Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today rolled out Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Sammaan Nidhi Yojana for 2238 eligible women of Banjar development block at Dehuri in Kullu district. Under the scheme, Rs. 4500 per beneficiary pertaining to a period from April to June, 2025 totaling rupees one crore and 71 thousand were transferred by the Chief Minister to the savings accounts of the beneficiaries.
He said that the state government was providing Rs. 1500 per month to the eligible women. "Our government is determined to benefit all the sections deprived of the benefits of the state's wealth," said Sh. Sukhu. He added that the state government has also decided to bring domestic working women under the scheme, so that they could also benefit by the financial assistance.
He said that the daughters of widows would also be eligible to benefits under the scheme.He said, "The BJP leaders keep asking when women will get Rs 1500? I want to say that we have closed all the doors of corruption and saved public money from being looted.
From this saving, we are providing Rs 1500 per month to women in a phased manner. He said that in the first phase, pension is being given to 2,238 women in Banjar area and in the coming days all the eligible women will get this amount."
The Chief Minister distributed Rs. 5.87 lakh to 37 beneficiaries of Banjar development block under the Beti Hai Anmol Yojana, Shagun Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Sukh Shiksha Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Aashray Yojana and track suit under Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Aashray Yojana being run by the government. He urged the people to enroll themselves to derive benefit from various public welfare schemes being run by the government.