Which state government has launched the Kaushalya Matritva Yojana in September 2022?

The correct answer is Chhattisgarh.

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Kaushalya Matritva Yojana

• Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’ by providing checks of Rs 5000 each to five beneficiaries for safe motherhood in a state-level women’s conference held at BTI Ground in the capital Raipur.
• Under this scheme, there is a provision to give a lump sum assistance of Rs. 5 thousand to women beneficiaries on the birth of a second daughter. The scheme will help in the upbringing and education of the girl child.
• The Chief Minister felicitated Anganwadi workers, who have done excellent work in Anganwadi services, self-help groups, who have made women financially independent by taking benefit of Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh, at the state level women’s conference.
• Similarly, he also honored the officers doing excellent work in the direction of women protection under ‘Sakhi One Stop Center’ and ‘Nava Bihaan Yojna’.
• He also released Kanya Vivah Yojana Coffee Table Book, Sakhi One Stop Center Telephone Directory and brochures of schemes related to women empowerment on the occasion.
• The Chief Minister also visited the stalls of exhibition of products prepared by women self-help groups from across the state in the four-day state level Mahila Madai organized at BTI Ground. From the stalls of women’s groups of Bastar, the Chief Minister bought artwork made of bell metal and encouraged the women by playing trumpet.

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