The central and state governments in the country are running many wonderful schemes to empower women at the social and economic levels. In this series, a few months ago, the Madhya Pradesh government started a wonderful scheme for women. The name of this scheme is Ladli Bahna Yojana. Under the scheme, women are being given an amount of Rs 1,000 on the 10th of every month. If Shivraj Singh Chouhan is to be believed, then this scheme is the conch shell of social revolution. The Madhya Pradesh government has made a provision of Rs 8,000 crore for this scheme. At the same time, applications for Ladli Bahna Yojana have now started again. Some changes have also been made to the plan. Under the scheme, now women aged 21 or more can also register themselves in this scheme.
Earlier, the age of married women getting the benefit was fixed at 23 years. It has now been changed to 21 years. These women will be given benefits in the installment coming on 10th September.
Every year financial assistance of Rs 12 thousand is given by the state government to the women of Madhya Pradesh under the Ladli Bahna Yojana. General, OBC, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Widows can take advantage of this scheme.
Three categories have been fixed for eligible women to get benefits under Ladli Bahna Yojana. In the first category, benefits will be given to those women who are economically very weak.
In the second category, it has been said that the benefits of the scheme will be given to those women who have five acres of land or less. On the other hand, the third category of women will get the benefit of the scheme, whose annual income is Rs 2.5 lakh or less.
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