Lokeshwari Yadav, a widow and labourer by profession, enrolled her daughter Sakshi in a B.Com course under the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Girl Empowerment Assistance Scheme of the Labour department.
Lokeshwari Yadav of Dhamtari district turned a labourer after she lost her husband.
Based on the funds received under the scheme, she admitted her second daughter in B.Com, an official communication said.
She also gets the widow pension from the government.
She says: “On my husband's death I had to sell a part of the land to fund the elder daughter’s nursing studies. The government scheme has provided enough funds to admit the second daughter.”
The Girl Empowerment Scheme aims to support the daughters of labourer families in education, employment, self-employment and marriage. The scheme is extended to only two daughters of a family. Rs 20,000 is given as assistance.
In Dhamtari district, 4,112 applications were received. The administration approved 1,999 beneficiaries and disbursed Rs 3.99 crores.