Chandigarh, Sep 25
Marking the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the Haryana government on Thursday dedicated the occasion to development, uplift of the last person in the queue, and women's empowerment.
At a state-level ceremony held in Panchkula, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini unveiled the ambitious 'Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana', aimed at strengthening the economic and social standing of women, and launched a dedicated mobile application to ensure implementation of the scheme aimed at strengthening the social and economic status of women.
He said that in a short span of the mobile app launch, nearly 50,000 women had downloaded it, and around 8,000 women had already submitted applications.
The government, he added, is determined to ensure that women and daughters are economically empowered, self-reliant and active participants in the mainstream of society.