Ladli Behna Yojana (Madhya Pradesh)

Benefits

Eligible women receive ₹1,500 every month, credited directly to their Aadhaar-linked bank account (the amount was raised from ₹1,250 in late 2025, and the state has announced phased increases toward ₹3,000). Women over 60 who receive less than this under social-security pensions are topped up to the same level.

Who can apply

• Age 21–60
• Household income ≤ ₹2,50,000/year
• Women / girls only
• Resident of Madhya Pradesh
• married widowed divorced or abandoned
• not income tax payer

Women who are residents of Madhya Pradesh, aged 21 to 60, and married — including widowed, divorced or abandoned women — can apply. The household must sit outside the better-off bracket: combined family income under ₹2.5 lakh a year, no income-tax payer and no government employee in the family, less than five acres of land, and no four-wheeler (tractors excepted).

How to apply

Applications are collected through gram panchayat, ward and anganwadi camps — a designated officer enters your pre-filled form on the portal, photographs you on the spot, and issues a printed acknowledgement. Keep your Samagra family ID, Aadhaar and an Aadhaar-linked, DBT-enabled bank account ready; new application windows open by government announcement.

Documents required

• Samagra family ID
• Aadhaar card
• Aadhaar-linked, DBT-enabled bank account

Key terms explained

DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer)

A system where the scheme amount is paid straight into the beneficiary’s bank account, with no middlemen handling the cash.

Aadhaar

A 12-digit unique identity number issued by UIDAI. Most schemes use it to confirm identity and link your bank account for payments.

Gram Panchayat

The elected local self-government at the village level, often the first point of verification or application for rural schemes.