Mawa-Dhiyan Satkar scheme: 80 lakh registrations complete, target is one crore women

Punjab Working President and MLA Sherry Kalsi stated that under the 'Chief Minister Mawa-Dhiyan Satkar Scheme', around 80 lakh women have been registered in the state. He said that the government has set a target of including one crore women in this scheme.

Interacting in Batala, he stated that by October 29 itself, 80.05 lakh women had joined this welfare scheme. He clarified that no condition has been kept on the basis of family and every eligible woman of the same house is individually entitled to this financial help. After complete implementation, the annual expenditure will be Rs 12,000 crore.

The MLA stated that the other day, Rs 1,291 crore were directly sent to the bank accounts of over 37.43 lakh beneficiaries. Earlier too, Rs 2,643.71 crore were given by the government to 76.35 lakh beneficiaries. With this new installment, the total amount distributed so far has increased to Rs 3,934.80 crore.

An allowance of Rs 51.30 crore will be given for services to the 1,37,723 'Satkar Sakhiis' running the registration campaign. Apart from this, relief of Rs 25 crore has also been fixed for the Anganwadi workers cooperating in this work.

Sherry Kalsi informed that the next installment will be released on December 1. After this, on January 1, the accumulated financial assistance of three months will be credited into the accounts of eligible women.

Key developments

• Over 80 lakh registrations complete under Mawa-Dhiyan Satkar scheme
• Target to bring one crore beneficiary women under the scheme
• Every eligible woman of the same house will independently get the amount
• Next installment on December 1 and three months' accumulated assistance on January 1