Una, Jan. 16 -- The Himachal Pradesh government's Indira Gandhi Sukh Shiksha Yojana has emerged as an effective social initiative in securing and empowering the future of children. This scheme is not only connecting needy children with education but is also bringing positive changes in the lives of families struggling with difficult circumstances.

Under this scheme, 2189 children in Una district have so far received financial assistance of Rs 2,61,48,722. This scheme, launched with the visionary thinking of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has become a source of support especially for those children whose mothers are widows, divorced, abandoned, or destitute, or whose parents suffer from 70 percent or more disability. The gove...