Bengaluru
One of the ambitious projects of the State Government, Grilakshmi Scheme has reached 95 percent of the housewives and the technical problem will be resolved soon, said Lakshmi R Hebbalkar, Minister of Women and Child Development, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizens.
The Minister was briefed about the training of Child Development Officers under the Grilahakshmi Scheme at the Bangalore One Center in BWSB office. She instructed the CDPOs to resolve the technical issues regarding the Grilahakshmi Yojana as soon as possible. He checked about the technical error, the problem of the staff.
Speaking at a press conference later, the Minister said that the Grilakshmi project has been 95 percent successful so far and CDPOs of three districts are being trained daily to solve the problems. So far 1,16,65,000 women have registered for the Grilahakshmi Yojana. Out of this, 2,119 Crore was deposited in Grilakshmi’s account in August, through which 97 percent of the money was deposited through DBT, the Minister explained. In the month of August, five lakh families did not receive money due to a technical error. In September, 82 percent of the families were given money and 12 lakh families had money left in their bank accounts due to technical glitches or KYC issues.
Archana, Director of Women and Child Welfare Department, Dileesh, Director of E-Governance Department were present.
