Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana 2026 Eligibility — ₹1,500 Monthly for Women

Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana is a Maharashtra government direct benefit scheme that transfers a fixed monthly amount to eligible women aged 21 to 65 so they can meet personal and household expenses independently. Payment is made straight into the woman's own Aadhaar-seeded bank account through DBT, not into a family or joint account.

Fixed monthly cash transfer directly to the beneficiary's own bank account, no repayment or interest, continues as long as eligibility conditions hold, and can be received alongside ration and health benefits. The money is unconditional — there is no restriction on how it is spent.

• ✓Woman must be a resident of Maharashtra
• ✓Age between 21 and 65 years on the date of application
• ✓Married, widowed, divorced, abandoned or destitute women are eligible; one unmarried woman per family is also allowed
• ✓Total annual family income must not exceed ₹2.5 lakh
• ✓No member of the family should be an income tax payer
• ✓No family member in a regular government job (contract and honorarium workers are allowed)
• ✓Family should not own a four-wheeler (tractors excluded)
• ✓Applicant must have her own Aadhaar-linked bank account with DBT enabled

• ✓Aadhaar card of the applicant
• ✓Maharashtra domicile certificate or 15-year-old ration card / school leaving certificate
• ✓Income certificate (or yellow / orange ration card in place of it)
• ✓Bank passbook front page in the applicant's own name
• ✓Recent passport size photograph
• ✓Self-declaration form as per scheme format
• ✓Marriage certificate if the domicile is in the husband's name

1. Open the official Narishakti Doot app or the state scheme portal
2. Register with your mobile number and verify through OTP
3. Fill the application with Aadhaar-matched name, date of birth and address
4. Upload domicile, income proof, bank passbook and photograph
5. Submit and note the application number shown on screen
6. Track approval status in the app; on approval the amount is credited by DBT every month
7. Offline option: submit the same form at Anganwadi centre, Setu centre or Gram Panchayat

Applications stay open round the year for new eligible women, but each payment cycle has a monthly cut-off. Apply before the last working day of a month to be considered in that month's disbursement batch. Re-verification drives are announced periodically — respond to them or payments pause.

• ✓Applying with a joint account or a husband's account — the account must be in the woman's own name
• ✓Bank account not seeded with Aadhaar and DBT not activated, so credit fails silently
• ✓Name mismatch between Aadhaar, bank and ration card
• ✓Submitting more than one application per eligible woman, which triggers rejection
• ✓Ignoring the re-verification SMS, which puts payments on hold