Madhya Pradesh

• 22 May 2023

Ladli Behna Forces’ will be formed in all the villages

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On 21 May 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in the 'Ladli Behna Mahasammelan' organized at Gandhwani in Dhar district that Ladli Behna Forces will be formed in all villages for better implementation and monitoring of schemes for the welfare of sisters.

Key Points:

• In the Mahasammelan, the Chief Minister inaugurated development works worth Rs 229 crore 66 lakh and performed Bhoomi-Pujan of development works worth Rs 187 crore 76 lakh.
• Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the role of Ladli Behna Forces will be activated for better implementation of schemes and monitoring of works. 21 members will be included in big villages and 11 members in small villages.
• The Chief Minister said that in the year 2017, a scheme to provide Rs 1000 per month was started for special backward tribes Bega, Saharia and Bharia. With this amount, women can do the work of buying fruits, milk, vegetables etc. at home.
• Ladli Behna Schemes is also an extension of this idea. In this, it was decided to provide 12 thousand rupees every year to all sisters except those belonging to special backward tribes. From 10 June, women will start getting the benefits of this scheme.
• The Chief Minister said that with the opening of PM Mitra Textile Park in Dhar district, women in the area would get easy employment. 2 lakh people will get jobs from the textile park.
• On this occasion, sisters from 13 development blocks of Dhar district handed over Patis (letters) to Chief Minister Shri Chouhan on behalf of 90,000 sisters of the district, in which they thanked him for starting the Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Scheme.