Special camps for women welfare begin

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, Updated At : 07:19 AM Dec 03, 2024 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

Aimed at providing employment opportunities to women besides promoting health and hygiene among them, the state government today started holding special awareness camps from the Malout Assembly segment.

Cabinet minister and Malout MLA Dr Baljit Kaur inaugurated the camp at Danewala government college here. She said over 500 women had registered for free screening of cancer, while 209 girls applied for jobs during the camp and 134 got placement in seven companies, she claimed.

Stalls were also set up to help women in applying for widow pension, old-age pension etc.

Cheques for Rs 51,000 each were given to 134 beneficiaries under the shagun scheme. Special Chief Secretary Raji P Shrivastava, Special Secretary Vimmi Bhullar and Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Tripathi were present on the occasion.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles