Raipur: Women should get the right to equality in families: Bhupesh Baghel: Chief Minister addresses state-level women’s conference on International Women’s Day

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The Government of Chhattisgarh is working towards education, health and self-reliance of women.

Now five thousand rupees assistance for the birth of second daughter in Mata Kaushalya Matri Vandan Yojana

All the municipal corporations of the state will have a well-equipped pink room

Along with dial 112, separate help line number for women will be released

Raipur, 08 March 2021.  Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel while addressing a state level women’s conference on the occasion of International Women’s Day today said that there has always been a significant contribution of mother power in Chhattisgarh. The Chief Minister said that women have been given the right to equality in the Constitution, today the need is also to give women the right to equality in the family, so that they can be able to take decisions on their own. He said that the state government is continuously working towards the education, health and self-reliance of women.

 

Mr. Baghel said that when a man is educated he benefits, but when the woman is educated, the whole family benefits, the whole family is educated and the society moves forward. He said that free education has been made by the state government for girls and boys up to 12th standard. In the name of Swami Atmanand, 52 English mediums have been started this year, and 119 English medium schools have been provided in the budget for the year 2021-22. In the coming time, English medium schools will be opened in every block headquarters, Through which daughters will be able to get education through English medium in the development block itself. The Chief Minister said that several schemes are being run by the State Government to provide better nutrition and better health facilities to women. 20 thousand women suffering from anemia have become healthy due to the Chief Minister’s Nutrition Campaign. Through this campaign, 99 thousand children are freed from malnutrition in one year. Women are also getting the benefit of health services through Mukhyamantri Haat-Bazaar Clinic Scheme, Urban Slum Health Scheme and Dai-Didi Clinic Scheme. In the Dai-Didi clinic scheme, the entire staff including the doctor is female, so that women should not hesitate to tell their health related problems. Women are also getting the benefit of health services through the Urban Slum Health Scheme and the Dai-Didi Clinic Scheme. In the Dai-Didi clinic scheme, the entire staff including the doctor is female, so that women should not hesitate to tell their health related problems. Women are also getting the benefit of health services through the Urban Slum Health Scheme and the Dai-Didi Clinic Scheme. In the Dai-Didi clinic scheme, the entire staff including the doctor is female, so that women should not hesitate to tell their health related problems.

 

The Chief Minister said that to make women self-reliant, 20 lakh women have been provided employment and income resources by linking them with self-help groups. Along with making vermi compost, women are operating various economic activities in Gothan, they are also earning from the collection of minor forest produce. Earlier, only 07 types of minor forest produce were purchased on support price, now their number has been increased to 52, which has also increased the income of women. Women are also running various cottage industries such as broom making, lac, kodo-kutki processing, honey production. Rural women have started a readymade garment factory in Dantewada under the brand DENEX. Naxalite-affected women from internal areas are also working in this factory after training in tailoring. The Chief Minister said that all the municipal corporations will have well-equipped pink rooms for women,
Chief Minister Mr. Baghel said that any citizen, including women, can get police assistance through the 112 dial facility presently in emergency, but now a separate dial number will be issued for women, so that the police can come to this number Were able to act on the call with more urgency. He said that today women are ahead of men in every field. In Chhattisgarh, women are coming up in panchayati raj institutions by choosing more than 50 percent reservation given to them. The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly has 14 women legislators. Chhattisgarh Assembly has the highest representation of women in the Legislative Assemblies of the country. Baghel said that mother-power has always been worshiped in Chhattisgarh. This is the land of Kausalya, Shabari, the mother of Lord Rama. The first female MP from Chhattisgarh was Mini Mata, Who played an important role in getting the untouchability law passed in Parliament. Pandavani’s echo of folk singer Teejan Bai is heard all over the world. Similarly, women of Chhattisgarh like Phulbasan Bai Yadav, Shamshad Begum, Mamta Chandrakar have made significant contribution in various fields from social service to art. Mr. Baghel said that today women are also in the leading role in the earth, water and sky. Women are flying from autos to fighter aircraft.
On the International Women’s Day, the Chief Minister honored women with outstanding work in the field of women empowerment and Anganwadi workers who did excellent work. At the program, guests including the Chief Minister released posters of the Adoption Program of Nutrition Reference Booklet Nutrition Reference and the poster of WhatsApp Call Center of the State Women’s Commission. While wishing women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Women and Child Development Minister Smt. Anila Bhendia said that till now financial assistance has been given in Chhattisgarh on the birth of a daughter in the Matri Vandan Yojana, now the second daughter of Mata Kaushalya Matri Vandan Yojana Assistance of five thousand rupees will also be given at birth. She called upon the women that special attention should be paid to the education of daughters. Women in Chhattisgarh are second to none. Governance, Women are playing a leading role in administration and government. CG Marts will be started to make women’s products of women self-help groups available in the market. Ms. Shehla Nigar, Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, delivered the welcome address. Director of Women and Child Development Department Smt. Divya Umesh Mishra proposed a vote of thanks. Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Rashmi Ashish Singh, MLA Mrs. Mamta Chandrakar and Mrs. Anita Sharma, State Women Commission Chairperson Mrs. Kiranmayi Nayak, State Scheduled Tribes Commission Vice-President Ms. Rajkumari Diwan, District Panchayat Raipur Chairperson Mrs. Domeshwari Verma, Former District Panchayat A large number of women from various districts of the state including the Chairperson Mrs. Sharda Verma were present.