The state has amended its flagship Laadli Laxmi scheme which provided financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to young Women for their Education, business, or marriage to exclude education and business. Thus, young women will now only be able to get the for their marriage.
The state has also shortened the window during which a person can avail of the scheme. An applicant now has to apply within six months of registration, as opposed to one year earlier. Director of women and child developmentDeepali Naiksaid that earlier, the beneficiary could utilise the money for education or business.
The Laadli Laxmi scheme was launched by former chief ministerManohar Parrikarin July 2012, one of the states flagship programmes, with the intention of addressing the undesirable tendency of female foeticides, and with the aim of erasing the general perception that the birth of a girl in the family is a burden on her parents or guardian during marriage.
The eligibility criteria for the scheme includes birth and/or domicile in Goa, and in case, the applicants parents income cant exceed Rs 3 lakh.