Bhubaneswar: More than one lakh women have not received the second instalment of financial assistance under the Odisha government’s ‘Subhadra Yojana’ due to surrender of their ration cards and other reasons.
Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said on Wednesday that the state government has covered over one crore beneficiaries under the women-centric scheme and distributed the first instalment of Rs 5,000 in five phases.
“More than one lakh women, who received the first instalment, could not receive the second one. We are concerned about them. They did not get benefits because many of them have surrendered their ration cards in between the release of first and second instalments as their income has increased,” she said.
The deputy CM also said that some women have sold paddy cultivated on more than 5 acres of land and bought vehicles, etc, which come under the exclusion criteria.
After completion of the deadline for applying for ‘Subhadra Yojana’ on March 31, a field-level survey will be conducted and those who are found eligible will get two instalments (Rs 10,000) on Raksha Bandhan, she added.
Notably, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had released the second instalment on International Women’s Day on March 8 this year.
The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday in Odisha on September 17, 2024.
The women within the age group of 21 to 60 years are eligible as the beneficiaries of the ‘Subhadra Yojana’, which envisages providing financial assistance of Rs 50,000 over five years (2024-25 to 2028-29) to make them financially independent and self-reliant.
