Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme:- To provide financial help to the woman head of the family, the respected Chief Minister CM Mamata Banerjee has created a new scheme known as Lakshmi Bhandar (Prakalpa) Scheme. Under this scheme, the woman will get financial help to meet their expenses. In this article today we will share with you all the important information related to Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme 2024 such as objective eligibility criteria, important documents, and benefits. Also, we will share with you all the step-by-step application procedures to apply under West Bengal Women’s Basic Income Scheme.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme 2024
A new scheme is going to be launched by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, respected CM Mamata Banerjee on 1st July 2021. Under the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, the state government will provide Rs. 1000 to the women heads of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes families in order to meet their personal expenses, which is part of Trinamool Congress. Also, the government will provide Rs. 500 to the women who belong to the general category. The main aim of launching this scheme is to provide financial help to the needy women of the state.
- The government is going to provide benefits of this scheme to around 1.6 crores people of the state
- For the successful implementation of this scheme, the government is going to incur Rs. 11,000 crores.
- All interested applicants who want to avail of the benefit under the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme will have to visit the official website for online application.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Key Points
The details of this scheme are as follows:-
Name of the scheme | Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme 2024 |
Launched by | CM Mamata Banerjee |
Launched on | 1st July 2021 |
Beneficiaries | The women heads of SC ST and General |
Objective | To provide financial support |
Benefits | Women will be able to meet personal expenses |
Number Of Identify Beneficiaries | 1.6 crores |
Financial Assistance to SC ST | Rs. 1,000 per month |
Financial Assistance To General Category | Rs. 5,00 per month |
Mode of Application | Online/ Offline |
Official Website | Yet to be launched |
Objective of Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme
As we all know there are many women who are the head of their families. However, due to the various responsibilities of the family, they are not able to invest the money for their personal expenses. By keeping this in mind the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is going to launch a new scheme known as Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. Under this scheme, financial support will be provided to the women heads of the family who belong to SC ST and the General Category. The main objective of launching this scheme is to provide financial help for their personal expenses.
- The main aim of launching this scheme is to provide financial help to the women of the family.
- West Bengal Women’s Basic Income Scheme helps in increasing the income of the family.
- The women now will be able to meet their personal expenses without thinking about any financial hurdles.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Expansion
After watching the success, the honorable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to expand the scope of the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. Now the chief minister has included the women from the age group of 25 to 60 years who are not employed under the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. As it is one of the biggest announcements in the Trainer Bowls Assembly election manifesto. It provides basic income support to the female head of the family by giving financial assistance of Rs. 500 to general category women and Rs. 1000 to SC ST category women.
- More than 30 lakh applications have been registered under this scheme with the help of Duare Sarkar Camps.
- Now each woman in the age group of 25 to 60 years will get the form for this scheme in order to get financial support.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Is Largest Cash Transfer Scheme
As we all know the respected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched a new scheme in order to provide financial assistance to the women head of the family. Under the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, the woman head of the general category family receives Rs. 500 as financial help. Rs. 1000 is given as financial assistance to the woman head of reserved categories. The government of West Bengal has rolled out this scheme as the largest cash transfer scheme. Thousands of women from urban and local areas have enrolled themselves under this scheme. This scheme was one of the poll promises of the Trinamool Congress which is currently riding high.
- There were several women who had applied under this scheme with the help of Duare Sarkar camps.
- Most of the applications from the current year have been received for Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme under Duare Sarkar Camp.
More Than 1.23 Million Applicants Applied For Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme
The government of West Bengal has launched a new scheme in order to provide basic income support to the female heads of families. On the first day of this scheme, around 1.23 million women have applied under this scheme. Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme turns out to be the highest scheme during the Duare Sarkar Camps. As it broke all the records for the application on the first day. Also, the chief secretary directed all the teams to manage the crowd as it is the time of the covid-19 pandemic. And to avoid overcrowding, the chief secretary has instructed the officials to open several counters for the submission of applications.
More Than 2500 Application Received For Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme In Andal
The government of West Bengal has organized the Duare Sarkar Camp near Ramprasadpur Panchayat Office in Andal. Under this camp, more than 2500 applications were received for Lakshmi Bhandar Yojana. Apart from this, there was a rush of people to submit applications for other schemes. This camp was organized on Monday, after which a crowd of people had gathered since morning. The large number of applications submitted was for Laxmi Bhandar Yojana while there is a counter for distributing the form.
- On the first day around 3500 women collected forms for the Lakshmi Bhandari Yojana.
- While more than 2500 women have submitted the form. There was a counter for opening a bank account also.
DM Asked Speed Up Sending Beneficiary List To Officials
As we all know the chief minister of West Bengal has created a new scheme known as the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme to provide financial assistance to the women head of scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribes in order to meet their expenses. Until now 1.6 crores of beneficiaries women have applied under this scheme. Now the DM has asked to speed up the sending of the beneficiary list to the officials so that they would be rewarded with the financial assistance.
- The work of sending the beneficiary list is going on by the senior official of the state government.
- Around Rs. 11,000 crore have been incurred by the State Government for the successful implementation of this scheme.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Budget
As we all know the respected Chief Minister CM Mamata Banerjee has created Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme in order to provide financial help to the scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe’s women head. With the help of the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, the woman head of the family will be able to meet their personal expenses without worrying about any financial hurdles. And for the successful implementation of this scheme, the chief minister has allocated a budget of Rs. 10,000 crores. Recently after returning to the office, the chief minister outlayed the budget of various schemes on Wednesday in the state assembly for the financial year 2022.
- Accordingly, the Chief Minister has allocated around Rs. 3,08,727 for the various schemes.
- The main aim of allocating this budget is to increase focus on the social sector and Agriculture sector.
West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme 2022
There are many women in the state of West Bengal who are the only earner and the head of the families. And in order to fulfill the responsibilities of the families, they are not able to invest the money for their personal needs. Due to this, the chief minister has created a West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme to provide the financial assistance of Rs. 1,000 to ST/ SC and Rs. 500 to the general categories. The government is going to invest Rs. 11,000 crores for the successful implementation of this scheme.
- The name of this scheme is Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme.
- This scheme is also known as West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme.
- The financial assistance under this scheme will directly be transferred into the bank account of beneficiaries.
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Financial Support To The Women Head
The respected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going to launch a new scheme in order to provide financial help among the women head of the family. The official launch of this scheme is on 1st July 2021. The woman of the SC-ST category will get Rs. 1000 as financial support for their personal expenses while Rs. 5,00 will be provided to the woman head of the family from the general category.
- The main aim of launching the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme is to improve the financial condition of the families whose heads are women.
- With the help of this money, they will be able to meet their personal expenses without worrying about any financial condition.
- Now woman can easily fulfill their requirement.
Lakshmi Bhandar 1.6 Crores Beneficiaries
The scheme which is going to be launched by the West Bengal government on 1st July 2021 will provide benefits to many beneficiaries. The state has already prepared a list of some eligible beneficiaries who are going to get benefits on 1st July 2021. The estimation which has been prepared by the government is of around 1.6 crores beneficiaries said by the officials. The government is going to invest Rs. 11,000 crores in the successful implementation of this scheme.
- 1.6 crore beneficiaries will get the financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month and Rs. 500 per month to SC / ST and General.
- They will be able to fulfill their needs with the help of this assistance.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme 70% Application Received
The government of West Bengal has launched the third phase of Duare Sarkar Camp from 16th August 2021 to 15th August 2021. Under these camps, 70% of the application received was for only Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. Around 18500 camps were organized, in which 29,02,049 people participated out of which 70% of applications received were for this scheme. This scheme achieves greater heights under Duare Sarkar Camps as it provides financial support to the women head of the families.
- With the help of this scheme, the women of the state can meet their day to day expenditure.
- It will help in increasing the basic income and the women of the families will become independent.
Separate Counters To Apply For Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme
As we all know that the government of West Bengal has organized the camps to provide the benefit of various government schemes to the residents of the state. Under these camps, separate counters have been set up for registering the various people under this scheme. After the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, the second and third most successful schemes were Swasthya Sathi Scheme and the Application for Caste Certificate. The most number of applications received under this scheme came from South 24 Parganas.
- Around 471887 applications received under this scheme were from South 24 parganas.
- Various schemes were the part of this initiative under which many people have applied.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Guidelines
The government of West Bengal has announced the guidelines and rules for WB Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. Under which the government has announced that the monthly allowance of Rs. 500 will be given to poor families. All the families who belong to scheduled castes and Scheduled Tribes can get this Assistance. Rs. 1000 will be given to the families who belong to general categories. The department of women and child development and social welfare has issued the eligibility criteria and much other information at the online portal on 30th July 2021.
- The people will get the benefit under this scheme from 1st September 2021.
- The government said that it was a part of the election manifesto of Trinamool Congress.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Guidelines & Rules
The guidelines under this scheme are as follows:-
- The beneficiaries under this scheme will get the first installment under this scheme on 1st September 2021.
- All the interested applicants who want to apply under this scheme can visit the nearest camps which are held across the state.
- These camps have been started from 16 August 2021 and will continue till 15 September 2021.
- Beneficiaries are required to carry on their important documents along with the Aadhar card bank account passbook to the camps for applying under various schemes.
- The amount under Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme will directly be transferred into the bank account of beneficiaries.
- The family should not have one tax paying member.
- The women under the general category who have more than 2 hectares of land cannot apply under this scheme.
- The bank account of the beneficiary should be linked with the Aadhar card.
List Of Applicants District Wise
The district wise list of applicants are as follows:-
South 24 Parganas | 213750 |
Murshidabad | 131844 |
North Dinajpur | 44625 |
West Midnapore | 782 |
East Midnapore | 74426 |
Alipurduar | 20790 |
Birbhum | 5426 |
South Dinajpur | 21748 |
East Burdwan | 62506 |
Cooch Behar | 57100 |
Malda | 34340 |
Jhargram | 28631 |
Bankura | 45608 |
West Burdwan | 12695 |
Jalpaiguri | 34720 |
Darjeeling | 20955 |
Nadia | 56496 |
Purulia | 42613 |
Howrah | 48914 |
Kalimpong | 2341 |
Kolkata | 10448 |
Government Will Invest Rs. 1100 Crore Per Month For Implementation Of Scheme
The government of West Bengal has organized the camps from 16th August 2021. And within the 1 week of the beginning of these camps, nearly 1 crore people have applied through these camps in various schemes. Around 2 crores of women have enrolled themselves under Lakshmi Bhandar schemes. The government has decided to spend Rs. 11000 crores for the implementation of the West Bengal Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme in order to prevent forgeries. The various steps have been taken for this purpose under Duare Sarkar Camps.
- A Unique Identification number will be generated on the basis of Aadhaar number for the beneficiaries.
- The government will distribute forms on the basis of this number in around 2100 camps.
WB Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Budget
As we all know that the government of West Bengal has created this scheme in order to provide financial assistance to SC and ST community people. The government has allocated the budget of Rs. 12900 for the successful implementation of the WB Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme. It will start from 1st July 2021. And the database for around 33 lakh women beneficiaries is already prepared by the government. This scheme has been brought under a direct benefit transfer scheme. This scheme has been created by the government in order to boost the economy of rural and urban areas.
Beneficiaries Will Start Receiving Assistance From September 2021
As we all know that the government of West Bengal has created a new scheme to provide basic income support to the family heads of the household. Under Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, Rs. 500 will be given to the women belonging to scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe. And Rs. 1000 will be given to the beneficiaries belonging to the general category. The government will start distributing the financial assistance under the scheme from 1st September 2021. All the interested applicants who want to apply under this scheme can visit the Duare Sarkar Camps held across the state.
- People can easily apply under this scheme from 16th August 2021 to 15 September 2021.
- If any person has any query related to this scheme, they can ask from the officials that are present under Duare Sarkar Camps.
Inclusion Of 25 to 60 Years Of Women
After getting or measuring the progress report of the WB Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee has extended the benefits of this scheme to the women who have an age limit from 25 Years to 60 Years. This age group of women will also be given financial assistance of Rs. 500 being a General category and to the SC, ST category, Rs. 1000/- will be given.
Duare Sarkar Camp Conduction
The Government of West Bengal has organized and conducted Duare Sarkar Camp to collect the application forms from the women beneficiaries so that they will not need to face any kind of difficulty while filling or submitting the form. There are around 2500 women who can successfully submit their forms.
Budget Allocation
For the successful implementation of this scheme, the government has allocated an amount of Rs. 11,000 crores so that after the preparation of uploading of the beneficiary list, the government will be able to provide an amount of incentives to the eligible beneficiaries. This budget has been allocated by the government after keeping in mind the development of the social and agriculture sector.
Category Wise Incentive Amount
The Category-wise details of incentive amounts are as follows:-
Category | Incentive Amount |
SC/ST Category | Rs. 1,000/- |
General Category | Rs. 500/- |
Facilitation Of Camps
From 16th August 2021 to 15th August 2021, governmental authorities of West Bengal organized various camps of Duare Sarkar. There are around 18500 camps which have been organized by the government. Through these camps, around 29,02,049 beneficiaries have been able to get enrolled under this scheme after the submission of forms.
List Of Subsidiary Initiatives
The list of subsidiary initiatives which are part of this scheme are as follows:-
Student credit card | Krishak Bandhu | RupaShree |
Bina mulley samajik surakshya | Opening of new bank account | Khadya Saathi |
Correction of minor errors in land records | Kanyashree | Sikshashree |
Tapasili bandhu | Manabik | Jai Johar |
District Wise Beneficiaries Statistics
The statistics of beneficiaries district wise are as follows:-
District Name | Number of Beneficiaries |
South 24 Parganas | 2,13,750 |
Murshidabad | 1,31,844 |
North Dinajpur | 44,625 |
West Midnapore | 782 |
East Midnapore | 74,426 |
Alipurduar | 20,790 |
Birbhum | 5426 |
South Dinajpur | 21,748 |
East Burdwan | 62,506 |
Cooch Behar | 57,100 |
Malda | 34,340 |
Jhargram | 28,631 |
Bankura | 45,608 |
West Burdwan | 12,695 |
Jalpaiguri | 34,720 |
Darjeeling | 20,955 |
Nadia | 56,496 |
Purulia | 42,613 |
Howrah | 48,914 |
Kalimpong | 2,341 |
Kalkata | 10,448 |
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Benefits
The benefits of this scheme are as follows:-
- The benefit of this scheme will be given to only the women heads of the families belonging to SC, ST, and the general category.
- Around Rs. 1000 will be provided to the woman head of the family belonging to the SC and ST category.
- The women under general categories will get the assistance of Rs. 500 to fulfill their requirement.
- With the help of this assistance, they will be able to meet their personal expenses.
- Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme will help in improving the financial condition of the families.
- The financial assistance under this scheme will directly be transferred into the bank account of beneficiaries.
- The open will now have the money in their hand in order to fulfill their personal requirement which they are not able to fulfill due to weak financial conditions.
- All the interested applicants who want to avail of the benefit under West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme will have to apply.
West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme Features
The features of this scheme are as follows:-
- A new scheme has been created by the Respected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal.
- The name of this scheme is Lakshmi Bhandar Prakalpa.
- This scheme is also known as West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme.
- The government is going to launch this scheme on 1st July 2021.
- The chief minister has already made the announcement to launch this scheme on 24th May 2021.
- The main aim of launching the West Bengal Women Basic Income Scheme is to provide financial support to household women.
- In the SC/ ST category, women will get Rs. 1,000 per month as the financial assistance under this scheme.
- Also, the women belonging to the general category will get Rs 500 as financial support by the government.
- The state government is going to invest Rs. 11,000 crore as the fund for Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme which is a part of the Trinamool Congress.
- Around 1.6 crores of women are going to be part of this scheme who will get financial assistance.
- The state has prepared a database of eligible beneficiaries.
- All the interested applicants who want the benefit under this scheme will have to apply.
Eligibility Criteria
Some of the basic eligibility criteria to avail the benefit of this scheme is here:-
- An applicant must be a permanent resident of West Bengal.
- The beneficiaries should have a bank account in their name.
- The beneficiary must be the head of the family.
- She must be only an earner of the family.
- The family should have at least two hectares of land.
- If any member of the family is a taxpayer then she will not get this benefit.
Important Documents
The list of documents to avail of the benefit is here:-
- Aadhar card.
- Voter ID card.
- Ration card.
- Bank account passbook.
- Passport size photograph.
- Mobile number.
Offline Procedure To Apply Under Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme
All the interested applicants who want to apply under this scheme will have to follow the procedure:-
- To Apply Under Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme, download the Application Form PDF.
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- After downloading it, take a printout of the application form
- Now enter all the details such as Personal Details, Contact Details, Bank Account Details and Self Declaration.
- After entering all the details, attach all your important documents.
- Now submit this application form to the concerned department.
- The benefit will be provided to the beneficiaries after the successful verification of the form.
Process To Apply For Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme
All the interested applicants who want to apply under this scheme will have to follow the procedure given below:-
- To apply ,visit the Official Website of Lakshmi Bhandar.
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- You will land on the homepage.
- On the homepage, enter the Registered Mobile Number
- After that click on Generate OTP option
- The OTP will be sent to your mobile number
- Enter the OTP and click on Login option
- The application form will appear on your screen
- Here enter all the details and attach all your documents
- After attaching the documents click on the Submit option.
Process To Do Login
All the applicants who want to do login will have to follow the procedure given below:-
- To login, ,visit the Official Website of Lakshmi Bhandar.
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- You will land on the homepage.
- On the homepage, look under the section of login.
- Here you have to enter your Registered Mobile Number
- After that click on Generate OTP option
- The OTP will be sent to your mobile number
- Enter the OTP and click on Login option
- By following this procedure you can easily do login
Process To View Application Status
People who want to view application status will have to follow the procedure given below:-
- To View Application Status, visit the Official Website of Lakshmi Bhandar.
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- You will land on the homepage.
- On the homepage, enter the Registered Mobile Number
- After that click on Generate OTP option
- The OTP will be sent to your mobile number
- Enter the OTP and click on Login option
- Now click on the View Application Status option.
- A new web page will appear in front of you.
- Here you have to enter the Application ID
- After that click on Submit option
- By following this procedure the application status will appear on your screen.
Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme Beginning Of Bank Transfer
The beginning of direct benefit transfer under this scheme is going to start from 1st September 2021 by the state finance department of West Bengal. All the women who have applied under the scheme will receive assistance in their respective bank account. The women who do not have a government job and are in the age group between 25 to 60 years will get the benefit. Around 1.1 crores application has been received under this scheme till 31st August 2021. The direct benefit transfer facility under the scheme will start from 1st September 2021.
- People can submit the application form and they will be provided with an acknowledgment slip.
- After the successful verification, the money will be transferred into the bank account of the women.
- The bank will start functioning from 2nd September 2021
To View Payment Status
People who want to view the payment status will have to follow the procedure given below:-
- First, you have to visit your bank along with the passbook.
- Now provide your account number and passbook to the balance enquiry officer.
- The officials will give you the details about payment status under Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme.
- Through this procedure you can easily check the Lakshmi Bhandar Scheme