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Eligibility, exclusions, documents and the application process for India’s largest welfare and savings schemes — open in every state.

Central scheme

PM-KISAN

PM-KISAN gives land-holding farmer families income support of ₹6,000 a year, paid directly into their bank accounts in three equal instalments of ₹2,000. Twenty-three instalments have been released so far; the 24th has not yet been announced.

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PM-JAY

PM-JAY gives eligible families health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year for hospitalisation, cashless at empanelled hospitals. Since October 2024 every citizen aged 70 or above qualifies regardless of income, through the Ayushman Vay Vandana card.

Central scheme

e-Shram

e-Shram registers unorganised workers aged 16 to 59 on a national database and issues a Universal Account Number card, which is used as a single entry point to a set of central social security schemes.

Central scheme

SSY

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a small savings account for a girl child that currently earns 8.2% a year, compounded annually, with deposits qualifying for a deduction under Section 80C.

Central scheme

PM Surya Ghar

PM Surya Ghar pays a central subsidy towards rooftop solar for households — ₹30,000 for a 1 kW system, ₹60,000 for 2 kW and ₹78,000 for 3 kW or larger — so families can generate their own electricity.

Central scheme

PM Vishwakarma

PM Vishwakarma supports traditional artisans and craftspeople in 18 trades with skill training and a ₹500 daily stipend, a ₹15,000 toolkit grant, and collateral-free loans of up to ₹3 lakh at a 5% interest rate.

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APY

Atal Pension Yojana gives subscribers a central-government-guaranteed monthly pension of ₹1,000 to ₹5,000 from the age of 60, in return for regular contributions made from the age they join until 60.

State government schemes

Schemes by state

Cash-transfer and welfare schemes run by individual states. Each guide names the state, the exact amount and who is excluded.

Maharashtra

Ladki Bahin Yojana

Maharashtra pays ₹1,500 a month to eligible women aged 21 to 65 whose family income is below ₹2.5 lakh a year. About 2.48 crore women have received payments since the scheme began in June 2024.

Odisha

Subhadra Yojana

Odisha pays eligible women aged 21 to 60 ₹10,000 a year — ₹5,000 on International Women's Day and ₹5,000 on Rakhi Purnima — for five years, a total of ₹50,000. More than one crore women are expected to be covered.

Chhattisgarh

Mahtari Vandan Yojana

Chhattisgarh pays ₹1,000 a month to married women aged 21 and above — including widowed, divorced and deserted women — by Direct Benefit Transfer. Around 70 lakh women are covered; the first instalment of ₹655 crore was released on 10 March 2024.

Uttar Pradesh

Kanya Sumangala Yojana

Uttar Pradesh pays a girl child ₹25,000 in six stages from birth to graduation — ₹5,000 at birth, ₹2,000 on full immunisation, ₹3,000 each on entering class 1 and class 6, ₹5,000 on entering class 9, and ₹7,000 on enrolling in a degree or two-year diploma. Family income must be ₹3 lakh or less.

Jharkhand

Maiya Samman Yojana

Jharkhand pays ₹2,500 a month to women aged 18 to 50 from ration-card-holding families, by Direct Benefit Transfer to an Aadhaar-linked account in the woman's own name. Applications are taken at camps across the state.

Madhya Pradesh

Ladli Behna Yojana

Madhya Pradesh pays ₹1,500 a month to eligible married women aged 21 to 59 from families earning up to ₹2.5 lakh a year. The amount was ₹1,000 at launch in 2023 and rose to ₹1,500 from November 2025; about 1.26 crore women receive it, usually around the 10th of each month.

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Central schemes apply everywhere, but states run their own programmes and set their own documentation rules. Pick your state to see what applies where you live.

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