Chief Minister Kanya Utthan Yojana

About This Scheme

This scheme is to stop female feticide, encourage girl birth, encourage birth registration, complete vaccination of 02-year-old girls, increase the gender ratio, reduce girl child mortality rate, promote girl education, Curb child marriage, reduce the total fertility rate and bring girls into the mainstream of society by making them self-reliant, as a result of which girls will contribute significantly to the development of family and society. The objective of the Scheme: 1. Stopping female foeticide. 1. To encourage the birth of a girl child. 1. To increase the sex ratio. 1. To encourage birth registration. 1. Complete vaccination of 2-year-old girls. 1. To reduce the girl-child mortality rate. 1. Promotion of girl child education. 1. To curb child marriage. 1. Bringing down the total fertility rate and bringing the girl child into the mainstream of society by making her self-reliant. Management of scheme funds: Funds will be arranged for this scheme by the state government, under this the amount will be made available to the Assistant Director, District Child Protection Unit from the Directorate of Social Welfare. After which the amount will be transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary's parent/ guardian by the Assistant Director, District Child Protection Unit.

Eligibility

1. The girl children should be residents of Bihar. 1. The birth has been duly registered. 1. The benefit of this scheme will be payable to the girl child born from the date of issue of the notification. 1. This benefit will be given only to two girl children of a family. 1. On the first day of the date of the beneficiary application of the scheme, Rs. 2,000 and for the second child of 1-2 years, Rs. 1,000 will be payable to the mother/father/guardian of the girl child after fulfilling all the prescribed conditions.

Benefits

Target Group 1. To the girl child born from the date of issue of notification. 1. Given only to two girl children of the family. 1. Payable to a family resident in Bihar. Nature of Grant: 1. Rs. 2,000/- will be transferred to the Parents/guardians of every girl child in the age group from 0 to 1 year. 1. After the completion of 1 year of the girl child and Aadhaar registration, the amount of Rs. 1,000/- will be payable again in the same account.

How to Apply

Where This Comes From

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