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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced said on Thursday that the Delhi government cabinet has approved the Mahila Samman Yojana under which ₹ 1000 will be given to eligible women of the national capital each month. The elections to the 70-member Delhi assembly are expected to be held in February next year. The Election Commission of India has not announced the dates yet.
The term of current assembly in Delhi expires on February 23, 2025. AAP, led by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, is seeking to retain power in Delhi for a third straight time after its electoral successes in 2015 and 2020. The party won 67 seats in 2015 and 63 seats in 2020 in the 70-member Assembly.
Earlier, the AAP government had announced the 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana' in the budget 2024-25 for providing ₹ 1000 to each of the eligible women in Delhi per month. An allocation of ₹ 2,000 crore was also made by the government in the budget for the scheme. The scheme, however, seemed to have hit the bureaucratic logjam with the Finance department flagging budgetary constraints, according to reports.
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