Economic independence of women, continuous improvement in their health and nutrition level and strengthening their role in family decisions.

Except for ineligibility criteria from the scheme, all the local married women (including widows, divorced and abandoned women) born after January 01, 1963 but till January 01, 2000 will be eligible

Such women will be ineligible under the scheme, whose combined family annual income is more than Rs 2.5 lakh.

If any member of the applicant's family is an income taxpayer, then she will not be eligible.

No, the scheme is only for married/divorced/widowed/abandoned women.

No, if any member of the applicant's family is employed as a regular/permanent worker/contract worker in the Government Department/Undertaking/Mandal/Local Body of the Government of India or the State Government or is receiving pension after retirement, then he/she will be ineligible. but the workers employed through mansevak and outsourcing agency will be eligible.

Yes, if the woman does not fall under the category of ineligibility mentioned in the scheme, then she is eligible to get the benefits. A woman will not be ineligible merely because she is an Anganwadi worker/helper/Asha worker or other charitable worker.

Yes, the balance amount of Rs.1,000 will be paid to the applicant. (Only for pensioners of Social Justice Department) Example: If the applicant is a pensioner of the Social Justice Department and the applicant is getting an amount of Rs.600 monthly, then in this case the balance amount of Rs.400 will be given.

There is no need to attach any kind of certificate with the application form to the applicant to avail the benefits under the scheme. The self-declaration made by the applicant in the "sheet of information required for the application" is sufficient.

Applicant must have Family Samagra ID, Individual Samagra ID, Aadhaar Card, own Aadhaar Linked DBT Enabled Bank Account and Mobile Number (to which OTP will be sent at the time of online submission of application).