Lakshmir (Laxmi) Bhandar Status Check 2026: Official Portal and Payment Help

Official West Bengal government portal: Open the Family Level Data Collection Portal (Social Registry): checked on 18 August 2026.

বাংলায় পড়ুন: লক্ষ্মীর ভাণ্ডার স্ট্যাটাস ও পেমেন্ট সহায়তা

The public landing page at socialregistry.wb.gov.in/ was live-tested on 18 August 2026. Its title is Family Level Data Collection Portal. The visible access options were:

• Department Officer Portal;
• Enquiry Officer Portal; and
• Operator Portal.

These are officer or operator access points. On the tested public page, there was no citizen-facing box to enter a district, mobile number, OTP or Lakshmir Bhandar application ID, and no public payment-status or beneficiary-list search was visible.

The footer says that the site is designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), while its content, data, process and operation are owned and maintained by the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.

This finding is limited to what was publicly visible on the page when tested. It does not mean that an authorised officer cannot access records through an internal system. It does mean that readers should not follow old instructions claiming that this public page currently offers a district/mobile/OTP status form.

Check the account in which you previously received, or expected to receive, the benefit.

• Update the passbook at the bank, or obtain a recent account statement through your bank's normal channel.
• Look for the expected government credit without relying only on an SMS. A missing SMS does not by itself establish that no credit was made.
• Note the date and amount of the last credit you can identify, if any.
• If the bank shows a failed or returned credit, ask for a written entry, statement or reference that records this. Do not guess the failure reason.

If a released DBT is not credited, use the separate DBT money-not-credited troubleshooting guide. If Aadhaar-routed DBT is reaching the wrong bank, see how to correct the Aadhaar-linked destination safely. These are background guides; neither is a Lakshmir Bhandar status portal.

Keep the original acknowledgement safely. Use the application or acknowledgement number printed on it when speaking to the office. If you have lost it, write down the name, approximate submission date and place where the application was submitted, but do not assume that a public mobile-number search can recover it.

Carry the documents listed below and ask the receiving office to check the record available to it. Request a written answer showing, as applicable:

• whether an application record is available;
• the current recorded status;
• any recorded deficiency, hold, rejection or other reason;
• the date, amount and recorded result of the last payment instruction; and
• the office currently holding the file or electronic record.

If staff give only a verbal answer, submit a short written grievance and ask for a dated receiving stamp, diary number or acknowledgement on your copy.

If the recorded bank or contact details are wrong, request correction through the office handling the application. Show the bank passbook and photo ID for verification. Submit copies only when the office requires them, mark copies with the purpose and date, and keep the originals with you unless an authorised office gives a written receipt for them.

Ask for an acknowledgement of the correction request. Do not pay an unofficial agent and never disclose an OTP.

• Original application acknowledgement, if available, plus a copy.
• A photo ID, plus a copy if the office requires one.
• The relevant bank passbook and a recent statement or updated entries.
• Copies of earlier written complaints, receipts or correction requests.
• A short list of the months for which you are asking the office to verify payment records.
• A pen and an extra copy of your written grievance for a receiving stamp.

Do not publish these documents online. When only a reference is needed in a grievance, use the application number and the last four digits of the bank account rather than reproducing unnecessary personal data.

This table describes practical situations, not labels displayed on the public portal. As of the checked date, the public page did not expose citizen application statuses.

Do not keep trying random mobile numbers on third-party sites. Take the acknowledgement to the office or camp where the form was submitted. Ask for the receipt or register entry linked to it and for the present location of the file or electronic record. If no record is found, ask for that result in writing.

First confirm the bank record. Then ask the office for the approval record and the latest payment instruction, including any recorded failure or return result. If the bank account recorded by the office is wrong, use the office's correction process and keep its acknowledgement.

Do not treat “approved” as proof that a particular month's payment was successfully credited. Approval and bank credit are separate records.

Take the passbook or statement showing the last identifiable credit. In your written grievance, list the missing months and ask the office to check whether any hold, stop, failed-payment or returned-payment record exists. Do not assume a fixed payment date or arrears entitlement; the official sources checked for this article did not establish either.

Ask for correction at the office handling the application. Compare the record in a privacy-conscious way: where possible, ask the officer to confirm only the last four digits rather than reading the full account number aloud. Keep proof of the correction request and ask for the date on which the record was updated.

The tested official public page did not show either facility. Do not share an OTP or identity/bank details. Open the official URL yourself and check the domain carefully. A page that copies government colours or logos is not necessarily official.

The West Bengal Finance Department's Budget Speech 2024-25, at PDF page 154 (printed page 153), announced:

• ₹1,200 per month for women belonging to SC/ST communities; and
• ₹1,000 per month for women in other categories.

The speech states that the enhanced assistance was to be extended through Direct Benefit Transfer from April 2024. It also states that, on attaining age 60, beneficiaries would automatically and seamlessly transition to the old-age pension scheme and continue receiving the same amount.

These figures are attributed to the 2024-25 Budget Speech and were checked in that document on 18 August 2026. They are not presented here as a newly announced or independently reverified 2026 revision. The official Budget Speech 2026-27 contained no Lakshmir/Lakshmi/Laxmi Bhandar reference in RTI Wiki's text review. That absence does not by itself prove cancellation, replacement or a change in amount.

A grievance asks the office to examine and resolve your individual problem. RTI is for obtaining existing records. Use the grievance first when you want a missing payment corrected, a bank/contact detail updated or an application acted upon.

A short grievance can say:

Attach only the copies needed for the office to identify the case. Keep one complete copy of the grievance and obtain proof of submission. The official sources checked for this article did not publish a fixed grievance or processing time, so record dates carefully and ask for written action rather than relying on a verbal promise.

If the office does not provide a written answer, an RTI application can seek records already held by the responsible public authority. It cannot itself order the release of money, correct a bank account or decide a grievance.

Possible records to request for a clearly identified application are:

• a certified copy of the receipt, register entry or electronic entry showing that the application was received;
• the current status recorded in the file or system and the dated file-movement/action history;
• a certified copy of any deficiency note, approval, sanction, hold, stop or rejection record that exists;
• month-wise payment authorisation or transaction records for the specific period in question, including any recorded failure/return status or code;
• the beneficiary-record extract needed to verify the recorded bank and contact details, with unrelated sensitive data redacted;
• action-taken records on the dated grievance; and
• the name and designation of the office or record custodian shown in the file.

Avoid questions such as “Why have you not paid me?” when no recorded reason is identified. Ask instead for a certified copy of the note, order, transaction record or other existing document that records the reason.

See how to draft and file an RTI application in India and how to identify and use the correct online RTI route. Verify that you are sending the request to the public authority that actually holds the West Bengal scheme record.

Optional drafting tool: Use the RTI Wiki AI RTI Drafter. Review the draft yourself, remove unnecessary personal data and ask only for existing records.

These canonical questions separate portal access, payment evidence, corrections, grievances and RTI so that each issue has one concise answer without duplicating advice.

Start with your bank passbook or statement, then use the application acknowledgement to ask the office or camp where you submitted the form for the recorded status in writing. When tested on 18 August 2026, the official Social Registry portal root showed only officer and operator routes, not a public citizen status lookup; use the status-check guides only for safe next steps, not as a substitute for an official record.

The Government of India myScheme page says an application status can be checked on the official website, but its Lakshmir Bhandar page did not expose a working citizen status link when reviewed on 18 August 2026. A historical Duare Sarkar status URL also could not be reached in repeated checks, so neither should be presented as a verified live checker; use the bank-and-office record route unless a current government page provides a functioning citizen form.

No public mobile-number status search was visible on the tested official portal. Do not enter your number on lookalike sites; take your acknowledgement and bank record to the submitting or handling office instead.

The tested public portal did not provide a citizen application-ID or acknowledgement-ID lookup. Keep the number private and quote it in a written status request to the office that received or now handles the application.

Return to the office or camp where the form was submitted and ask what minimum information its records require to locate the entry. Do not invent a number or publish Aadhaar, bank or phone details on a third-party site; once the record is found, ask for the recorded reference or a copy of the receipt in writing.

No public beneficiary-list search was visible on the official portal tested for this article. Do not rely on third-party lists or publish personal details while trying to find a record.

No public citizen mobile/OTP status form was visible on the tested official portal. Never give an OTP to a caller, agent or person claiming that it is needed merely to read your status.

No. An absent or delayed SMS is not proof of payment or failure. Update the passbook or obtain an authorised bank statement, identify the actual transaction entry, and use the office's payment instruction and transaction record if the credit is missing.

The cause cannot be established from a missing SMS or an unofficial status page. Check the passbook or statement first, then ask the handling office for the latest payment instruction, transaction result and any recorded failure or return entry; see what to check when DBT money is not credited.

No. Approval is an administrative status; a completed bank transaction is separate. Treat the dated credit entry in the bank record as payment evidence and ask the office for the payment instruction and transaction outcome when approval exists but no credit appears.

Show the last identifiable credit and list the missing months in a written grievance to the handling office. Ask whether an existing hold, stop, failed-payment or returned-payment record applies to your case rather than assuming the scheme or your benefit was cancelled.

Ask the handling office to verify the bank-account details recorded for the application, preferably by confirming only the last four digits, and submit any correction through its documented process. Ask your bank to check the relevant Aadhaar/DBT mapping or destination records; follow the wrong-bank-account DBT guide for the separate banking checks.

No verified public citizen correction form was visible on the tested Social Registry portal. Ask the handling office for its current correction process, submit the requested minimum documents, and keep a dated receipt; a bank-side Aadhaar or DBT mapping issue must also be handled through the bank's documented process.

Go first to the office or camp where the application was submitted, carrying the acknowledgement. If that office says another authority holds the record, ask for the office name, designation and file-transfer or electronic-routing details in writing; no public scheme helpline was verified for this article.

Carry the application acknowledgement if available, photo ID, bank passbook or recent statement, and copies of earlier grievances, correction requests and receipts. Keep originals with you unless an authorised office gives a written receipt, and carry an extra copy of your request for a dated receiving stamp or diary number.

Submit a written grievance identifying the application and ask for the current status plus a copy or written particulars of any existing deficiency, hold, stop or rejection record. If the office does not provide it, use the West Bengal RTI filing guide to request a certified copy of the relevant existing note, order or system record.

The official sources checked for this article did not establish one fixed credit date for every beneficiary. Verify the actual credit in the bank record and ask the handling office for the dated payment instruction and transaction result for the month in question.

The West Bengal Budget Speech 2024-25 states ₹1,000 per month for women in other categories and ₹1,200 per month for women belonging to SC/ST communities, with the enhanced assistance through DBT from April 2024. These are dated statements from that speech, not a claim that a new or revised 2026 amount was independently verified.

No. RTI can provide access to existing government records; it cannot order payment, approve an application, correct bank details or resolve a grievance, so submit the grievance first and use RTI for the missing records.

For a clearly identified application, request certified copies of the receipt or register entry, recorded current status and action history, any deficiency, approval, hold, stop or rejection record, and month-wise payment authorisation, transaction, failure or return records for the disputed period. You may also request action-taken records on your dated grievance; learn how to frame an RTI request for existing records instead of asking the PIO to create an explanation.

The official Budget Speech 2024-25 states that beneficiaries attaining age 60 would automatically and seamlessly transition to the old-age pension scheme and continue receiving the same amount. This reports the speech's statement; ask the handling office for the transition and payment records applicable to the individual case.

The official Budget Speech 2026-27 had no Lakshmir/Lakshmi/Laxmi Bhandar mention in the text reviewed for this article. That absence alone does not prove that the scheme was replaced, cancelled or revised, so no such conclusion should be drawn from the speech's silence.

• বাংলায় লক্ষ্মীর ভাণ্ডার স্ট্যাটাস ও পেমেন্ট সহায়তা পড়ুন
• Understand Lakshmir Bhandar eligibility, current benefits, documents and how to apply
• Learn how to file an RTI application in India
• Find the correct online RTI filing route
• Use the West Bengal RTI filing guide
• Troubleshoot a DBT payment that was not credited
• Correct an Aadhaar-routed DBT going to the wrong bank
• Browse the RTI Wiki status-guide hub
• See a separate PM-KISAN status guide
• See a separate Gruha Lakshmi status guide

• Family Level Data Collection Portal (Social Registry), Government of West Bengal: live interface checked 18 August 2026; no public citizen mobile/OTP/application-ID status form was visible.
• myScheme: Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme, Government of India: live scheme information checked 18 August 2026; the page did not expose a working citizen status link.
• Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department Notification No. 6167-WCD/12099/S/2021, dated 2 November 2023: eligibility/application record; its older benefit amounts were superseded by the 2024 Budget statement below.
• West Bengal Budget Speech 2024-25: PDF page 154 / printed page 153 for ₹1,200, ₹1,000, DBT from April 2024 and the age-60 transition statement.
• West Bengal Finance Department budget publications: official publication index.
• West Bengal Budget Speech 2026-27 (English): reviewed for Lakshmir/Lakshmi/Laxmi references; none were found in the extracted text.

• Author: RTI Wiki editorial team
• Reviewer: RTI Wiki fact-check desk
• Review date: 18 August 2026
• Facts verified against: the live Social Registry interface, myScheme, the 2 November 2023 WCDSW notification, and the official 2024-25 and 2026-27 Budget Speech files
• Privacy review: no Aadhaar number, bank account number, OTP, application ID or personal record is requested or displayed