A bundle of women-centric schemes were unveiled by the Assam government on 12th Feb 2024( Monday) in its Rs 2.9 lakh crore budget for 2024-25 which includes financial help to provide education to 10 lakh girls up to post-graduation level to do away with child marriage.
In a year when the country will vote to elect the next central government, Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog did not levy any new tax on the common people or commercial establishments as well.
In an attempt to bring every family in the government job’s network, she framed a new law for giving 5% weightage in total marks of a candidate applying in Grade-3 and Grade-4 posts if his or her family does not works in any government or PSU firm.
Unveiling a new flagship scheme Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina (MMNM), Neog in her Budget speech spoke about the scheme and said that 10 lakh girls will be provided financial grants as admission incentive to help them continue their education to higher secondary, graduation and post-graduation studies.
“This is to bolster the government’s mission to eliminate child marriages. Apart from punitive and regulatory measures, we need to empower girl child to decide about when to marry,” she added.
Neog, however, said the girl student will be able to access the benefit only if they study in any government institute and are unmarried.