Maa Tujhe Pranam Scheme

• 25 Apr 2022

Why In News?

On 23 April 2022, Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana' is being restarted after the Covid period. This year, for the first time in the scheme, Ladli Laxmis of the state will travel to the border of the country.

Key Points

• In order to realize the dream of a strong India and self-reliant Madhya Pradesh, 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Scheme' is aimed at bringing awareness among the youth towards the security of the country's borders, devotion to the nation and attracting the youth towards the army and paramilitary forces.
• The minister said that on May 2, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would flag off 200 Ladli Laxmis to visit the Bagha border in the 'Ladli Laxmi Utsav', which would run from May 2 to 11.
• This journey will not only inculcate the feeling of patriotism among the adolescent girls, but they will also be successful in making themselves self-reliant by serving the country in future.
• It is noteworthy that in the 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana' of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, the selection committee constituted under the chairmanship of the District Collector, selected through lottery, the youth are taken in different groups for a tour of the international border of the country.
• In the borderlands, tributes are paid to the martyrs with the water carried by the youth from their place of residence. Animal husbandry, agribusiness, industry, irrigation facilities, geographical features, cultural customs, beliefs, festivals, etc., are also studied by the youth with the help of the residents of the international border area.
• Leh-Ladakh, Kargil-Drass, RS Pura, Bagha-Hussainiwala, Tanot Mata Temple, Longowal, Kochi, Bikaner, Barmer, Nathula, so far 12 thousand 672 youths of the state have been given Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana starting from the year 2013. Travels have been made to Darra, Petrapole, Tura, Jaigaon, Andaman and Nicobar and Kanyakumari.
• In this scheme of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, selected youth are provided travel fare, daily allowance, accommodation, food, local transport system, rail reservation system, track suit, T-shirt and kit bag.