Greater Noida: Uttar Pradesh chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath on Sunday appreciated the key role women have played in Indian history for centuries.
On the occasion, he also announced that three women-only PAC battalions would be named after women warriors associated with the 1857 uprising – Rani Avantibai Lodhi, Uda Devi and Jhalkari Bai.
“History has forgotten them but we have not. “We do not ask beneficiaries their castes and religion while giving these benefits. The scheme allows eligible beneficiaries to receive ₹ 5,000 for the first child. Adityanath also said that the BJP government had provided LPG connections to 12 crore (120 million) people. On employment, Adityanath said the BJP government had provided government jobs to 950,000 people in the last nine years. “Uttar Pradesh’s 96 lakh units provide 3 crore employments.
He also said the MSMEs in U.P had been linked with technology and expanded as a result.
This will further give strength to our women police personnel,” Adityanath said. He also underlined the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government’s various initiatives for women empowerment, especially the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” (related to girl child’s protection and education). The CM said that under the “Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana”, the government provides financial assistance to eligible pregnant and lactating women. But some people always try to malign the country’s image,” he said. Earlier, UP was called a Bimaru state, which has changed to a revenue-surplus state now,” he said.
