Changes in the mentality of people are palpable after implementation of Ladli Laxmi Yojana scheme. The desire of a male heir by families is being abandoned -AA Farhan The state government had launched Ladli Laxmi Yojana with a view to creating positive thinking about girls among the masses, improvement in gender ratio and improving standard of education and health of girls apart from laying a solid foundation for their future. The novel scheme has yielded very good results within a short span of one year. It is heartening to note that from now onwards, the first girl of first delivery would also get the benefit of Ladli Laxmi Yojana. In view of growing popularity of the scheme provision of this has been made in the rules. According to official sources, the first-born girls born on April 1, 2008 or later would get benefit of the scheme. Now twin sisters and girls who have lost both the parents, would also be given benefit of the scheme. So far, 60 thousand 106 girls have been benefited under Ladli Laxmi Yojana, reports SMS News and Features. In this way, the Madhya Pradesh government has covered all the girls under this scheme which goes to prove its sincerity in this connection. The state government has given the sanctioning powers to district collectors with a view to ensuring speedy disposal of cases and early benefit to girls. The district officers have been directed through a letter issued from the directorate level to collect certificates from all the Child Development Project Officers that no eligible beneficiary has been left uncovered under the scheme in their respective areas. Besides, forms have also been forwarded for knowing physical and financial progress every month. They have instructed to publicise the scheme in villages/ majras/tolas. They have been instructed to undertaken random checking to ensure whether all the beneficiaries are getting due benefit. Instruction has also been given for holding awareness camps at Anganwadi and sector levels. A girl must necessarily be registered with Anganwadi centre within one month of her birth. Ladli Laxmi Yojana has been started in the year 2007 by Madhya Pradesh government with a view to creating positive thinking about birth of a girl, improving gender ratio, health and education of girls and laying solid foundation of their better future especially in the rural and tribal areas. benefit is given to the girls whose parents are domicile of Madhya Pradesh, must not be income tax assessee, must have two or less children and the girl is registered with an Anganwadi centre. The popularity of Ladli Laxmi Yojana is discernible even among the people living in remotest parts of the state. The scheme has created considerable awareness in the rural areas of the state. Changes in the mentality of people are palpable after implementation of this ambition scheme. The desire of a male heir by families is being abandoned and couples are adopting family planning even after two daughters. Such precedents have also been set when a couple underwent family planning operation after the mother gave birth to twin girls. Constant contact with Anganwadis by parents is also a sign of great popularity of the scheme. Thanks to this scheme, birth of a girl child has become a festive occasion in tribal-predominant districts. The same is the aim is the state government. The Union government is also going to implement this scheme in the same format adopted by Madhya Pradesh government and Delhi state has already implemented it. The registration under Ladli Laxmi scheme gathered momentum when the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the current month decided to amend the centralised system for the state government's ambitious 'Ladli Laxmi Yojana'. Now the registration under the scheme would be made at the district level. Lump sum funds would be made available to district collectors for depositing amounts in the name of beneficiaries. Besides, the decision to abolish the condition of family planning after the birth of first girl would be deemed implemented from the date of amendment's implementation. The cabinet has amended 'Ladli Laxmi Yojana' and abolished the condition of family planning in the case of first girl child. The cabinet decided to implement this amendment from the date of implementation of the amendment in place of date of launching of the scheme which is January 1, 2006 The popularity of Ladli Laxmi Yojana even among the people living in remotest parts of the state can be gauged by the fact that a target of benefiting 30 thousand girls was set for the year 2007 against which 40 thousand 854 girls have been benefited. This achievement amounts to 136 percent against the target. During the first two months of the current financial year, 19 thousand 252 girls have been selected as Ladli Laxmis while the target of the scheme till the month of May was only eight thousand 332. Thus, 231.06 percent success has been achieved during these two months.