Madhya Pradesh's Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana provides monthly financial assistance to eligible married women, including widowed, divorced and abandoned women. The official scheme portal currently states ₹1,500 per month, age 21 to under 60 on January 1, and Madhya Pradesh residency; it also specifies family-income, employment, pension, political-office, land and vehicle exclusions. The official portal links an order for ₹1,500, but the order date was not readable in the reviewed copy. No current new-enrollment window was verified.
Scheme and application status
Scheme status: active. Application window: unknown.
An active scheme does not necessarily have an open application window. Check the official portal for current intake.
Benefits and conditions
Monthly assistance
Monthly cash assistance; women receiving a smaller social-security pension may be topped up to the scheme amount as stated on the portal.
₹1,500 per month (portal-listed; order date not legible in reviewed copy) (Monthly)
Eligibility requirements
- Age Condition: At least 21 and below 60 on January 1 of the relevant calendar year; current age alone cannot evaluate this cutoff.
- Gender: Female
- Income Limit Annual: 250000
- Income Type: Family
- Residency: Madhya Pradesh
- State Restriction: MP
- Urban Rural: Any
- Land Ownership — Maximum Acres: 5
- Government Employee Allowed: No
- Income Tax Payer Allowed: No
- Property Restrictions: No registered four-wheeler other than tractor; combined family agricultural land must not exceed five acres; other household/employment exclusions apply.
- Bank Account Required: Yes
- Aadhaar Required: Yes
- Mobile Required: Yes
- Ekyc Required: Yes
- Unmodeled Conditions: Portal reports the current monthly amount as ₹1,500 and links an order bearing that amount; order date was not readable in the reviewed PDF copy.
- Unmodeled Conditions: Some exclusions use the official scheme's defined family composition; consult the latest guideline for complete wording.
- Unmodeled Conditions: Portal says the objection period has ended, but this does not establish whether a new application cycle is currently open.
Exclusions
- Applicant or family declared annual income above ₹2.5 lakh
- Family member pays income tax
- Regular, permanent, contractual government employee in applicant's family, or retired government pensioner
- Applicant receives ₹1,250 or more per month from another government scheme
- Current/former MP or MLA in family; specified government corporation/board membership or elected local office (exceptions as on portal)