Madhya Pradesh

• 20 Apr 2022

Ladli Laxmi Utsav

Why in News?

On April 19, 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in a meeting of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, directed senior officers to complete all necessary preparations for the state level Ladli Laxmi Utsav.

Key Points

• Ladli Laxmi Utsav will be organized on May 2, 2022 in the capital Bhopal. In this, the beneficiary girls of Ladli Laxmi Yojana will be invited.
• In this program, giving driving licenses to girls and selected girls in 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana' will be sent to travel across the borders of the country.
• Apart from this, the Utsav will also be organized at the panchayat level across the state from May 3 to 11, 2022. In this, Ladli Laxmis will be connected with various activities at the local level in different districts, such as health check-up of girls, distribution of folic acid tablets, rangoli and sports along with other competitions.
• It is worth mentioning that Ladli Laxmi Yojana was started in the state from April 1, 2007 for the empowerment of the girl child. It has proved to be very useful in achieving the goals set under this scheme, such as improvement in sex ratio, development of positive attitude towards the birth of girl child, upgradation of educational level of girl child and improvement in health etc.