# Delhi Lakshmi Yojana first instalment of Rs 2,500 from Wednesday 2026-08-26T04:52:33+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will release the first instalment of the Lakshmi Yojana at a function at Talkatora Stadium on Wednesday. Eligible women will receive Rs 2,500 per month, of which Rs 1,500 will go into a recurring or fixed deposit account and Rs 1,000 into a CBDC wallet, or the full amount can be taken as an FD or RD locked until July 2029. Over six lakh women have registered so far. Women aged 21 to 60 with a family income below Rs 2.5 lakh a year and a 10-year Delhi residency proof can apply online at dly.delhi.gov.in in five minutes. Only one woman per family qualifies, with priority to the eldest. Those with more than three children, a four-wheeler, an annual electricity bill over 2,400 units, a criminal case, or a family member in government service or paying GST or income tax are excluded. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The scheme is modelled on a similar cash-transfer programme the Aam Aadmi Party government ran previously as Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, though that version gave Rs 1,000 a month. The new BJP government has doubled the amount and added a compulsory savings component. The Rs 2,500 comes partly as an FD or RD, locking the money until 2029, which means the immediate cash benefit a woman can spend is only Rs 1,000 if she picks the default split option. Over six lakh registrations in a city of roughly 34 lakh eligible women suggests the real test will be how many of the remaining applicants clear the strict exclusion criteria, especially the electricity-use cap and the criminal-case condition. The finance department must now process these applications against the Delhi domicile database and ensure DBT-linked accounts are active for the first disbursement on Wednesday. ## Coverage - aajtak.in Straight service-journalism piece: leads with how to apply, eligibility and payment details, no slant toward or against government This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi government, Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, Rekha Gupta Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-lakshmi-yojana-first-instalment-of-rs-2500-from-wednesday/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-lakshmi-yojana-first-instalment-of-rs-2500-from-wednesday/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/