{"id":172014,"date":"2025-05-15T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=172014"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:23:07","slug":"mukhya-mantri-nijut-moina-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/mukhya-mantri-nijut-moina-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0government of\u00a0Assam\u00a0has\u00a0made\u00a0an\u00a0excellent\u00a0effort\u00a0in\u00a0promoting\u00a0the\u00a0education\u00a0of girls and addressing the issue of child marriage in the state. On June 12, 2024, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the launch of the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina (MMNM) scheme, which has been approved by the Assam government cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives of the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Scheme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary objectives of the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina scheme are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Empowering Girls through Education: The scheme aims to empower girls in the state by promoting education through financial incentives and support from the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Reducing Child Marriage: By focusing on girls&#8217; education, this initiative also aims to help lower the rates of child marriage in Assam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial Incentives for Girl Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina scheme aims to assist about 10 lakh girl students in the state. The financial support provided through this scheme includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Higher Secondary Education: Girls in higher secondary education will get Rs. 1,000 per month from the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Graduation Courses: For those enrolled in three-year or four-year degree programs, the incentive is Rs. 1,200 monthly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Post-Graduation and B.Ed.: Girls pursuing Post-Graduation or B.Ed. degrees will receive Rs. 2,500 each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the scheme aims to benefit a significant number of girl students, certain categories are not eligible for the incentives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Daughters of ministers and Members of the Assam Legislative Assembly (MLAs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Girl students who have received scooters under the state government scheme for excelling in Higher Secondary (HS) exams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students enrolled in private colleges and universities (except venture colleges)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Girl students who are irregular in attendance or involved in undesirable activities like ragging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funding and Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina scheme is expected to cost the state government&nbsp;<strong>Rs. 1,500 crore<\/strong>&nbsp;over the next five years. For the first year, the government has allocated&nbsp;<strong>Rs. 300 crore<\/strong>&nbsp;towards the scheme\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0government of\u00a0Assam\u00a0has\u00a0made\u00a0an\u00a0excellent\u00a0effort\u00a0in\u00a0promoting\u00a0the\u00a0education\u00a0of girls and addressing the issue of child marriage in the state. On June 12, 2024, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the launch of the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina (MMNM) scheme, which has been approved by the Assam government cabinet. Objectives of the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Scheme The primary objectives of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":172015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172016,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172014\/revisions\/172016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}