Tuesday, 13 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
After Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami formally inaugurates Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana (MVY) this week, the State Government will issue Rs 3,000 each to the eligible beneficiaries of the scheme. The Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) minister Rekha Arya stated this during a review meeting of four welfare schemes in Uttarakhand on Monday.
While discussing the first scheme Nanda Gaura Yojana (NGY), the district programme officers (DPOs) of all districts demanded a budget of about Rs 200 crore from the department to ensure its proper implementation across the State. Arya said that the department will soon allocate the required amount to all the districts.
Moreover, the preparations of Mukhyamantri Mahalakshmi Kit Yojana (MMKY) were also reviewed in the meeting. Under this scheme, women will be given kits worth Rs 3,500 each on the birth of the first two daughters which include items like dry fruits, clothing, soaps, bedsheets etc that can be used by new mothers and daughters. The minister said that all the kits have reached the Anganwadi centres across the State and will be distributed among the eligible beneficiaries soon. She also disclosed that the CM will officially launch this scheme this week which is set to benefit at least 50,000 women in Uttarakhand.
Talking about Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana (MVY), the minister said that the district administrations have marked over 2,000 beneficiaries under this scheme but the WECD department has received only about 600 applications which have been thoroughly verified under the district magistrates. “All the district probation officers have been directed to speed up this process in order to provide intended benefits to the beneficiaries soon. We have also instructed the DMs to ensure the completion of at least 80 per cent of work under the scheme by July 15,” stated Arya. She also revealed that the CM will formally inaugurate MVY soon, possibly on July 17 after which all the eligible beneficiaries will start getting the benefits under this scheme including Rs 3,000 in their bank account among others.
Besides this, Arya informed that the department is getting a great response for its sanitary napkin programme in which adolescent girls and women of rural areas can buy a pack of sanitary pads with six pads for Rs six only as it is the main part of women hygiene. “We have received demands for more sanitary napkins from all the districts for rural women and girls which will be fulfilled soon,” said Arya.
The WECD minister stated that she has also directed the secretary of the department to create an online portal through which the public can also get the information regarding the schemes like total applications received and budget allocation which will bring transparency to the system.
