By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Chief Minister Mohan Majhi led BJP Government on Monday issued the guidelines for Subhadra Yojana. Each beneficiary will receive Rs 10,000 per year in two installments of Rs 5,000 each — one on Rakhi Purnima, and the other on International Women’s Day on March 8. Over five years, each eligible woman will receive a total of Rs 50,000.
The Women and Child Development department notification said, the applicant should be a native of Odisha and her age should be 21 years old or above and below 60 years on the cut-off date. So the beneficiary’s birthday should be between July 2, 1964 and July 1, 2003.
For the 2024-25 financial year, the cut-off date is July 1, 2024. For the next four years, the government will decide on the date later.
The women from economically well-off families, government employees, or income taxpayers will not be eligible for the scheme. Women receiving Rs 1,500 or more a month or Rs 18,000 or more per year from any other government scheme will also not be eligible for Subhadra Yojana, the guidelines said.
