Shimla, May 7 -- The Himachal cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs.1,500 financial assistance for women employed as domestic helps, as well as their daughters aged 21 and above.

In a meeting chaired by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the cabinet gave its nod to expand the ambit of Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana to include women who have worked as domestic helps for 100 days or more. The officials said women working as domestic help will have to submit a certificate from the employer or an affidavit that to the same effect.

Till now, majority of the beneficiaries of the scheme were tribal women.

To address the problem of roadside parking and congestion across the state, the cabinet okayed opening of the feasible clo...