Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched his government’s flagship scheme - Jagananna Amma Vodi (Telugu for Mother’s Lap) - a direct cash transfer scheme to encourage women to send their children to schools.
Under the scheme, an amount of Rs 15,000 would be directly transferred into the accounts of women enrolled for the same, as an incentive for sending their children to schools - both government and private.
The scheme would cover 42,12,186 mothers to benefit 81,72,224 children studying from Class 1 to 12 with effect from the present academic year 2019-20. An amount of Rs 6,455 crore has been allocated by the government in the current year budget.
The scheme is not applicable to dropouts from school or colleges. The government employees and income taxpayers are also not eligible for the scheme.
Read more of this in a report by Srnivasa Rao Apparasu published in Hindustan Times... (Link given below)
