With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday formally launching registration for Gruha Lakshmi, the Congress government’s third pre-poll guarantee scheme, women beneficiaries can start registering to avail of the monthly direct benefit transfer (DBT) of ₹2,000 in the State. As many as 1.28 crore families are set to benefit through this scheme.
Speaking after launching the scheme, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted that the Congress was for the empowerment of women in all fields and that women should get reservation in the Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha. “The Central government has the opportunity to provide this facility. If they take a bold step to give accord to the women’s reservation Bill, we will extend our full support,” he said.
Giving away sanction letters to three beneficiaries — Anandi Lingaiah, Suma S. Prabhakar, and Satya B. — symbolically, the Chief Minister said although the Opposition BJP was sceptical of the five guarantees, the Congress government had rolled out three guarantees within two months of coming to power. The DBT of ₹2,000 under the Gruha Lakshmi would from August 16, he said.
