The UT Administration is all set to launch new welfare schemes for the city residents in the year 2014. From covering health sector to education sector, new welfare scheme are aimed at giving boost to public services and encouraging girl education in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The Administration has decided to dedicate the year 2014 to women empowerment. In an endeavour towards promoting safety of girl child and encouraging girl education, three new schemes, namely Hamari Beti Scheme, Saraswati Yojana and e-Sanatak would be launched in the city in financial year 2014-15.
These announcements were made by KK Sharma, Adviser to the UT Administrator during his speech on the occasion of Republic Day on Sunday.
To empower the girl child, a new scheme Hamari Beti Scheme is proposed under which a sum of Rs 40,000 would be deposited for every female child belonging to priority households (poor families), delivered in the Government health institution. The deposit would be handed over to the girl child when she attains the age of 18 years.
Under another new scheme Saraswati Yojana, cycle would be provided to the girl child of priority households studying in classes XI to XII in Government schools to incentivise her higher education.
To promote the adoption of IT in Chandigarh, in accordance with the objectives of IT & Electronics policy of Administration, e-Sanatak scheme for providing laptops to the girl students pursuing graduation belonging to priority households is also proposed to be introduced.
The UT Administration has also proposed to launch a comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme where insurance cover of up to Rs 1 lakh
can be availed by
disadvantaged groups with an annual income of less than Rs 1.5 lakh and identified as
priority households.
On long-pending issue of heritage status, Sharma said that proposal of Capitol Complex as a UNESCO World Heritage site is now at an advanced stage with the Union Ministry of Culture, for which a transnational dossier is being prepared.”
Sharma said, “Under UT’s ambitious slum rehabilitation programme, the construction of 5,000 more dwelling units will commence shortly. Over 100 acres of land under slum settlements has been reclaimed by Administration after shifting the beneficiaries to the newly built housing settlements.”