‘Kanya Saksharta Protsahan’ Scheme was launched in January 2006 to promote:

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MP Forest Guard Previous Year Paper (Held on: 21st July 2017 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Primary education of girls.

Key Points

‘Kanya Saksharta Protsahan’ Scheme was launched to promote the primary education of girls.
It was launched in January 2006.
Girl students of Madhya Pradesh are the beneficiaries of this scheme.
The main aim of this scheme is to encourage girls for education through financial assistance and it also helps to reduce school dropout ratio in Madhya Pradesh.
Government provided financial assistance to the girls for their education under this scheme.
Girls who Passed class 5th, 8th, and 10th Board Examinations and get admission in the next class are eligible to get benefits under this scheme.
A girl who passed class 5th, 8th and 10th Board exams and gets regular admission in the next class can get incentive amount of Rs.500, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 3000 respectively.
More than 63688 girls studying in class 6th and 17299 girls of class 9th and 11th were benefitted under the scheme during the initial phase(2006-2007) of this scheme.