Shimla, May 28 -- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday rolled out the Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Sammaan Nidhi Yojana for 2238 eligible women of Banjar development block at Dehuri in Kullu district.

Under the scheme, a total of Rs. 1 crore and 71 thousand (Rs. 4,500 per beneficiary), pertaining to a period from April to June this year, were transferred to the savings accounts of the beneficiaries.

"Our government is determined to benefit all the sections deprived of the benefits of the state's wealth," said CM Sukhu. He added that the state government has also decided to bring domestic working women under the scheme, so that they could also benefit from the financial assistance. He said that the daughters of widows wou...