LUCKNOW, March 9 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that the Laxmibai Scooty Scheme for meritorious girl students will be launched soon, fulfilling a promise made in the BJP's 2022 election manifesto with the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in 2027 less than a year away. Addressing a programme on International Women's Day, Yogi said the scheme will initially benefit meritorious students in the final year of graduation and postgraduation, with others to be included in phases later. "Meritorious daughters in the final year of graduation and postgraduation will benefit in the first phase and others will gradually benefit in the second," the chief minister said. The state government has earmarked Rs.400 crore in the 2026-27 budg...