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Eight city kids to get monthly stipend under Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana

Eight city kids to get monthly stipend under Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana
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Kanpur: As many as 8 children of the city have been selected under Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana which was inaugurated by chief minister Yogi Adityanath through video conferencing on Friday.
Under this scheme, children of 6 to 18 years age group will get monthly cash stipends from the state government.
The chief minister while inaugurating the scheme in 57 districts talked to two beneficiaries—Laxmi, daughter of late Ramesh and Nancy, daughter of Late Suraj.
Both are studying at Ludhwakhera Primary School.
When the two girls told the chief minister that their fathers were no more, he consoled them and said that you would get a stipend of Rs 1200 per month for continuing your studies. “Devote yourself to education. When you pass high school, you will get a stipend of Rs 6000 per month”, he added.

Earlier, Yogi had asked Laxmi whether she used to go to school daily to which she replied that she was a regular student of class VII while Nancy stated that she was a student of class IV.
The six other children who were selected under this scheme are: Pankaj, son of late Suman Devi of Purwa, Geetanjali, daughter of Ranjeet of Bada Mangalpur, Asha, daughter of Ram Khilawan of Bada Mangalpur, Durga Devi, daughter of late Ramesh, resident of Bada Mangalpur, Anita, resident of Bada Mangalpur, Arjun, son of late Laxman and Seth, son of Chhotey Lal of Devnipurwa. All the eight children were selected by the Unicef.
The chief minister informed the beneficiaries and the district officials that under this scheme boys and girls of 6 to 18 years age group would get the benefit of monthly stipend to encourage them towards education. To get the benefit of stipend, registration of a child was mandatory. The beneficiary would be picked from those families who were landless, or the child is orphan or had lost his father and the woman of the house was head of the family, Yogi said.
He said boys would get a monthly stipend of Rs 1000 and girls Rs 1200 from 6 years to 18 years of age, and after passing class 8, 9 and 10, they would get a financial assistance of Rs 6000 annually.
The chief minister directed the district officials to identify such types of families and provide them ration cards if they did not have the one. During the video conference, divisional commissioner Sudhir M Bonde, DM Brahmadeo Ram Tiwari, Arshi of Unicef and officials of the labour department were present.
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