On March 8, International Women’s Day, parents of as many as 43 girl children in the district received passbooks for long-term deposits for the children.
The National Federation of Postal Employees Union (Class III) and Coimbatore Postal division had organised a function and Postmaster General for western region Manju P. Pillai handed over the passbooks to the parents of the children.
All the girls were aged below 10 years and were residing in the seven tribal hamlets at Siruvani Adivaram.
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The officials of the postal division had contributed Rs. 43,000 and accounts were opened for each girl child under the Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme with an initial investment of Rs. 1000.
The deposit would mature after 21 years. Thus, all the girls aged below 10 years in these hamlets had been covered under the scheme.
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In the western region, the postal department opened 98,000 accounts between January and March last year and during the current financial year (April 2015 to March 2016), the department has opened 1,14,679 accounts so far.
Maximum number
The maximum number of accounts opened this year was in Coimbatore division (16,643).
More number of accounts are expected to be opened this month as it the end of the financial year, said an official of the department.
In the western region, the postal department opened 98,000 accounts between January and March last year