{"id":32453,"date":"2026-07-08T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/delhi-set-to-roll-out-rs-2500-aid-for-women-on-raksha-bandhan-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:32:39","slug":"delhi-set-to-roll-out-rs-2500-aid-for-women-on-raksha-bandhan-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/delhi-set-to-roll-out-rs-2500-aid-for-women-on-raksha-bandhan-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi set to roll out Rs 2,500 aid for women on Raksha Bandhan | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132253676,imgsize-61053,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/delhi-government-plans-to-launch-its-flagship-financial-aid-scheme-for-women-on-august-28.jpg\" alt=\"Delhi set to roll out Rs 2,500 aid for women on Raksha Bandhan\" title=\"Delhi government plans to launch its flagship financial aid scheme for women on August 28.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Delhi government plans to launch its flagship financial aid scheme for women on August 28.\">Delhi government plans to launch its flagship financial aid scheme for women on August 28.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Delhi govt plans to launch its flagship financial assistance scheme of \u20b92,500 a month to underprivileged women on Aug 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/raksha-bandhan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Raksha Bandhan<\/a>, officials familiar with the plan said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The govt is looking at direct benefit transfer as well as depositing a part of the money as FD in the name of beneficiaries. <!-- -->The govt is yet to decide, said an official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>A series of meetings have been held with banks on disbursing money. The preparations are likely to wrap up by mid-Aug, said the official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"..\" msid=\"132253621\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-132253621\/.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The govt is also likely to rename the scheme Delhi Laxmi Yojana from Mahila Samridhi Yojana, the title under which Rs 5,100 crore was allocated in the March 2025 budget.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cThe biggest scheme of Delhi govt should carry the name of the city and indicate it is exclusively for women,\u201d said an official, explaining the renaming.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The scheme was one of the biggest election promises of BJP. At an election rally, PM Modi said women would get its first instalment on March 8, 2025. It was also among the schemes that AAP govt, which promised Rs 1,000 to women, failed to implement in its second term.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The launch has been delayed by a year because of the delay in finalising the eligibility criteria, by a panel of ministers. But now, according to draft criteria, women residing in Delhi, aged 21\u201360 with annual family income up to Rs 2.5 lakh may be eligible. Govt employees, income-tax payers, pensioners, and four-wheeler owners are likely to be excluded.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>\u201cIt has been discussed that women who have ration cards and meet the age criteria will be eligible for applying for the scheme because there is little doubt over their income. The govt has already conducted a comprehensive verification drive to remove ineligible, duplicate and deceased ration card holders,\u201d said an official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The official said the govt is also considering the use of CBDC (digital rupee) for transferring the money. It is the digital form of India\u2019s physical currency issued by RBI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The eligible women will require a CBDC wallet, either through a participating bankor another RBI-authorised platform. \u201cIt has been discussed with banks, but this mode of payment has not been finalised. It is likely to be part of the proposal when it is prepared,\u201d said an official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Applicants can apply through an online portal by furnishing Aadhaar, an Aadhaar-linked bank account details, proof of Delhi residence and a self-declaration.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>\u201cThe portal is complete, we just need to update the eligibility criteria before it can be taken live,\u201d said an official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/raksha-bandhan-launch-for-2-5k-womens-dole\/articleshow\/132253493.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi government plans to launch its flagship financial aid scheme for women on August 28. NEW DELHI: Delhi govt plans to launch its flagship financial assistance scheme of \u20b92,500 a month to underprivileged women on Aug 28, Raksha Bandhan, officials familiar with the plan said.The govt is looking at direct benefit transfer as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}