Chandigarh : Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday announced that the state government has successfully disbursed more than Rs 19 crore as a monthly subsidy for July directly into the bank accounts of eligible recipients.
The Chief Minister, while addressing the media, detailed the financial rollout, asserting that so far the state government has deposited Rs 360 crore into the bank accounts of over 14 lakh women in the state
He said, "Today we have credited a subsidy of over Rs 19 crore for the month of July into bank accounts. Including the amount released today, so far we have deposited Rs 360 crore rupees into the bank accounts of over 14 lakh sisters in the state.”
Earlier this week, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that women representatives are not merely witnesses to change, but architects of change. He said active and effective participation of women representatives plays an important role in making democracy more sensitive, inclusive, and accountable.
The Chief Minister was addressing the concluding ceremony of the two-day ‘She Is a Change Maker’ programme orgnews agencysed by the National Commission for Women at Surajkund in Faridabad on Tuesday.
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Women MLAs and Legislative Council members from 20 states and two Union Territories participated in the workshop, a release said. Various sessions were orgnews agencysed on a range of subjects, including deliberations, innovation, legislative procedures, leadership, communication, policy-making, and the effective role of elected representatives.
Saini specially thanked the National Commission for Women Chairperson Vijaya K Rahatkar and the entire team of the Commission for successfully orgnews agencysing the workshop and congratulated them. He said that the Commission’s initiative to strengthen the legislative knowledge, leadership capabilities, communication skills and effective participation of women representatives in policy-making was commendable.
The Chief Minister welcomed and felicitated women legislators who had arrived from different states of the country on the historic and sacred land of Haryana. He said that this is the land from where Lord Krishna, on the sacred soil of Kurukshetra, gave humnews agencyty the message of karma, knowledge, and duty.
The Chief Minister said that when women’s voices are included in the decision-making process, sensitivity in policies, inclusiveness in decisions and a sense of justice in governance are strengthened. Women’s participation does not merely change the picture of democracy; it also strengthens the character of democracy.
He said that when a woman sarpanch of a village reaches the decision-making table, it is not just one woman who reaches that table; along with her, the voices of thousands of women from that village also reach there. With this very vision, women’s participation in Panchayati Raj Institutions in Haryana has been strengthened by providing them 50 per cent representation.
He said that the development picture cannot be complete without the effective participation of half the population. Today, daughters and daughters-in-law in villages are playing an important role in determining the direction of development of the entire village along with their families. Wherever there is women’s leadership, transparency, sensitivity and accountability are promoted.