Chhattisgarh Affairs
Baghel launches Noni Sashaktikaran Yojana’
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday formally launched the “Mukhyamantri Noni Sashaktikaran Yojana”, a scheme which provides financial assistance to the first two daughters of families of labourers.
He launched the scheme by handing over cheques of Rs 20,000 each to 16 beneficiary daughters in his home constituency Patan.
Under the scheme, an amount of Rs 20,000 will be given to the first two daughters of the beneficiaries registered in Chhattisgarh Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
The amount is given for the education, employment, self-employment and marriage of the daughters.
Start census soon, Baghel writes to PM
Chhattisgarh chief ministerBhupeshBaghelhas written a letter to Prime MinisterNarendra Modiurging him to direct the authorities concerned to release the schedule for new census.
The census operations, which was scheduled to be held in 2021, was stopped due to the pandemic. For the last 150 years, census was carried out every ten years and the data collected gives information about socio-economic and cultural changes in the country , Baghel said.
Pointing out that the figures of socio-economic situation collected during 2011 census is no longer relevant, the chief minister said along with the census, a new survey should also be started at the earliest to identify the deprived and eligible beneficiaries.
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