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Only a girl child can avail the benefits of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana saving scheme. The maximum age of this child should be 10 years. However a grace period of 1 year is granted. For the parents- Only biological parents or legal guardians of a girl child can open the account on the child's behalf. One parent or legal guardian can open up to two ...
Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Finance Minister in his 2013 budget speech, with Government contribution of Rs. 1000 crores for empowerment, safety and security of women and girl children. [3] The fund is administered by Department of Economic Affairs of the finance ministry. [4] [5]
(Girl Child Prosperity Scheme) — MoWCD: 2015: Girl child: The scheme under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child. [80] PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PM Skill Development Scheme) CS MoSD&E: 2015: Skill Development
Kanyashree is an initiative undertaken by the Government of West Bengal to improve the lives and status of the girls by helping low-income families with cash so that families do not force their daughters into arranged child marriages because of economic difficulties. The purpose of this initiative is to uplift girls who are from poor families ...
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Sanchayaka is a scheme introduced in Indian schools, to encourage students to save money. Under this scheme, children may deposit money into their account and earn variable interest. The student may withdraw the money anytime. It was first introduced by Indira Gandhi
The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was launched on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [5] [6] It aims to address the issue of the declining child sex ratio image (CSR) and is a national initiative jointly run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of ...
Kashf Foundation (Urdu: کشف فاؤنڈیشن) is a non-profit organization, founded by Roshaneh Zafar in 1996. [1] Kashf is regarded as the first microfinance institution (MFI) of Pakistan that uses village banking methodology in microcredit to alleviate poverty by providing affordable financial and non-financial services to low income households - particularly for women, to build their ...