CM ASKS WOMEN NODAL OFFICERS TO REVIEW SCHEMES IN DISTRICTS

LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed all nominated women nodal officers to go to their respective districts and review the schemes launched by the state government for welfare of women.

Addressing the women officers at Lok Bhawan here, Yogi said three-member teams of women officers will visit their allocated districts on October 18, 19 and 20. They will make women aware about the schemes and also collect feedback about them.

The officers will submit a detailed report on various schemes before October 25, when the ‘Kanya Sumangala Yojana’ will be launched, he said. “Before this, all officers should inform women across the state about this new scheme and make them aware about the its benefits as well as the other schemes launched by the government,” he added.

On the occasion, the chief minister also reviewed the

schemes launched by various departments regarding development of women.He said women were not aware of the several schemes launched for their welfare and progress. Emphasising on the fact that it was necessary to make people aware of the government schemes and programmes, Yogi said seminars should be organized to enlighten them about the Ujjwala scheme as well as ‘triple talaq’.

During review, it was found that several schemes regarding governance were confined to the departments and had not reached the people. “We need to reach the common people effectively,” he said.

The CM told the officers that if they detected any discrimination against women, they should make them aware of their rights and empowerment programmes of the government.

Yogi said apart from ‘Mission Indradhanush, controlling maternal mortality, infant mortality rate and running ‘Anganwadi’ centres in districts, there were many other government schemes.

He said women and girls should be made aware about their safety. “We should present our plans as events to ensure that more and more people get information about government schemes. He said linking women officers with women-related programmes was a new initiative of the state government. “We will take it to a new height and make the campaign a success,” he said.

Yogi said the central and state governments have launched 50 schemes for the empowerment of women.He directed the officers to ensure effective implementation of Women Power Line-1090, women helpline -- 181 -- and activate the anti-Romeo squads to provide security to women. The nodal officers will also review the compliants lodged by women on CM’s portal.

Meanwhile, the state government also appointed senior IPS officers as nodal officers in 75 districts. The nodal officers will assist the superintendents of police in crime control as well as improvement of law and order.

The nodal officers will also give feed back to the Home department about the working of the district officers and ground reality in the districts. The officers have been directed to move in the districts, meet the people and have night halt in the allotted district.