Karnataka To Launch "World’s Largest Ever Welfare Scheme For Women" Today (Image: twitter.com/siddaramaiah)
The Congress-led Karnataka government will be launching the “world”s largest ever welfare scheme for women – the Gruha Lakshmi Yojana” today in Mysore. The launching will be held in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader and Wayanad Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi.
A press release from the party said, with this scheme, the Karnataka government is delivering another promise, in record time. The government will be distributing Rs 2000 to 1.28 crore women in the state.
“When women are empowered, India is strong,” Congress leader KC Venugopal said in an X post.
A historic day awaits us tomorrow! The Congress-led Karnataka Government will be launching the world’s largest ever welfare scheme for women – the Gruha Lakshmi Yojana, in the presence of INC President Sh. Mallikarjun @kharge ji and Sh. @RahulGandhi ji, in Mysore.
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— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) August 29, 2023
This announcement is coming right after the Siddaramaiah-led government completed 100 days in office last Sunday.
After coming to power three months ago, the government under chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar ensured that four out of five poll promises are delivered.
Schemes like Gruha Jyothi (free power), Shakthi (free bus travel), and Anna Bhagya (10 kg free rice) have already been rolled out by the Karnataka government.
The government, which faced uncertainty in the initial days due to the selection of the chief minister, as both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar were in the running, is now being applauded by experts for keeping the state away from communal incidents and delivering on the promises made during the election campaign.
