Date:19/04/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/04/19/stories/2005041901481700.htm

Back AP CM expedites girl child scheme

Our Bureau

Hyderabad , April 18

IRKED over the delay in issuing the Government Order for the girl child protection scheme, the Chief Minister, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has asked why officials delayed the order when the Government had announced that the scheme would come into force on April 1.

At a review meeting on the scheme here on Sunday, he directed the officials to implement the scheme with effect from the said date and enrol girls according to the guidelines.

Concerned over the dwindling female to male population ratio, the Government announced the scheme to support the families with a single girl child.

The scheme comprises three components — an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh in the name of the girl child in the age group of 3-20; an annual payment of Rs 1,200 towards the education of the girl for four years fromClass IX; and risk (death and accident) cover for the parents in the BPL (below poverty line) group.

About 10,000 girls are expected to be enrolled under the scheme in the current financial year.