August 11, 2024 7:18 PM.
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the state government will deposit on 17th August the ‘Ladki Bahin’ installments for July and August month in the beneficiaries’ accounts.
While addressing a meeting of BJP workers in Akola, Fadnavis said that the newly introduced scheme is getting a huge response in the state, and 1.5 crore women have registered for it so far. Under this scheme, married, divorced, and destitute women aged 21-60 will receive 1,500 rupees per month, with the annual family income of beneficiaries capped at 2.5 lakh rupees.
The newly introduced scheme is getting a huge response in the state and 1.5 crore women have registered for it so far, he said during an address at a meeting of BJP workers in Akola.
He said that the instalments for July and August will be credited to the beneficiaries’ accounts on August 17. According to the deputy CM, the government is working towards providing apprenticeships to one million (10 lakh) unemployed youths in the state for six months under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Yuva Karyaprashikshan Yojana’.
Fadnavis said the government has generated 12,000 megawatts of solar energy in the past one and a half years. As there will be no financial burden on the government due to solar energy, farmers will be provided free electricity, he added.