![]() ![]() The CM said he will ensure that all his promises are met and are continued. The CM said 45 per cent property registried in the state at present were being done in the name of women after his government reduced the registration rate and stamp paper duty for the females and made it at one per cent of the total property value. We have 56 per cent women representatives in these bodies now," he said. This is a political empowerment of the women. "I am happy to see women leading in Panchayats and local bodies. We have decided to empower our sisters as much as we can," he said.Ĭhauhan said Madhya Pradesh was the "first state in the country" to ensure 50 per cent reservation for women in the elections of the local bodies. "We wanted to ensure that a girl is not killed in the womb and hence we started schemes that empower the girl child and also the women. We started with the 'Ladli Laxmi' scheme for the girl child after we saw that the sex ratio in Madhya Pradesh was skewed with 912 females as compared to per 1000 males. "This 'Ladli Behna' scheme did not start today. Under the scheme, women aged between 23-60 years will be given Rs 1,000 per month with certain riders, including that they are not income tax payees and their families' annual income is below Rs 2.50 lakh annually.Ĭhouhan called this scheme a "financial empowerment" tool for women and said at the public rally here that he will ensure that the monthly income of the needy women is made Rs 10,000 per month. We are sure that with improvement in the finances we will be able to scale up the monetary grant under the 'Ladli Behna' scheme," he said. "In 2003 under the Congress rule, the state's budget was Rs 21,000 crore which is Rs 3.14 lakh crore now. ![]() On his promise to scale up the monetary benefit from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 for a select category of needy women under the 'Ladli Behna' scheme, the CM said the financial condition of Madhya Pradesh was "sound" which will enable his government to keep its promise. ![]() A total of 17 opposition parties resolved to fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections unitedly to defeat the saffron party and work with flexibility by setting aside their differences.Īsked about the challenge in his state posed by the Congress, buoyed by its victories in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, Chouhan said his party's roots in the state were "very strong" and the BJP will win more than 200 seats in the assembly elections. ![]()
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