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Empowering Women

• Free education for girls up to Graduation • Government jobs to more than 1.50 lakh women • Under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana, 17.82 lakh girls have benefited• 2 cylinder refills are being provided free of cost to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. So far, free LPG cylinders have been distributed to more than 1.75 Crore beneficiaries • Construction of 2.62 crore toilets (lzzat Ghar) under the Swachh Bharat Mission, 10 crore people benefitted • More than 54.44 lakh mothers benefited under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana • Appointment of 58,000 women as BC Sakhi • Monthly pension of Rs. 1,000 to more than 98.28 lakh destitute women, elderly and differently-abled persons • Under Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana, 3.25 laks couples married, with the grant amount, increased from Rs. 35,000 to Rs. 51,000 • More than 2 lakh women benefitted from Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Scheme • To ensure the safety of women and senior citizens, the Safe City Project involves the installation and integration of CCTV cameras at crucial locations. This initiative also includes the identification and illumination of dark spots, pinpointing hotspots, setting up pink booths, and implementing panic buttons in buses/taxis • 03 women PAC battalions are established in Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Badaun districts. Action is being taken to establish 5 more PAC battalions in the Balrampur, Jalaun, Mirzapur, Shamli and Bijnor districts • Cybercrime cells have been set up in all the police stations. At present cyber crime police stations are operational in all 75 districts. All police stations have been equipped with CCTV cameras • Establishment of Shakti Mobile and 10,417 women police beat in all 1584 police stations

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