Gandhinagar: Finance Minister Nitin Patel in his budget speech today announced a new scheme ‘Vhali Dikri Yojana’.

‘A girl child among first two children of family will get benefit of this scheme. Beneficiary girl child on her entry to first standard in school will get Rs. 4,000, in 9th standard she will get Rs. 6,000 and when she completes 18-year age she will get Rs. 1 lakh,’ Nitin Patel said.

He said the scheme will improve sex ratio, it will encourage girl child education and avail a big amount for higher education and wedding.

The scheme according to Patel will be availed to families with upto Rs. 2 lakh income per year.

The State government has made allocation of Rs. 133 crore for this scheme in financial year 2019-20 budget.

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