Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Narmada Jayanti and Narmadapuram's pride day that like Ladli Laxmi Yojana, now Ladli Bahna Yojana will be started in the state. Under the scheme, poor sisters of all classes will get one thousand rupees per month and if they are getting the benefits of other schemes, they will continue to get the same. An estimated 60 thousand crore rupees will be spent on the scheme in 5 years. He said that Ladli Bahna Yojana will improve the lives of the sisters of the state. The Chief Minister said that I have to empower my sisters financially. If the sisters are strong then the family will be strong, if the family is strong then the society will be strong, if the society is strong then the state will be strong.