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The Hindu Bureau

‘Ensuring empowerment of women is the idea behind guarantee schemes’

Minister for Small Scale Industries and Public Enterprises Sharanabasappa Darshanapur has said that the State government has been bringing in changes by implementing guarantee schemes as promised before Assembly elections.

He was addressing a gathering after launching the Gruha Lakshmi guarantee scheme in Yadgir on Wednesday.

The Gruha Lakshmi scheme, which is one among the five guarantees promised to the people of the State by the Congress, has been officially launched assuring a financial aid of ₹2,000 to the woman head of a family every month through direct benefit transfer (DBT) system. The beneficiary bank accounts should be linked with the respective Aadhaar number.

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