Parents of single girl child to get Rs 2 lakh incentives in Himachal now: Sukhu
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today announced to increase in the incentives amount for single girl child parents to Rs two lakh from Rs 35000 under Indra Gandhi Valika Protsahan Yojana.
He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the two-day capacity-building workshop on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) Act 1994 here today.
Chief Minister announced to enhance the incentive amount to the family which adopts family planning after having one daughter to Rs 2 lakh under the Indira Gandhi Balika Suraksha Yojna from existing Rs 35,000.
Similarly, the incentive amount for family planning after two daughters will be increased from existing Rs. 25 thousand to Rs. 1 lakh.
Giving credit to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for bringing the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments to empower women, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh said that these historic amendments played an important role in bringing a sea-change in the mindset of the society towards girl child and empowering women to participate in decision making.
A provision of 33 percent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions was made under his guidance and as a result of this historical amendment, the women today represent 56 percent of the total seats in the Panchayati Raj Institutions of the state,” he said.
As a result of the earlier amendments in PRIs, a paradigm shift has taken place in the socio-political scenario of the country. The women’s reservation bill ensuring 33 percent of the seats in the assemblies and the Parliament has garnered enough support from all the parties paving the way for women’s empowerment, said the Chief Minister.
He said that as per Sample Registration System (SRS) data 2018-20, the sex ratio in Himachal Pradesh was 950 per thousand males, the third best across all states in the country, which was quite appreciable.
He also appreciated the measures being adopted for the prevention of female feticide in the State.
The Chief Minister also launched the ‘online registration system’ for registering Sonography machines under the PC & PNDT Act. The applicants can register from anywhere at their convenience.
This will also help to track the real-time status of each application besides providing the facility of a secure and effective database, he added.
