The state government had launched Ladli Laxmi Yojana with a view to creating positive thinking about girls among the masses, improvement in gender ratio and improving standard education of health of girls apart from laying a solid foundation for their future. The novel scheme has yielded very good results within a short span of one year.
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that betterment of the poor is the top priority of the state government. He launched Annapurna Yojana and laid the foundation of a Rs. 108 crore Narmada water project at Khandwa today. The Minister for Tribal Welfare and Forests Kunwar Vijay Shah presided over the function.
Madhya Pradesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Ajay Vishnoi has announced a ten time increase in the cash award given to those informing of female foeticide. The reward has been increased from Rs. ten thousand to Rs. one lakh.
Delhi-based Vidhi Khandelwal, an eight-year-old girl, has been skating 3,000 kms to spread the message "Prevent Female Foeticide". This amazing girl, a test-tube baby, started her marathon from Delhi's India Gate and has so far travelled across four states: Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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Rupnagar, March 24 The Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain has urged the people of the state to wage a joint struggle to eradicate female foeticide in Punjab.
The pivot around which the improvement of maternal health revolved was the Indian woman doctor and her growing presence from the 1900s was to be seen at hospitals and welfare centres in the Bombay presidency, promoting knowledge of more hygienic birthing methods and safe infant care.
Sir, It is appalling that in 2008 you still publish articles such as "Africa's greatest challenge is to reduce fertility' (March 14) by John May and Jean-Pierre Guengant.
