- By Nidhi Giri
- Sat, 07 Dec 2024 11:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has planned to give Rs 1,000 as monthly stipend to women above 18 years of age in the national capital before the Delhi Assembly Election 2025. However, as per officials, the move seems to have hit a roadblock, as the Finance Department has cited budgetary constraints.
According to a PTI report, the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana of the AAP government was announced in the 2024-2025 budget, offering Rs 1,000 to each eligible woman in Delhi per month. An allocation of Rs 2,000 crore was also made by the government in the budget for the scheme.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been reiterating in his padyatra campaigns for the assembly polls that the scheme will be launched soon, and the monthly honorarium will be credited to the bank accounts of eligible women.
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The PTI report added that a week ago, while campaigning in the Burari constituency, Arvind Kejriwal also informed that registration for the scheme will begin very soon.
However, officials said that the Finance Department of the Delhi government has informed Chief Minister Atishi that the scheme will require Rs 4,550 crore for disbursements to eligible women in Delhi.
The department has pointed out that the subsidy amount required for the scheme could push the government's budget into a deficit in the next financial year, 2025-26.
The Women and Child Development (WCD) Department recently submitted a draft proposal for the scheme to the Finance Department for its comments.
Earlier, the government had expected to roll out the scheme in September or October this year, but it got delayed as the proposal took time to be formed. As per initial estimates, the scheme was likely to cover around 45 lakh eligible women in Delhi, the PTI report said.
(With Agency Inputs)