Overview
- The 21st installment under Mahatari Vandan transferred Rs 647 crore directly to beneficiaries’ bank accounts across 146 development blocks.
- Married women above 21 receive Rs 1,000 monthly under the scheme, which state figures say has disbursed more than Rs 13,671 crore to date.
- Women in 7,658 villages described as freed from Maoist control received benefits for the first time, including 3,872 in Bijapur, 428 in Dantewada, 191 in Kanker, 559 in Narayanpur, and 2,608 in Sukma.
- C. P. Radhakrishnan praised the Lakhpati Didi initiative as a model of women-led development and cited over five lakh women gaining income through self-help groups and micro-enterprises.
- The Vice-President inaugurated a five-storey facility at Udayachal Health and Research Institute, lauded the National Netra Jyoti Abhiyan and Ayushman Bharat, and took part in Rajat Mahotsav events including an IAF Suryakiran air show and a state awards ceremony.