PM to launch ‘Bima Sakhi’ for women from Panipat on Dec 9
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Panipat on December 9 to launch the ‘Bima Sakhi’ scheme for women from here. Notably, he also launched the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign from Panipat on January 22, 2015.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday visited the venue of the event at Sector 13/17 to review the arrangements made by the district administration. He said the programme would spread a strong message of women empowerment, adding that the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign launched from Panipat saved lives of lakhs of girl children.
He said the people in the state had given a positive message of development by registering a historic victory, the effect of which was also visible in the Maharashtra elections. ‘Women are getting benefits of various schemes implemented by the Centre and the state,” he said.
“In the continuations of these schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch a new scheme ‘Bima Sakhi’ for women empowerment on December 9, benefitting lakhs of women, the CM asserted.
He further said that the people have elected the BJP government for the third time in the state.
“The people’s trust would be maintained and the government would do three times as much work as it did in its last two terms,” CM Saini claimed.
Chief Secretary Vivek Joshi also visited the programme venue and directed Deputy Commissioner Virender Kumar Dahiya for better arrangements. The DC said that approximately 60,000 women would participate in the programme and they would reach here from across the state in 1,000 roadways buses.
