- Madhya Pradesh Launches a Scheme for Girl Education - Madhya Pradesh government has introduced a new scheme named 'Pratibha Kiran Yojana' for promoting higher education among girls of the poor urban families. - For inducing meritorious girls of families living below the poverty line in urban areas to go for higher education is the basic purpose of this scheme. - Under this Pratibha Kiran Yoj...

- The objective of the scheme is to provide additional support to education of girls at the elementary level through the following additional initiatives: (i) to develop a school, as a "model girl-child friendly school", at the cluster level, (ii) to provide additional incentives such as stationery, slates, work books, and uniforms and to meet any other locallyfelt need within the existing ceil...

- This initiative for holistic empowerment of women through better convergence and engendering of policies, programmes, and schemes of different ministries was operationalized in 2010-11. - Under the Mission, institutional structures at state level including State Mission Authorities headed by Chief Ministers and State Resource Centres for Women (SRCWs) for spearheading initiatives for women's e...

- From August 20, 1995 the Union Government launched this plan in 200 development blocks in the country, which was to be extended to the remaining segments after a short interval. - The main objective of this plan is to create awareness among the women and to provide the income resources to them. - This plan will establish co-ordination among the various plans related to women so that the ava...

- With the objective of providing economic security to the rural women and to encourage the saving habit among them, the Mahila Samridhi Yojana was started on October 2, 1993. - Under this plan, the rural women of 18 years or above age can open their saving account In the rural post office of their own area with a minimum Rs. 4 or its multiplier. - On the amount not withdrawn for 1 year, 25% of...