Gruhalakshmi Scheme: Mallavva Meti’s Inspiring Initiative

As an understated gram panchayat member, she has used the instalments received from the Gruhalakshmi scheme of the govt and her honorarium received from her gram panchayat to start a study library in Mantur village of Raibag taluk to assist poor students to undertake competitive examinations. 

Mallavva Bhimappa Meti used her 13 month of Gruhalakshmi amount money of Rs.26000 besides her GP honorarium to establish the library. All together she has spent about Rs 150000 for developing the library.

Nipanal mutt Somalinga swamy launched the library on Sunday. This forced Mallavva to make such a noble decision because poor students in her village could not afford to prepare for the competitive examinations because of the price of study materials. 

Some of our students report nearby places like Belagavi, Dharwad and Hubballi for joining a specific coaching centre. For example, they spend about Rs 5000 for accommodation each month and this is out of reach for children of farmers. 

This is why I started a library under Sankalp Gram Seva Sansthe,” she said. Works based on the topical and relevant issues such as KPSC, UPSC and police recruitment examination books have been developed in Kannada as well as English.

The Mallavva posted the initiative on the X account and asked the students to make the best use of the facility. In her post, she said that the library has been opened with the Gruhalakshmi amount which is clear to a great extent acceptable to the people. 

But some youth have replied very roughly for giving all credit to the Gruhalakshmi scheme which is not constituted more than 25% of the amount from the scheme. Mallavva can write her own name, is numerate up to two digits and went up to Class 7 in school. In the past she was the chairman of the gram panchayat for one year.

Benefits and Eligibility

Karnataka government offers Rs 2, 000 for each qualified women belonging to BPL and APL families in Karnataka. 

The first of the disbursals will be on the 30th of August, 2023. According to this scheme for women of the family, the eldest woman is entitle to switch her status in ration cards for the head of the family in order to get the cash. 

But here it is that only one woman of the family can make use of the scheme. I found that women government employees, women taxpayers, those women for whom their husbands pay income tax or file GST returns are excluded from the investigation. The scheme also does not cover women who married a government employee or a taxpayer.

Online Registration

Such women can register themselves through the Seva Sindhu Guarantee Schemes Portal on the official website. Then, they have to click on the ‘Gruha Lakshmi Yojana’ tab and enter the details along with the necessary documents to be uploaded and click on submit tab. They should retain the application number for another use.

Documents

The documents which are used under Gruha Lakshmi Scheme includes an Aadhaar card, ration card, husband’s Aadhaar card, mobile number and bank account details.

Conclusion

Operation Drumbeater spearheaded by Mallavva Bhimappa Meti is inspirational and substantiates that dreams or communal idea with determination can bring change. With the help of such state funds as Gruhalakshmi scheme and her honorarium received for working as a head of the Gram Panchayat she has opened a necessary library for the underprivileged students preparing for competitive exams.

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