Ladli Laxmi Yojana


Ladli Laxmi Yojana is a scheme introduced by Government of Madhya Pradesh. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 2nd May 2007, which was followed by expansion to six additional states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Goa. It came into effect from 7th April, 2007.
The scheme lays a lot of emphasis on providing a good substructure for the economic and educational status of the families adopting this and suppress female infanticide. Its underlying goal includes bringing about a positive change in the mindset of conservative Indian families about the birth and upbringing of the girl child.
Under this scheme, the state government would have to purchase National Saving Certificates, worth ₹6,000 each year for five years and these would be renewed from time to time. At the time of girl's admission in the sixth standard, ₹2,000 and on admission in the ninth standard ₹4,000 would be paid to the girl. When she gets admitted to the 11th standard she would receive ₹7,500. During her higher secondary education, she would get ₹200 every month. On completion of 21 years, she would receive the remaining amount, which would be approximately ₹1 lakh.
The scheme focuses on providing benefits to the girl children, mainly from non tax paying families or orphans, who were born on or after the 1st of January, 2006.

Focus of the Scheme

The scheme focuses on creating a positive attitude towards the birth, health and education of the girl child.
Division of women and children improvement is responsible to implement the plan; the same has been propelled for all regions of the state. Essentially this Scheme was actualized for the span of one year under which is March 2008. The base of the effect examination was just April 2007 to December 2007. During this examination it was found that in the Seoni area absolute 975 recipients joined the plan in the time of April 2007 to Dec. 2007 and out of 975 recipients 391 recipients have been gotten NSC .

Intensive Steps by the Administration

The State Minister, Maya Singh, reported that over 20 lakh girl children in Madhya Pradesh have benefited from the scheme till the 14th of May, 2015. She also said, "In 2006 Mahila Panchayat, a total of 14 announcements, including that of 'Ladli Laxmi scheme' which is aimed at, among other things, bridging the skewed sex ratio, were made and all of them now stand fulfilled." The aim of creating better educational opportunities and bringing about a change in the orthodox mindset of families blow the poverty line, has been successful so far.
Dissecting the impact at different levels, the point that came to see is that each body wants this plan to proceed in future. On the chance that the Scheme moves with its Performa of execution then this will change the discrimination met by the young women in the society and will guarantee a hopeful future. In spite of the inclination that the girl child is a burden to the family, women will come up as the head and equivalents to other individual family members.
The Scheme will establish young girls in the point of view of the society and family and they would get the absolute advantage of the Scheme, which will assist them in developing their character and conquering any possible future prospects. Other than a decrease in girl infanticide, issues of the house hold viciousness against them will diminish and these issues will be gradually disposed off from society.

Summary

Ladli Laxmi Yojana has aimed at securing the lives of many girls and providing them with the opportunity of educating themselves and expanding their horizons. The scheme aims at providing monetary assistance to families below the poverty line and adopted orphans to finance the educational expenses for eligible girl children. It has proven to be useful to educate over 20 lakh girls and improve the attitude of society towards girl children. The scheme, first started in Madhya Pradesh has spread it's wings over 6 other states and has helped set the foundation in the lives of many girls.
The structure of the scheme remains highly organised and the members are constantly working towards gathering more recognition and improvisation for the same.