Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren is set to launch the National Widow Remarriage Promotion Scheme today , a major initiative to encourage widows who choose to remarry. According to the law, returning widows will receive financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh. Giving details of the programme, Manoj Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, said that its aim is to integrate widows into the mainstream of life and provide them with a good life.
Any returning widow will be able to apply for the scheme within one year of her marriage and once approved will get an assistance of Rs 2 lakh. Kumar emphasized the importance of solving the problems faced by widows in society and noted that their current livelihoods are not problematic, they affect their productivity and contribute to people and the country. The program aims to increase their productivity and participation in social and national development by better integrating them into the social fabric.
The initiative comes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and demonstrates the government’s commitment to solving social problems and promoting participation. Notably, the Jharkhand government led by Chief Minister Champai Soren recently announced a budget of Rs 128 billion for the financial year 2024-25. The budget was the first financial plan of the new government created by Solon.
Next year’s budget estimate represents a 10% increase over the previous 2023-24 budget estimate and a 6.5% increase over the revised estimate. The JMM-led coalition government had initially allocated a budget of Rs 116 billion for the current financial year, which was later revised up to Rs 120 billion.
The fiscal deficit is estimated at 2.02% and the government aims to reduce it to 3.0% of the Gross State Product (GSDP) in the 2024-25 financial year. Overall, these policy measures and fiscal allocations reflect the government’s approach to solving social problems and promoting economic growth in the state.
