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Assam’s Orunodoi 3.0 to give Rs 1,250 monthly to 37 lakh women
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on July 27 that the state's flagship Orunodoi 3.0 scheme will start providing Rs 1,250 monthly financial assistance to over 37 lakh women from low-income…
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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on July 27 that the state's flagship Orunodoi 3.0 scheme will start providing Rs 1,250 monthly financial assistance to over 37 lakh women from low-income families from August 1. The amount will be transferred directly to beneficiaries' bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Livemint reports citing PTI. Women in four flood-affected districts will get Rs 2,500 this month.
The scheme, started in 2020, targets widows, unmarried women above 45, transgenders, persons with disabilities, and women from households with annual income below Rs 2 lakh. Beneficiaries can now also access interest-free small loans up to Rs 15,000 against their annual entitlement, with repayments adjusted from future monthly assistance.
The Indian Opinion
Orunodoi's expansion sounds promising, but Assam's track record on DBT is patchy. The CM's claim of eliminating duplication through Aadhaar verification ignores the fact that many poor women in remote areas lack Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. The big test is not the announcement but the next three months: how many of the 37 lakh actually receive the first payment without having to bribe a local official or wait in queues for days? Also, will the interest-free loan scheme become another trap where repayment defaults get silently deducted?
Source: livemint.com
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