write a report kanyashree prakalpa
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Kanyashree Prakalpa has been designed to ensure that girls stay in school and delay their marriages till at least age of 18. Kanyashree's strategy is simple, keeping girls away from marriage till exact age and keeping them in the streamline of their education, to do that government facilitates these girls with financial aid. It has changed the behavioural attitude particularly who wants to marry their girl child before 18 years of age.
The Scheme has two conditional cash benefit components.
The first is K1, an annual scholarship of Rs. 750/- to be paid annually to the girls from 13 to 18 years of age group for every year that they remain in education, provided they are unmarried at the time. (Note: During the years 2013-14 and 2014-1 the annual scholarship was Rs. 500/-).
The second benefit is K2, a one-time grant of 25,000/-, to be paid when girls turn 18, provided that they are engaged in an academic or occupations pursuit and are unmarried at the time.
The term 'education' encompasses secondary an higher secondary education, as well as the various vocational, technical and sports courses available for this age group. To ensure an equity focus, the scheme is open only to girls from families whose annual income is R. 1,20,000/- or less. For girls with special needs, girls who have lost both parents, as well as for girls currently residing in Juvenile Justice homes, this criterion is waived. Although the annual scholarship is payable only when girls reach Class VIII, this, criterion is waived for girls with special needs whose disability is 40% or more.
Even though the credit for the Kanyashree Prakalpa goes to the Government of West Bengal, India, the main project is actually a derivative of the beneficial scheme of the Government of India. However, as the Government of India did not recognise Kanyashree Prakalpa as a part of its beneficial schemes for the girls from rural and suburban areas, especially from poor families, the state government of West Bengal claimed the scheme as its own.
14 August is celebrated as Kanyashree Day to promote the scheme throughout the state. On August 14, 2013 state wide events were held to publicize the scheme. In Kolkata the event was presided over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Awareness campaigns were organized by the government in districts.
Year-wise statistics
Total K1 Girls Since Inception: 39,61,947
Total K2 Girls Since Inception: 11,14,566
Total Unique Girls Since Inception: 42,08,059
Similar programmes
A similar program was instituted in Bangladesh in 1982, called the Female Secondary School Stipend Program. It was first launched in six areas of the country and later extended to other areas owing to its success.[4]