CM announces cash incentive for girls appearing in civil services exams

Gandhinagar, 1 August 2014

Women should celebrate Rakshabandhan by visiting police stations, children should visit police stations and talk to police men to come out of fear about police, said Chief Minister Anandiben Patel after flagging off a parade of women in Gandhinagar.

Earlier at Matar in central Gujarat, Chief Minister announced special cash incentive scheme for female candidates from Gujarat preparing for main written test and the interviews of the national-level Civil Services Competitive Examinations.

Speaking at ‘Lok Samvad Setu’ function to mark redressing public grievances at Matar in Kheda district, she said the State Government would extend this incentive to female candidates who cleared the preliminary examination. Each such female candidate would be paid Rs.60,000 while preparing for the main examination and Rs.30,000 for the interview. Mrs Patel said the incentive is part of the government giving importance to all-round development of women as a prerequisite to make a strong Gujarat. The government is keen to ensure the state’s girls don top posts at the Centre.

She also settled 160-odd problems of the public under the ‘Lok Samvad Setu’, while dedicating development works totalling Rs.46.65-crore and distributing cheques to the target groups, such as Indira Vikas Yojna, Info SMS. She asked people to computerise 7/12 documents at the nearest Jan Seva Kendra to avoid likely frauds. She pointed out handsome budgetary allocations for the benefit of farmers, labourers, businessmen and homeless, healthcare project for families with less than Rs.1.20-lakh annual income under ‘Ma Yaojna’. She announced Rs.5-lakh incentive and 300sqm plot for housing primary women’s milk producers’ society in unrepresented villages. She launched on the occasion the programme to free the Kheda district from the blot of malnutrition,

The Chief Minister called upon the people to rise above the personal longings and work for the society, village and the state. The government is committed to provide potable water, nutritious food and pollution-free air to all citizens.

The Kheda district in-charge minister Nitinbhai Patel said that the state has effectively implemented a result-oriented programme of ‘Gatisheel Gujarat’ in order to make available all the citizen-centered government welfare schemes for the people of every class, and redress public grievances through campaigns in the presence of ministers and officials at every taluka. He said that Gujarat has arranged state-wide fortnight-long programmes for women.

While giving welcoming speech, Mr. Devsinh Chauhan, MP, announced donation of Rs15 lakh for promoting child welfare programmes from his Local Area Development (LAD) Fund.

The State Assembly Chief Whip Pankajbhai Desai, district panchayat president Jayantibahi Sodha, Principal Secretary to CM K. Kailashnathan, in-charge secretary Rajkumar, former MLA Kanubhai Dabhi, leader Bharatbhai Pandya, former minister Jaysinh Chauhan, taluka panchayat president Shailesh Patel Matar Sarpanch Shantaben Solanki district development officer Sandip kumar Sagle and district administrators along with applicants and a large number of beneficiaries were present on this occasion.