Yogi Launches Scheme for Labourer Children

The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to launch a scheme for children of labourers in the state, under which the children would be given financial assistance monthly to stop them from working as child labourers and instead focus on studies. The scheme, Bal Shramik Vidya Yojna, will be rolled out on June 12 to mark World Day Against Child Labour. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would launch the scheme by sending funds to around 2,000 people. While there would be conditional cash transfer for child labourers, a higher amount would be set for girls to aid their studies and to keep them away from work. The CM also directed that development schemes of the Centre and the state government should be implemented, saying on one hand, this would provide employment to the labourers and workers, and on the other, it would help in ‘navnirman’ of Uttar Pradesh.