CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces welfare schemes on his birthday

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who would be facing the Assembly elections later this year, on Monday announced a slew of welfare schemes on his birthday.

The schemes include a diet allowance of Rs 4,000 per month to pregnant labourer women, and power supply at a low rate to poor households.

“Pregnant labourer women will get an assistance of Rs 4,000 per month from the sixth month of pregnancy for nutritional diet, and Rs 12,000 post delivery (one-time assistance) from April 1,” Chouhan, who turned 59 on Monday, announced while addressing his well-wishers.

Power would be supplied at a flat rate of Rs 200 to the poor, and free education would be provided to their children from std I to the PhD-level, he said, adding that no labourer would remain homeless and without land.

Later, Chouhan visited Bal Niketan, a shelter home, to celebrate his birthday with children, also and an old-age home.

He also cut cakes in their midst and distributed bed-sheets and fruit. He was accompanied by wife Sadhna and Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma, among others.