Delhi govt to replace ladli scheme with ‘Lakhpati Bitiya Yojna’, launch in April

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that her executive will initiating ‘Delhi Lakhpati Bitya Yojna’ in April to interchange it with the 2008 ladli plan. This plan will be an upgraded version of present ‘Delhi Ladli Procedure’, which used to be launched by the Division of Girls folk and Child Pattern in 2008. “We will launch the upgraded scheme on April 1, and shutdown the old Ladli scheme,” the CM said. There will be a separate digital portal developed by the executive for this plan soon, she added. The monetary price of enforcing the upgraded plan will be around Rs 160 crore and the monetary reinforce will be given to 2 ladies per family, she added. “When we came to power, we learnt that funds for this scheme are lying unutilised under the old scheme in banks. Our government traced down almost 41,000 girl beneficiaries, whom we plan to distribute Rs 100 crore, the chief minister added.