Empowering Women, Ending Youngster Marriage: What Is Assam Govts Nijut Moina Scheme?

Assam On Youngster Marriage: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday laid emphasis that the state authorities has taken a serious step in the direction of eradicating baby marriage with the launch of a monetary help initiative—the Nijut Moina scheme—to assist the training of woman college students within the state. The newest initiative taken by the federal government goals to cowl 10 lakh woman college students with an outlay of Rs 1,500 crore, and within the first yr, greater than 1.6 lakh ladies will get Rs 240 crore.

Elaborating on the brand new initiatives for woman training, Sarma stated that the federal government needs feminine college students to not really feel depending on their dad and mom to proceed their larger training.

“Assam has began an enormous initiative at present by launching Nijut Moina. Below this scheme, feminine college students who examine on the commencement degree will obtain a month-to-month scholarship of greater than Rs 1,000, and people who pursue post-graduation are set to get Rs 2,500 per 30 days to bear the training expenditure. On this approach, we would like feminine college students to not depend upon their dad and mom to proceed larger training,” he stated.

The Assam CM underlined that with the launch of this initiative, the instances of kid marriage will come down within the northeastern state. “We’re anticipating that Nijut Moina will have the ability to eradicate the evil of kid marriage from the state,” he stated. He additional said that one of many main situations to avail of this scheme is that the feminine college students will stay single until they attain the post-graduation degree.

“Because the goal of this initiative is to eradicate baby marriage, the feminine college students finding out on the commencement degree should stay single until they end their undergraduate curriculum. As soon as they attain the post-graduation degree, there isn’t any bar to remaining single to avail of the Nijut Moina scheme. At that time, they are going to attain their minimal age of marriage, and we additionally need that the women get married in a selected interval and lead a cheerful life,” he stated.

Sarma additionally laid down one other situation that no daughter of an MP, MLA, or Minister can get the advantages of this monetary help initiative. He additionally underscored that the feminine college students will attend common lessons in schools and universities, and they’re going to give you good ends in the examination.

In a publish on X, Sarma stated, “I consider this initiative shall be a recreation changer to combat baby marriage. #NijutMoina is exclusive because it incentivizes optimistic social outcomes, funds larger training, reduces household bills, and bars baby marriage by encouraging ladies to stay in school.”

“Overwhelming proof of our previous efforts has pointed us in at present’s path. Research have demonstrated how Assam’s crackdown on baby marriage has arrested maternal and toddler mortality charges. With #NijutMoina, this social evil will get a remaining nail within the coffin,” he additional said.

Below the Nijut Moina scheme, every eligible feminine pupil enrolled in Class 11 will obtain an incentive of Rs 1,000 per 30 days for a most of 10 months, for a complete of Rs. 10,000 per yr. An incentive of Rs 1,250 per 30 days for a most of 10 months, leading to a complete of Rs 12,500 per yr, shall be paid to every of the eligible feminine college students enrolled in commencement within the first yr.

In the meantime, an incentive of Rs 2,500 per 30 days for a most of as much as 10 months, leading to a complete of Rs 25,000 per yr, shall be paid to every eligible feminine pupil enrolled in post-graduation first yr.

(With IANS Inputs)