head office.
Such parents in the state whose third girl child was born on or after August 24, 2016 could also avail the benefit of the scheme. The parents would have to submit their applications to the District Programme Officer concerned. The applications, with all required documents, would be forwarded from district offices to the Directorate. The spokesman said that all Schedule Castes and Below Poverty line families in Haryana get the benefit of this scheme on the birth of first girl child whereas the families belonging to General category gets the benefit of the scheme on birth of second girl child. Now the State Government has decided to give the benefit to girl child of every section of the society, the spokesman added.