Govt fully digitized Ladli Beti scheme to ensure maximum beneficiaries gets full transparency in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir government has fully digitized Ladli Beti scheme to ensure that the objective of the scheme reaches maximum beneficiaries with full transparency. The administration has set a timeline of 45 days for the officers dealing with the scheme to complete the status of an application. The Social Welfare Department has asked all the officers to do away with physical applications anymore. 

Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta has launched an end-to-end digitized e-service for Ladli Beti scheme designed and developed by NIC, a single window platform for submission and tracking of applications with no human intervention. This service enables the



applicant to apply, check and track the status of the application which will be forwarded online by the stakeholders to the next level. Also, the sanctioned applications and letters digitally signed will be forwarded to the bank online.

Under this scheme, all girl-child born on or after 01-04-2015 and whose parents or guardian's income does not exceed 75,000 rupees per annum is eligible to be covered. The beneficiaries get 1,000 rupees per month credited into the bank account through DBT Mode of the Girl Child up to the age of 14 years and after attaining the age of 21 years, the girl child will get an amount approximate amount of 6.50 lakh rupees.