New Delhi, March 9 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said the Delhi cabinet has approved Rs.5,100 crore as the annual budget towards the Mahila Samridhi Yojana aimed at providing Rs.2,500 to eligible women in the Capital, paving the way for what she claimed was one of the foremost steps towards ensuring the economic stability of underprivileged women in the city.
Speaking at an event organised by Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on the occasion of International Women's Day, Gupta said that a committee has been formed under her leadership with cabinet ministers Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Ashish Sood and Kapil Mishra as its members to implement the scheme.
"The promise of Rs.2,500 made to ...