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| + | ====== Ladki Bahin Yojana Status and Payment Check 2026 (Maharashtra) ====== | ||
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| + | **Quick Reply:** Cannot log in? Open [[https:// | ||
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| + | The official host is spelled **ladakibahin**, | ||
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| + | **If you cannot log in.** The sign-in screen asks for your **registered mobile number**, your **password** and a **captcha**, | ||
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| + | **If you were told to do e-KYC.** That is Aadhaar authentication, | ||
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| + | **If the ₹1,500 has not arrived.** The Government Resolution of 28 June 2024 sets the due date for later months at **"by the 15th of every month" | ||
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| + | **Quick answer.** To check your **Ladki Bahin Yojana status 2026**, open the official Maharashtra portal [[https:// | ||
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| + | **On this page:** [[# | ||
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| + | **Ladki Bahin Yojana at a glance** | ||
| + | * This is a Maharashtra Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for women, approved by Government Resolution dated 28 June 2024. | ||
| + | * The notified amount is ₹1,500 per month into the woman' | ||
| + | * The Women and Child Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, | ||
| + | * Eligible age is women who have completed **21 years** and up to completion of **65 years**. | ||
| + | * Annual family income must not be more than **₹2.50 lakh**. | ||
| + | * The official portal is [[https:// | ||
| + | * The portal footer displays **181** as the toll-free contact number. | ||
| + | * The portal states that no fee of any kind is charged. Never pay an agent. | ||
| + | * Portal counters on 11 September 2026 showed 11,270,261 applications received and 10,669,139 approved. A third counter reads zero, so treat it as not populated. | ||
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| + | A late or missing payment is usually one of three things. Your e-KYC is not complete. Your Aadhaar is not seeded with your bank for Direct Benefit Transfer. Or your application is no longer marked approved. Since late 2025 the department has used **Aadhaar authentication through e-KYC** to verify who is still eligible, and it set a deadline for that check. Every scheme fact below comes from the official portal or from a Government Resolution we downloaded and read. For the wider picture, see our guide to [[: | ||
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| + | ===== Visual guide: why the Rs 1500 payment stopped ===== | ||
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| + | **Swipe left or right on a phone to view all six cards.** This Hindi visual guide covers application and payment status, e-KYC, Aadhaar-bank DBT linking, removal reasons, grievance steps and RTI. | ||
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| + | **Quick visual summary only.** For your own record, rely on the official Ladki Bahin portal, your bank and the implementing office. Never share an Aadhaar one-time password and never pay an agent. | ||
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| + | ===== How to check Ladki Bahin Yojana status 2026 ===== | ||
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| + | - Go to the sign-in page at [[https:// | ||
| + | - Enter your **registered mobile number**, your **password** and the **captcha** on screen. The portal asks for all three. A mobile number alone will not open your record. | ||
| + | - Enter the **one-time password** sent to that mobile. The code is four digits and it expires, so keep the phone with you. | ||
| + | - On your dashboard, open **Applications Made Earlier**. It lists each application you have made with its status label. | ||
| + | - Open the application to read the full record. The portal also carries a **transaction log** screen and a **grievance** screen for the logged-in applicant. | ||
| + | - If you cannot get past the password, use **Forgot Password**. If the portal says the account is locked, use the **unlock your account** link on the same page. | ||
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| + | **Reminder.** This website does not check status. Only [[https:// | ||
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| + | **About the e-KYC link you are probably looking for.** The portal does have a route at [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Is the monthly amount 1500 or 2100 in 2026? ===== | ||
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| + | Short answer: **₹1, | ||
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| + | The founding Government Resolution of 28 June 2024 fixes the benefit at ₹1,500 a month, and the funding order of 4 August 2025 for the 2025-26 financial year repeats that eligible women are paid ₹1,500 per month by Direct Benefit Transfer. Those are the most recent scheme orders we could retrieve from the Government Resolution portal, and we found none notifying ₹2,100. | ||
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| + | A promise in a speech is not money in your account. If someone says ₹2,100 is already being paid, or asks for money to unlock it, that is a fraud. Read more about [[: | ||
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| + | ===== The 2026 e-KYC and verification drive: were you removed? ===== | ||
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| + | If your payments have stopped, start with whether your e-KYC is on record. The department verifies who is still eligible by **Aadhaar authentication through e-KYC**. | ||
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| + | A Government Circular dated **18 November 2025**, numbered MBAVIV 2025/ | ||
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| + | The same circular sets out a relief route: | ||
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| + | - If your **father is not alive, or your husband is not alive, or you are divorced**, complete **your own e-KYC** first. | ||
| + | - Then give your **Anganwadi Sevika** an **attested copy of the death certificate** of the husband or father, or the **divorce decree or court order**. | ||
| + | - She checks it and recommends you for **exemption from the husband' | ||
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| + | That 31 December 2025 date is the last e-KYC deadline we could retrieve from the Government Resolution portal on 11 September 2026, and we found no later extension there. The [[https:// | ||
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| + | Once you know where you stand: | ||
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| + | - **Sign in and read your status label.** Note the exact word on screen and the date. | ||
| + | - **If your e-KYC is not done**, get it done through the portal, your Anganwadi Sevika or a Setu Suvidha Kendra, then ask the office whether payment will resume. | ||
| + | - **If you think the record is wrong**, file a written grievance at the District Women and Child Development Office with your documents and ask for a dated acknowledgement. | ||
| + | - **If nobody gives you a written reason**, that is what the Right to Information Act is for. Ask for the reason on record, the date, and the designation of the officer who approved it. | ||
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| + | Some genuine beneficiaries fall out only because of poor connectivity, | ||
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| + | ===== How to check beneficiary / payment details ===== | ||
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| + | Your money arrives by Direct Benefit Transfer. The payment itself lives with your **Aadhaar-linked bank account**. To confirm a credit, check your **bank passbook**, **SMS alerts** or net banking. | ||
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| + | The Government Resolution of 28 June 2024 says the amount is credited through the **District Women and Child Development Officer' | ||
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| + | On the portal, your application must show as approved and your e-KYC must be complete before a payment can land. If you applied through an **Anganwadi**, | ||
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| + | ===== Who is eligible ===== | ||
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| + | These are the conditions as the official portal states them today. They come from the Government Resolution dated 28 June 2024 as amended by the Government Resolution dated 3 July 2024. | ||
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| + | * You must be a **resident of Maharashtra**. | ||
| + | * The scheme covers **married, widowed, divorced, deserted and destitute women**, and **only one unmarried woman from a family**. | ||
| + | * You must have **completed 21 years** and not yet completed **65 years**. The original order said 21 to 60. The amendment of 3 July 2024 raised the limit to 65 and added the unmarried woman. | ||
| + | * You must have **your own bank account linked to Aadhaar**. | ||
| + | * Your **annual family income must not be more than ₹2.50 lakh**. | ||
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| + | **Who is not eligible.** The portal lists seven bars: | ||
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| + | - Combined annual family income above ₹2.50 lakh. | ||
| + | - A family member is an **income-tax payer**. | ||
| + | - A family member is a **regular or permanent employee** of a government department, undertaking, | ||
| + | - The woman already receives **₹1,500 or more a month** from another financial scheme of a government department. | ||
| + | - A family member is a **sitting or former Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislative Assembly**. | ||
| + | - A family member is chairman, vice-chairman, | ||
| + | - A **four-wheeled vehicle**, tractors excluded, is registered in the name of a family member. | ||
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| + | One bar that people still repeat has gone. The original order barred families holding more than five acres of farmland jointly. The Government Resolution of 3 July 2024 **deletes** that condition, and it is absent from the portal' | ||
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| + | ===== Documents you need ===== | ||
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| + | A mismatch here is a common reason a payment fails later. This is the portal' | ||
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| + | * **Aadhaar card.** Your name in the application must be written exactly as it appears on Aadhaar. | ||
| + | * **Maharashtra domicile certificate.** If you do not have one, any **one** of these will do: a ration card issued 15 years earlier, a voter identity card issued 15 years earlier, a birth certificate, | ||
| + | * **If you were born outside Maharashtra**, | ||
| + | * **Income proof.** If you hold a **yellow or orange ration card you do not need an income certificate at all**. If you hold a **white ration card or no ration card**, you need a certificate showing annual income up to ₹2.50 lakh. | ||
| + | * **For a newly married woman**, if her name is not yet on the ration card, the husband' | ||
| + | * **Bank account details**, with the account linked to Aadhaar. | ||
| + | * **The beneficiary' | ||
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| + | The portal also warns that your name, date of birth and address must match Aadhaar exactly, and that the bank details and mobile number must be correct. | ||
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| + | ===== What each status may mean ===== | ||
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| + | The portal shows one of five labels against each application. These are the labels the site itself renders, not our guesses. | ||
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| + | ^ Label on the portal ^ What it means ^ What to do ^ | ||
| + | | DRAFT | The application was started but never submitted. | Open it, complete it and submit it. A draft is not an application. | | ||
| + | | PENDING | The application is with the office, waiting for approval. It covers two internal stages, one of which is a provisional approval. | Wait, and make sure your e-KYC is complete. | | ||
| + | | APPROVED | The application is accepted. | Watch your Aadhaar-linked bank account for the credit. | | ||
| + | | RE-SUBMIT | The office has sent the application back for correction. | Read the remarks, correct what is flagged and submit again. This is one of the few states in which you can still edit the form yourself. | | ||
| + | | REJECTED | The application was not accepted. | Get the reason, fix it if you can, or use the grievance route below. The portal has a grievance category for an appeal against a rejection. | | ||
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| + | If your label says APPROVED but no money has arrived, the problem is almost always on the banking side. The next section covers that. | ||
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| + | ===== Money not credited? Check e-KYC and DBT first ===== | ||
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| + | If the ₹1,500 has not arrived, do these two checks before you queue at the office. | ||
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| + | - **Complete your e-KYC.** Aadhaar authentication through e-KYC is how the department confirms you are still an eligible beneficiary. Until that is done, treat your record as unverified. | ||
| + | - **Seed Aadhaar with your bank.** For any Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, the commonest reason money does not arrive is an Aadhaar that is not mapped to the right account. Visit your bank with your Aadhaar and passbook and ask for **Aadhaar seeding** and **Direct Benefit Transfer enablement**. The national DBT Bharat portal points citizens to the UIDAI resident site to check that linking status. | ||
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| + | You can check the link yourself. See our guide to [[: | ||
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| + | **Check this before you complain.** If the portal shows your application as approved and your passbook shows nothing, the usual cause is that the Aadhaar mapping points at an older account rather than the one you use. That is a branch-counter fix, not a grievance. | ||
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| + | ===== Complaint and helpdesk: official channels ===== | ||
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| + | Use only official channels. Do not pay any agent who promises faster approval or a ₹2,100 upgrade. | ||
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| + | * The Ladki Bahin portal footer displays **181** as the helpline toll-free contact number. | ||
| + | * After you sign in, the portal has a **Grievance** screen. It asks for a **grievance type** and a **category**, | ||
| + | * Take it to your **Anganwadi Sevika**, **Supervisor or Mukhya Sevika**, or the **District Women and Child Development Office**. | ||
| + | * The order of 28 June 2024 sets up a grievance redressal committee **chaired by the District Women and Child Development Officer** to decide objections on the beneficiary list. | ||
| + | * The state department is the Women and Child Development Department, 3rd floor, New Administrative Building, Madam Cama Road, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk, Mumbai 400032. Website: [[https:// | ||
| + | * The state publishes every order at [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== RTI angle: when the portal gives no clear answer ===== | ||
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| + | If the office and the portal do not give you a clear, dated answer, you have a legal right to ask. File an application under **Section 6(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005** to the **Public Information Officer** of the implementing office, usually the **District Women and Child Development Office**. Since the verification exercise began, this route is especially useful for getting the **reason on record** in writing, because offices often give it verbally and nothing more. For Maharashtra filing steps, see our guide to [[: | ||
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| + | You can ask for facts the portal will not show, such as: | ||
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| + | - The current status and recorded stage of your application. | ||
| + | - The reason recorded for any delay, rejection or change of status, and your e-KYC status on record. | ||
| + | - The date your payment was released, with the transaction reference. | ||
| + | - The number of applications pending or rejected in your district. | ||
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| + | > To the Public Information Officer, District Women and Child Development Office, [your district] | ||
| + | > Subject: Information under Section 6(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana | ||
| + | > 1. The current status of my application (registered mobile: [number]). | ||
| + | > 2. The reason recorded for any delay, rejection, change of status or held payment, with the date and the designation of the approving officer. | ||
| + | > 3. The date and transaction reference of my last instalment, if released. | ||
| + | > 4. Whether my Aadhaar e-KYC is recorded as complete, and if not, what is pending. | ||
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| + | The Public Information Officer must reply within **30 days** under **Section 7(1)**. If there is no reply, or the reply is evasive, file a **first appeal** within 30 days under **Section 19(1)**, in minutes, with the [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Download: Ladki Bahin status check checklist 2026 ===== | ||
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| + | **Ladki Bahin status check checklist 2026** | ||
| + | - Use [[https:// | ||
| + | - Sign in with your **registered mobile number**, **password**, | ||
| + | - Open **Applications Made Earlier** and note the exact label: DRAFT, PENDING, APPROVED, RE-SUBMIT or REJECTED. | ||
| + | - Confirm your **Aadhaar e-KYC** is complete. That is how the department verifies beneficiaries. | ||
| + | - If the label says APPROVED but no money arrived, check **Aadhaar-bank seeding** at your branch. | ||
| + | - If the record is wrong, use the portal **Grievance** screen and pick the correct type and category. | ||
| + | - Escalate to the **District Women and Child Development Office** if you are still stuck. | ||
| + | - Still no written answer? File under **Section 6(1)** of the Right to Information Act, 2005. | ||
| + | - The amount is **₹1, | ||
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| + | ===== Ladki Bahin Yojana district-wise beneficiary list Maharashtra ===== | ||
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| + | There is no public, name-by-name beneficiary list on the portal. Any site offering you one is not the government. What exists is a published list at the place where you applied, and the scheme orders describe it precisely. | ||
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| + | - **Provisional list.** After applications are received, the provisional list of eligible applicants is published on the portal and the app, and a copy goes up on the notice board at the **Anganwadi centre, the Gram Panchayat or the ward office**. | ||
| + | - **Objections.** You can object through the portal or the app, or record a written objection with the **Child Development Project Officer** through the Anganwadi Sevika, the Mukhya Sevika or a Setu Suvidha Kendra. The order of 28 June 2024 gives **five days from the date the list is published**. | ||
| + | - **Grievance redressal committee.** A committee **chaired by the District Women and Child Development Officer** decides those objections. | ||
| + | - **Final list.** Separate final lists of **eligible and ineligible** applicants are then published at the Anganwadi centre, the Gram Panchayat, the ward level and the Setu Suvidha Kendra, and on the portal and the app. | ||
| + | - **Village reading.** The clarification order dated 12 July 2024 adds a step that is easy to use and rarely known. The village-level committee must **read out the final beneficiary list at the gram chavdi every Saturday**, and publish it at the Gram Panchayat and the Anganwadi centre. | ||
| + | - **Who signs off.** Taluka or ward committees select beneficiaries and publish the final list. Under the amendment of 3 July 2024 the district committee that supervises them is chaired by the district **Guardian Minister**, with the **District Collector** as member secretary. | ||
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| + | For the state picture, the portal' | ||
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| + | **How to get numbers for your own district.** District counts are not published on the portal. Ask the Public Information Officer at the District Women and Child Development Office, under the Right to Information Act, for the number of applications received, approved, rejected and pending in that district, taluka by taluka, for a stated period. | ||
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| + | ===== How to check Ladki Bahin payment status by mobile number ===== | ||
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| + | Your **registered mobile number** is the identity the portal uses, but it is not the only thing it asks for. | ||
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| + | - Go to [[https:// | ||
| + | - Enter the **mobile number you used during application**. | ||
| + | - Enter your **password** and the **captcha** displayed on screen. | ||
| + | - Enter the **one-time password** sent by SMS to that number. Make sure the SIM is active and has signal. | ||
| + | - Open **Applications Made Earlier** to see the status label, and the transaction screen for what the portal records against your application. | ||
| + | - If the label says APPROVED but the money is not in your bank, the problem is usually Aadhaar-bank seeding. See [[: | ||
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| + | **If you have forgotten the password.** Use **Forgot Password** on the sign-in page and enter your mobile number to reset it. If the portal says the account is locked, use the unlock link on the same page. | ||
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| + | **If your registered mobile number is lost or changed.** This is the harder case. The portal' | ||
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| + | - Visit your **Anganwadi Sevika**, **Gram Sevika** or the **District Women and Child Development Office** with your Aadhaar and your application reference. | ||
| + | - Ask them to record a request to update the registered mobile number against your application, | ||
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| + | **Can you check by Aadhaar number alone?** No. The portal has no public lookup by Aadhaar number. Sign-in is the only route online. If you cannot use the portal at all, take your Aadhaar card to the office where you applied. For related identity checks, see [[: | ||
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| + | ===== Ladki Bahin Yojana installment schedule 2026 ===== | ||
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| + | The scheme pays **₹1,500 per month**. The state does not publish a monthly payment calendar. The honest answer to "which date is the July or August instalment" | ||
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| + | The implementation timetable in the Government Resolution dated **28 June 2024** sets it out as a table. The first transfer was due on **14 August 2024**, and for the months after that the order states the due date as **"by the 15th of every month" | ||
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| + | Two further dates are useful if you are checking arrears: | ||
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| + | - The Government Resolution dated **3 July 2024** extended the application window to **31 August 2024** and said women who applied by then would be paid **₹1,500 a month with effect from 1 July 2024**. | ||
| + | - The funding order dated **4 August 2025** released money for the 2025-26 financial year and confirms the benefit was still ₹1,500 a month. | ||
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| + | **How to count your own instalments.** Match your **bank passbook entries** against the months you were eligible. Each credit of ₹1,500 is one instalment, and some batches cover more than one month together. If months are missing while your application was approved, ask for the arrears calculation in writing at the District Women and Child Development Office, and use the Right to Information route if you get no written answer. | ||
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| + | ===== What to do if Ladki Bahin payment is delayed or stopped ===== | ||
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| + | Work down this ladder. Move to the next step only when the previous one has not produced a written answer. | ||
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| + | - **Step 1. Check your status label.** Sign in and open **Applications Made Earlier**. If it does not say APPROVED, the label tells you what to fix. | ||
| + | - **Step 2. Check your Aadhaar e-KYC.** If it is not complete, get it done through the portal, your Anganwadi Sevika or a Setu Suvidha Kendra. | ||
| + | - **Step 3. Check Aadhaar-bank seeding.** Visit your branch with Aadhaar and passbook and ask them to confirm **Aadhaar seeding** and **Direct Benefit Transfer enablement**. See [[: | ||
| + | - **Step 4. Raise a grievance on the portal.** Use the **Grievance** screen, choose the right type and category, attach your proof and keep the grievance number. | ||
| + | - **Step 5. File a written grievance at the District Women and Child Development Office.** Attach your Aadhaar, application reference and passbook page, and ask for a **dated acknowledgement**. | ||
| + | - **Step 6. File under the Right to Information Act.** If the grievance produces nothing in writing, apply under Section 6(1). See [[# | ||
| + | - **Step 7. First appeal.** If there is no reply within 30 days, or the reply is evasive, file a first appeal under Section 19(1) using the [[https:// | ||
| + | - **Step 8. Second appeal.** If that also fails, go to the State Information Commission. See our guide to [[: | ||
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| + | **Key takeaway.** Do not wait indefinitely and do not rely on a verbal answer. The order says the benefit is due by the 15th of the month. Ask in writing, keep the acknowledgement, | ||
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| + | ===== How to update bank account for Ladki Bahin Yojana ===== | ||
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| + | If your application is already **APPROVED**, | ||
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| + | **What you can change yourself.** Bank details live in the scheme application form, not in your profile. The portal lets you edit that form only while the application is a **DRAFT** or has come back as **RE-SUBMIT**. Once it is pending approval, approved or rejected, the edit option is removed. The separate **Edit Profile** screen covers your name, district, taluka, village, ward and photo, and carries no bank fields at all. | ||
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| + | **So for an approved beneficiary, | ||
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| + | * Your **Aadhaar card** | ||
| + | * Your **new bank passbook**. The account must be in your own name and seeded with Aadhaar. The order of 12 July 2024 confirms a **post office account** is acceptable. | ||
| + | * Your **application reference**, | ||
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| + | Ask for the correction to be recorded against your application and take a **dated acknowledgement**. Then check again after the next payment run rather than the same week. | ||
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| + | **Also confirm the Aadhaar mapping.** Updating the account number at the office is only half the job. The account must also be Aadhaar-seeded and enabled for Direct Benefit Transfer at the bank end. Ask your branch to confirm both. See [[: | ||
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| + | **If your account is frozen.** The bank may have frozen it for pending know-your-customer or inactivity. Visit the branch, complete the bank's know-your-customer, | ||
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| + | ===== Ladki Bahin vs other state women welfare schemes ===== | ||
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| + | Ladki Bahin is Maharashtra' | ||
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| + | * Madhya Pradesh: [[: | ||
| + | * Jharkhand: [[: | ||
| + | * Odisha: [[: | ||
| + | * Tamil Nadu: [[: | ||
| + | * All India, self-help group based: [[: | ||
| + | * [[: | ||
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| + | For a fuller picture, see [[: | ||
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| + | **Two differences that matter for Ladki Bahin.** You must be a resident of Maharashtra, | ||
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| + | ===== How to file RTI for Ladki Bahin Yojana payment delay ===== | ||
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| + | If your payment is delayed or stopped and the official channels have given you nothing in writing, the Right to Information Act is your strongest tool. Here is the sequence for Maharashtra. | ||
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| + | **Step 1. Identify the Public Information Officer.** For Ladki Bahin the Public Information Officer sits at the **District Women and Child Development Office**. That office credits the money and chairs the grievance redressal committee, so it holds your record. Address the application to "The Public Information Officer, District Women and Child Development Office, [your district]." | ||
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| + | **Step 2. Draft the application.** Keep it specific and ask for documents rather than opinions. Use our [[https:// | ||
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| + | **Step 3. Pay the fee.** A small application fee is prescribed by the rules and is shown to you at the payment step. The Maharashtra online portal states that an applicant below the poverty line pays **no fee** on attaching the certificate, | ||
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| + | **Step 4. Submit the application.** You have two routes: | ||
| + | - **Online:** Maharashtra runs a Right to Information portal at [[https:// | ||
| + | - **Offline: | ||
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| + | **Step 5. Wait 30 days.** The Public Information Officer must reply within **30 days** under Section 7(1). | ||
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| + | **Step 6. File a first appeal.** If there is no reply, or the reply is evasive, file a first appeal within 30 days under Section 19(1) to the First Appellate Authority, the officer senior to the Public Information Officer. Draft it with the [[https:// | ||
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| + | **Step 7. Second appeal.** If the first appeal fails, go to the **Maharashtra State Information Commission**. See [[: | ||
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| + | **Sample questions for a Ladki Bahin payment delay:** | ||
| + | > 1. The current status recorded against my application (registered mobile: [number]). | ||
| + | > 2. The reason recorded for any delay, hold, rejection or change of status in my application or payment, with the date. | ||
| + | > 3. The date and transaction reference of my last instalment, if released. | ||
| + | > 4. Whether my Aadhaar e-KYC is recorded as complete in the department' | ||
| + | > 5. A copy of the entry for my application in the register or database kept by this office. | ||
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| + | ===== Frequently asked questions ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== How do I check Ladki Bahin Yojana payment status? ==== | ||
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| + | Open [[https:// | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== How much does Ladki Bahin Yojana pay in 2026? ==== | ||
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| + | ₹1,500 per month by Direct Benefit Transfer into the woman' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== When will the amount become Rs 2100? ==== | ||
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| + | No date is on record. We found no Government Resolution on the Maharashtra Government Resolution portal notifying ₹2,100, and every order we retrieved, up to 4 August 2025, sets ₹1,500. Until an order fixes a higher amount, the instalment stays ₹1,500. Ignore any message, video or agent claiming ₹2,100 has started. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== What is the last date for Ladki Bahin e-KYC? ==== | ||
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| + | **31 December 2025** is the last date we could retrieve. The circular dated **18 November 2025** extended Aadhaar e-KYC to that day. We found no later extension on the Government Resolution portal when we checked on 11 September 2026. This deadline has moved more than once, so confirm the current position with your Anganwadi Sevika or the District Women and Child Development Office. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Why was my name removed from the Ladki Bahin list? ==== | ||
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| + | Sign in and read the label and remarks on your own application. That record decides your case. The department verifies eligible beneficiaries by Aadhaar authentication through e-KYC, and the circular of 18 November 2025 extended that exercise to 31 December 2025. If the record is wrong, file a grievance with proof and use the Right to Information Act to get the reason in writing. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Why is my Ladki Bahin payment not credited? ==== | ||
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| + | The three common reasons are an incomplete Aadhaar e-KYC, an Aadhaar that is not seeded to the right account for Direct Benefit Transfer, and an application no longer marked APPROVED. Complete your e-KYC, ask your bank for Aadhaar seeding, and check the label on the portal. If it says APPROVED and no money came, ask the office for the transaction reference in writing. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Is there any fee to apply or check status? ==== | ||
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| + | No. The portal states in its own application-process note that no fee of any kind is charged for this application, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== My application was rejected. Can I apply again? ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Read the reason first. Common grounds are family income above ₹2.50 lakh, missing domicile proof, a name that does not match Aadhaar, or a family member in an excluded category. The portal grievance screen has a category called **Appeal For Application Rejected**, so use that with your documents. You can also ask for the recorded reason under the Right to Information Act. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== What does the RE-SUBMIT status mean? ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | RE-SUBMIT means the office has sent your application back for correction rather than rejecting it. That is good news, because it is one of the few states in which the portal still lets you edit the form yourself. Open the application, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== What if the office does not solve my problem? ==== | ||
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| + | Escalate in order. Use the portal grievance screen with the correct type and category, then the District Women and Child Development Office, then the state department in Mumbai. If nobody gives you a dated written answer, file under Section 6(1) of the Right to Information Act. Silence for 30 days sets up a first appeal under Section 19(1). | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Can I check Ladki Bahin payment status without a mobile number? ==== | ||
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| + | Not online. The portal signs you in with your registered mobile number, password and a one-time password, and there is no public lookup by Aadhaar number. The Edit Profile screen has no field to change the registered mobile number either. If you have lost that SIM, take your Aadhaar to the District Women and Child Development Office or your Anganwadi Sevika. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== What is the Ladki Bahin installment schedule for 2026? ==== | ||
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| + | There is no published monthly calendar. The implementation timetable in the Government Resolution of 28 June 2024 sets the due date for the months after August 2024 as **by the 15th of every month**. In practice, releases happen in batches. See [[# | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Where is the Ladki Bahin beneficiary list published? ==== | ||
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| + | Not as a public name search on the portal. Under the scheme orders, the provisional list goes up on the portal and the app and on the notice board at the Anganwadi centre, the Gram Panchayat or the ward office, with five days to object. Separate final lists of eligible and ineligible applicants follow, and the village committee must read the final list out at the gram chavdi every Saturday. | ||
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| + | ==== Can I receive Ladki Bahin if I move to another state? ==== | ||
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| + | No. The scheme is for **women resident in Maharashtra**, | ||
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| + | ==== How do I update my bank account for Ladki Bahin payments? ==== | ||
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| + | Not online, once the application is approved. The portal lets you edit the application form only while it is a DRAFT or has come back as RE-SUBMIT. Once approved, the edit option is removed, and the Edit Profile screen carries no bank fields. Take your Aadhaar, your new passbook and your application reference to the District Women and Child Development Office and get a dated acknowledgement. Then confirm Aadhaar seeding at the bank. | ||
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| + | ==== Does a four-wheeler or farmland in the family make me ineligible? ==== | ||
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| + | A four-wheeled vehicle registered in the name of a family member is a bar, and tractors are excluded from that bar. Farmland is not a bar any more. The order of 28 June 2024 barred families holding more than five acres jointly, and the Government Resolution of 3 July 2024 deleted that condition. It does not appear in the portal' | ||
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| + | ==== Can a married woman apply, and do contract workers qualify? ==== | ||
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| + | Yes to both, within the limits. The portal lists married, widowed, divorced, deserted and destitute women, and **one unmarried woman from a family**. A newly married woman whose name is not yet on the ration card can use her husband' | ||
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| + | ===== Sources ===== | ||
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| + | * Official portal, Government of Maharashtra: | ||
| + | * Official sign-in page: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Official e-KYC route: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Government Resolution dated 28 June 2024, No. MBAVIV 2024/ | ||
| + | * Government Resolution dated 3 July 2024, code 202407031335114330. Age raised to 65, one unmarried woman per family, contract and outsourced workers kept eligible, five-acre farmland bar deleted, ration card exemption from the income certificate: | ||
| + | * Government Resolution dated 12 July 2024, code 202407121401594230. Definition of family, post office account accepted, authorised form-fillers, | ||
| + | * Government Resolution dated 4 August 2025, No. MVIBA-2025/ | ||
| + | * Government Circular dated 18 September 2025, code 202509181610134730. Aadhaar e-KYC approved through the official portal, with the Appendix A flowchart, and made an annual duty due within two months from June: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Government Circular dated 18 November 2025, No. MBAVIV 2025/ | ||
| + | * Scheme page, Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra: | ||
| + | * Women and Child Development Department: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Maharashtra Government Resolution portal: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Maharashtra online Right to Information portal and its filing guidance, including the below-poverty-line fee exemption and the ₹20 first-appeal fee: [[https:// | ||
| + | * The Right to Information Act, 2005, Sections 6(1), 7(1) and 19(1). | ||
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| + | **Editorial information** | ||
| + | * **Last reviewed on:** 11 September 2026 | ||
| + | * **Written and reviewed by:** Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak | ||
| + | * **How this page was checked:** every scheme fact here was taken from the official Ladki Bahin portal as it stood on 11 September 2026, or from a Government Resolution or Circular downloaded from the Maharashtra Government Resolution portal and read in full. Where we could not confirm something, we say so and date the check. We do not hold or access beneficiary data. | ||
| + | * **Citizen guidance only.** This page explains a public scheme and how to ask questions about it. It is not legal advice and it is not an official government page. | ||
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