GUWAHATI — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday asserted that the government has taken a big leap towards eradicating child marriage with the launch of a financial support initiative — Nijut Moina scheme — to help the education of girl students in the state. The latest government initiative aims to cover 10 lakh girl students with an outlay of INR 1,500 cr and in the first year, more than 1.6 lakh girls will get INR 240 crore. Chief Minister Sarma said, “Assam has started a big initiative today by launching Nijut Moina. Under this scheme, female students who study at the graduation level will receive a monthly scholarship of more than INR 1,000, and those who pursue post-graduation are set to get INR 2,500 per month to bear the education expenditure. In this way, we want female students should not depend on their parents to continue higher education.” The Chief Minister noted that with the launch of this initiative, the child marriage cases will come down in Assam. Eradicating Child Marriage by 2026 On Navratri our war against child marriage has entered into a decisive phase as we began disbursing monthly financial assistance under #NijutMoina. On 11th of...