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Kolkata: On the International Day of the Girl Child, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said 60 lakh girls have benefitted from the Kanyashree scheme taken up by the state government for the empowerment of adolescent girls. Our Govt in #Bangla started the #Kanyashree scheme in 2013, which won the @UN (first prize) award in 2017. #Kanyashree empowers girls from school to university level so that they Till date, #Kanyashree has empowered over 60 lakh girl students. Initially, Kanyashree was restricted to school students but now even college and university students have also been included. Initiatives have been taken to set up a Kanyashree University in Nadia district and Kanyashree colleges across the state..