GUJARAT GOVERNMENT CHILDREN YOJNA PDF DOWNLOAD

Balika Samruddhi Yojana
Balika Samruddhi Yojana was started with a view to bring change in the negative attitude of family and society towards girl child and mother, increase enrollment and attendance in the school, ensuring marriage at right age, providing financial aid to the girl child.

Under this scheme, two girl children from every household belonging to BPL born on or after 15.08.1997 are covered for the benefits. With a view of benefitting the girl child, the State government decided to continue the Balika Samruddhi Yojana even though the Central Government has discontinued the scheme from the year 2006-07.

Bal Sakha Yojana

In Gujarat each year 12,00,000 children are born and many of mothers die during this process of pregnancy and child birth. Malnutrition and lack of proper required health care for mothers and children are major determinants of maternal and child health. Poor development status of newborn, lack of adequate and timely care and poor nutrition lead to thousands of children dying in the State before they even reach their first birthday. These are serious maternal and child health problems and require urgent attention.

Gujarat state has already implemented various schemes like Chiranjeevi Yojana, Bal Bhog Yojana, Nutritious food with vitamins Yojana(Vitamin Yukta Poshan Ahar), kanya kelavani Yatra for saving the precious lives of mothers and children, fighting against malnutrition, take care of primary education and particularly education of girl child. However, there is a need to consolidate efforts and redouble energies to attack the evils of maternal and child Mortality.

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Vijay Rupani here today announced the Atal ‘Screening of Newborn for Enhancement of Health’ (SNEH) Yojna to be started in the state from the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s birthday on December 25, 2016.