Chief Minister’s Girl Child Protection Scheme – Features & Eligibility

India is a country where a girl child is still subjected to the century-old patriarchy. Therefore, our Government has implemented several schemes for a girl child to end gender discrimination.

The Girl Child Protection Scheme is one such scheme that the Tamil Nadu government introduced in 1992. Keep reading to know the further details about this scheme.

Chief Minister’s Girl Child Protection Scheme aims to empower and protect girl children’s rights. Therefore, it focuses on preventing gender discrimination through Government’s direct investment.

Below are the brief objectives of this scheme -

• Ensures a girls’ education till middle school by supporting their enrolment and retention in school.
• Prevents under 18 girls’ marriage by improving awareness and providing financial aid.
• Encourages families and parents to adopt family planning norms and not have further kids after 2 girl children.
• Empowers girl children socially and financially and protects their rights.
• Enhances the family’s mindset and role in improving the status and living of girl children.

Below are the 2 modes of deposits in this scheme for a girl child -

Scheme 1:

Any girl born on or after 1st August 2011 will receive ₹ 50,000 as a fixed deposit with the receipt. Families with 1 girl child will receive it from Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Scheme 2:

A girl will receive ₹ 25,000 as a fixed deposit with the receipt under this scheme. Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited will give it to families with 2 girls.

The Girl Child Protection Scheme provides the following benefits -

• Girls will receive ₹ 1800 annual incentives every year after 6 years of deposit to support their education expenses.
• The State Governments will renew this amount every 5 years.
• Girls will receive interest on this deposit on completion of 18 years of age. It aims to support their higher education. Therefore, they must appear for their 10th standard board examination to get this benefit. The precise amount of maturity benefits for both the deposits are below -

Below are the eligibility requirements for this scheme -

• Applicant’s family must have an annual income below ₹ 72,000.
• The parents of the girl child must not have any boy child.
• Family of a girl child must enrol her in any educational institution.
• The girl should be unmarried.

The parents must meet the following officers with all required documents to apply for the scheme:

• District Social Welfare Officers
• Child Development Project  Officer
• Extension Officers (Social Welfare)
• Rural Welfare Officers (Women)
• District Programme Officer

Below are the necessary documents required to apply for this scheme -

• Aadhaar card
• Ration card
• Family income certificate
• Marriage certificate
• Community certificate
• Medical certificate of sterilization
• Certificate for not having a male child, issued by Tahsildar
• Birth certificate of the child
• Family photo