Chief Minister Pramod Sawant
The Government of Goa has taken a big and commendable decision for the widow women of the state. Now those widows will be given a monthly financial assistance of 4,000 whose children are under 21 years of age. The decision was announced after the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. This initiative of the government will give financial strength to the widows and their families.
Under this scheme, 4,000 monthly assistance will be given in integrated form by mixing the assistance of 1,500 and 2,500 being given under two different schemes so far. This amount will be given directly to the beneficiaries through the Social Welfare Department.
'Plan from Antyodaya to Sarvodaya's thinking'
The Chief Minister informed that 2,049 beneficiaries are currently taking advantage of Griha Aadhaar Yojana. He said, widows will not need to cancel the home Aadhaar scheme. On the day of approval for the widow assistance scheme, the house base will be closed automatically. After this, the widows can apply directly for a pension of Rs 2,500 in the Social Welfare Department. If any of their children are under 21 years of age, then additional assistance under home base will continue to be available until the child reaches the age of 21 years. In this way, overall they will receive Rs 4,000 per month. According to the CM, this scheme reflects the thinking of Sarvodaya from Antyodaya of the government, where the needy are given priority.
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'Eligible widow will now get Rs 4,000 per month'
State Social Welfare Minister Subhash Fruit Desai said that till now the eligible candidates had to apply to the Social Welfare Department to get Rs 1,500 per month under the Home Aadhaar Yojana, while for a monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 as a widow, another application had to be submitted to the State Women and Child Welfare Department for a monthly assistance of Rs 2,500. He said that now both these schemes have been brought under the Social Welfare Department and the eligible widows will now get Rs 4,000 per month.
Widow women will no longer have to apply in different departments. Assistance will start only after submitting the birth certificate of the child. As soon as the child is 21 years old, the assistance amount will automatically become 2,500.
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of Goa State Subhash Fadesai said that the objective of the government is to provide support to the eligible beneficiaries on time and without bottlenecks. Under the scheme, currently about 2,000 beneficiaries will directly benefit and this number is likely to increase in the coming time.
major features:
4,000 monthly financial assistance. The benefits will be available only to those women whose children are younger than 21 years. Eligibility fixed only by birth certificate. The assistance will be 2,500 when the age of 21 is crossed.
Thousands of widow women of the state are expected to get relief from this decision. The government says that this is the right in terms of women empowerment and social security.
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