48,000 girls benefitted from Kishori Shakti Yojana

Chandigarh, July 9 (UNI) As many as 48,000 adolescent girls in Punjab have so far been benefitted by the centrally sponsored Kishori Shakti Yojana Scheme, enabling them to understand basic hygiene, environment, health and nutrition, education, family life, child care and development.

Informing this here, Punjab Minister of State for Social Security and Women and Child Development Gurkanwal Kaur said Rs 15.90 lakh were spent to provide benefit to the beneficiaries of the this scheme which was meant for the adolescent girls in the age group of 11 to 18 years.

The scheme has two components, with the first one to train the adolescent girls and the second to improve their nutrition and health status.

Mrs Kaur added this scheme would stimulate a desire for more social exposure and knowledge and would also help the beneficiaries to improve their decision-making capabilities.

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