Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said respect and honour to Women is part of the Chhattisgarh culture and that is why the state stood first in sex ratio across the country.
This is also the reason why women in the state were scaling new heights in all spheres, he added.
Baghel was addressing the people in the 27th episode of the radio programme Lokvaani aired from Akashvani on Chhattisgarh Sarkar – Naari Shakti Ke Sarokaar.
The Percentage of women members in the Chhattisgarh Assembly is more than any other House in the country, he said.
Also, there was a provision of 50 percent reservation for women in to Panchayati Raj institutions in the state, he said.
For daughters who want to become self-employed by joining Self-Help Groups through the Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a Bihaan scheme, he said.
Hot food and ready-to-eat, take-Home rations were being provided to 171,000 pregnant women through ‘Mahtari Jatan Yojana’.