Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Sukhu announces Rs 1,500 per month to women in 18-60 age group

Shimla, March 4

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday announced that the state government would give Rs 1,500 per month to women in the age group of 18 to 60 years from the next financial year.

This was one of the 10 ‘guarantees’ promised by the Congress ahead of the assembly polls.

Addressing the media here, he said that Rs 800 crore would be spent on the initiative—Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana—annually and over five lakh women would be covered under it.

He said that with this, five out of 10 poll promises had been kept and reiterated that the old pension scheme was restored benefittng 1.36 lakh employees of the state.